bo AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 



Utah, and Tehaehapi, Cal. (Wickham), most of the specimens ex- 

 amined, however, being from Salt Lake, 



61. B. consimile n. sp. — Form slightly elongate, depressed. Head and 

 thorax nigro-peneous; elytra dark testaceous with the scutellar region, a small 

 quadrate spot on the third interval about one-fourth from base, a transverse band 

 behind the middle, the apex and a narrow line along the suture nearly black. 

 Head slightly narrower than the thorax at apex; palpi rufo-piceous; antennie 

 scarcely one-half the length of the body, dark fuscous. Prothorax subcordate, 

 about one-half wider than long, narrower at base than apex, scarcely rugose at 

 base ; apex nearly truncate; median line distinct, sub-entire; transverse impres- 

 sions feeble, the anterior nearly obsolete ; basal impressions broad, moderately 

 deep, bistriate ; sides with the margin very narrowly reflexed, arcuate in front, 

 oblique, not sinuate behind ; hind angles obtuse, finely carinate. Elytra slightly 

 wider than the thorax, oblong-ovate, moderately finely striate ; striae finely punc- 

 tate to behind the middle, entire, the fifth slightly grooved at apex; intervals 

 flat, the third with the first dorsal puncture about one-fourth from base, the 

 second slightly behind the middle, the third about one-fifth from apex. Beneath 

 nearly black, shining, the last ventral segment usually dark rufous. Legs rufo- 

 piceous, the femora slightly darker. Length .18-.23 inch ; 4.5-5.75 mm. 



Closely related to scudderi, but broader, with the sides of the tho- 

 rax oblique behind, without trace of sinuation, and the hind angles 

 obtuse. The elytra are also less elongate and of different color. It 

 approaches heiishaivi by the maculate elytra, but the markings are 

 broader and connected along the suture, and the ground-color is 

 darker. It differs also by its much less slender form, and by the 

 sides of the thorax not sinuate behind and the hind angles obtuse. 



Since the above description was written I have received a specimen 

 in which the entire apical half of the elytra is black. 



About a dozen examples, including specimens of both sexes, are 

 known to me. Of these five are from Nebraska (three from Lin- 

 coln}, two from Salt Lake, Utah, and five from Colorado Springs, 

 Colo. (AVickham). 



62. B. scudderi Lee. — Form elongate, depressed ; color black, scarcely 

 jeneous, shining, the elytra sometimes piceous, rarely with traces of paler mark- 

 ings. Head as wide as the thorax at apex; palpi piceous; antenuse less than 

 one-half as long as the body, piceous. Prothorax subcordate. about one-half wider 

 than long, narrower at base than apex, slightly rugose at bHse ; apex feebly emar- 

 ginate; median line distinct, sub-entire; anterior transverse impression nearly 

 obsolete, the posterior distinct; basal impressions broad, bistriate; sides with the 

 margin narrowly reflexed, arcuate nearly to base, sinuate for a short distance in 

 front of the hind angles, which are rectangular and finely carinate. Elytra very 

 slightly wider than the thorax, elongate, oblong-ovate, subparallel. finely striate; 

 striffi entire, finely punctate to behind the middle, the fifth slightly grooved at 

 tip; intervals flat, the third with the first dorsal puncture about one-fourth from 

 base, the second about the middle, the third about one-fourth from apex. Beneath 

 black, shining. Legs piceous. Length .21-.26 inch; 5.25-6.5 mm. 



