CUYPTOHYPNUS. 97 



2. C. SQUALIDUS. Depressus , fuscus , pube grisea , subsqua- 

 mosa minus dense veslitus , thorace dense grossius punctato , sub- 

 aciculato , antrorsum subangustato , lateribus late rotundatis , 

 elytrii slriis subtilibus , distinctis , pwictatis , interstitiix piani* 

 confertim punctatis , antennis pedibusque flavis. Long 3 1/3". 



LEG. loc. cit. p. 487 , 5. 



One specimen, San Jose , California. The lobe of the proster- 

 nufn is longer than in the preceding species and more rounded: the 

 general appearance is that of Adelocera. The anterior margin of 

 the front is slighlly elevated : the fourth joint of the antennae is equal 

 to the fifth. 



o. C. GUTTATULUS. Ater , nitidus , pubescens , thorace antror- 

 sum valde angustato , punctulato , elytris distincte striatis , inters- 

 tilii* subconvexis, impunctatis , macula humerali , alteraque 

 utrinque ante apicem , antennis pedibusque testaceis. Long. 

 \ */c "'. 



Cryptohypnus gutlatultts. MELSHEIM. Proc. Aead, Nat. c. II , p. 214. 

 LEG. loc. cit. p. 487 , 8. 



J have seen only a badly preserved Pennsylvanian specimen , in 

 Dr. Melsheimer's collection. The lobe of the prosternum is short, 

 and hardly deflexed , and not well defined from the rest of the 

 sternum. This species seems to have been confounded by Dr. Mels- 

 heimer with the preceding (C. pulchellus) : in fact his description 

 agrees entirely with the preceding , except in the description of the 

 spots of the elytra. J have, however , retained Dr. Melsheimer's 

 name , as this specimen was placed as the type in his collection. 

 It is quite possibly identical with C. 4 pustulatus, a european spe- 

 cies , and may have become erroneously labelled as american. The 

 state of the specimen , however , is very unsatisfactory. 



4-. C. STRIATULUS. Ater, minus convexu? , opacus , tenuiter 

 cinereo-pubescens , thorace latitudine non longiore , antrorsum 

 angustato , lateribus regulariter sat rotundatis , confertissime 

 punctulato , linea dorsali loevi , elytris distincte striatis , intersti- 

 tiis planiusculis , dense rugose punctulatis , antennis pedibusque 

 piceis, tibiis tarsisque subtestaceis . Long, i /5 '". 



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