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Closely allied to hageni (sexpunctatam \\ Lee.) on the one hand 

 and consimile on the other, but sufficiently distinct by the charactei-s 

 given above. Specimens rarely occur with traces of a post-humeral 

 spot and of a transverse band behind the middle dark rufous ; indi- 

 cations, however, point to these being more or less immature. 



Its range of distribution is nearly the same as that of henshawi. 

 It is known to me from the Yellowstone Park, Wyo. (Bowditch), 

 the vicinity of Salt Lake, Utah, Nevada and Tehaehapi, Cal. 

 (Wickham). 



63. B. liageni Nobis. — Form elongate, depressed. Head and thorax seneo- 

 piceous, shining: elyti-a dark reddish brown, feebly seneous. Head as wide as 

 the thorax at apex ; palpi rufo-piceous; antennae nearly one-half as long as the 

 body, dark rufo-piceous. Protborax subcordate less than one-half wider than 

 long, slightly narrower at base than apex, slightly rugose at base; apex nearly 

 truncate ; median line fine, abbreviated before and behind ; anterior transverse 

 impression nearly obsolete, the posterior rather feeble ; basal impressions broad, 

 rather shallow, feebly bistriate ; sides with the margin narrowly reflexed, arcuate ; 

 hind angles obtuse, but not I'ounded, finely carinate. Elytra scarcely wider than 

 the thorax, elongate, oblong-ovate, nearly parallel, moderately deeply striate ; 

 striae entire, distinctly punctate to behind the middle, the fifth slightly grooved 

 at tip; intervals nearly 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 reddish brown. Legs rufo-testaceous. Length .22 inch ; 5.5 mm. 



It most nearly resembles scudderi, but is more elongate, with the 

 thorax less narrowed at base, the sides not" sinuate behind and the 

 hind angles obtuse. The elytra are scarcely wider than the thorax, 

 nearly parallel, rather more deeply striate and of different color, as 

 are also the legs and antennae. It is distinct from the other species 

 of the group by the characters given above. 



The ab(jve description was taken from the type in the collection 

 of the late Dr. LeConte, which is a female, and, so far as I am aware, 

 is the only specimen known. That author describes the elytra as 

 " testaceis," as also the palpi and legs, but the terms used above 

 seem more accurate. 



The name sexpundatiim, assigned to it by Dr. LeConte, is pre- 

 occupied. The above is accordingly proposed in its place as a slight 

 tribute to the late Dr. H. A. Hagen ; one to whom the writer is 

 indebted for valuable assistance in the past, and whose memory will 

 always be cherished with reverance and affection by such as were 

 fortunate enough to have been numbered among his friends, as well 

 as held in the highest esteem by those to whom he was known only 

 by his work as an entonjologist. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIV. (12) MARCH. 1897. 



