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Descriptions of new North American COLEOPTEEA. 

 BY JAS. H. B. BLAND. 



Othnius pasciatus, n. sp. 



Body piceous, shining ; elytra fulvous, with brownish markings. 



Hah. Virginia. (Coll. Ent. Soc. Phila.) 



Head shining, deeply punctured, clothed with golden pubescence ; 

 clypeus, and in front of the eyes, rufous ; between the eyes, piceous- 

 brown ; eyes black ; palpi fulvous ; antennte, 3rd joint equal in length 

 to the 4th, 5th and 6th combined. Thorax piceous, shining, deeply 

 punctured ; lateral margins nearly straight ; anterior and basal margins 

 slightly rufous. Scutellum dark brown. Elytra closely punctured, 

 clothed with yellowish pubescence; humeri prominent; a brownish 

 spot between the humerus and scutellum ; a dark brown band on the 

 lateral margins, diverging to the suture on the centre, forming an un- 

 even transverse band ; posterior fourth dark brown, with a small ful- 

 vous dot confluent with the suture ; tip fulvous ; beneath piceous, 

 coarsely punctured, venti-al segments reddish-brown. Legs fulvous. 

 Length If — 2} lines. 



From E T. Cresson. 



Pristoscelis atrus, n. sp. 

 Black, coarsely punctured, clothed with ashy pubescence. 

 Ilah. California. (Coll. Ent. Soc. Phila.) 



Black ; head opaque, closely and finely punctured, depressed between 

 the antennas, clothed with ash-colored pubescence and sparse black 

 hair ; mandibles rufous at the base, black at tip ; palpi black ; sur- 

 rounding the mouth, reddish-brown ; antennae black, 4th and following 

 joints clothed with ashy pubescence. Thorax transverse, convex, closely 

 punctured, shining; lateral margins slightly rounded, angles obtuse. 

 Elytra depressed at base between the humerus and scutellum ; coarsely 

 punctured ; shining, irregularly clothed with ash-colored pubescence ; 

 humeri prominent, glabrous, sides almost straight, rounded suddenly 



