392 TERTFAHY INSECTS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



8. EUCORITES gen. nov. (ev, uopi?). 



Head well rounded, with a slightly triangular form, the apex for- 

 ward, of about equal length and breadth, slightly broader than the apex of 

 the thorax; the front gently and roundly produced in front of the antennse ; 

 eyes situated in advance of the middle, transverse, reniform ; antenna' 

 slightly longer than the head and thorax together, the basal joint moder- 

 ately stout, just surpassing the front of the head, the remaining joints sub- 

 equal, the second slightly longer than the others, slender and equal, the 

 third slightly shorter than the terminal, scarcely and gently enlarging in 

 the apical half, the fourth incrassated so as to be almost throughout half as 

 broad again as the middle of the second joint. Anterior lobe of the thorax 

 trapezoidal, more than twice as broad as long, tapering regularly from base 

 to apex, witli oblique sides, both base and apex truncate ; posterior lobe of 

 unusual form, being twice as l)road in the middle as at the sides, the pos- 

 terior margin being strongly, broadly angulate, with rounded apex, simu- 

 lating a broad and short scutellum. Middle femora much shorter than the 

 breadth of the body at their insertion. Corium of hemelytra reaching 

 the middle of the apical half of the abdomen. Abdomen moderately long 

 ovate. 



One species only is known. 



EUCORITES SERESCENS. 



Whole body black, the antennae with the basal joint black, the apical 

 joint and apical third of the penultimate joint blackish fuscous, the remain- 

 der testaceous. Head and thorax uniformly, coarsely, and rather distantly 

 punctate. Coriimi of hemelytra coarsely punctate, mostly in longitudinal 

 lines following the course of the veins, the punctas infuscated and the 

 whole corium moi'e or less infuscated, but generally of a light color ; mem- 

 brane faintly infumated, reaching just to the tip of the abdomen. 



Length of body, 5°"" ; antenn.ie, 2.6°"" ; breadth of thorax at the base, 

 2.25°""; abdomen, 2.5?"". 



Florissant. One specimen, No. 860. 



9. PROCORIS gen. nov. (7rpc\ ndpz?). 



Head rounded, slightly longer than broad, with the eyes a little but 

 distinctly broader tlian the apex of tlir* thorax, the front rounded, angulate 



