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lobes of the pronotiim, then broadens until it reaches the abdomen, 

 thence gradually narrowing until it disappears at about the last segment. 

 Behind the pronotum it changes from shining piceous to rather dull 

 black. Antennae olivaceo-fuscous, paler at the base. Fore and middle 

 legs olivaceo-fuscous, yellowish beneath. Hind femora reddish-brown 

 internally, dull orange beneath, dull fuscous externally, with little or no 

 indication of fascise above. Hind libice luteous, more or less clouded 

 with olivaceous, and all the colours are darker and duller than in the other 

 specimens. 



The male differs in coloration as follows : It is black above, with 

 the exception of a moderately broad, bright yellow stripe running from 

 the upper posterior corner of each eye, along the dorsum of the 

 pronotum just above the lateral lobes and along the abdomen to the 

 last dorsal segment. On the abdomen they are separated by a space of 

 about the width of one of the bands, and are narrowly interrupted at the 

 base of each segment. The black lateral band is much better defined 

 than in the $ , and on the abdomen is sharply separated from the bright 

 yellow venter. The markings are in general more distinct and the 

 colours brighter than in the female. 



Length of body: (?, i6 mm. -18.5 mm.; $, 22.5 mm. -23. 5 mm. 



Length of antenna; : (^ , 7 mm.-8 mm.; $, 5 mm. -8 mm. 



Length of head and pronotum: ($ , 5 mm.-5.8 mm.; ?, 6 mm.- 

 7.5 mm. 



Length of hind femora: ^^ , 8.5 mm. -10 mm.; ? , 10.5 mm. -r 1.3 mm. 



The three specimens from Sandon were taken on the grassy path 

 of a snowslide, at an elevation of about 2,600 feet, on September 16, 

 1897; while those from Mt. Piron were captured on September 19, 1897, 

 at about 7,000 feet, being above timber-line. 



In the accompanying plate (A) is a lateral view of the $ , (B) a 

 dorsal view of the (J, (C) and (D) are respectively lateral and dorsal 

 views of the male abdominal appendages. 



A NEW CYCHRINID. 



BY THE REV. J. H. KEEN, MA.SSETT, (,)UKEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS, H. C. 



This fine plum-coloured beetle — superficially resembling Cychrus 

 marglnatus — was taken by me in 1S96, and kindly named for me by 

 Captain Casey, whose description of it, published in his Coleoptero- 

 logical Notices, No. VII, page 334, I take tlie liberty of transcribing 



