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S. palliatus Fabr. Piceous, legs pale, upper surface shining, bronzed. 

 Thorax equally wide at base and apex, sides feebly arcuate in front, hind 

 angles distinct, nearly rectangular but not prominent, basal impressions 

 moderate and with very few punctures. Elytra a little wider than the 

 thorax, oblong oval, very feebly sinuate at tip, finely striate, striae 2 — 5 — 7 

 each, with rather large punctures, tlie marginal interval finely punctulate 

 and pubescent. Length .28 — .32 inch ; 7 — 8 mm. 



With tliis species I unite laesus Lee, which differs only in having the 

 dorsal punctures a little smaller. It is the largest species of the bronzed 

 series in our fauna. 



Occurs from Florida to the Peninsula of California. 



S. pedictilarius Dej. Oblong oval, piceous, shining, surface bronzed, 

 legs pale. Thorax a little broader at base than apex, sides arcuate, hind 

 angles obtuse, disc moderately convex, basal impressions almost entirely 

 obliterated. Elytra scarcely wider than the thorax, finely striate, intervals 

 flat, smooth, the marginal finely punctulate, stride 2 — 5—7 with fine punc- 

 tures, apex feebly sinuate. Length .20 — .26 inch ; 5 — 6.5 mm. 



With this species I unite troglodi/tes, aereus and puellus. It is possible in 

 a large series, such as I have now before me, to select forms which will 

 agree in every particular with the descriptions of Dejean and Putzeys, but 

 they are not species and do not deserve the name of varieties. S. troglo- 

 dytes is more convex and the sides of the thorax a little more arcuate, the 

 vast majority of these are females. The marginal punctation is said by 

 Putzeys to be without pubescence ; this is not true in any well preserved 

 specimen. The description of i^uellus shows no character whatever of a 

 specific nature. The aereus Lee. is placed by Putzeys in another series in 

 which the tarsi are said to be long, but after a careful study of this character, 

 I find it entirely deceptive and not of the value already observed in Anis- 

 odactylus. The posterior tarsi in all the bronzed species are somewhat 

 broader than in the iridescent species, but their length as compared with 

 the tibiae is the same. 



I cannot understand why Putzeys, after placing puellus next after pedio- 

 ularius (12) and troglodytes (13) in the table, should place it as 55 near 

 aereus (56) in the text. 



Occurs from the Middle States to Kansas, Florida and Arizona. 



S. fatuus Lee. Closely resembles the preceding but more slender in 

 form. The thorax is less transverse, somewhat narrowed behind, the hind 

 angles distinct. The elytra are similarly sculptured but the marginal inter- 

 val is entirely impunctulate and consequently not pubescent, the apex is 

 strongly sinuate, the outer angle of the sinuation quite prominent. Length 

 .20 — .24 inch ; 5 — 6 mm. 



This species is usually darker in color lYi^n pedieularius and more shining. 



In this species Zimmerman (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1869, p, 247,) recog- 

 nized parumpunatatus Dej., and from the comparisons made by Putzeys, 

 I am inclined to think that view correct, but not having types of Dejean's 

 species, cannot say so definitely. 



Occurs in the Gulf States. 



