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To Mr. Ulke and Dr. Horn I am under obligations for an oppor- 

 tunity of examining the only known specimens of this species. 

 It occurs in the Hudson Bay Territory. 



100. B. dyschiriniim Lee. — Form moderately elongate, convex; color 

 black, distinctly bronzed, shining. Head as wide as the thorax at apex ; palpi 

 piceous ; antennae about one-half as long as the body, piceous, the first joint more 

 or less rufous, especially beneath. Prothorax rather more than one-half wider 

 than long, narrower at base than apex, subcordate ; apex nearly truncate ; me- 

 dian line fine, abbreviated before and behind ; transverse impressions moderately 

 distinct ; basal impressions broad, deep, obsoletely bistriate ; sides with the margin 

 very narrowly reflcxed, arcuate in front, sinuate behind ; hind angles rectangular, 

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

 strisB distinctly punctate, the first and second entire, the others abbreviated be- 

 hind, the fifth represented by a slight groove at tip; intervals flat, the third with 

 the first dorsal puncture about one-third from base, the second about one-third 

 from apex. Beneath black, with teneous lustre, shining. Legs rufo-piceous. 

 Length .12-. 1.5 inch ; 3-3.75 mm. 



Quite an easily recognized species. The surface is usually bronzed, 

 and the elytral striaj are deeply and distinctly, although not closely, 

 punctured, and, as in vile, the outer ones are abbreviated behind. 

 As is the case v.'ith scmtillans and arcdam., it has been heretofore 

 placed with grapii, seopulinnm, etc., and has been removed to the 

 position here assigned it on account of the position of the dorsal 

 punctures. 



It occurs along the Pacific coast, extending as far east as Montana. 

 I have also recently received specimens collected by Mr. Wickham 

 at Breckenridge and Leadville, Colo. (9500-10,000 feet). 



101. B. vile Lee. — Form slightly elongate, moderately convex ; color black, 

 scarcely feneous, shining. Head as wide as the thorax at apex; palpi piceous; 

 antennpe about one-half the length of the body, dark piceous or nearly black. 

 Prothorax subcordate, slightly wider than long, narrower at base than apex 

 sparsely punctulate at base: apex truncate: median line fine, subentire : trans- 

 verse impressions moderately distinct ; basal impressions deep, unistriate: sides 

 with the margin very narrowly reflexed, arcuate in front, sinuate behind; hind 

 angles subacute, distinctly carinate. Elytra about one-half wider than the tho- 

 rax, oblong-oval, finely striate ; strije distinctly punctate to behind the middle, 

 the first and second entire, the fifth represented at apex by a slight groove, the 

 others abbreviated behind ; intervals feebly convex, the third with the first dorsal 

 puncture about one-third from base, the second about one-third from apex. Be- 

 neath black, shining. Legs dark piceous, or nearly black. Length .10-. 11 inch : 

 2.5-2.75 mm. 



One of the smallest species of the genus, quite easily recognized 

 by the above characters. 



It is known to me only from California. 



TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIV. APKIL, 1897. 



