320 Canadian Record of Science. 



The head and thorax are somewhat darker and more 

 densely and finely punctured than the wing-covers. The 

 elytra are not very finely punctured, and with no trace of 

 striae except an impressed line along the suture extending 

 from before the middle backwards, but interrupted before 

 reaching the apex. 



The pygidium extends slightly beyond the elytra, and in 

 my specimen, which seems to be a male, the penis is pro- 

 truded and bilobed at the extremity. The eyes are disengaged 

 from the thorax, prominent and scarcely transverse. The 

 front is indistinctly impressed between the eyes. Posterior 

 tibiae are slightly longer than their tarsi, of which the first 

 joint is about equal to the three following. Taken at Mont- 

 real. 



I have not had an opportunity of comparing this with 

 the species described from New Hampshire by Leconte 1 as 

 hispida, which is said to havo the forea; of the thorax " pro- 

 funde et late impresso,' and the elytra " obsolete sulcatis." 



It also seems to come near the European ferruginea figured 

 by Duval, 2 but specimens will have to be carefully com- 

 pared before they can be pronounced identical. 



It is evidently distinct from nuda described from our ter- 

 ritory by Abb£ Provancher, 3 which is stated to be black, 

 the thorax with a transverse impression at the base, which 

 does not reach the angles, and the elytra without pube- 

 scence, while no mention is made of their being grooved at 

 all. 



I owe the privilege of describing this interesting little 

 species to my friend, Mr. A. F. Winn, who has kindly 

 placed the only specimen in his collection in my hands for 

 this purpose. 



1 New Species of Coleoptera, pt. i, p. 148. 



2 Gen. Coleopt, Europe, iii, pi. 87, f. 432. 



3 Additions et Corrections a la Faune Coleopterologique Province 

 Quebec, 1877. 



