14 COLEOPTERA OF KANSAS 



Kansas and New Mexico, near the Rocky mountains. The first dorsal costa is 

 nearly straight, and extends from the base to the apex; the second commences 

 near the base, and being curved, unites with the first about one-third from the tip ; 

 the third is irregular, running from the anterior third to the posterior fourth ; the 

 marginal one is entire, and unites with the first near the tip. 



ASIDA LATK. 



A. opaca, oblonga atra, opaca, brevissime parce flavo-pubescens, capite thoraceque scabro-punc- 

 tatis, illo antice transversim excavato, hoc antrorsum angustato, latitudine breviore, lateribus 

 rotundatis late subdepressis postice subsinuatis, angulis omnibus acutis, posticis paulo productis, 

 elytris parce subtiliter minus profunde punctatis vage inaequalibns, nonnunquam obsolete sulcatis, 

 lateribus marginatis, humeris obtusis. Long. -5 68. Tab. I, fig. 9. 



SAY, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Ill, 254. 



Euschides opaca LEG. Annals of the Lyceum of Nat. Hist. V, 127. 



Kansas and New Mexico, near the mountains : specimens from the latter locality 

 are smaller, and have the elytra much more uneven than those found near Platte 

 river, but do not appear sufficiently distinct to be considered as another species. 



EIJSCHIDES LEC. 



E. COllvexa, nigra subnitida, capite punctato antice transversim sulcato, thorace latitudine sesqui 

 breviore, subtiliter parce punctato, lateribus rotundatis, margine punctato anguste reflexo, angulis 

 anticis acutis, posticis obtusis haud rotundatis, elytris transversim convexis, pone basin thorace 

 paulo latioribus, ad apicem valde declivibus, subtiliter rugosis lineis tribus obsoletis utrinque 

 notatis, humeris marginatis prominulis. Long. -85. Tab. I, fig. 10. 



Arkansas river, near the mountains. Nearly allied to Eu. obovata Lee. ; but 

 with the thorax more convex and less broadly margined, and the elytra less obovate 

 and more convex transversely. From Eu. convexicollis Lee. it differs by the larger 

 and more strongly margined thorax. 



PELECYPHOR1JS SOMER. 



P. SOrdidllM, piceo-niger, capite modice transversim impresso, punctato, thorace latitudine fere 

 sesqui breviore ante medium augustato, lateribus rotundatis subserratis deplanatis et subreflexis, 

 confertim grosse insequaliter punctato, elytris oblongo-ovalibus, convexis postice subacutis, sutura 

 margiue costisque utrinque duabus elevatis, lineis transversis sinuatis inter se irregulariter con- 

 nexis ; prosterno postice late sulcato. Long. -75 -85. Tab. I, fig. 11(9). 



LEC. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. VI, 446. 



Arkansas river, near the mountains : also found in New Mexico, by Dr. &quot;Webb, 

 of the Mexican Boundary Commission. In the female, the elytra are twice as 

 wide as the thorax, and more rounded on the sides than in the male. The speci 

 mens are covered with a yellowish earthy substance which adheres closely. 



EUSATTUS LEC. 



E. reticillatlis, rotundatus convexus, ater opacus, thorace obsoletissime punctulato, lateribus 

 marginatis paulo reflexis, angulis posticis valde productis, elytris foveis quadratis vagis impressis, 



obsolete sulcatis, tibiis anticis extrorsum serrulatis, versus apicem Itevibus. Long. -46 -53. Tab. 



I, fig. 7 (a, tibia antica). 



LEC. Ann. Lye. of Nat. Hist. V, 132. 



Zopliosis reticulata SAT, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. 11J, 250. 



