486 ELATER. 



rior limits of which are badly defined , and wich extends far- 

 ther along the side than on the suture ; striae deep , strongly 

 punctured , interstices convex , moderately and finely punc- 

 tured. 



This species differs from the following (E. apicatus Say) not 

 only by the apical blotsch of the elytra extending to the apex 

 and side , but by its more densely punctured thorax , with 

 shorter posterior angles , and by the less parallel elytra : the 

 last is probably a sexual character. 



2. E. IMPOLITIC. Atcr , longius helvo-pubescens , thorace 

 breviusciilo , conferlim punctate , postice canaliculate , elylris 

 striis profundis punctalis , inter stitiis confertim rugose punc- 

 tatis , antennis nigris , basi testaceis , arliculo tertio sectindo 

 dnplo longiore , pcdibus ferrugineis. Long. 4"' T|IO. 



MELSHEIMER , Proc. Acad. nat. Sc. II , p. 180. 

 LEC. loc. oil. p. 467 , 16. 



Pennsylvania , rare. The thorax is a little wider than long, 

 narrowed and rounded from the very base ; the punctuation is a 

 little finer, and the pubescence considerably longer than in the 

 preceding species. The elytra are slightly narrowed from the 

 very base. The legs are rufo-lestaceous , or ferruginous. 



Celte espece est placee , par M. Le Conle , entre \'E. socer 

 et YE. hepaticus ; celle qui suit entrc ce dernier et YE. fus- 

 catus. 



3. E. MOLESTUS. Ater , helvo-pubescens , thorace oblongo , 

 antice angustato , confertim punctato , postice subcaniculato , 

 chjtris antice parallclis , apice obtusiusculis , striis punctatis, 

 interstitiis confertim rugose punctatis , antennis basi testaccis, 

 articulis 2 et 5 subvequalibu* , pedibus testaceo - piceis. 

 Long. 5 4/2'". 



. LEC. loc. cit. p. 467 5 18. 



A specimen found at Lake Superior ; another with paler 

 legs brought from Maine by Pro!': Guyot. The thorax is a 

 little longer than wide ? narrowed and rounded before the mid- 



