222 CARDIOPHORUS. 



Maine and Ohio , sent by Dr. Harris under the name adopted. 

 Similar to the next (gagates) species, but larger and more robust , 

 with a much shorter ihorax. The thorax is considerably less nar- 

 rowed ad the base than at the apex : the dorsal channel is very 

 faint an short : the basal lines are short and well defined : the an- 

 tennae are entirely black , and a little longer than the head and 

 thorax : the clypeus is more deeply concave than in C. gagates. 



LEG. loc. cit. p. 498 , 6. 



4. C. OBSCURTS. Plurnbeo-niger , opacus , dense fusco-piibes- 

 cens , thorace latitudine non longiore , lateribus valde rotundato , 

 convexo , conferlissime subtilius punctato , postice fubcanaliculato, 

 angulis posticis divergentibus , elytris dorso stibdepressis r striis 

 punctatis , postice minus distinclis , inter stitiis planis , dense 

 punctulatis. Long. 2 4/2 ". 



San Diego , California. Resembles the next species, but the 

 feet are entirely black, and the thorax is less lustrous ; the basal 

 striae of the thorax are very short , and the base is deeply and 

 decidedly transversely impressed between them. 



LEC. loc. cit. p. 498 , 9 



Ces quatre especes se rapportent a la premiere division du genre. 

 Celles que M. Le Conte a placees dans la seconde division et qu<; 

 je n'ai point vues, doivent , je pense, faire partie du genre Boris- 

 tonotus. 



6 4 du Mozambique dont voici les formules tres-breves : 



1. C. T.ENIATUS. Fuscus , cinereo-pubescens , elytris punctate- 

 slrialis,vitta laterali sanguinea,antennispedibusque rufescentibus. 



4 1/4 ". 



2. C. VESTITUS. Fuscus , cinereo-pubescens , elytris obsolete 

 punctalo-striatis , antennis pedibusque testaceis. 3 1/2 '". 



3. C. LATERmus. Thorace confertim punctato , elytris punc- 

 tato-striatis , rufo-castaneus , elytrorum basi, antennis pedibusque 

 pallidis. 3 w . 



