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lated forms is exactly the same as ustulatum. Comparisons of Amer- 

 ican with European species have been made too hastily in many 

 instances, of which I believe the present to be one, as well as in the 

 cases of nitens and frontale Lee. not assimile. 



The sejunctum section, as defined above, comprises forms that 

 were described by Mr. Hayward under the name fuscicrus Mots, 

 not properly fuscicrum as w r ritten. The name fuscicrus was sub- 

 stituted by Motschulsky for the Alaskan species identified as luci- 

 dum Lee., by Mannerheim. This occurs on the seashore of the 

 Kenai Peninsula, while lucidum inhabits no such environment, being 

 confined to the inland parts of the continent, and is therefore in 

 all probability quite distinct from lucidum Mann, nee Lee.; lucidum 

 Lee., it may be stated, never has fuscous legs. The name fusci- 

 crus was given by Motschulsky to this Kenai species, and not at 

 all to the "Variety b" of Mannerheim, which is a different species 

 and allied to the species from caducum to petulans above. The only 

 allusion by Motschulsky is " Peryphus lucidus Mann, non LeConte 

 = P. fuscicrus Mots." How the name fuscicrus could have become 

 limited to the "Variety b" of Mannerheim I do not know, but it 

 is so given in the Munich Catalogue, the lucidum Lee., of Manner- 

 heim, being there regarded as a correct identification. It is plain, 

 therefore, that "Variety b" of Mannerheim is still without a name. 

 It is not likely to be identical with any one of the above species 

 from caducum to petulans, all of which, it may be said, are amply 

 distinct among themselves, the only one of which there may be any 

 doubt being petulans; this may possibly prove to be a subspecies 

 of parowanum, although not probably. 



Group X ephippigerum 

 Subgenus Peryphodes nov. 



The chief characters distinguishing this small subgenus from 

 Peryphus, are the narrow subcylindric form of the body and the 

 short, rather thick antennae; our two species are as follows: 



Form elongate, parallel and convex, polished throughout, deep black, 

 with feeble greenish lustre, the elytra dark testaceous, with a trans- 

 versely oval flavous ring, including a darker sutural spot near apical 

 fourth, the anterior part of the ring accentuated by blackish shading; 

 there is also a small scutellar darker spot; under surface piceous, the 



