INHABITING NORTH AMERICA. SI 



Scariles bipuslulatus? black; elytra striated: a large ferruginous spot bchinrl. 

 Fabr. /., p. I2j. 



Scarites bipuslululun. Melsh. CatuL 



Scarites 4-maculatus. Palisot de Beauvois. 



BofUi blackish ; beneath piceous. 



Head somewhat unequal before ; antemm and -palpi reddish 



brown. 

 Thorax l)lack, itnpunctured ; a lonfi!;itudinal impressed line 



joining a transverse angulatcd one before ; lateral carinated 



edge abbreviated and recmved at tlie tip. 

 Elytra I)rown-black, stron2;ly striated; striie nearly equal to 



the intermediate lines and punctured, punctures excavated; 



a large obsolete spot at the base, and a large and more 



distinct spot near the tips of each, rufous; ep'ipleura witli 



large and profound punctures at base, 



A large species by no means common. I think it highly 

 probalile that the -i-tiiaci/latus of Palisot is no other than this 

 insect; if so, tlic spots of the elytra, and especially those of 

 the base, in his figure, are by far too distinct; indeed, the 

 former are always obsolete and sometimes not at all visible. 



S. C.*virklis dark green, l)encath blackish; elytra punc- 

 tured. cu|)rcous on the disk, edge blueish ; feet testaceous. 

 Length one-fourth of an inch. 



Scarites viridis. Melsh. CatuL 



Body somewhat hairy. 



Head equal, dark cupreous-green; antennm i^rxd month ru- 

 fous; mnndiblf'S black at tip. 



Trunk beneath reddish black; thornr cuijreous-oireen, 

 somewhat liairy; lateral carinated edi^e al)l)reviat('d. very 

 oblique, rectilinear; a dorsal impressed line. and anterior, 

 transverse, anctdated one ; elytrn dark cupn-ous tiui^ed 

 with e;reen. hairy : striie obsolete, lines of rlisfaiit punc- 

 tures obsolete behind, margin greenish, edge blue, an im- 



