LeConte.|] 426 [Feb. 1, 
Hind angles of head prominent, rounded at tip...... wtsiki Sithst Weeetenern ae 
Hind angles of head dentiform, setose ; eyes oblique, coarsely granu- 
lated, deeply emarginate; <¢ antenne flabellate, eyes very large ; 
color dark, elytra with pale, angulated lines.........1. Melsheimeri. 
3. Brownish-black, base of elytra oranye....................:.2. Dasalis. 
Grayish-black, elytra with an angulated, narrow band of gray pubes- 
cencejabout the middlec. 21.20.52 .tis. see scene ea. ssa) DebDlosts 
Ae Eves coarsel yaoi am ola Ged: telus set-farayahesets s/ofaie Gael eiemiet roils sts cree oor 
Eyes finely granulated, smaller, not oblique, widely distant; black, 
shining, antennee, legs and elytra yellow ; the last with the base, apex, 
lateral cloud, and large, cordate spot at the middle black. .9. notatus. 
Dy Hntirely: black; stronely- punctured. \.lee 1 » cleleee ese = cle ores see Aber 
Piceous, strongly punctured, antenne and legs testaceous ; elytra rufous, 
with a broad, picecous band occupying two-thirds of the surface, ex- 
tending along the suture to the base....................5. fasciatus. 
Piceous, strongly punctured ; elytra dull testaceous, with an ill-defined, 
oblique band and some anterior spots darker........6. nubifer, n. sp. 
Testaceous, strongly punctured; head, and two small spots on each 
elytron, forming a transverse band, dark............7. subfasciatus. 
Testaceous, strongly punctured ; elytra each with two small piceous 
spots arranged obliquely, the inner one being behind the mid@le, and 
theiouterione about. theimiddle.. (icc... sn. - cele eciies On SIEMattiCR 
GleHloneates likkefayslendlercA7i¢7er3) Wn LOT .1.)- tate istontiers tetorcete¥-) et ater ieee = 
Elytra large, ventricose, piceous, finely and very aeucely punctured, 
with numerous anastomosing lines of white pubescence ; 1st joint of 
ANLENM ee WVieLY, SHON el-ljolle eller) lecleleteateloieieletael ater One nitaCOstign 
(- Meadrand) prothoraxs finelyapumchilatee testers = telaitetteieisttvaletetala) ete 
Head and prothorax densely punctured ; elytra more strongly pune- 
tured with two narrow bands of white pubescence, the anterior one an- 
gulated, black; antenne and legs dull testaceous...... ............ 
11. ptinoides Schwarz. 
8. Prothorax quadrate, transversely impressed near the base, elytra ob- 
liquely impressed behind the base......... SOA Oe Lo aeseaaale ate ete 
Prothorax sub-ovate, not transversely impressed behind; form more 
elongate ; color variable....................12. quercicola Schwarz. 
9. Fuscous, pruinose, elytra paler with an indistinct, darker band near the 
base ; prothoracic impressions not deep..........13. brunneipennis. 
Piceous, pruinose ; antennee and legs brown or testaceous...14. piceus. 
Piceous, sparsely and finely pubescent, prothoracic impression very 
deep ; antenne and legs paler..... Ryser as solace ocieeis OP aMpressaus: 
Norer.—By an error of writing I have stated on p. 265 of Classification 
of Coleoptera of North America that in this genus the penultimate joint of 
the tarsi is bilobed ; the antepenultimate is meant. 
129. Dircaea proma, n.sp.——Very elongate, narrower behind, sub- 
cuneiform, convex, brown, densely clothed with sericeous short pubescence. 
