Coleoptej-ologica/ Notices, VI. 75t 



Elytral vestiture coarser, white, witli a large spot at the middle of each in 

 which the pubescence Ijeconies abruptly brown in color. 



scli'*varzi Horn 

 3 — Tlioracic process narrow; elytra truncate in the female, {eleff((niulu>< Laf., 



subtilis Lee.) talpa Laf. 



Thoracic process broader and more rapidly acuminate toward tip; elytra 



rounded at apex in both sexes niiperus Horn 



4 — Pale fascise situated respectively before and behind the middle. 



Anterior fascia invariably interrupted at the suture 1)ifasciatus Lee. 



Anterior fascia entire and even. 



Prothorax of normal size; elytral punctures dense. 



Elytral apices normally rounded in the female lialteatlis n. sp. 



Elytral apices dehiscent and individually acute in the female. 



inoiitaniis n. sp. 

 Prothorax very small; elytra unusually elongate; elytral punctures sparse, 



the lustre polished microcei'us n. sp. 



Pale fascia; situated one at the base, the other at basal third; punctures 

 sparse; surface polished; vestiture uneven, forming two Inojid paler bands 



on the elytra spattllifer n. sp. 



5 — Elytral punctures sparse and frequently coarse; species generally small. ..6 



Elytral punctures dense and generally tine 7 



6 — Ti-ansverse fascia at the usual position three-fifths from the base. 

 Fascia distinctly denuded of pubescence. 



The fascia vaguely continued along the suture to a single large indis- 

 tinct scutellar spot; elytral punctures very coarse and sparse; vesti- 

 ture coarse and Avidely dispersed deiitldatiis Horn 



The fascia not prolonged ; a faint anteriorly arcuate sulibasal fascia inter- 

 rupted at the suture generally evident debilitaiis u. sp. 



Fascia not denuded. 



Tlioracic process not or very obsoletely dentellate. 



Vestiture coarse and conspicuous; elytra more elongate, the prothorax 

 relatively smaller; antennte stout toward apex; eyes larger and 



more finely faceted conforiiiis Lee. 



Vestiture finer, sparser and less conspicuous; elyti-a shorter aird 

 broader, with evidently finer punctuation; antennai slender. 



sparstis Lee. 



Thoracic process distinctly dentellate Itistrelliiiii n. sp. 



Transverse fascia at apical fourth very vague, the entire surface frecjfuently ob- 

 scure; larger species, with coarse and sparse punctuation. 



iieTadeiisi!^ n. sp. 

 '?' — Transverse fascia more posterior in position, at apical fourth, continued 



along the suture to the base aiicliora Hentz 



Transverse fascia at three-fifths from the base, not continued on the suture 



more than slightly beyond the middle 8 



8 — Thoracic process Ijroader, al ways d istinctly dentellate 9 



Thoracic process narrower and elongate, never dentellate or only M'ry indis- 

 tinctly so 14 



