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about twice as long as the preceding one; nails strong, 

 curved, simple. Inhabits tree fungi and decayed wood in the 

 mountainous regions of New Hampshire. 



Fig. 6. Heteromerous. Antennas eleven-jointed, inserted at 

 sides of head in front of eyes ; first joint very large, quadrate, 

 convex and scabrous above, concave and 'glabrous beneath. 

 Terminal joints of palpi ovate, acuminate ; mandibles grooved 

 at apex ; eyes globose, entire, not bisected by a 

 process of the orbits ; tarsi entire, last joint elon- 

 gated, others very short ; nails simple. Brown- 

 ish ; fuscous beneath ; body scabrous with elevated 

 points ; thorax elevated in the middle, with two 

 ''^' ""*■ small tubercules before and two behind; sides ex- 

 cavato-depressed, edge minutely denticulated, posterior margin 

 with a tooth on each side ; scutel transverse and prominent 

 behind; disk of coleoptra elevated and separated from the 

 minutely denticulate margin by a deep, dilated groove ; suture, 

 and on each side of elytron, three elevated hues, the latter 

 interrupted into tubercules on the middle ; two large tubercules 

 behind above the tip, inner one largest. Epipleura distinct, 

 broadly grooved, not embracing abdomen. Wings perfect. 

 Dublin, N. H. 



Fig. 7. Ropaloccrus fasciatus nob. mss. Tetramerous. 

 Polished, ferruginous ; antenna and feet paler ; head black ; 

 thorax reddish, a black, dorsal spot extending from 

 the base to near the tip, where it is attenuated ; 

 I elytra pale reddish, a dilated fascia across the 

 middle and an apical one black. Antennae slightly 

 Fig. 35. hairy, eleven-jointed ; first joint obconic, large ; 

 second to eighth inclusive small, subequal, moniliform; last 

 three dilated, transverse, convex above, slightly concave be- 

 neath. A fascicle of hairs beneath the apex of each tarsal 

 joint, except the last which is largest; nails simple. This 

 curious little insect Avas obtained in the interior of New 

 Hampshire. Its natural situation appears to be between 

 Phloiotribus and Cerapteriis, and allied to Paussus. 



