26 COLEOPTERA OF KANSAS 



H. Obliterata, clongata, chalybeo-atra subopaca, thorace subtiliter punctulato, ad basin late 

 rotundato, ante basin stria transversa snbtili impresso, elytris subtiliter fere obsolete punctulatis. 

 Long. - 27. 



One specimen, Mr. Fendler. Very distinct from other species of Graptodera 

 known to me, by the fine transverse line of the thorax being obliterated towards 

 the sides. 



H. torquata, elongata, thorace punctulato ad basin late rotundato, ante basin profunde trans- 

 versim sulcato, plus minusve cupreo, elytris chalybeis purpureo micantibus, confertim punctulatis, 

 margine laterali cupreo-aeneis ; subtus obscure asnea, pedibus purpureo-chalybeis. Long. -2. 



Santa Fe, Messrs. Fendler and Kern. An elongate Graptodera distinguished by 

 the color and the fine dense punctuation of the elytra, from all the species that 

 resemble it. 



H. bitaeniata, elongata nigro-picea, supra pernitida, capite postice pallidiore, thorace fusco- 

 testaceo, maculis tribus obscuris, parce punctulato, ante basin transversira leviter impresso, et in 

 medio foveato, elytris punctulatis nigris, vitta lata dorsali margineque (mox ante apicem sajpe con- 

 nexis) pallidis; antennis pedibusque fusco-testaceis, femoribus posticis obscuris. Long. '18 '21. 



Santa F6, Mr. Fendler. Larger than H. elongata Fabr. (tceniata Say), and with 

 it, belongs to the division Systena Chevr. The marginal and dorsal vittco some- 

 times unite near the tip. 



I.OUTGITARSUS LATR. 



fj. Iiiyripnlpis, elongata, alata, flavo-testacea, oculis palpisque nigris, fronte carinata, vertice 

 tnberculis duobus parum elevatis, linea impressa definitis, thorace latitudine breviore, lateribus 

 rotuudatis, valde convexo, alutaceo, ante basin transversim snlcato, elytris thorace latioribus 

 oblongis, subtiliter punctulatis pone basin late impressis ; tibiis posticis elongatis haud sulcatis, 

 calcari parvo terminatis. Long. -12. 



One specimen, Platte river. The first joint of the hind tarsi is somewhat less 

 than half the length of the tibia ; the antennae are lost. Differs from the other 

 species by the non-sulcate hind tibiae. 



Li. SllbrnfilS, rufo-testaceus, nitidus, fronte carinata, thorace latitudine haud breviore, angulis 

 rotundatis, convexo, haud dense punctato, elytris thorace latioribus, ovalibus convexis, subtiliter 

 punctatis, introrsum vix conspicue striatis ; tibiis posticis sulcatis, calcare brevi terminatis, 

 antennis corpore vix brevioribus, extrorsum infuscatis. Long. -12. 



Fort Laramie. The upper edge of the hind tibiae is finely serrate ; the tarsus 

 is as long as the tibia. 



tj. rilfoicUlS, apterus, ovatus, piceo-ferrugineus, nitidus, capite infuscato, fronte carinata, vertice 

 transversim impresso, thorace transverso, basi et angulis rotundatis, convexo, alutaceo, snbtiliter 

 parce punctulato, elytris ovalibus convexis, sat dense minus subtiliter punctatis, antennis testaceis, 

 extrorsum vix infuscatis, corpore paulo brevioribus. Long. -11. 



Fort Laramie. The spur of the hind tibia is short ; the tarsus is as long as 

 the tibia; the elytra are obtusely rounded at tip, and the pygidium is slightly 

 prominent. 



GL.YPTIWA LEG. 



G. spliria, testacea, nitida, fronte elevata, vertice bituberculato ntrinque oblique impresso, thorace 

 transverso, basi rotundato, lateribus parallels angulis anticis oblique truncatis, punctato, elytris 

 oblongo-ovalibus thorace latioribus, fortiter punrtato-striatis ; antennis extrorsum fuscis. 

 Long. -08. 



