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Kev. George S. J. Hill of IMarkhain, C W., wore elected <'nrrcspon</iii</ 

 Members of the Society. 



Descriptions of several supposed new species of CERAMBYCID^ffi in the 

 Collection of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, with observations on 



some already described. 

 BY JAMES H. B. BLAND. 



lu this paper I propose to describe several species of Cerambycidae of 

 which I have uot been able to find descriptions and therefore suppose them 

 to be undescribed. In the collection of the Society there are many species 

 of Coleoptera yet unnamed, and I have determined to study them careful- 

 ly, and if no satisfactory description of them can be found, I will venture 

 to describe them as plainly as possible, and should synonyms be created 

 by so doing (as is often unavoidable), I will cheerfully acknowledge them 

 as such and give the rightful author the priority. 



MONILEMA L^VIGATUM n. sp. 



Shining black, smooth; a shallow depression on the disk of the thorax 

 near the posterior margin; a number of deep, irregular punctures about 

 the humeri and the angulation of the elytra. 



Ilab. Kansas, near the Kocky Mountains. 



Body shining black, smooth, elongate, convex. Head feebly punctured, 

 with a longitudinal impressed line on the top. Antennae about two-thirds 

 the length of the body; rather slender. Thorax smooth, a shallow depres- 

 sion on the disk near the posterior margin ; lateral tubercle very short, ob- 

 tuse and nearly obsolete; anterior margin slightly elevated, furnished with 

 short, light colored cilia; a row of deep punctures at the posterior margin. 

 Scutellum broad and rounded, minutely punctured. Elytra smooth, shin- 

 ing, convex and a little shorter than the abdomen; sides suddenly deflexed; 

 between the suture and the angulation of the elytra are two indistinct, 

 longitudinal, elevated lines not reaching the apex (which are better seen 

 when the specimen is held in a certain light) ; a number of deep, irregular 

 punctui-es about the humeri, base of epipleurae and extending a short dis- 

 tance down on the angulation of the elytra ; tip truncate, slightly rugose. 

 Abdomen minutely punctured, rounded at tip. Legs minutely punctured, 

 with a few scattered punctures of a larger size ; tibiae, on the tip and in- 

 ner edge, and tarsi clothed with short appressed hairs; middle tibiae slight- 

 ly notched on the outer edge near the tip; tarsi fulvous beneath. Length 

 9 lines. 



