DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. Ill 



EUSCIIIDES LEG. 



<S79. Ell. puncticollis. Nigra, capite antice fortiter, postice sub- 

 tilius dense puuctato, thorace fortiter dense punctato, convexo rotun- 

 dato, latitudine sesqui breviore, apice late einarginato, lateribus anguste 

 explanatis, augulis posticis nullis ; elytris ovalibus, thorace latioribus, 

 postice valde declivibus et oblique angustatis, valde couvexis, subtilius 

 dense punctatis, margine lateral! tenui, ad dodrantem obsolete ; tibiis 

 auticis angulo externo apicali producto, spiniformi. Long. -78. 



One specimen, from Oregon, given me by Mr. Ulke. Quite 

 distinct from the other species by the strongly and densely punc- 

 tured thorax. The apical angle of the front tibiae is acute in all 

 the species, but is more prolonged in this, and is spiniform and 

 nearly as long as the first joint of the tarsi. 



HRAAXIIIS LEG. 



3SO. It. il or Ida nus. Oval is modice convexns, fusco-ater opacus, 

 pube depressa brevissiina sordida adspersus, capite thoraceque confertim 

 punctatis, hoc latitudine plus duplo breviore, antrorsum fortiter angus- 

 tato, apice emarginato, lateribus rotundatis, basi medio late rotundata, 

 utrinque late emarginata, angulis posticis productis, apice rotundatis ; 

 elytris foveis vagis irregulariter impressis, snbcostatis, scabro-punctatis ; 

 antennis capite sesqui longioribus, tibiis anticis angulo apicali externo 

 paulo producto. Long. -60 ; lat. '32. 



One specimen, from Florida. Resembles in appearance a large 

 Opatrum. The punctures of the thorax are tolerably dense, but 

 shallow, and in the middle of each is a very short scale-like yellow 

 hair ; the sculpture of the elytra consists of irregular shallow con- 

 fluent foveae, so placed as to produce faint intervening costae ; the 

 surface is likewise punctured, each puncture being accompanied 

 with a small granule, and a very short hair. The scutellum does 

 not project between the elytra. 



The characters of the genus are given at length in the Classifi- 

 cation of Coleoptera, p. 222.* 



* Another species of Branchus, collected on the Island of New Provi- 

 dence, Bahamas, by Dr. H. C. Wood, may be thus distinguished : 



B. woodii, ovalis parum convexus, ater opacus, breviter sordide pubes- 

 cens, capite fortiter punctato, fronte transversim late excavate, thorace 

 latitudine vix duplo breviore confertim subtilius punctato, antrorsum 

 angustato, apice emarginato, lateribus late rotundatis, basi medio late 

 rotundata, utrinque emarginata, angulis posticis productis, apice rotun- 

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