54 Coleopterological Notices, III. 



Thoracic carinse of the female divergent anteriorly acutus 



Thoracic carina? parallel. 



Larger species ; punctuation dense caiialiculatus 



Smaller and less robust, the punctuation fine and sparse ; lustre strongly 



aeneous arundiiiis 



Pronotum similar in the sexes and unmodified. 



Elytra dentate at apex ; pubescence uneven in distribution ...dentiger 

 Elytra unmodified at apex, the pubescence even in distribution. 



Apical angles of the prothorax very acute and anteriorly prominent. 



fusiformis 

 Apical angles right or obtuse, not anteriorly prominent. 

 Elytra rugulose ; prothorax rather strongly transverse. 



plumbeus 

 Elytra smooth, not at all rugulose, except occasionally toward the 

 sides. 

 Elytra very densely punctate throughout ; prothorax but very 



slightly wider than long ovalis 



Elytra sparsely punctate, at least toward the suture. 



Elytra nearly glabrous, each puncture with an extremely minute 



seta pruinosus 



Elytra conspicuously pubescent, the pubescence white. 



vestitus 



Although by the characters given, ovalis is brought very near to 

 plumbeus, it is really quite distinct in general appearance from this 

 and all the other species, being unusually short, oval and convex. 



The material before me seems to indicate several closely allied 

 species in the neighborhood of canaliculatus, one male, especially, 

 has the punctuation very sparse throughout, with the apical angles 

 of the prothorax not at all everted. 



EPITRAGODES Cas. 



This name was proposed (Ann. N. Y. Acad., V, p. 365) for the 

 species known as Epitragus tomentosus Lee, the principal charac- 

 ters distinguishing it from Epitragus being the unexcavated meso- 

 sternum and the more or less seriate arrangement of the elytral 

 punctures. I have recently received another species, the two being 

 easily known by the following characters : — 



Body rather densely pubescent, the pubescence unevenly marmorate. 



tomentosus 



Body glabrous, each puncture bearing an infinitesimal seta entirely concealed 



within it jikliclii 



