374 MELANOTUS. 



lection. The sides of the thorax are so obtusely angulated , 

 that they may almost be called rounded , the outer strise of 

 the elytra are punctured and slightly impressed ; the inner ones 

 are reduced to small punctures , wich are confused with those 

 belonging to the interstices ; the thorax has a very slight and 

 short impression at the middle of the base. This species agrees 

 accurately with C. prolixus Er. from Mexico , except that the 

 breast and abdomen are not castaneous. 



Cralonychus paradoxus. LEG. Loc. cit. p. 480 , 35. 



