LeConte.] APPENDIX. 429 



ruginese, parce pilosse. Thorax parvus, angustus, latitudine fere longior, 

 basi apiceque truncatus, intra apicem late et profunde transversim im- 

 pressus, margine alte elevato ; lateribus parum ampliatus, supra convexus, 

 pulvinatus, confertim punctatus, niger, sat dense cinereo-squamulosus et 

 fusco-pubescens. Scutellum parvuni, rotundatum, nigrum. Elj'tra antice 

 truncata, thoracis basi duplo latiora, humeris elevatis, fere rectangulatis ; 

 lateribus non ampliata, poslerius attenuata, apice conjunctim acuminata, 

 thorace quintuplo longiora, supra in dorso antico parum convexa, punc- 

 tato-striata, iuterstitiis planis, subtiliter alutaceis ; nigra, fusco-pubescen- 

 tia, squamulis cinereo-albidis, insequaliter vestita, relictis nempe in dorso 

 plagis variis difformibus, nudis, nigris. Corpus subtus punctatum, nigrum, 

 densus cinereo-squamulosum. Pedes mediocres, ferruginei, femoribus cla- 

 vatis, muticis, extrorsum nigro-piceis." 



Dr. Horn thinks that it may be Gyphomimus dorsalis. If it be not re- 

 ferable to that species it is unknown to us, and renewed examination of 

 the tj^pe will be necessary to confirm the correctness of the generic position. 



4. Barynotus granulatus Say, Cure. 12 ; Lee , ed. i, 273. 

 Brown, thorax obtusely granulated, with a pale vitta. 



Inhabits Indiana. Body dull brown, with short raised hairs ; head im- 

 pressed between the eyes. Thorax with very obtuse granulations, a longi- 

 tudinal, slender, impressed dorsal line in a dull yellowish vitta. Elytra 

 a little elevated on the basal edge ; strise concave, much dilated, punctured ; 

 punctures wide, not very deeply impressed, interstitial lines not so wide as 

 the striae, with hairs ; suture a little pale. Length about one-fourth of an 

 inch. 



The surface of the thorax exhibits the appearance of obtuse little elevated 

 granulations, and the profile view shows irregular punctures or interrupted 

 rugae. 



5. Byrsopages carinatus Motsch. , Schrenk's Reisen, Amur. Ins. 168. 

 Closely allied to B. ventricosus Motsch., ibid., and distinguished only by 



the gray fasciculated pubescence which clothes the elytra, causing them to 

 appear spotted ; by very slightly elevated ridges, which seem to replace the 

 striie of the elytra, and by the head more strongly punctured ; the latter is 

 reddish, as are also the antennae and legs ; the teeth and the spines at the 

 tip of the tibae are longer and more distinct ; the under surface of the body 

 redder and less glabrous ; punctuation not dense but very obvious, and 

 pubescence more developed. Length 4 lines. 



I have condensed this translation from the remarks in the work cited. 

 The genus is unknown to me and is placed by Lacordaire near Romalorhi- 

 nus. 



6. Leposoma californica Motsch., Bull. Mosc. 1845, ii, 105. 

 Elongato-ovata, convexa, punctatissima, pilosa, brunnea, fusco cinereo 



squamosa ; antennis tarsisque testaceorufls ; elytrispunctato-striatis. Long. 

 2^ lin ; lat. 1 lin. 



California. Neither the generic nor specific description permits its 

 identification. 



