junei 9 oo.] Casey : On North American Coleoptera. 133 



are most conspicuous, a small elongate spot, just before the middle and near the 

 side margin, is also generally. evident ; striae strongly punctured, feebly impressed 

 and distinct very nearly to the tip. Length 4.3 mm.; width 1. 45 mm. Texas. 



melsheimeri Lee. 



Body nearly similar in form and sculpture but rather less slender, the under surface 

 and legs more dusky-testaceous, the antennae blackish throughout, except near 

 the base, distinctly longer than in melsheimeri and almost two-fifths as long as 

 the body in the male, the elytra black throughout, without trace of paler spots ; 

 intromittent organ of the male very slender and nearly straight. Length 4.6 mm. ; 

 width 1. 6mm. Indiana; [Georgia— LeConte] obscura Lee. 



IO — Body very narrow, piceous or blackish,- the elytra with numerous small flavo-tes- 

 taceous spots, the strife rather distinctly impressed but somewhat finely punctured 

 and obliterated well before the tip ; under surface, legs and antennas pale, the 

 latter dusky distally as usual. Length 3.4 mm.; width 1.3 mm. Indiana. 



pluripunctata Lee. 



Body distinctly broader but almost similarly sculptured, the prothorax less transverse, 

 relatively narrower at apex and somewhat more coarsely punctured ; elytra evenly 

 piceous-black throughout, without trace of paler maculation ; under surface, legs 

 and antennae pale testaceous. Length 3.75 mm.; width 1.6 mm. North Caro- 

 lina ( Asheville ) pini Zieg. 



II — Body oblong-oval, rather strongly convex, the sides very feebly arcuate ; antennae 

 testaceous throughout, short and rather thick, not as long as the head and pro- 

 thorax, the latter dark piceous-brown, three-fourths wider than long, the sides 

 very feebly convergent from base to apex and very slightly arcuate ; disk convex, 

 coarsely, densely and unequally punctured throughout, the edges minutely serru- 

 late ; elytra dark, finely, densely punctulate, the striae feebly impressed, finely 

 punctate and obliterated toward tip, each with a suffused humeral pale spot and 

 another, transverse and discal, near three-fifths ; each interval with a single series 

 of suberect hairs; abdomen finely and densely punctate. Length 2.9-3.5 mr n.; 

 width 1.3-1.5 mm - Massachusetts, New York, Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska. 



bipustulata Melsh. 



Body oval, piceous, sparsely pubescent ; elytra densely punctulate, with a feebly striate 

 arrangement at the middle near the base, maculate with large yellow spots some, 

 what as \n flexuosa. Length [4.5 mm.]. Colorado confusa Horn 



12 — Subbasal impressions of the pronotum distinct but in the form of short narrow 

 canaliculations, the punctures moderately coarse, deep, not very dense, equal and 

 evenly distributed throughout, the sides broadly, evenly arcuate, very feebly con- 

 vergent, the apical angles broadly rounded ; disk widest behind the middle ; 

 elytra piceous, with pale humeral, post-humeral and post-median maculation, the 

 striae scarcely at all impressed, rather finely and not conspicuously punctured and 

 obliterated toward tip, the pubescence short and even ; abdomen finely, densely 

 punctate. Length 4.3-4.8 mm.; width 1.7-1.9 mm. California (Truckee and 

 Lake Tahoe) pluriguttata Lee. 



Subbasal impressions small and feeble but rounded and foveiform 13 



Subbasal impressions wholly obsolete 14 



13 — Elytra immaculate, except some very minute widely scattered pale spots which 

 are clothed with paler pubescence, of which there is on each one at base at each 



