230 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Body black, thickly punctured ; gioss obscured by inconspicuous 

 hairs. Head with two impressions between the eyes ; nose subemargi- 

 nate ; antennas shorter than the prothorax, serrated : prothorax longer 

 than wide, channelled, posterior angles diverging, very acute, carinated : 

 scutellum suboval, covered with white hairs : elytra rather wider than the 

 prothorax, testaceous with a black discoidal blotch at the tip ; slightly 

 furrowed with punctures in the furrows ; interstices punctured : legs 

 piceous. 



This species, which is a female, is related to Ct. cuprcus, but is much 

 wider in proportion to its length. [Belongs to the genus Co?y??ibites 

 Latr. "One specimen found on the north shore of Lake Superior. Mr. 

 Randall found it in Maine" (Le Conte).] 



[150.] 201. Elater (Aphotistus) .-eripennis Kirby. — Length of 

 body 6 lines. Several taken in Lat. 54 . Cumberland-house. 



Body very black, without hairs, underneath very minutely punctured. 

 Head thickly and confluently punctured; nose with two slight impressions: 

 antennas shorter than the prothorax, third joint longer than the fourth : 

 prothorax very thickly punctured, obsoletely channelled, longer than wide, 

 rather narrowest before, sides curving, posterior angles acute, diverging, 

 carinated : scutellum heart-shaped : elytra bronzed, or green-bronzed ; 

 furrowed, furrows punctured ; interstices convex, minutely punctured ; 

 tips acute : a discoidal rufous spot or band, and sometimes two, marks 

 the underside of the abdomen : legs piceous. 



This species is the American representative of E. impressus, from 

 which it differs principally in being smaller, narrower in proportion, with 

 the head and prothorax not at all bronzed, and the latter more thickly 

 punctured and without any gloss. [Not uncommon in Canada ; " very 

 abundant at Lake Superior ; found by Randall in Maine'' (Le Conte). 

 Belongs to the genus Corymbites Latr.] 



FAMILY BUPRESTID.E. 



[151.] 202. Buprestis (Anoplis) rusticorum Kirby. — Length of 

 body g}{ lines. A single specimen taken in Lat. 54 . 



Body black-bronzed, punctured, glossy. Head with a levigated ele- 

 vation in the centre between the eyes, channelled behind ; marked with 

 two yellow spots underneath on the cheeks, a triangular one adjoining the 

 eyes on their inner side, and two dots of the same colour between them ; 

 prothorax grossly punctured with levigated spaces, the discoidal one longi- 

 tudinal ; above the scutellum is an impression ; sides converging at the 

 base of the prothorax ; anterior angles with a yellow stripe : elytra slightly 



