316 [November, 



****ElongatEe, oculis vix prominulis, orbito nullo ; elytra convexa apice 



truncata : antennic tenues articulo 2'"'" breviore. 



33. D. H a r r i s i i, elongata, snea, capita vix toroso, thorace longiusculo, 

 dense rugose punctato, postice vix angustatq, angulis prominulis, subtiliter canal- 

 iculate, ante basin impresso, tuberculo lateral! vix pron:iinulo,impressione postice 

 definito, elytris parallelis, versus apicem oblique aii'iustatis, valde seriatim piiiic- 

 tatisj parce rugosis, antennis annulatis, articulo 2"'^^ reliquis duplo breviore. 

 Long. '42. Penn. rarissime. 



Mas femoribus posticis incrassatis ellipticis dente acuto armatis. 



Femina femor. posticis paulo incrassatis, muticis. D. inermis Harris, MSS. 



Species singularis, oculis parvis habitu Statyraj (Lagriarum) subsimilis. 



Species mihi ignotae. 



34. D. Carolina Lac. in *B inscribendum. 



35. D. m i 1 i t a r i s Lac. *B. 



36. D. e r e a Lac. 148. *C. prope D. subtilum. 



37. D. p a 1 1 i p e s Lac. 149. **A. prope D. confusam. 



38. D. a s s i m i 1 i s Lac. 153. *C ? 



39. D. V i c i ti a Lac. 154. *C ? 



40. D. c h a 1 c e a Lac. 188. **C. 0. 



41. D. par v a Lac. 190. **C. yS. 



42. D. b i n o d o s a Germ. Lac. 195. ''C. 0. 



43. D. ffi q u a 1 i s Say. J. Ac. 3, 428. **C. x.- prope D. emarginatam. 



44. D. r u f a Say. J. Ac. 5, 283. **C. x ? 



Species dubioe, vel descriptione non cognoscendae. 



D. fulvipes Lac. 192. **C. x- =?D. pusilla Say. 



D. cataractae Newman Ent. Mag. 5, 391. ''C. 



D. rugifrons Newman, ib. **C. =D. emarginata Kirby. 

 D. cuprea Mels. P. Ac. 3, 158. *B. =?D. tuberculata 5 . 



D. indica Mels. ib. *** =?D. femoralis Kirby. 

 D. rutila Mels. P. Ac. 3, 159. *B. =? tuberculata 9 . 



Works cited in abbreviation. 

 Lac. Monographic des Coleopteres subpentameres, par Th. Lacordaire. 



VoL 1. 



Lec. Le Conte in Agassiz, Lake Superior. Boston, 1850. 



Mels. Melsheimer in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences. 



Kb. Kirby in Fauna Boreali Americana. Vol. IV. 



Zoological Notes. 

 By John L. Le Conte, M. D. 



During a visit to Panama, in December, 1849, 1 had frequent occasion to observe 

 many animals of such frail texture, as to render impossible any attempt to pre- 

 serve them, and took many notes respecting their appearance and habits. By an 



