50 Coleopterological Notices, III. 



There is an element of uncertainty as to the proper position of 

 Valenus, however, owing to the fact that the only known represen- 

 tative is a male, but if the female proves to have an elongated fifth 

 segment, it can only be compared with Astynomus, and from this it 

 departs widely in its spinose and not tuberculate prothorax. 



V. inoriiatus n. sp. — Moderately robust, feebly shining, dark rufo- 

 testaceous above, much paler beneath, the color of the integuments not at all 

 concealed by the extremely minute, rather sparse and inconspicuous vesti- 

 ture, the long flying hairs of the elytra rigid and setiform. Head extremely 

 minutely, densely but feebly punctate ; antenna? about one-third longer than 

 the body, slender, the scape thicker but not at all clavate, as long as the next 

 two combined, joints three to eleven gradually decreasing in length. Pro- 

 thorax fully one-half wider than long, distinctly wider than the head and two- 

 thirds as wide as the elytra ; base and apex transverse, the former distinctly 

 the narrower ; sides broadly arcuate anteriorly, obliquely and acutely spinose 

 at basal third, disk very unevenly and sparsely punctate, almost impunctate 

 toward the sides. Scutellum rather large, broadly rounded behind. Elytra 

 parallel, the sides straight, three-fourths longer than wide, broadly rounded 

 behind, each elytron narrowly rounded at apex ; disk coarsely and rather 

 closely punctate toward base, the punctures becoming sparser and finer toward 

 apex ; punctures bearing the flying hairs small and inconspicuous ; surface 

 even. Under surface pruinose with dense, extremely minute pubescence. 

 Length 9.0 mm. ; width 3.3 mm. 



Texas (El Paso). Mr. G-. W. Dunn. 



Resembles an unusually large robust Lepturges, but with much 

 less conspicuous pubescence than in the species of that genus, and 

 without trace of any kind of maculation. 



HYPERPLATIS Hald. 



Our species of this genus are closely allied among themselves, 

 but may possibly be recognized by the following table : — 



Body black throughout ; antennae black ; femora red, black toward apex. 



femoralis Hald. 

 Body paler, clothed above with cinereous pubescence, maculate with small 

 black spots ; antenna? in great part pale. 

 Prothorax but feebly transverse, one-half wider than long ; femora red, the 



apices black nigrella Hald. 



Prothorax strongly transverse, at least three-fourths wider than long. 

 Elytral spots large and more or less unevenly arranged ; elytra unusually 

 coarsely punctate ; antenna? of the male about twice as long as the 

 body maculata Hald. 



