616 Coleopterological Notices, VI. 



1. V. ltictll!<i Laf. — Mon., p. 157; vicinits, thoraciois hat'.: 1. <•., pj). 157, 

 158; hi-.iinatus Laf. (?'(/rt«'/a/».s || Say ): 1. c, j). r274; falromianix (^ued.: B. 

 Ent. Z., XXX, (188(i, ) p. Ir23 ( Antliiciis). 



Narrow, polished, mimitely, sparsely pubescent, pale rufo-tes- 

 taceous,tlie head darker and the elytra with a median band, trans- 

 verse apical and frequently- obsolete basal area, of black. Head 

 and pronoturn minutely, remotely punctate, the latter scarcel^'^ 

 visibly longer than wide, equal in width to the head, almost glob- 

 ularl}' convex, the sides convergent and straight behind to the 

 slightly tumid basal margin. El3^tra not quite twice as long as 

 wide and less than twice as wide as the prothorax, subparallel, 

 strongly- but remotely punctate, the scutellar impression distinct. 

 Legs and under surface ferruginous. Length 2.3-2.0 mm.; 

 width 0.7-0.8 mm. 



This well known species is distributed through the Southern 

 States bordering the Gulf of Mexico. It is suHiciently constant 

 in form and structure, but varies considerably in color. In the 

 darker form, named Ihoraeicus by LaFerte, the elytra are almost 

 black ; they are never entirely black, however, for u})on close in- 

 spection in a good light, there will always be seen a narrow line 

 along the suture and a fine transverse fascia at basal fourth and 

 apical third of reddish tinge. The prothorax is always red. I 

 am disposed to agree with LaFerte' in considering bifasciatus 

 Sa\',as allied to hrfu^, and not to t-ern'mix, as conjectured by Le- 

 Conte. 



2. \. supplex 11. sp. — Modcratt'lv stout, iiolislicd. palf rut'o-testaceoiKS 

 tliroufiliout, Avith exception of a small sul)ti'Uiis\ erse cloud-like spot at the 

 middle of each elytron \\liicli is of lilack. Head sub<|iiadrate, convex, finely 

 but distinctly punctate anteriorly, minutely and very remotely so toward the 

 truncate base, Avliicli is feel)ly impressed in the middle; eyes well developed, 

 fully as long as the snbparallel tempora, ami more prominent; antennic short, 

 incrassate, as long as the head and prothorax, the penultimate joints trans- 

 verse. Prothorax not longer than wide, the sides broadly rounded anteriorly 

 to the distinct collar, convergent and straight posteriorly to the basal margin, 

 which is very feebly swollen: surface evenly convex, minutely, remotely pxuic- 

 tate anteriorly, more coarsely and closely so toward base; pubescence minute, 

 decumbent, with some widely dispersed erect bristles. Klijfra three-fourths 

 longer than wide, nearly twice as wide as the prothorax, feebly dilated behind, 

 broadly, obtusely rounded at apex: humeri broadly ex])osed, broadly rounded 

 at base, narroAvly so externally; disk coarsely, rather closely punctate; finely 

 iuid si«rsel_\- so toward apex, feebly impressed on each side of the sntiu'e at 

 base; pubescence short and decumbent but coarse and distinct. Alxlomen 



