OF WASHINGTON. 141 Lobogestoria gibbicollis Reitter. Aditoma bifida Casey. Looking over some Cuban coleoptera in the National Mu seum with Mr. Schwarz, I recognized in Lobogestoria gibbi collis what I had identified as Aditoma bifida. Mr. Schwarz kindly gave me a Cuban specimen for comparison with my insect, which is from Louisiana, but I was unable to find any character to separate the two. Reitter described his species as a lathridiid on account of the three-jointed tarsi, of which no mention was made by Major Casey in the description. Casey's specimen came from Florida. A WONDERFUL NEW BEETLE OF THE GROUP COPRIS. By EDWARD A. KLAGES. Tetramereia, n. gen. Form rounded ; legs strong. Head clypeate ; thorax wider than long, broadest before middle; elytra subtruncate; metasternum rhomboidal (as in Phanaeus MacLeay), not projecting anteriorly (a character of Oxysternon Castelnau). Antennae nine-jointed, the first joint of the club roundly infundibulate and receiving the others. Tarsi four-jointed, widely flattened, edged with moderately short, stiff hairs, and with the superior surface inclined toward the center of the body; the first joint as long as the rest of the foot, the second joint half as long as the first, the third joint scarcely longer than the fourth; the first three joints as wide as long and somewhat reniform; the claws and anterior tarsi wanting. Fore tibiae with a movable, terminal spine and with the outer edge toothed ; the hind tibiae with a single terminal spine, the middle and hind tibiae expanding to apex. Type: The following species : Tetramereia frederickii, n. sp. Brown-black; head and thorax rather densely punctured, becoming rugose on front; clypeus emarginate, with two rounded teeth; thorax with median lateral impression, and with the basal portion feebly im pressed on medial line; elytra rather deeply striate and finely punc tured; front tibiae four-dentate, the outer three teeth large. Length, 15 mm.
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