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2. Prosterniim widely and deeply grooved, metasternum with a nearly obsolete 

 line ; last ventral segment not impressed ; oval, greenish bronzed, pubescence 

 bro^vnish gray. 2™™. Eastern America 1. punctatus. 



Smaller and more elongate, pubescence above brownish, mottled with silvery 

 white. 1.5'""". San Bernardino, Cal. 2. neiulosus, n. sp. 



3. Body beneath shining ,-.. 4 



Body beneath opaque t 



4. Abdomen densely and finely punctured ; last ventral slightly impressed, with 

 a patch of longer hair visible in well-preserved specimens; metasternum very 

 coarsely punctured, slightly impressed 5 



Abdomen sparsely and finely punctured, last ventral without patch of hair; 



metasternum more sparsely punctured, presternum nearly impunctured 6 



5> Oval, pubescence above slightly mottled ; i)rosternal groove very deep, ex- 

 tending nearly to the front margin ; metasternum finely channelled; 2-2.5™™. 

 Texas, Colo., Cal ., ,., , 3. analis,n. sp. 



Like analis, but smaller and broader, less rounded at each end, pubescence above 

 slightly mottled. 2™™. Southern States 4. (iter. 



G. Black, elytra faintly punctulate, pubescence gTay (nearly abraded) ; metaster- 

 num channelled for nearly its whole length. 2™™. VetaPass, Colo. ..5. inontowws, n. sp. 



Smaller, black-bronzed, elytra strongly punctured, metasternum channelled for 

 half the length, sparsely but more coarsely punctured. 1.8™™. Califor- 

 nia 6. californicus, n. sp. 



Smaller, ovate, pointed before and behind, black ; metasternum channelled for 

 half the length, strongly and coarsely punctured; abdomen finely not densely 

 punctured, last joint convex feebly punctulate, not impressed. 1.4™™. 

 Georgia '?. niiidulus. 



7, Pubescence rather coarse, elytra sj)arsely punctured, presternum deeply 

 channelled. 1.2-1.4™™. Texas ; Cal 8. lutrocMnus, n. sp. 



Pubescence fine, elytra feebly punctulate; prosternal channel deeper and 

 broader behind. 1.2™™. Georgia; Florida , M, ovatus. 



The bibliograpliy is as follows : 



1. L. pmictatus Lee. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc.,Phila., 1854, 116; olivaceiis Leo. ibid. ; 2-2.5™™. 



Middle and Western States. 

 4. L. (Iter Lee. ibid. 117; odscurus Lee. ibid. 116; 2-2.5™-". Middle and Southern 



States. 

 7. L. niiidulus Lee. ibid. 117; 1.75°>™, Southern States. 

 9. L. ovatus Lee. ibid. ; 1.5™™. Southern States. 



The new species are easily recoguized by the characters given above 

 without farther description. 



Paromalus debilis. — Oval subconvex, black, shining, finely punc- 

 tured. Head finely punctulate. Elytra without sutural stria; there are 

 two short oblique faintly impressed stride at the base, and two others 

 more feebly impressed, visible near the margin behind the middle. 

 Prosternum without striae; mesostemum margined only at the sides. 

 Length, 2""". 



Veta Pass; one specimen. Of the same size and form as P. dlffieilis 

 Horn, but much more finely punctured, and with no sutural stria. 



PSEUDEB^us OBSCURUS. — Black, with a leaden pruinose lustre from 

 extremely fine pubescence. First joint of antennse, knees, tibiae, and 

 tarsi tinged with testaceous. Prothorax transverse oval, broadly trun- 



