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in that the thorax has a large, perfectly regular fovea on each side 
near the middle. 
Hippodamia convergens Guer. 
One specimen showing nothing of interest. 
Coccinella transversoguttata Fabr. 
One specimen of an ordinary type. Widely distributed in North 
America, and occurs also in Northern Europe and Asia. 
Psyllobora 20-maculuta Say. 
A specimen of this species is the most thoroughly melanized of any 
seen. All of the elytral spots, excepting the sub-apical, are more or 
less confluent, forming two irregular vitte—one near the suture, the 
other discal. This would go under the variety tedata Lec., but is 
larger than typical 20-maculata instead of being smaller, as is usual 
with that variety. 
Byrrhus kirbyi Lee. 
One specimen. 
Byrrhus cyclophorus Kirby. i 
Two specimens. This and the preceding species are northern or 
montane in habit. 
Buprestis lanta Lec. 
One specimen. 
Podabrus xanthoderus Lec. 
Four specimens of a Podabrus which agree with Dr. Leconte’sshort 
description of his variety a (Trans. Amer. Ento. Soc., ix, p. 48), are 
referred here. The mandibles and sides of the head are yellow, as are 
also the antennal tubercles and the first two joints of the antennæ. 
One specimen (possibly a distinct species) has the thorax entirely black, 
except a very narrow margin on the sides in front of the middle ; it is 
also a little less in size, but seems to agree in other characters. 
Aphodius ursinus Mots. __ : 
Two specimens of this fine insect are in the lot. It is a black variety 
of aleutus, according to the latest researches and is known from Col- 
orado (Dr. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ento. Soc., xiv, p. 13) and from 
Kamtschatka. Compared with examples of aleutus from Southern 
Alaska these latter are only about half as large. 
Aphodius granarius Linn. 
Four rather large specimens. This species is found over nearly all 
of North America and the rest of the civilized world. 
