110 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



333. Thanasimus abdominalis Kirby. — Plate ii, fig. 5. — Length of 

 body 4J- lines. Several specimens taken in Lat. 65 . 



Body black, hairy, with longish white and some black hairs. Llead 

 punctured with two posteriorly converging impressed lines between the 

 eyes ; palpi and antennae dull rufous, last joint of the labial palpi, which 

 are more than twice the length of the maxillary, very large and semi- 

 cordate ; last joint of the antennae, which arc shorter than the prothorax, 

 ovate and subacuminate ; eyes kidney [245] -shaped, rufous, with a golden 

 lustre ; prothorax thickly punctured, not wider and not much longer than 

 the head, constricted behind, and anteriorly with a pair of oblique 

 impressions, one on each side ; elytra minutely punctured, with larger 

 punctures arranged in five rows, the two exterior ones reaching from the 

 shoulder to the middle, and the interior ones not so far ; the elytra are 

 traversed by a pair of white undulato-angular bands formed of decumbent 

 hairs ; the first begins at the base below the scutellum, and running down 

 along the suture for a little way, then diverges and forms the band, which 

 is broadest at the lateral margin ; the other band is near the apex, broad, 

 and projects anteriorly into an angle ; the legs are dull rufous ; the 

 abdomen is between testaceous and orange, with the tips of the segments 

 paler. 



[Synonymous with T. (Clcrus) undulatus Say. Kirby's name 

 abdominalis being preoccupied, was changed by Klug to nubi/us, who did 

 not recognize the identity with Say's species. Is occasionally taken in 

 Canada.] 



FAMILY CYPHONIDjE. 



334. Cyphon fusciceps Kirby. — Length of body 1^ lines. A 

 single specimen taken. 



Body lurid, downy. Head brown, mouth lurid ; antennae mutilated 

 in the specimen, but what remains is brown ; prothorax very short, trans- 

 verse, slightly bisinuate both anteriorly and posteriorly; disk embrowned; 

 elytra very minutely and thickly punctured ; breast and belly brown ; 

 thighs embrowned. 



[Is taken in Canada.] 



FAMILY TELEPHORID.E. 



335. Telephokls ater Linn. — Length of body 2^4 lines. A single 

 specimen taken in the journey from New York to Cumberland-house. 



