Coleopterological Notices, VII. 587 



Antennae dissimilar in the sexes but with the median joints of the funicle ab- 

 normal in both; pubescence short; abdominal carinas widely separated; 



body ferruginous in color throughout 30 



2 — Abdominal carinse approximate and divergent, separated at base by a 

 transverse distance which never notably exceeds the maximum mutual 

 separation of the sutural striae measured across the suture (strial inter- 

 space) 3 



Abdominal carinse less approximate, always separated at base by distinctly 

 more than the strial interspace, but never by more than )4 of the entire 



abdominal width 8 



Abdominal caringe separated by )^ of the entire abdominal width, or very 



nearly ; pubescence always short and strongly recurved 14 



3 — Pubescence short and strongly recurved ; body frequently very small in 



size 4 



Pubescence longer, bristling and semi-erect 7 



4 — Pronotum quite deeply and conspicuously punctate; abdominal carinse 



long and separated at base by the strial interspace 5 



Pronotum inconspicuously punctate or subimpunctate 6 



5 — Prothorax strongly transverse and strongly rounded at the sides; body 

 brown in color with paler red elytra ( canadensis Bndl. ) . . .geiuniifer Lee. 

 € — Antennae moderate in length. 



Elytra short and transverse, generally sparsely punctate and subrugose, 

 though polished, the sides strongly divergent from the base, with very 

 feebly developed or obsolete humeri; body dark red-brown or blackish 

 in color, the elytra generally not paler, the abdomen sometimes darker. 

 Abdominal carinae of the female separated at base by the full strial inter- 

 space; pronotum impunctate or very nearly so diTergens Lee. 



Abdominal carinse of the female extremely approximate, separated at base 

 by 3^ the strial interspace; elytra more obsoletely sculptured, the pro- 

 notum sensibly punctulate ( gemmifer Bndl. nee Lee. ) . 



subsimilis n. sp. 



Elytra with obvious humeri, longer, the sides less divergent; abdominal 



carinae separated at base by fully the strial interspace, occasionally by 



rather more. Middle Atlantic maritime regions. 



Eufo-testaceous, the abdomen sometimes darker; pronotum almost wholly 



devoid of any trace of punctuation, the median fovea very small. 



congener Bndl. 

 Piceous-black when mature, with rufous elytra, but varying much in color 

 and frequently pale straw-yellow throughout from immaturity; pro- 

 notum quite distinctly punctulate, the median fovea distinct ( divergens 



Bndl. nee Lee.) facilis Csy. 



Antennae unusually elongate and slender, almost as long as the head, pro- 

 thorax and elytra combined ; abdominal carinse separated at base by much 



less than the strial interspace cylindrartus Bndl. 



1 — Body red-brown in color, the elytra paler; abdominal carinae unusually 

 long, separated at base by exactly the strial interspace. 



atlantica Bndl. 



