332 Coleoptcrological Notices. 



Pronotum sparsely punctate in the middle ; male apparently without abdo- 

 minal modification. 

 Elytra at base scarcely perceptibly wider than the contiguous base of the 

 prothorax ; disk of the pronotum without distinct impurictate line and 



otherwise unmodified llistricillll 



Elytra at base much wider than the base of the prothorax, the humeri 

 broadly exposed. 

 Pronotum with a narrow but entire median impunctate line, which is 



neither impressed nor elevated miiricatllllllll 



Pronotum with a fine feebly impressed median line, which is not im- 

 punctate discors 



Metasternum but very slightly longer than the first segment ; small species. 

 Sides of the prothorax not distinctly serrulate. 



Elytra at base very much wider than the base of the prothorax. the 



humeri broadly exposed ; surface moderately convex de1>ile 



Elytral and thoracic bases equal in width ; form very strongly convex. 

 Form oblong-oval, the elytra in the middle very much wider than the 

 prothorax, the anterior angles of the latter very obtuse, not at all 



prominent SOdalis 



Form narrower and more cylindrical, the elytra in the middle but 

 slightly wider than the prothorax, the anterior angles of the latter 



acute and prominent crasstlllim 



Sides of the prothorax finely but rather strongly serrulate seiralllill 



Section III. 

 Cryptadius Lee. 



Form broadly, evenly elliptical, strongly convex iuliaf mil 



The species published under the name brevicolle by Champion, 

 apparently" belongs to Telabis; it is the only described form not 

 found within our faunal limits. 



Ell. rufipes Esch. — Zool. Atl. IV, p. 8 ; abnorme Lee. : Ann. Lye. N. Y. 

 V, p. 138. — Oblong-elongate, parallel, moderately convex, piceous to black, 

 the legs and antennae rufous and slightly paler; integuments polished, the 

 elytra dull toward apex. Head short, very strongly transverse, broadly trun- 

 cate at apex, coarsely, deeply, very densely and subconfiuently punctate, 

 usually with a small impunctate spot near the base of the occiput ; eyes 

 moderate, just visibly more prominent than the sides before them ; antennae 

 long, moderately slender, third joint rather more than three times as long as 

 wide, second about equal to the fifth, eighth longer than wide. Prothorax two- 

 thirds wider than long, the apex slightly narrower than the base, very feebly 

 emarginate in circular arc, the angles right and not at all rounded ; base trun- 

 cate, with a rather narrow and feeble rounded median lobe, on either side of 

 which the edge is narrowly, feebly sinuate ; basal angles slightly obtuse, not 



