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TIIOS. L. CASEV. 



Fouiidod on ti specimen in the cabinet of Dr. LeConto, where it was 

 labeled ti/feniann. CVoteh, in manuscript notes, said it was rather /errw- 

 (/I'ncus. It cannot, in my o])inion, be citlier, as in liotli these species the 

 posterior ang'-js of the j>rothorax are always pmniinont and well devel- 

 oped. It seems to resemble more closely tlie European ((fcr, in which, 

 accordinjr to Sturm, the posterior an<::los are " ^tiniipf," but not haviiifr 

 any specimen of the latter for examination this cannot be stated positively. 



16. li. qiiadratllS n. sp. — Form von iiKuleriitcly cloiiiTiited ; (lojjrossed. 

 Surfiico pioicliiroii us in piiiK'tafu.i ; nearly free fruiii jiuliescence. Body, legs and 

 antennae dark testaceous; integuments dense. Tleiid sub-quadrate: anterior an- 

 gles nf epistoma right; excavation in front of antennae clearly dofined, rounded 

 and deej) ; elevated margin distinct ; eyes large, very near tin; posterior angles, and 

 rather coarsely granulated. Prolhorax suli-quudrate, very little wider than head, 

 broader than long, hardly narrowed behind; sides very slightly arcuate , lateral 

 striae double, both well developed; anteruir angles aciit", posterior right. Elytra 

 one-third as long again as the head iind prolhorax together, a little wider than the 

 latter; entire with the exce])tion of the extreme tip of the fiftli ventral segment, 

 which is left exposed; strongly bordered and striate: evenly rounded behind; 

 sides paruUel and arcuate ; scule'.lum evenly rounded behind, short an<l transverse. 

 Fiflli alxlominal segment nearly twice as long as the fourth. Antennae about one- 

 half as long as the body, sjiarseiy pubescent, otherwise as in piinctjlx.'i 9 > ex<'ept 

 that the first joint is shorter and more robust than in that species. Length 1.7 mn). 



Uulf States. Plate VII, Fig. 1. 



This species resembles punctatiis 9 • but differs fron> that species most 

 notably in the epLstoma. 



It'i. Ij, cepllHloles Lee. — Form moderately elongated ; deiirossed. Surface 

 shining. Punctures of bead coarse, those near the middle section S() large as to 

 constitute pita, decreasing in size and closeness anteriorly and posteriorly ; punc- 

 tures of prolhorax much finer, with about the same degree of apj)roxi:nation ; 

 elytra striate, striae punctured ; entire stirfoce covered very sparsely with exceed- 

 ing! v minute, erect setae, those on head .nnd jirothorax appanrntiy belonging to 

 the punctures, those on the elytra arranged in rows. Color black, a longitudinal 

 area occupying the entire interior of each elytron is a |)ale testaceous : legs and 

 antei'iuie dark testaceous. Head very large, quadrate ; labium emarginate : man- 

 dibles large, arcuate and prominent; eyes very small, situateii on the sides before 

 the middle; there is a deep elongated jiit in the surface of the bead near the base 

 of each antenna. Prothorax of same width as head, broader than long, narrowed 

 behind, much smaller than head, narrowly bordered ; sides nearly straight ; an- 

 terior and jiosterior angles well marked; lateral striae well developed, and not 

 attaining the anterior margin. Elytra equal in length to head and jn'othorax 

 together, slightly narrower than the latter, evenly rounded behind and entire; 

 sides parallel. Scutellum sub-triangular, and rather large. First abdominal seg- 

 inent nearly twice as long as the second, last four equal in length. Antenn.ae 

 equal in length to the elytra ; first joint V(>ry moderate, oval ; joints two to eight 

 moniliform. ninth abruptly larger and tlattened, last joint more elongated, mir- 

 rowed very slightly. Uattened and fusiform. Length 2.4 — 2.(5 mm. 

 Plate VU. VL 2. 



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