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productis, sulcatis, acutis ; elytris ffineo-nigris striatis 

 subtilissime rugulosis, basi subsulcatis. 



Black. Head and thorax dull, extremely thickly and 

 minutely punctured. Thorax with a slight impressed 

 middle line; hind angles produced into two acute 

 furrowed spines. Elytra aBneous black, shining, ex- 

 tremely minutely rugulose, with many regular distinct 

 striae, full twice the length of the thorax ; each elytron 

 with a slight excavation in the disk at the base. Length 

 of the body, 8 lines. 



Fam. TELLID^E. (Leach.) Genus CLERUS. (Geoffrey.) 

 Clerus sobrius. N. S. 



Cupreo niger, nitens, asperepunctatus; capite thorace- 

 que cinereo pilosis ; elytris fascia cinerea lata incisa. 



Cupreous black, shining, thinly and coarsely punc- 

 tured. Head and thorax with cinereous hairs. Elytra 

 with a broad cinereous middle band, which is narrower 

 on each side, and is notched in front and behind. Length 

 of the body, 5 lines. 



This species is very different from the Californian 

 C. holosericeus. 



Fam. BLAPSHLE. (Latr.) Genus IPHTHINUS. (Dej.) 

 Iphtkinus sevvilis. N. S. 



Niger, confertissime et subtilissime punctatus ; capite 

 thoraceque obscuris; thoracis lateribus convexis non 

 retusis, angulis acutis ; elytrorum lineis e punctis elon- 

 gatis. 



