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the fulvipes or castaniiJes of Fabricius ? He says that three 

 species have the elytra striate, but does not call them punctato- 

 striate. It is distinguished from No. 1 by its superior size, 

 darker color and less dense covering of hairs. 



Notliora 3. Deep black, with cinereous, depressed hairs ; 

 thorax above and ora sanguineous, feet reddish. Head black, 

 with distinct, large punctures ; antennae robust, joints short, 

 obconic, compressed; thorax pale sanguineous, anterior margin 

 black, punctures large, distinct; elytra deep, shimng black, 

 minutely punctured and punctato-striate. _ Sides of the pectus 

 (ora) pale sanguineous, feet reddish ; tarsi paler. 



I have a large true Elater from Dublin, N. H., which I can- 

 not determine. 



Elater sp. Black ; head and thorax scabrous, with confluent, 

 dilated punctures; antennae short, joints obconic; clypeus with 

 a triangular indentation ; thorax broadly and deeply canalicu- 

 late ; elytra puncto-striate. Second and third joints of the 

 antennae very short; fourth and fifth somewhat arcuated, and 

 produced within at their tip ; posterior angles of the thorax 

 excurved, acute ; elytra punctured and punctato-striate ; inter- 

 stitial lines convex ; abdomen finely punctured, pubescent and 

 paler at tip. Length l.V "-l^es. ["Probably E mono 

 Herbst., Fabr., but my specimen is so badly mutilated 1 cannot 

 iudo-e from your description." T. Say.] 



six Elateridm in my cabinet exhibit peculiar characters 

 which appear to entitle them to form a subgenus, which I call 

 Tapheicerus. Two of these are from Carolina, of which one 

 may prove to be Elater marmoratus Fabr., and will probably 

 be published by Prof. Hentz. These insects seem to connect 

 Elater with Eucnemis of Mannerheim (Annales des be. 111, 



p. 426, etc.). 

 ■ ' In Tapheicerus the labrimi is exposed, corneous ; palpi re- 

 tracted ; mouth closed below by the antepectus (?)• Antennse 

 shorter than the thorax, clavolet compressed, jomts short 

 serratQ-dentate and concealed in repose within the antepectoral 



