HH 



TtlOS. I,. TASKV. 



i»k:vi»koi>ii%<;i;n sd. 



M 



I'litimi ■'Imiitilv lniii-ivi'i-si>. siiiiiiili' iiiitfrimlv. 



ii;iilii i'urnoiiiis' 



f....|, 



ifiiiiilf iiiili'ijoi'ly. Kxh'iiiiii liil f niiixilliii' sliorl iiliil liniiid. cilhilcil nt the tip ; 



>k. I'liljii slicii't and I'ciliiiHt, till' 



II (■(ii-ii("(iii- 



iiiteriial lolic small. tiTiniiuiteil liy 



last Joint. (pli-niiiii!al. MamliMos -ijioi-t, ari'imli', liiilenlali- at the lip. and prnvidi'il 



with a cilialeil ' .irdor iiili 



l.al 



ii'iini tfaiiMViT.^o. tnmi'alf and cilialt"! aiilf 



riiirly. K_Vf!< small, ruiindi'd, not pmniintMit. I'lul'inrax idciiKjalc. |)arall('l iiiul 

 eiilii'c. lit'^s short. tiMriora i'nlai'L;''d ni-ar the middle, and coMiprussud : tibial* 

 straight. Icrniiiiati'd hy a vi'ry short spur. Tarsi |H>iilaiiioroiis, Mieiiiler ; first Joint 



vi>rv short, surmnl ami ihiri 



>iiiJ!er. 



Sllll 



iiial. toiutli short, last vorv 



Ho 



vi-ry di'pri 



w 



ia\r lillt mil' sliciUcs 



I. n. glaher 



-Form I'loiiijati' and di-pn^ssod ; sides parallel. Siirfaee 



(louply and coarsely punctured, pnneliires closer on prolhorax than on head ; 

 elytra sirialo-piinetale: covered very sparsely with tine short setae, which are 

 loiiuer and closer on the under side. Oolor dark lirownish Mack. Head siib- 

 (jiiadrate. with two lateral groove.s from the front, which do not extend to the pos- 

 terior martrin. I'rothorax one-half us loiii;ai;ain as the head, as broad as the latter, 

 and not mari;ined : anterior anj^les roiin<led. sides parallel and in-ciirvale before 

 the middle, then converging rapidly lichind. Hlytra twice as long as the head and 

 prolhorax logelber, mn.-h broader than the latter, entire and evenly rounded 

 behind ; sides jiarallel anil straight. Antennae nearly as long as the elytra, tili- 

 I'orni. first joint as long as head, second very small, third longer, fourth to last 

 sub-equal, last joint iiarro-vly acuminate at tip; all moderately pubescent. The 

 legs and antennae are a little paler in color than the bodv. Length n.H — 7.0 iiini. 

 ^I'lat.' VIII. 1<V-- 



Very widely (listriluitcil tlii-uiioliunt tlic NiirtliiTii roirions ul' tlic I'liitctl 

 Stiiti's iiiid ill British Aiiii'rica. Ki'sciiililes tlu' Kiiriiiifiiii spi'cics. lA' 

 wliifli it IS jirohaMy a variety only. 



I liavf iitidcr cxaiiiinatiini a s]M'(-iiiU'ii tVnin tin- N. W. Territory, wliit'h 

 1 am riiict'd to ivt'cr to tiiis sjiecics. It liowcvcr ri'|»r('si'iits a rattier re- 



iiiarkaiile variety, and is iindoiihtedlv the same ax M; 



iiiiierlu>im 



/>. 



luinrlciiinia. It is ii little more than two-tliirds the lentrth of tlie normal 

 I'orm. and of a very liuht color. The elytra are piiler in color at and 

 he prothorax is also relatively a little more coarsely 



near 



the I 

 iimetiired. 



Alth 



iiimeri. 



Kuioh this may represent a ocmnne spei 

 :ard it in that liirht without other specimens. 



ies. r am unwillint! to re- 



BKfftNTKN Fall 



JJirters from the precediiio; in the followiiio; characters: 



Ligula eorneoiis. cordate ; last Joint of the maxillary palpi ovulate and aeunii- 

 lalt! at the tiji, that of the labial out very obliquely, and prolonged in a long acute 



pr< 



Tl 



le genus is closely allied to Dendrophagns and diU'ers only in the 



above characters and those mentioned in the table. 



