692 Goleopterological Notices^ VII. 



parallel ; frontal parts of the head conspicuously pnnctulate, the frontal 

 fovea situated within a transverse depression ; females only known. 



neTadensis Csy. 



2? — The male tibia strongly dilated and spatuliform toward tip 28 



The male tibise very feebly and gradually dilated in rather more than apical 



half 29 



2S — Male antennse with the joints immediately succeeding the sixth decidedly 

 narrowed, the fifth and sixth relatively much dilated. 

 Joints beyond the fifth obstrapezoidal and almost bilaterally symmetric. 



Sixth joint fully as wide as the fifth .alMoiiica Mots. 



Sixth joint distinctly narrower than the fifth Mnodifer n. sp. 



Joints beyond the fifth oblique, short and strongly pointed within. 



articularis n. sp. 

 Male antennae with the joints beyond the sixth scarcely narrower ; hind tibise 

 more feebly bent. 

 Body larger, the hind body more inflated, piceous-black, with bright red 



elytra. California fusticornis n. sp. 



Body smaller and narrower, generally dark piceous throughout. Ontario. 



spatiillfer n. sp. 

 29 — Male antennae with the fifth joint rather strongly dilated, the sixth less 

 so and more pointed within, both transverse. Massachusetts and Michi- 

 gan propinqua Lee. 



Male antennse with the fifth and sixth joints " a little thicker than the fourth, 



slightly longer than wide." New York [Brendel] polita Bndl. 



30 — Fifth joint of the female antennae much shorter than the next two com- 

 bined. 

 The fifth and sixth joints, from a lateral viewpoint, distinctly thicker than 



the fourth ; body larger and stouter coinplectens Lee. 



Tlie fifth and sixth joints subequal in width to the fourth ; elytra relatively 



a little shorter and more transverse tuniida Leo. 



Fifth joint of the female antennse as long as the next two combined. 

 Female with the fifth antenna! joint slightly swollen ; cephalic fovese fully 

 visible from above, forming a triangle which is wider than long. 



vt^ickliami Bndl. 



Female with the fifth joint not swollen, the anterior fovea on the obliquely 



sloping surface of the front and not fully visible from above, the three 



forming an equilateral triangle ; body smaller silbtilis Lee. 



The three species not included in the table are radians and tri- 

 gona of LeConte, and hicolor of Brendel. The first two are not 

 adequately described, the few words attached to the names \iy the 

 author being barely sufficient to establish their status as published 

 species. In regard to the former, it is more than possible that the 

 elongate median elevation in the broad concavity of the last two 

 ventrals, alluded to by the author, may simply be adherent for- 

 eign matter; if not, it is a character altogether unique in the 



