298 Memoirs on the Coleoptera 



Chlaenius tomentosus ssp. lacustrinus nov. — Body narrow and elon- 

 gate-oval, black above, with barely a trace of metallic lustre at any part; 

 maxillary palpi as in tomentosus, stout, the third joint a little longer than 

 the fourth, which is broadly truncate at tip; prothorax not so transverse, 

 a fourth wider than long, the punctures similar in character but not so 

 coarse and more close-set; elytra almost similar but relatively narrower 

 and more elongate, the vestiture shorter, not so dense and less con- 

 spicuous; anterior male tarsi nearly similar. Length (cT) 12.8 mm.; 

 width 5.0 mm. Lake Superior (Bayfield), — Wickham. 



In tomentosus the upper surface of the body, which is more broadly 

 oblong-oval, is of a well known pale though dullish coppery tinge, 

 which is virtually altogether wanting in the narrower and more 

 elongate lacustrinus. 



Chlaenius punctipennis n. sp. — Body nearly as in purpuricoUis but 

 notably broader, oblong-oval, rather convex, strongly shining through- 

 out and deep black, without any sort of metallic lustre, except a feeble 

 purplish tint toward the sides of the pronotum; legs and male tarsi deep 

 black; head notably small, much less than half as wide as the prothorax, 

 with rather prominent eyes, the surface smooth, with a few strong punc- 

 tures toward the sides; maxillary palpi with the last joint elongate- 

 oval, truncate; antennae piceous-black, with rufous basal joint, nearly 

 half as long as the body; prothorax a third wider than long, the sides 

 feebly arcuate, converging almost from base to apex, finely reflexed, 

 the basal angles right but rather blunt at tip; base transverse, nearly 

 two-thirds wider than the deeply sinuate apex; surface with coarse 

 punctures, close-set basally, along the median line and foveae, sparser 

 postero-laterad, elsewhere unevenly very remote; fovese broadly im- 

 pressed, not sharply linear, the median stria very fine; elytra oblong, 

 rounded in about posterior third, parallel, with straight sides, exactly 

 equal in width to the prothorax and nearly one-half longer than wide, the 

 subapical sinus feeble; striae fine, not deep but sharply defined, not 

 punctate; intervals with rather coarse, close-set punctures, bearing 

 short blackish hairs; scutellar stria not well defined; anterior male tarsi 

 only moderately dilated. Length (cf) 9.8 mm.; width 4.1 mm. Wash- 

 ington State (Wildur), — Wade. 



Allied to purpuricoUis Rand., but much broader in form, without 

 general metallic violaceous tint on the upper surface and with 

 much coarser interstitial punctures of the elytra ; the second anterior 

 male tarsal joint is less transverse than in purpuricoUis, and the 

 under surface of the body is more coarsely punctate. 



Anomoglossus Chd. 



The following species is somewhat allied to gravis Csy., but has 

 the body more abbreviated and more anteriorly narrowed: 



