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A New Species of Pterostichus. 

 By Henry Ul.ke. 



Pterostichus Johnsoni, n. sp. 



l-;ii)ni;ate, (kpress.cl, paiMllfl, sliininsr lil.itk with a feeble purplish histre ; pro- 

 thorax i|iia(iiati-, 1(111 ei ilian wide. ieL'i)iy narinwed behind, sides niarLiiiied in th ir 

 entire le is^th and treiiiy sinuaie, fipiit anLjIes rounded at tip, base sinuate, hind 

 anuies rectaii'^ulai-. ba>al niipressions lonir, deep and linear, outer ones very sniall. 

 Elytra >hi linj^ in the (^, ntaiy opaque in the C^), feel)ly rounded on liie sides, sinuate 

 near the tip and separately roUM<led ; humeri loundeil, strire very deeji, impuncturcd, 

 iniir-tiLts rather i.o-tif'irni, 1st, 2nd, 4tii, 6lh and 8tli equal straiglit, 3id and 5th 

 hi nadci and seven or eit^ht times interrupted ; the space between the 8th and tlie 

 in.irs^iii is still a IuiIl- l)'t)a(ler ai.d the interrupted 91)1 costa forms about 15 or 16 

 tubertks. I'rosterniim narruuly niari^ineil i)etvveen the coxte ; po-terior tar-i slender 

 with the first and set-Old joints s^rooved in their entire len^ith. AlKlomeii smooth, 

 sliiniii^, last veiiiral se-^ment « ith a semi, ircular impression in bolh sexe-, somewhat 

 det|ur m the -^'. LeM>^th, .65 to .67 in_li ^ 17 mm. 



Oregon, Several specimens. Belongs tu Dr. Leconte's first division 

 ne;ir 1 lanctus and is (lislinuui.sliL'd Ifuni all the other species by its peculiar 

 sculpuiie of the el}lra, which recalls si)iiie\vhat that of F. junciaiissivnis, 

 Randall. 



1 lake gre;it [ileasure in dedicating this beautiful species to my friend 

 Prof. O. B. |< 'hiisoii of the W.ishington University in Seattle, to whom 

 entitiiHilogical .-cieiKe is nid< bled li^r the discovery of many new and 

 rar^ s[)ecies iu 0.e,^ou and Washington Territory. 



Entomologists of the Hatch Experiment Stations of the 

 various States and Territories, 



So far as we have been able to inform ourselves, the following is a 

 list of the Entomologists connecteil with the Hatch Experiment Stations 

 and their addresses. 



Arkansas, — C. W. Woodworth, - - Little Rock, Ark. 



Dakota, — L. H. Oicult, - - - Brookings, Dak. 



Delaware. — M H. Beckwiih, . _ _ Newark, Del. 



Florida, — \V. H. Asbmead, - _ . Jacksonville, Fla. 



We are not sure but Mr. Ashmend has resigned his position. His 

 present addre-s is 622 E St., Washington, D, C. 



Georgia, — j. I\ Campbell, ... Aihcns, Ga. 



Indiana, — ?. W. Webster, - - - Lafayette, Ind. 



Iowa, — C. P. Gillette, . - - . Ames, Iowa. 



Maine, — F. L. Harvay, . _ _ . _ 



Massachusetts, — C. H. Fernald, - - Amherst, Mass. 



