112 THE CANADIAN EXTOMOLOGEST. 



channelled ; impressed between the eyes ; pale-yellow below the antennae : 

 antennae longer than the prothorax, three first joints underneath of a 

 dull-red, second and third, taken together, scarcely longer than the fourth ; 

 prothorax nearly square, lightly and very minutely punctured ; anterior 

 angles rounded, posterior rectangular ; disk channelled, and on each side 

 the channel longitudinally elevated ; sides luteous : posterior margin 

 reflexed ; elytra very minutely and thickly punctured : lateral margin 

 anteriorly rather pale ; legs black ; trochanters and cubits dull-rufous. 



[Belongs to Podabnts.~] 



340. Telephorus (Malthacus) L.evicollis Kirby. — Length of 

 body 3*4 lines. A single specimen taken in the Rocky Mountains. 



Body black, somewhat hoary with decumbent hairs. Head im- 

 punctured, impressed transversely between the eyes ; mouth and three 

 first joints of the antennae luteous ; prothorax nearly square, very glossy, 

 impunctured ; elytra less visibly punctured than in the preceding species ; 

 legs luteous, thighs brown at the base. 



[Taken by Agassiz's Expedition to Lake vSuperior. Belongs to 

 Podabrus.] 



341. Telephorus (Malthacus) Mandibularis Kirby. — Length of 

 body 2^ lines. Several specimens taken in Lat. 65°. 



Body all black, except the red mandibles, somewhat hoary with 

 decumbent hairs. Hind-head received by the prothorax ; eyes very 

 prominent ; antennae longer than the prothorax : third joint nearly twice 

 the length of the second ; prothorax impunctured, scarcely wider than 

 long, all the angles rounded ; disk channelled, less elevated on each side ; 

 posterior lateral margins somewhat reflexed : elytra black, minutely and 

 confluently punctured. 



[Synonymous with T. fraxini Say. Taken in Canada ; also by 

 Agassiz's Expedition to Lake Superior.] 



[249.] 342. Telephorus (Brachynotl's) Bennetit Kirby.— 

 Length of body 6 lines. Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby, and in Massa- 

 chusetts by Mr. Drake. 



Body black, hoary with decumbent hairs. Head suborbicular, 

 punctured behind the antennae ; neck rufous ; front, before the antennae? 

 pale yellow ; exterior margin of the nose black ; mandibles yellow at the 

 base ; antennae longer than the prothorax ; prothorax pale yellow, dislc 



