OF THE I Nl I ID - I 'A i BS. |85 



said in tin 1 description concerning the testaceous BUtural margin of the elytra, and ih>- 

 dorsal vitta of the thorax is said to be abbreviated. Three specimens in mj collection 

 agree perfectly with the first description given by Germar: a fourth baa a Bmall fus< 

 fascia near the apex of the elytra, thus approaching Germar'e second description: the 

 vitta of the elytra might very easily be so dilated as to remove the BUtural yellow margin 

 entirely, and if tliis form coexisted with the posterior band jusl mentioned, the elytra 

 would agree with tliose described in Germar's Zeitschrift: but I cannot Buppose that the 

 dorsal black vitta of the thorax would ever bee e abbreviated posteriorly a- there de- 

 scribed. 



Apart from the coloration of the elytra, this species is distinguished from ML dorsalis 

 by the longer and tn>>rc densely punctured thorax: the thorax of the male i~ almost one- 

 half longer than wide, and its .-id.-: are nearly straight: those of the female are broadly 

 rounded anteriorly, and the disc is anteriorly a little more convex than in M. dorsalis. The 

 under surface of the thorax and presternum is more or less varied with blackish piceous. 



12. M._ do: iree pub' 



anti .teribus i 



striis pr ' i utrinque ellipl 



le pone indium angalata ni J7. 



/.' 3ay, Journ. 8, 167. 



in-. 1 IT. 



A very ■ ifficiently distinct from all il - by the distinct, distant 



punctures of the thorax. 



. M. a in ab i 

 anti 



sat profundia pun 

 que posii' '18. 



Maryland, Prof. Ad ims. This b lautiful littl - is i miniature "I M. dors tlis, and 



only differs by the thorax being more densely punctui I a little m the 



Miturc is blackish near ih>' scutellum, and the Bpot Bhows ■ > disposition i" be prolonged to 

 the r hand, neither of which chara< in M. dorsalis. In \"<< specim 



tlic under sui in a third the postpeclus and abdomen are du 



14. M. lepidus, 



anti' rtitn m 



sali : 



is apiccm cum sutura c ' 



G The »rm, pali . Thia 



shining than tbi .and more elongate in its form: the long dci 



punctured thorax, not narrowed in front, hardlj rounded on the nd slightly i 



rowed b idily disting 



lIl.MIKIIII I - I 



1. II. fascic i '. 

 modice ' ' 



