654 Coleopteroloiiical Notices, VI. 



and non-interrupted fas*cia of pale yellow. Under surface shining, the ab- 

 domen finely, sparsely punctate. Leg:* long and slender, the femora feebly 

 thickened. Length 3.8 mm. ; width 0.9 mm. 



Iowa (Keokuk); IiKliaiifv. 



The strong basal impression and minute punctuation of the 

 elytra, larger eyes and slender, scarcely incrassate antennae, will 

 readily distinguish this species from formicarius. The trans- 

 A'erse fascia is more basal than hi formicarius, being at about basal 

 fifth, and the sexual characters of the male are very different, the 

 genital segment being emarginate almost throughout its width, 

 the bottom of the emargination l)roadly trisinuate; the hind tibiae 

 are bisinuate in curvature. The erect sparse setaj of the elytra 

 are very long and conspicuous. 



4. ]?!. 1)landil!ii n. sp. — ^Moderately stout, strongly convex, highly pol- 

 ished, piceous-black ; basal parts of the antennic and elytra rufescent. Head 

 rather longer than wide, convex, minutely, remotely punctate, broadly rounded 

 at base and not impressed, the temporal angles less broadly rounded; eyes 

 large, pnmiinent; antenna* two-fifths as long as the body, rather thick, mod- 

 erately incrassate, the third joint distinctly longer than the fourth, tenth but 

 little longer than wide. Prolhorax small, very much narrower and rather 

 shorter than the head, a little longer than wide, the anterior lobe transversely 

 oval, the basal expanded to the distinct hind margin; collar wide and pro- 

 nounced; disk subimpunctate, except finely and rather sparsely in the middle 

 toward base, impressed along the median line almost throughout the length. 

 Elytra short, barely three-fourths longer than wide, much wider behind the 

 middle than at base, and about i\\o and one-half times as A^ide as the pro- 

 thorax, thence broadly, rather obtusely rounded behind, the humeri widely 

 exposed, the mes-episterniun only very minutely visil>le from al)Ove, feebly de- 

 hiscent near the apex, the sutural angles rounded; fine elevated margin of the 

 suture terminating at some distance before the apex; disk deeply impressed 

 behind the scutellum, the omoplates prominent, also strongly and transversely 

 inipressed at basal fifth, the impression alone strongly punctate and transversely 

 fasciate with yelloAv; surface thence to the apex strongly convex in profile and 

 minutely remotely and scarcely visi1)ly punctate: erect setie long and remote, 

 the finer inclined hairs only distinct toward base. Alxlnmm polished, black, 

 finely, remotely punctulate. Ler/x long and slender. Length 13. mm. : width 

 0.9 mm. 



}iew York (Willets Point, Long Island). 



This very distinct species may be distinguished from properus 

 by its smaller, less punctate and feebly canaliculate prothorax, 

 with the anterior lobe moi'e transverse, b}- its shorter, more po.s- 

 teriorly convex elytra, shorter and stouter untennie, unimpressed 

 occiput and many other characters. 



