304 [October, 1S43. 



Hoplia modesta. Short and wide, ground color black, olivaceous tomentose 

 above; greenish irised silvery beneath; legs black, with a tinge of testaceous, 

 hair, and spines, of the latter color ; thighs with a few short silvery hairs. 7 

 mill, long, nearly 4 wide. Allied to H. Graminicola of Europe, and probably 

 the modesta of Dejean's Catalogue. Rare in Pennsylvania. 



Chljenius LeconteL Wide, surface minutely punctate-granulate, bright 

 green above, black beneath ; legs and three basal artic. of antennse testaceous ; 

 tarsi and trophi piceous ; head small, front and clypeus not granulate : pro. 

 notum very wide, lateral margins of the posterior half nearly parallel, impres- 

 sions faint, mesial line abbreviated:, elytra punctate-striate, interstices fiat. 

 18 mill. long. C. Lecontei, Dej. Cat. 



Coprobius chalcites. Minutely granulate, shining, reddish brown above, 

 beneath and legs black ; head with a wide shallow depression at the upper pos- 

 terior part; posterior half of the dorsal impressed line apparent and very nar- 

 row. 20 mill. long. Larger than C. volvens, which it closely resembles, and is 

 probably the chalcites of Dej. Cat. 



Aphodius lutulentus. Black, somewhat glossy, minutely punctate, elytra 

 obscurely striate, tarsi testaceous. 7 mill, long, 3 lat. Scarab, lutulentus, Knoch, 

 in Mels. Cat. Distinct from oblongus, Say, and Germar's name emarginatus 

 is preapplied. Boston collection No. 743. 



Philetjkcs castaneus. Blackish chesnut above, reddish beneath ; head 

 excavated above, with a tubercle on each side : pronotum minutely punctured, 

 dorsal furrow large, coarsely punctured, with a tubercle anteriorly : elytra 

 coarsely punctate-striate, each alternate interstice being smaller ; the rows of 

 punctures have the appearance of being in pairs. 20 mill. long. Hab. Alabama. 

 P. castaneus 1 Dej. Cat. 



Bothrideres geminatus. Dull testaceous, sometimes dark-brown above : 

 head scabrous: pronotum with 3 longitudinal ridges upon each side, with a 

 short one interposed between the inner and second one anteriorly, inner ones 

 sinuated, leaving an obcordate depression between them posteriorly, in which 

 are two posterior and one anterior approximate elevations ; elytra with a sutural 

 and 4 lateral ridges, having a stria upon each side of the base, 5-6 mill. long. 

 B. geminatus, Dej. Cat 



Ichthidion murinum. Slender, dull reddish brown, rough with numerous 

 deeply impressed punctures, and hirsute with pale ochraceous, which forms 

 small scattered spots upon the elytra ; mesial line of the vertex and pronotum 

 distinctly impressed. 10 mill, long 2 lat. I. murinum, Dej. Cat. 



Anthicus bifasciatus. Hirsute, dull testaceous, head brown ; elytra mi- 

 nutely punctate; tip, and a transverse central band, interrupted towards the 

 suture and directed backwards, blackish. 3 mill. long. Hab. Penna. Allied to 

 basillaris, Say. 



Anthicds 4-guttatus. Black, punctate-scabrous, hirsute with yellowish ; 

 elytra with a large round yellowish spot near the base, and another behind 

 the middle : trophi and tarsi testaceous, antennae darker. 4 J mill. long. Hab. 

 Penna. 



