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3. Philotermes Fuchsii, Kraatz. 



Philotermes Fuchsii, Kraatz, Linn. Ent. Zeits. xi, p. 15. 



Fusco-testaceous, densely and very finely pubescent, sparsely pilose ; 

 middle of the thorax as broad as the length of the elytra ; apex of 

 abdomen punctured. Length 1 line. 



Ha b. — Tennessee. 



Similar to the preceding, but smaller, narrower ; fusco-testaceous, 

 shining, densely pubescent. Antennae longer than the head and tho- 

 rax, testaceous; first joint rather thick, second much shorter and thin- 

 ner, third joint shorter than the preceding and rather narrower than 

 the following, joints 4 — 10 broad, slightly transverse, terminal joint 

 large, ovate-acuminate. Head large, a little narrower than the thorax, 

 densely and very finely punctured. Thorax large, the breadth across 

 the middle equal with the length of the elytra, not narrowed anteriorly ; 

 the base strongly, and the sides slightly, rounded; apex truncate; all 

 the angles rounded ; upper surface rather convex, very densely punc- 

 tured ; clothed with long, very fine pubescence, and scattering erect 

 black hairs. Elytra less densely and finely punctured, the pubescence 

 a little longer. Abdomen shining, the seventh segment above densely 

 punctured. Legs testaceous. 



Male. — Seventh segment of abdomen with the superior apical middle 

 slightly emarginate, and an inferior prolongation. — Kraatz. 



** Maxillae with the inner lobe ciliate with hairs ; at the apex with some 

 corneous hooks. 



1. Hind angles of thorax indistinct; abdomen of the usual form. 



Genus 10.— MYRMEDONIA. Erich. 

 Myrmedonia annularis, Maklin. 



Myrmedonia anqularis, Makl. Mann. Bull. Soc. Mosc. 1853, ii, p. 181. 



Closely and very finely punctured, fuscous; base of antennae, sides 

 of thorax, legs and elytra, testaceous ; suture of the elytra, the angles 

 broader towards the base, and the apical angles broadly and obliquely, 

 infuscated; thorax transverse, obsoletely channelled, transversely foveo- 

 lated at base. 



Length li line ; breadth | line. 



Bab. — Peninsula Keuai [Russian America !] — Mannerheim. 



2. Hind angles of thorax distinct; sides of thorax and abdomen widely 



reflexed, the latter with tufts of hair on the sides above. 



Genus 11.— ATEMELES, Steph. 

 Atemeles cava, Lee. 



Atemeles cava, Lee. Desc. N. A. Col. p. 30. 98. 

 Ferruginous, thinly pubescent; third joint of antennae twice the 

 length of the preceding joint; thorax with scarcely conspicuous punc- 



