103 



17 



.\ 



18.^ 



19-^ 



20.^ 



Anterior tarsi of the $ with 

 four dilated joints, furnished 

 with brushes beneath; scutel 

 horizontal; thorax flattened, 

 oblong quadrate, with two 

 ocellated spots . . . . ' . 

 Anterior tarsi of the $ not per- 

 ceptibly dilated; scutel nearly 

 vertical, thorax thick, convex, 



narrowed before 



■ Third joint of the antenna? at 

 least twice as long as the sec- 

 ond, 19. 

 Third joint of the antennae less 

 than twice the length of the 

 second, 21. 

 First tarsal joint longer than 

 the second and third togeth- 

 er; body short and thick . . 

 First tai'sal joint not longer than 

 the next two; thorax and 

 body longer, 20. 

 Antennaj of the male pectin- 

 ated 



Antenna? in both of the sexes 

 serrated 



I Scutel moderate, 23. 



Alaus Esch. 



E. ocnlatus Linn. (Hentz, No. 1 26.) 

 E. vryops Fahr. (Hentz, No. 127.) 



Steatoderus Esch. 

 E. abrupt us Say. 

 E. attenuatus Say. (Hentz, No. 



158.) 

 Hentz, No. 1088, not determined. 



[Elate?- luctifer Hentz' mss. 



Catal.] 



Ampedus Megerle. 



E. discoideus F. (Hentz, No. 1 3 7.) 

 luguhris Beauv. (Harris, No. 804.) 

 apicatus Say. (Hentz, No. 954.) 

 erythropus Say. (Hentz, No. 1076.) 

 Ctenicera Latr. 

 I have seen only one native spe- 

 cies {E. anclionujo Randall), 

 which was brought from Maine. 

 LuDius Latr. 

 E. spiraculatus Harr. Cat. (Hentz, 



No. 140.) 

 hierogli/phicus Say. (Hentz, No. 



143.) 

 vernalis Hentz. (Hentz, No. 129.) 

 inflatus Say. (Hentz, No. 139.) 

 morio F. ■ (Hentz, No. 136.) 

 Icevigatus Hbst. (Hentz, No. 130.) 

 apprexsifrons Say. (Hentz, No 



753.) 

 circumscriptus ? Gcrmar. 

 Hentz, No. 1406. [Elater spicth 

 latus Hentz' mss. Catal.] 



