INHABITING NORTH AMERICA. 1)7 



Length not quite seven-twentieths of an inch. 

 Boiiij black, above with n\inutc, depressed, irregular gra- 

 nules. 

 Head black, two indistinct piccous spots on the vertex and 

 an abl)reviatcd frontal line and puncture each side ; an- 

 teniia; and pnfpi |)ale rufous. 

 Thorax l)lack, dt)rsal line obsolete ; scutel black. 

 Elytra dark reddish-brown, ini maculate, margin and base 



paler, apex acute ; epipleurd black. 

 Sternum acutely curinated ; fed pale rufous, posterior ones 

 rufous. 



For this insect I am indebted to my friend Dr. J. F. Mcl- 

 sheimer, who sent it to me as a distinct s[)ecies. It ap- 

 proaches very closely to E. erjitropfrrus, but may be distin- 

 guished by its smaller size, less dilated form, more gradually 

 attenuated and more acute posterior termination of the body. 



4, C. *seriatns black, immaculate, slightly purple-bron/cd; 



elytra with about three irregular series of punctures on 



each; lateral edge of the thorax somewhat rectilinear. 

 Length seven-twentieths of an inch, 

 Boihi black, immaculate. aI>ove very slightly bronzed, divided 



into very minute, suborbicular, depresse(l granules, beneatli 



black. 

 Head, a transverse frontal puncture each side, with double. 



parallel, obsolete, smaller ones above ; mdemur and palpi 



rufous. 

 Thorax. sul)margin slightly depressed, dorsal line obsolete, 



lateral and basal edges nearly rectilinear, posterior angle? 



sul^acute, 

 Ehitra. on each three irregular series of villous punctures, 



aiul a sul)margiiial less ilisiinct one ; fpijtln/ra |)ici-()iH. 

 Sternum acutely carinatrd. (lepressed behind, sliirlitly ele- 

 vated, obtuse before : feet rufous, posterior pair pireoiis. 



This insect was sent me as di«<tiiut by Dr. J. F. .Mcl- 

 sheimiT. It is very closely allied to (' '■''''>•'•/<. bn> i- «<.n 

 sideralily larger. 



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