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Less than 250 species of Coleoptera, and most of them com- 

 mon, were identified on the trip. Rather a disappointment con- 

 sidering the hard work done. Among the unidentified species 

 the following seem to be new : 



Pinacodera virescens n. sp. 



Head and thorax piceous black, shining. The thorax with wide 

 pale border, wider behind. Hind angle obtuse, margin punctured and 

 transversely wrinkled. Elji:ra dull opaque green, strongly alutaceous. 

 Legs and antennae pale. Length 9 mm. ; width 450 mm. 



One male. — Plott Balsam ]\Its., North Carolina, June, 1910, 

 As compared with the other North American species, this i=; 

 a shorter and broader insect. 



Scaphisoma (Scaphiomicrus) carolinae n. sp. 



Black, shining. Punctures of prothorax very minute, those of elytra 

 slightly coarser. Each elytron with a sharply defined rufous spot near 

 base, rounded in front and extending obliquely back to apex, leaving a 

 triangular black area on dorsum of ehiira. which area extends three- 

 fourths way to elytral apex. Sutural striae flexed outward at base in 

 male, straight in female. Beneath strongly punctured, except the last 

 four ventral segments. Postcoxal plates not reaching one-half the 

 length of basal segment. Parabolic in form behind. Three specimens, 

 I — 9 mm. 



Balsam, North Carolina. June. 1910. Tn fungus. This 

 species recalls Mr. Fall's S. ornata from Alabama, but is larger, 

 much broader, elytral maculation different and punctures finer. 



Athous lengi n. sp. 



Color ochre-yellow with an oblong piceous cloud in middle of thorax, 

 extending from base to apex, and another along elytral suture from 

 scutellum to apex. Thorax closely and strongly punctate, elytra and 

 body beneath more finely so. Antennal joints of male more serrate 

 than in female. Second joint short, third to eleventh subequal in 

 length. Front coxae covered with dense fine pale buflf-colored pubes- 

 cence. Male T3 ram., and female 16 mm. long. 



One from Balsam, North Carolina, and one from Clayton. 

 Georgia. One also taken at Clayton by Dr. Lore of New 

 York, June. A large stout species that recalls in facies the 

 female of Corymbites longicornis from North Carolina, and 

 AtJwiis vittiger from the State of Washington, though very 

 different structurally. Named in honor of Chas. \\\ Leng, of 

 New York. 



