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the fulvipes or castanipes of Fabricius ? He says that three 

 species liave 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. 



Nothora 3. Deep black, with cinereous, depressed liairs ; 

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

 Avith distinct, large punctures ; antennas robust, joints short, 

 obconic, compressed ; thorax pale sanguineous, anterior margin 

 black, punctures large, distinct ; elytra deep, shining 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, Avith confluent, 

 dilated punctures; antennas short, joints obconic; clypeus Avitli 

 a triangular indentation ; thorax broadly and deeply canalicu- 

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

 antenna? very short ; fourth and fifth somcAvhat arcuated, and 

 produced within at their tip ; posterior angles of the thorax 

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

 stitial lines convex ; abdomen finely pimctui'ed, pubescent and 

 paler at tip. Length 1^^ inches. ["Probably E. morio 

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

 judge from your description." T. Say.] 



Six Elateridoi in my cabinet exhibit peculiar characters, 

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

 Tapheicerus. Tavo of these are from Carolina, of Avhicli one 

 may })rove to be Elater marmoratus Fabr., and Avill probably 

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

 Elater Avith Eucnemis of Maniierheim (Annales des Sc, III, 

 p. 426, etc.). 



In Taplieicerus the labrum is exposed, corneous ; palpi re- 

 tracted; mouth closed below by the antepectus (?). Antennae 

 shorter than the thorax, claA^olet compressed, joints short, 

 serrato-dentate and concealed in repose Avithin the antepectoral 



