INHABITING NORTH AMEUICX. ^8 



Found on Chinquoteage island, coast of Virginia, under 

 yellow-pine baik. 



5. C. *sphKrico(lis. — Thorax globose, with an impressed 

 line; elytra witli punctured distant stria-. 



Leni^th one-fifth of an incli. 



Bodii irnpunctured, witii a few scattered hairs, beneath l)lark. 



Head black, longitudinally indented each side ; moutli and 



antcmut rufous. 

 Thorax purple-black, rounded before and behind ; lateral 



edge obsolete near the [)asc. more distinct before, and 



destitute of any angle behind ; an impressed dorsal line. 

 Ehjtru reddish-brown or bronzed, with punctured strisc ; 



stria- distant. 

 Feet dark rufous. 

 Venter black. 



Differs from the succeeding species, in being larger and 

 in having the strife more distant from each other, — or, in 

 other words, less dilated. 



This and the two following species belong to the genus 

 Discfiyriiis of Bonclli. 



6. C. *globulosa Ijlack ; mouth, antcnnfp, and feet rufous ; 

 elytra with punctured obtuse stria-. 



Length, from one-tenth to five-fortieths of an inch. 



Scariles globiilosus. Alelsh. Catal. 



Head black, longitudinally indented on each side; mouth and 



antenna rufous ; neck beneath rufous. 

 Trunk beneath l)lack, tinged each side with rufous. 

 Thorax pur|)le-l)lack. glo!>ose, rounded l»elore and i)eliind; 



lateral edge obsolete near the l)ase, more distinct before, 



and destitute of a projecting angle behind ; an impressed 



dorsal line. 

 Elytra black, striate-punctured ; punctures crpial in leni^lli 



to the intermediate spaces and nearly equal in breadlh to 



the interstitial lines. 



