E LATER. 487 



die , with the sides parallel posteriorly. The elytra are paral- 

 lel as far as the middle , then obtusely rounded to the apex; 

 the slrire are narrow and well defined ; the interstices are not 

 convex ; the antennae are strongly serrate , the third joint 

 hardly longer than the second ; the eleventh joint oval. 



4-. E. FUSCULUS. Ater , helvo-pubescens , thorace punctato , ante 

 medium angustato , angulis posticis testaceis , elytris subtilius 

 strialis , striis punctatis , interstitiis planis confertim puncta- 

 tis , testaceis , sutura late infuscata , antennis pedibusqnc tes- 

 taceo-fuscis , illis articulis 2 et 5 ccqualibus. Long. 2"'c/io. 



LEC. loc. cit. p. 468 , 25. 



Lake Superior , two specimens. The thorax is not longer 

 than wide , and tolerably strongly rounded on ihe sides, wich 

 are parallel behind the middle. The elytra are parallel on the 

 sides , and gradually somewhat obtusely rounded at the tip. 

 The antennae are as long as the thorax. 



5. E. DELETUS. Ater , nitidus , griseo-pubescens , thorace an- 

 trorsum angustato , elyfris subtilius slriatis, striis punctatis, 

 interstitiis planis , punctatis , antennis pedibusque fusco-testa- 

 ccis , illis articulis 2 ct 3 cequalibiis. Long. 2'" 1/2. 



Fariat elytris testacco fuscis. 

 LEC. loc. cit. p. 469 , 24. 



Lake Superior, Though the thorax is narrowed almost from 

 the base , and is less rounded on the sides than in the pre- 

 ceding , the chief character for distinguishing them is found 

 in the punctuation of ihe thorax, wich is here much finer 

 and more distant ; the pubescence instead of being brown is 

 dark gray , appearing almost black in certain lights. The form 

 and sculpture of the elytra are as in E. fusculus. 



One specimen from Eagle Harbour, Lake Superior, is ab- 

 solutely the same in form as those above described; but the 

 striae of the elytra are deep and strongly punctured , and the an- 

 tennae and feet are yellowish testaceous. In the absence of 



