17. 



18.^ 



103 



Anterior tarsi of the $ with. 



four dilated joints, furnished 



with brushes beneath; scutel 



horizontal; thorax flattened, 



oblong quadrate, with two • 



ocellated spots Alaus Eseh. 



Anterior tarsi of the S not per- E . ocnlatus lAnn. (Hentz,No. 126.) 



ceptibly dilated; scutel nearly E . myops Fahr. (Hentz, No. 127.) 



vertical, thorax thick, convex, 



narrowed before Steatoderus Esch. 



Third joint of the antennae at E. abruptus Say. 



least twice as long as the sec- E. attenuatus Say. (Hentz, No. 



ond, 19. 158.) 



Third joint of the antennae less Hentz, No. 1088, not determined. 



than twice the length of the \_Elater luctifer Hentz' MSS. 



second, 21. Catal.] 

 r First tarsal joint longer than 



the second and third togeth- 

 er; body short and thick . . Ampedus Megerle. 

 First tarsal joint not longer than E. discoideus F. (Hentz, No. 1 3 7.) 



the next two; thorax and lugubris'&Qwxx. (Harris, No. 804.) 



I. body longer, 20. apicatus Say. (Hentz, No. 954.) 



Antenna; of the male pectin- erythropus Say. (Hentz, No. 1076.) 



ated Ctenicera Latr. 



I have seen oulv one native spe- 

 20. i . ' 



cies (jE. ancJiorago Randall), 



Antennas in both of the sexes which was bi'ought from Maine. 



serrated Ludius Latr. 



E. spiraculatus Harr. Cat. (Hentz, 



No. 140.) 



Merogli/j}hicus Say. (Hentz, No. 



143.) 



vernalis Hentz. (Hentz, No. 129.) 



inflatus Say. (Hentz, No. 139.) 



morio F. (Hentz, No. 136.) 



Icevigatus Hbst. (Hentz, No. 130.) 



appr-essifrons Say. (Hentz, No 



753.) 



Scutel large, 22. circumscriptus ? Germai;. 



Hentz, No. 1406. \_Elater spicU' 



Scutel moderate, 23. latus Hentz' MSS. Catal.] 



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