OF PUILADKLI'IIIA. 155 



male slightly diluted, and covered beneath with a dense brush of 

 hair, it thereibre constitutes a new genus, to which the name 

 Proviu.s, will belong. It differs altogether from J'J/a'dcn in its 

 form of body. — JjEc] 



I'KDIXrS Latr. 



P. SLTUUAMs. — Black; head and thorax minutely punctured; 

 elytra with punctured striae, and small prostrate hair.s. 



Inhabits Missouri. [264] 



Head rounded ; anterior emargiMatiun small : labrum trans- 

 verse : thorax, punctures distinct, dense : scutel rather large : 

 elytra, striae impressed, punctured ; interstitial lines with very 

 minute indentations, furnishing small, pale prostrate hairs : wings 

 none : beneath piceous-black : venter slightly granulated, with 

 very short hairs. 



Length half an inch. 



I place this species in the present genus, from the circumstance 

 of its being altogether destitute of wings, although the elytra 

 are not united at the suture. 



[I'nknown to me. — Leg.] 



OPATRUxM Fab. Latr. 



(). INTERRDPTU.M. — Elackish, with an obscure tinge of bronze; 

 elytra with interrupted, punctured stria;. 



Inhabits the United States. 



Head black, finely punctured, punctures distinct ; an obsolete 

 indentation each side on the posterior margin : elytra brownish, 

 tinged with bronze, with impressed striae irregularly interrupted, 

 and with large impressed punctures; interstitial lines finely 

 jtunctured : beneath brownish-black. 



Length nearly one-sixth of an inch. 



I have found this species in Pennsylvania and Arkansa. 



[Belongs to Blupstinus. — Lec] [265] 



CKYPTICUS Latr. 



C OKSOLETUS. — Glabrous, black ; beneath piceous. 



Inhabits Arkansa. 



Hody with very minute, hardly perceptible punctures: mouth 

 ]»ale testaceous : antennae rul'o-testaceous, the joints all sube(iual 

 1824.] 



