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length and limited at each side by a feeble oblique impression, the latter 

 more distinct anteriorly; third segment nearly iwice as long as the fourth, 

 the former scarcely perceptibly sinuate at the middle of the apex ; punc- 

 tures throughout fine and sparse ; body smaller and less stout. 



arizonae Csy. 



The lengths of the segments are measured along the middle line. 



Of foveata Lee, I have before me several specimens taken in 

 Utah by Mr. Soltau, and perfectly agreeing with the female type 

 from Yuma, California. The male has the following abdominal 

 characters : — 



First dorsal a little more than twice as wide as long, with two feebly diver- 

 gent basal carinas more than one -third as long as the segment (very much 

 shorter and feebler in the female), separated by one-half of the discal width ; 

 apical margin broadly, feebly arcuate ; surface even but, near the apex at 

 the middle, very slightly more transversely arched, the edge feebly emargi- 

 nate in median eighth to tenth, the notch rounded, much deeper when viewed 

 obliquely from behind ; second segment less than one-half as long as the fi.rst, 

 broadly, deeply impressed in median half and anterior two-thirds, the im- 

 pressed area transverse, with a posteriorly arcuate rounded hind margin, the 

 bottom smooth polished and nearly even throughout, the middle of the ante- 

 rior margin narrowly reflexed and curved upward and backward far under 

 the arched portion of the apex of the first segment. 



Foveata belongs to the same group as intricata and resembles 

 it in form and size, but is dark red-brown in color with paler elytra. 

 There are no marked sexual differences in the antennae, and the ori- 

 ginal type as described (Ann. Lye. IS". H., Y, p. 215) appears to be 

 a female. The description of the male sexual characters more re- 

 cently published by LeConte (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, YIII, p. 181) is 

 somewhat misleading. 



The sexual characters of some previously published species now 

 united as varieties of hsematica, indicate that they are really en- 

 titled to full specific recognition. This is especially the case with 

 perforata Aubd It is desirable therefore that perforata Brend. 

 should receive another designation, and I would suggest the name 

 terebrata. This species belongs to the same group as foveata 

 and intricata. 



RSICHEIVBACHIA Leach. 



Our eastern species of this genus are somewhat difficult to identify 

 owing to the absence of strongly marked sexual characters ; a few 

 of them however, such as scabra, gemmifer and puncticollis, are 



