146 Psyche [December 
tion to the southern Appalachian region, but for permitting 
me to study the Coleoptera which were secured, and to refer 
to the invaluable type collections in the Museum. The 
authorities of the American Museum have very kindly al- 
lowed me to examine several types and other specimens 
in their care collected by Beutenmliller in the Black 
Mountains. 
Scaphinotus vidirns irregularis Beut. 
Taken by us at about 6,000 feet on Mt. Mitchell, Black 
Mountains, N. C., and at 5,200 feet at Newfound Gap, 
Smoky Mountains, on the North Carolina-Tennessee state 
line. Three specimens in all, under stones and loose bark. 
I have seen the type in the American Museum. This is a 
geographical subspecies of the more northern typical 
viduus, not an aberration as stated by Roeschke (1907, p. 
145). Irregularis seems to be the only recognizable sub- 
species of viduus, for the series of viduus which I have ex- 
amined from New England and other regions show con- 
clusively that leonardi Harr, is not valid. All the char- 
acters given by Harris (1839, p. 193) to distinguish leo- 
nardi from viduus prove to be of a purely individual 
nature. 
Scaphinotus confusus n. sp. 
General form and structure of the subgenus Irichroa as 
defined by Roeschke (1907). 
Color black, with variable seneus or purplish reflections 
above. 
Head of the usual Irichroa type, but with the labrum less 
deeply emarginate and the eyes less prominent than usual. 
Prothorax narrow, by actual measurement very slightly 
(about 10%) wider than long, but appearing as long as 
wide; about 1.6 times as wide as head. Sides bluntly angu- 
late just before the middle, slightly convexly arcuate from 
lateral angles to anterior angles, slightly concavely arcuate 
and converging from lateral angles to basal angles, which 
are obtusely rounded. Base and apex slightly emarginate. 
Lateral margins very narrowly and evenly flexed from 
