74 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



short channel in front for the reception of the prosternal point. 

 The antennae are scarcely longer than the head, and have but 9 

 joints, of which the last three form an oval club. The under 

 surface of the prothorax is vaguely excavated each side for the 

 reception of the anterior tibia? and the antennae, as in Attagenus. 



PEDILOPIIORUS STEFF. 



216. P. aeneollIS. Apterus, ovalis, convexus, antice oblique attenua- 

 tns, postice obtusus, nigro-virescenti aeneus, punctatus, pilis albidia 

 minus subtiliter vestitus, subtus piceus cinereo-pubescens, tarsorum 

 articulo 3io haud lobato. Long. *17. 



Nebraska ; Mr. Ulke. Oval, convex, above dark greenish 

 bronzed, uniformly but not closely punctured, and clothed with 

 coarse white hairs ; thorax twice as wide at the base as its length, 

 strongly narrowed in front, sides oblique, scarcely rounded. Scu- 

 tellum clothed with white hair ; elytra oval, wider than the thorax, 

 obtusely rounded behind ; wings none. Beneath piceous, densely 

 punctured, covered with brownish-gray pubescence ; tarsi simple. 



Quite different in form from our other species. 



LJMNIUS MULLER. 



2T p y. L.. ovalis. Ovalis convexus, nigro-seneus, pube flava parce ves- 

 titus, thorace dense punctate, stria basali utrinque profunda impresso, 

 elytris profunde striatim punctatis, interstitiis obsolete punctulatis, vitta 

 obscure testacea ssepe interrupta ornatis, antennis lestaceis. Long. -10. 



Pennsylvania ; Prof. Haldeman, and Mr. E. D. Cope. Re- 

 sembles in form and color L. fastiditus Lee., but the elytral stripe 

 is much wider and less definite in form, the body is wider and the 

 sides of the thorax are more distinctly rounded. 



HETEROCERITS FABR. 



218. H. gnatllO. Fuscus, pube densa sericea fusca vestitus, capita 

 thoraceque pilis longioribus pubescentibus, hoc latitudine triple breviore, 

 lateribus valde rotundatis testaceis, angulis posticis marginatis, elytris 

 obsolete striatis, dense subtiliter punctulatis, testaceis maculis undatis 

 fuscis variegatis, pedibus testaceis. Long. -18 -25. 



Mas, labro producto capite vix breviore. basi utrinque late lobato, apice 

 emarginato, mandibulis elongatis tenuibus elytris thorace angustioribus, 

 a basi paulo angustatis. Fern, labro antice rotundato, ad apicem emar- 

 ginato. 



Colorado River, California. The females appear to vary in 



