PLATYNINiE 3I 



punctulate, the intervals very convex; second joint of the anterior 

 male tarsi more than one-half longer than wide, gradually narrowed 

 basally, the tarsi in part picescent. Length (cf 9) ll. 0-14.0 mm.; 

 width 4.2-5.0 mm. North Carolina (Southern Pines) and Arkansas. 

 Five examples. [Feronia deccntis Say; also An. gagates Dej., and 

 coracinus Lee] decens Say 



Basal thoracic angles sharp, rectangular or acute, more or less promi- 

 nent 5 



5 — Elytra more elongate, fully two-thirds longer than wide, feebly 

 inflated behind the middle, the sides thence nearly straight to the 

 rounded humeri. Body deep black and polished throughout, the 

 tarsi black; head two-thirds as wide as the prothorax, barely 

 elongate, the eyes rather large and prominent; anterior sulci par- 

 allel, not very long; antennae nearly as in the preceding though 

 barely half as long as the body; prothorax very slightly wider than 

 long, widest before the middle, the sides rather strongly, evenly 

 rounded and broadly reflexed, becoming sinuate and then parallel 

 toward the basal angles, which are very sharp and somewhat everted; 

 base strongly beaded, a little wider than the sinuate and finely, 

 feebly beaded apex, the apical angles rather prominent and only 

 narrowly blunt; surface with the transverse rugulse very feeble, 

 the impressions as in decens, the large foveae deeper and more closely, 

 strongly punctate; reflexed margins very finely and feebly punctu- 

 late throughout; elytra only one-half wider than the prothorax, 

 the apex gradually ogival, with the oblique sinus long, very shallow 

 and feeble; strise deep, feebly punctulate, shallower and more 

 evidently punctate laterally, the deep ocellate punctures more 

 widely separated medially; intervals notably convex; tarsi long 

 and slender, grooved as usual externally. Length (9) H-o mm.; 

 width 4.35 mm. Lake Superior (Marquette),— Sherman. 



oblongipennis n. sp. 



Elytra not more than one-half longer than wide in either sex and with 

 more evenly arcuate sides 6 



6 — Body larger, deep black and polished throughout in both sexes; head 

 slightly elongate, not quite three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, 

 with prominent eyes and parallel anterior sulci; palpi piceous-black, 

 with pale tip; antennae nearly as in the preceding, a little more (cf ) 

 to slightly less (9 ) than half as long as the body; prothorax a little 

 wider than long in both sexes, in outline nearly as in the preceding, 

 except that the sides are more feebly sinuate and for a shorter 

 distance basally, the angles rather abruptly and acutely prominent; 

 surface smooth, the anterior impression always, the posterior some- 

 times, distinct; large and deeply concave foveae punctate; broadly 

 reflexed margins not distinctly punctulate; base and sinuate apex 

 both beaded and subequal in width; elytra moderately convex, 

 sometimes somewhat flattened above in the female, more rapidly 

 obtuse at tip than in the preceding, the sinus very shallow; striae 

 deep, finely punctate, the intervals strongly convex, subequally in 

 the sexes; second anterior male tarsal joint almost twice as long as 

 wide, obtriangular, gradually narrowed basally throughout its 



