September 1882.] SYNOPTIC TABLES OF COLEOPTERA. 39 
Cc. 
(Posterior tarsi with three joints grooved on the outerside; prothorax feebly narrowed 
behind, angles not rounded, basal impressions single, base finely margined each 
side. 
Elytral strize impunctured; hind angles of prothorax sub-rectangular, slightly promi- 
nent, antennze and legs dark ferruginous................ Wed, patruelis, De}. 
Elytral striae punctured as far as the middle; form less slender, hind angles more 
distinctly obtuse; antennze and legs dark ferruginous, thighs usually piceous. 
Strize strongly punctured; desédiosus, Lec. Strize indistinctly punctured. 
| 73. femoralis, Kirby. 
Smaller, very shining, iridescent, elytral strize obsoletely punctured; hind angles of 
prothorax obtuse not prominent, antennz and feet bright ferruginous. 
74, corrusculus, Lec. 
1). 
(Posterior tarsi with three joints grooved on the outer side; body elongate, prothorax . 
moderately narrowed behind, basal angles sub-rectangular, occasionally prominent, 
impressions single or double, in the latter case the angles are sometimes feebly car 
inated; elytra elongate oval, or subovate, usually convex, dorsal punctures two to 
six, but not very constant; humeral angles rounded, tip more or less sinuate, scu- 
tellar stria sometimes long, sometimes short, species in part opinionative and in- 
distinct. ) 
Base of prothorax not margined near the hind angles; legs blackish. 
Base of prothorax between fovea and angle convex, or at least not flattened; ely- 
tra convex, scutellar stria long, dorsal punctures small. 
Elytral strize fine, first and second strize connected behind by a deeper hook: out- 
er basal impressions punctiform, indistinct, hind angles nearly obtuse; 
ialssyapitose wn Ueteskeetersencyas.- .ccenepehanehenctoyraclet 75. vindicatus, Mann, 
Elytral strize deeper: 
Black, basal foveze of prothorax not punctured....... 76. ventricosus, De}. 
Bronzed, basal foveze punctured.................. 77. subexaratus, Mann. 
Base of prothorax between fovea and angle flattened; elytra convex, scutellar stria, 
dorsal punctures. 
Bronzed, hind angles of prothorax nearly obtuse, outer fovea wanting, inner one 
(OOS RECA oe nC py eREEEG nc 6.0 6-6 Canoe 78. pinguedineus, Dej. 
More brilliant green bronzed, hind angles rectangular. 179, hyperboreus, Men. 
Base of prothorax margined near the hind angles; legs usually ferruginous; scutellar 
stria generally short: 
Outer basal fovea small, but distinct, angles not carinate: 
Prothorax more narrowed behind, angles rectangular, sinuosity short, 
80. hudsonicus, Lec. 
Like preceeding, but smaller, less convex, sides of prothorax more sinuate, though 
lessmarrowed! behindin nae, . Sepemebaelediere tae oieie seers 81. similis, Men. 
Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 1882. 
