Tiios. t.. (;asev. 



I!». I^. CXtri(*ntllN i>. sp. — F-'orm nicHitTutcly (>|i)ii2iit(>(l, iloprosspd. Siirf;K'o 

 ofliouil :ijicl iiiiilliniiix I'allicr (-liisi'ly iiinl coursoly |min'tiin'cl ninl |>iil)t'j't'oiit. Kly- 

 tra Htriati", striiio vory foolili'. ('nlor diirk ti'stiu'Ooiis; clylni. leirs iiml iiiili'iiiuif 

 |>iil(>r. ITi-iicI suli-triimsiiihir, IxinlonMl ; oyos siiiiill, ('diivox" aiiil vvll iiclviiiii'fd. 

 I'mtliiinix wilier tlnm the heiid, veiy sli'^liily liroiidoi tliMii linii;. iitid |iorci'|ililily 

 iiiiiTowi'd lii'liiiid ; sid(>s alinlilly aroiiMlt' : iintoriDP iinRles ii little rmindud , |M)8te- 

 riiir iiii'^ies iiciilo: lutcriil sirino ilistiiict, traces of ii socuiid "iio being iilso visible. 

 Elytra nno-lialfas loiii; asiaiii us the liead and itrutlmrax toi;t'tlier, anil wiiicli wider 

 than till' latter; ontiro and I'Vi-nly r<iii;ide<l iMdiind; sides panillrl ami slii^lilly 

 aronulo. Scutollmn small and transverse. First aliderninal soKinent al»>nt twice 

 tlio lont^th of the second, next thri>e equal, tilth a little longor than the fourth. 

 Antennae ef|Uai in loiii;th to head and pmthorax tni;i>tlier, first ji'int moderately 

 elon'.;ateil, sm'ond smaller and (!ylindrical. third and fourth much smaller, equal 

 iinil .sul>-i;lohular, fifth longer and cylindrioal, sixth like fourth, seventh like fifth, 

 oightli smallest and glohular, ninth to olev<>nth largerand not wreeptihly llattened ; 

 all moderately |)nhesiH'nt. — Lenijtli l.S mm. 

 IMato Vli, Fiir. "). 

 ()ii(! spofiincn ('miii Missotiri is bcforo mo. 



2lt. It, nltcrillinN Kr. — Form moderately elonr;ated and depressed. Surface 

 shinitiij: punctures on head and |>rothorax rather fine, (Miarser on the latter ; ely- 

 tra striate and foveato: fovoae Irrge, and arranged in rows. Pnhescence on head 

 and prothora.x rather dense and fine; t'- i elytra ia shorter, Cfinrser and in the 

 form tif erect setae, which are arrange ' u ■ losely approximate rows. Color pale 

 testaceous, legs a littl(> lighter. Head sii. .ini;ular, largo: eyes advanced on sides 

 of head, small and Hat; median line visible. Prothorax a little narrower than the 

 iiead, slightly wider than long, and feebly narrowed behind; sides nearly straight ; 

 anterior and jxislerior angles right; lateral striae well marko<l and equidintant 

 from the sides throughout. Pllytra alxiut one-fourth as long again as the head and 

 |)rolbor:ix together, as wide as head, obtusely trinieateil behind, ami entire; sides 

 parallel and nearly straight. Abdoinii>al segments equal. Antennae equal in 

 length to the elytra ; first Joint very n»oderate, second smaller, third to eightli still 

 snialli^r, mr.niliform and slightly elongiiteil, ninth to eleventh someivhat abruptly 

 larger ancl Hatteneil, last joint n)ore elongatiMl and cylindrical than tenth; uU 

 densely pubescent. Length ID mm, 



Phito VI r, Fio. (1. 



A CDSiiiopolitiin HiK'cios, but rather rare. 



21. Ij. rerrugilieus (Rtoph.)— Form modonitely elong;ited,ilepressed; sides 

 parallel. Punctures on head and prothorax coarse and I'loso; elytra .striate, striae 

 closely approximate. Pubescen<'e on head and prothonix long and abundant, that 

 on elytra shorter, and in the form of erect setae arranged in very even rows. Sur- 

 face moilerately shining. 0<dor dark testaceous. Head sub-triangnlar; median 

 line distinct; eyes small, convex ainl slightly ailvanood. Prothorax as wide as 

 head, length and breadth equal, very slightly narrowed behind ; sides very mod- 

 erately arcuate; anterior and [xistorior aiigles right; lateral striae rather fiiint. 

 Scutellnm small and evenly rounded behind. F^lytra one-half as long again as 

 the head and prothorax together, eqmil in width to the latter, entire, and evenly, 

 though somewhat obttisely rounded behind; sides parallel and ne;irly straight. 

 Abdominal .segments sub-equal. Antennae eq\uil in length to about one-half of 



