112 . AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 



moderately deep, bistriate ; sides with the margin very narrowly reflexed, feebly 

 arcuate in front, oblique, not sinuate behind ; hind angles obtuse, but not rounded, 

 carinate. Elytra distinctly wider than the thorax, oblong-ovate, finely striate, 

 more finely at sides and apex ; striae entire, finely punctate to behind the middle, 

 the fifth grooved at tip ; intervals nearly flat, the third with the first dorsal punc- 

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

 b ack. shining. Legs rufous. Length .12 inch ; 3 mm. 



Quite easily recognized by its form, wliich resembles that of a 

 small Bradycellus. 



But two specimens are known to me, both from Garland, Col. 

 One of these, LeConte's type, seems slightly immature. The other 

 is in Mr. Bowditch's collection. 



95. B. wickhanii n. sp. — Form rather broad, slightly depressed ; color 

 nearly black, slightly aeneous, shining, the elytra with a humeral lunule and a 

 transverse baud behind the middle yellow, the latter concave backwards and 

 extending nearly to the suture. Head as wide as the thorax at apex ; palpi 

 fuscous; antennae scarcely one-half as long as the body, fuscous, the basal 

 joints testaceous. Prothorax subquadrate, about one-half wider than long, as 

 wide at base as apex; apex nearly truncate; median line fine, abbreviated 

 before and behind; transverse impressions distinct; basal impressions deep, 

 bistriate : sides with the margin narrowly retlexed, arcuate in front, scarcely 

 sinuate behind ; hind angles subobtuse, cariuate. Elytra about one-half wider 

 than the thorax, oblong-ovate, finely striate; striae punctate to behiud the mid- 

 dle, the outer ones nearly effaced, the first, second and fifth entire, the latter 

 grooved at tip; intervals nearly flat, the third with the first dorsal puncture 

 about one-third from base, the second about one-third froin apex. Beneath black, 

 scarcely aeneous, shining. Legs testaceous. Length .14-. 15 inch : 3.5—8.75 mm. 



A very pretty little species, easily distinguishable from the others 

 of the group. It bears a strong resemblance to the species of the 

 next group, from which it may readily be separated by the distinctly 

 striate elytra, with the first, second and fifth strise entire. From 

 bifasciatum {muvdum Lee.) itself, it differs, in addition, by the form 

 of the thorax, with the basal impressions bistriate. By its markings 

 it also resembles quadrvmaenlatum, but the frontal strise are single 

 and parallel. 



I take great pleasure in dedicating this species to Mr. H. F. 

 Wickham, of Iowa City, to whom I am indebted for the only speci- 

 men in my cabinet and for many favors. 



Described from one specimen in my own collection from Duns- 

 muir, Cal., and two in Dr. Horn's, one from Lake County, California, 

 and the other from Nevada. Of these, two are males. 



96. B. constricticolle n. sp.— Form slender, elongate, slightly depressed ; 

 color and markiugs nearly as in liicidum. Head slightly narrower than the thorax 



