176 [Feb., 1847. 



Triplax, Payk. 

 T. fasciata. Yellowish ; head, antennae and base and apex of the elytra 

 black. 2\ 1. long. Alabama. 



Head distinctly and not densely punctulate ; black, posteriorly tinted 

 with rufous ; antenna; black ; palpi, feet and beneatb testaceous-yellow ; 

 thorax similarly colored ; punctured like the head: scutel color of the tho- 

 rax ; elytra broadly black at base and apex, with a broad, common, testa- 

 ceous-yellow fascia ; finely punctate- striate. 



Endomychidcc, Leach. 

 Lycoperdina, Latr. 



1. L. A-gultata. Black; elytra with four rufous spots; thorax rufous, 

 with the disk black. If 1. long. Pennsylvania. 



Endomychus 4-guttatus, Melsh. Catal. 



Head black, shining, sparsely and obscurely punctulate; labrum and 

 mouth dull fuscous ; antennae black ; thorax minutely and obscurely punc- 

 tured ; rufous most frequently with a broad, entire, black dorsal vitta ; 

 glossy ; edges dusky ; scutellum black ; elytra similarly colored, each with 

 a large subhumeral spot, and another behind the middle, rufous or fulvous ;. 

 obscurely punctulate ; postpectus, feet and abdomen, blackish, the latter 

 with the tip dull pale brown ; tarsi similarly colored ; antepectus rufous. 



2. L. lutea. Testaceous ; eyes black. 1| 1. long. Pennsylvania. 

 Endomychus luteus, Melsh. Catal. 



Testaceous, glabrous or rather thinly clothed with minute short hairs, 

 arising from very minute punctures ; antennas darker than the head ; eyes 

 black ; thorax with the lateral margins pale testaceous, pellucid ; femora 

 pale testaceous ; tibiae and tarsi darker. 



3.h.pilosa. Pale ferruginous, finely pubescent. If 1. long. Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Endomychus pilosus, Melsh. Catal. 



Palpi ferruginous, yellowish-pubescent ; head glossy, indistinctly punctu- 

 late, hardly pubescent; eyes black: antennae color of the head, with the clava 

 darker : thorax indistinctly punctulate, slightly pubescent, glossy, with the 

 lateral margins lighter than the disk : elytra obscurely punctulate, yellow- 

 ish-pubescent, with the suture sometimes dusky ; beneath and feet as above. 



This species and the preceding one may be referred to the subgenus Epx- 

 pocus of Dejean's Catalogue. 



4. L. crassicornis. Rufous ; disk of the thorax, a fascia and tip of the ely- 

 tra, black ; clava of the antennae much dilated, lj 1. long. Pennsylvania. 



Endomychus crassicornis, Melsh. Catal. 



Rufous, glossy, obscurely and distantly punctulate, glabrous : head fre- 

 quently dusky: antennas ydlowish-rufous, with the three terminal joints 

 greatly dilated in s, less in 2s: thorax with the disk black ; scutellum 

 black: elytra with a broad common fascia on the middle, apex and anterior 

 portion of the suture, sometimes its entire length, black : beneath color of 

 the elytra ; feet color of the antennae. 



Var. a. Smaller ; apex of the elytra and scutellum color of the elytra. 



