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Eriphus Pearsalli n. sp. 



Rufo-sanguineous, hairy ; elytra with a black dilated sutural vitta. 



Hah. Nebraska. 



Body rufo-sanguineous, shining, punctured. Antennae black, second 

 joint dark rufous. Thorax convex, rounded, with a few scattered punc- 

 tures furnishing long, erect, blackish hairs. Elytra regularly and deeply 

 punctured, the punctures becoming larger and more distant towards the 

 base ; clothed with long blackish hairs which are erect at base and pros- 

 trate and shorter towards the apex of the elytra ; a black sutural vitta com- 

 mencing at the anterior third and gradually dilated posteriorly, whei*e it 

 is rounded to the suture but does not quite reach the tip. Post-pectus 

 black. Legs rufous; femora, anterior and middle tibiae black at tips; pos- 

 terior tibiae and tarsi black. Length 5 lines. 



Collected near Fort Benton, on the upper Missouri, by Mr. John Pear- 

 sail after whom I have named it. This species was received into the col- 

 lection (if the Society as E. discokleus (Say), but I find upon comparison 

 with Say's description that it is quite distinct, and I have not been able to 

 refer it to any other description. It difiers from discoideus by not having 

 a black head and scutellum, by the punctation of the thorax not being 

 deep, by the hairs on the elytra not being very short and obsolete, and by 

 the color of the feet, which, however, as with sutm-dUs, is subject to vari- 

 ation. From rafuldiis it dift'ers by not having the head and feet entirely 

 black. From suturalis by the punctation of the thorax being rnore dis- 

 tinct, by the color of the second joint of the antennae being dark rufous, 

 by the punctures of the elytra being more numerous and comparatively 

 smaller, by the presence of the sutural vitta, and by the size which is 

 greater. From ruher it dift'ers by the color of the antennae, by the much 

 more distinct pvinctation of the thorax, and by the presence of the sutural 

 vitta. It may possibly prove to be a variety of one of the above species 

 after more specimens have been accumulated, but at present it is quite as 

 distinct as some of the species now recognized. 



Crossidius pulciirior n. sp. 



Rufo-testaceous; antennae, head, base and the large mark on the disk of 

 the elytra, postpectus and legs black. 



Hah. Nebraska. 



9 . Body punctured and clothed with pale hairs. Head black, roughly 

 punctured ; antennae two-thii'ds the length of the body, black, punctured. 



