NORTH AMERICAN <'OLEOPTKRA. 



!il) 



"< >*. ("iM'lily .'iiijir- 



•■iliiitcl ill the tip: 

 "i( and lul.iist. III,. 

 <• lip. Miicl pnivi(J,.(J 

 • ami ciliate-J iinte- 

 iRiito, panillol and 

 •'mipri!»st'c|; tibiae 

 ^^l^•llller; (irsi Jnint 

 I very loriif. Boilv 



paralicl. Siirfaco 

 x tlian on |i,;a.l ; 



setae, vvliirli ai-i- 

 'lack. IFeaii siib- 

 'Xtend to till, p,,s. 

 iHiad as tlic latter, 



iii-<.'iirvate liefure 

 g as the head and 

 evenly iminded 

 iis the elytra, fill- 

 er, fiinrth ti> last 



pilheseeiit. The 

 Kill .1.8—7.0 mm. 



of tllf riiitcd 

 ill! ."'I (tries, (if 



rritDry. which 

 !i rather n-- 



iti-rln'iiii's I). 

 •f tlic iiorinal 

 folor at and 



more coarselv 



iwilliiii: tu re- 



te and ucumi- 

 II a idiig aeiite 

 s I'lilv in the 



W'l' liiivc twip s|)('ci('s whicli may lie distiiiL^ui.xht'd as fulldws: 



Hlyira «\' male aiiicled poHterinrly ; head and pmlhorax paler in I'ulnr than 

 elylni I. lIllbillH. 



Klytra male ami femitie evenly rminiloil liehiiid: IhmiI and iimthoiax nf same 

 eohir as elytra 2. debiliN. 



1. It. (IllllillS l"al>. - Piirni moderately elimgaled, viuy depressed. Surface 

 pu net ale, piineiiiies very la rife, and so close as U> lie almost continent; elytra piiiie- 

 tato-striate, covered with very short, stout and sparse, eiiiereoiis setue, which on the 

 elytra are arranged in rows. Ccdor hrownish hiaelt : head, protliorax, lei;s and 

 antennae paler. Head siihcjiiadrate, tri-lohed liy two i^rooves, whieli extend 

 almost to the posterior margin, I'rothorax wider tiiaii head, liroader than long, 

 narrowed posteriorly ; sides iniiintely serrate, sinuate ; anteri<ir angles very promi- 

 nent and toothed, posterior angles rounded liroadly. Elytra hroader than j)rotlio- 

 rax. more than twice as loiii; as head anil protlmrax toirether. entire ; anirled with- 

 out, posteriorly %. evenly rounded lieliind J: strongly Imrdereil : sides parallel 

 and straight; indexed sich-s broad and well develojied. Anloiinae filiform, as long 

 as the entire body, first Joint slightly longer than tiie head, narrow and almost 

 straight, second very small, third to eleventh sul)-ei|ual and more elongated, last 

 joint narrower and somewhat rounded at the tip: all densely pubescent. Scutelluin 

 angulated slightly behind. The male has two very arcuate horn-like ])ropesses on 

 the mandibles whicli the female does not possess. Length 4.H — .'j.S mm. 



Plaff VITT. Fi<r. :i Sotuhern States. 



Var. <r»rica<K.s Mots. — I)i(lers from the preceding in its smaller size. Tlie an- 

 tennae are somewhat shorter, and the sides of the protliorax are straighter. there 

 being hardly any perceptible sinuosity behind the anicrior looth. 

 I.eiiU'tli t.'i— .1.11 mm. 



IMiitc VI 1 1. Flo. ?„'. Caliluriiia. 



2. K. 4lel>ilitl Lee. — Korm elongate, depressed. I'uncluies of head and pro- 

 thorax very large, deep, irregular and iipproxiniale, in some spots continent : ely- 

 tra puuctato-striate Jind costate. Surface clothed with very short, robust and 

 sparse, yellowish selae, arranged in rows upon the elytra: color deep black: an- 

 tennae and inoulh p;irts paler: abdominal segments soiiu'what paler and pubes- 

 cent, llijad suli-ijiiadrate, longitudinal grooves not reaching the posterior border. 

 I'loiliorax wider ihnii bead, broader than long, narrowed behind; sides minutely 

 serrate, sinuate: anterior angles very prominent and toothed, posterior angles 

 rounded. Scutelluin .'Veiily rounded liehind. Elytia two :inil one-half limes the 

 length of the head and protliorax together, slightly wider than the latter, entire, 

 and evenly rounded behind in both sexes, broadly margined: inflexed sides well 

 developed ; sides parallel and slightly arcuate. Antennae as long as the elytra and 

 protliorax together, filiform, first joint iniicli longer than the head, sinuate and 

 broader toward the lij). second very small, third to eleventh sub-equal and elon- 

 gateil, last joint longerand almost impercejitibly narrower, acute at tip; all densely 

 pubescent. Length 4.1.' — b.'A mm. 



l»liito VI! I. Fit:. '). Nortii Fia.stern I'liited 8tiiUw. 



'I'iiis is till' coiuiiion N'ortiiern .specie.s, wliiie i/n/nits is uiorc pleritit'iil at 



tilt' Smith. Tlicv ;ii(' i|iiit(' ilistiiict. 



