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terior angles obtuse, anterior ones subacute, basal indentations shallow, dorsal 

 lines faint, lateral edge obsoletely testaceous ; elytra finely striate, striae not pro- 

 found ; tip obtusely rounded, and with the lateral margin, obsoletely testaceous 

 4 mill. long. 



Notaphus poslicum. Dull brassy green above, black beneath ; elytra with a 

 tinge of brown, punctate-striate, obsoletely, near the tip, posterior half maculate 

 with testaceous; palpi testaceous, with the ultimate joint brown: antennas and 

 legs testaceous, two basal articulations of the former paler. 4 mill. long. 



Leja semistriata. Head and prothorax black-bronzed, shining ; antennae, 

 ochraceous, two basal articulations, palpi and legs, yellow-testaceous ; elytra 

 very obscure, reddish brown, punctate-striate, striae and punctures obsolete from 

 near the middle to the tip : beneath blackish. 4 mill long. 



Pehyphus planus. Rather flat, black glossy, beneath reddish brown : labrum 

 piceous, palpi testaceous, tip fuscous ; antennas fuscous, two basal articula- 

 tions testaceous : pronotum with the basal indentations obtuse, slightly scabrous, 

 mesial line impressed with a faint round impression, each side, in the middle: 

 elytra with a bluish reflection, punctate-striate, striae fading on the sides and tip, 

 sides parallel : feet obscure rufous, middle of the femora sometimes tinged with 

 brown. 5 mill. long. 



Athous pyrrhicus. Testaceous, densely covered with pale greyish fuscous 

 pile, and numerous impressed punctures : pronotum large, inflated, widest in 

 the middle, where it exceeds the base of the elytra in width, sides projecting, 

 not rectilinear, posterior angles acute and short: elytra striate. 21 mill, long 

 Hab. Alabama, Hentz. Very like A. Pyrrhus, Say, but distinguished by the 

 swelled prothorax, and shorter antennae. A. longus of Dejean's Catalogue is 

 probably one of these species. 



Chakactes dupliealus. Black, pronotum widely margined with fulvous: ely- 

 tra fulvous, with the extremity, and a large oval spot near the base, and extending 

 from the suture to near the outer margin, blackish. 13 mill. long. Dyctiopt. 

 duplicatus, Hentz MS. resembles rcticulatus, Fabr., but the anterior spot does 

 not extend across the elytra. 



Myctehus scaler. Black ; above olivaceous tomentose, and scabrous with 

 numerous well impressed punctures ; front with an elevated ridge from the eyes 

 to the inner base of the antennae ; antennae (darker beyond the middle), mouth, 

 and legs testaceous ; palpi and tarsi light brown : pronotum with the mesial 

 line obsolete in the middle, a deep puncture at the posterior edge, towards the 

 outer margin. 7 mill. long. Hab. Carolina, on flowers in May and June. 



Lttta Germari. Head and antennae black, basal articulations of the latter 

 brownish, front and prothorax yellow, the latter with a small round black spot 

 on each side of the centre : elytra yellow, 3-fasciate with dark brown, having a 

 narrow sutural band, and a very wide one narrowed anteriorly, and entirely 

 surrounded by yellow, a small wedge-shaped band at the inner base : meso- and 

 metasternum black ; femora and tibiae yellow, tipped with black, tarsi blackish. 

 13 mill long. Hab. Carolina in July. Cantharis Germari, Hentz MS. Boston 

 collection, No. 443. 



