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joint fulvous : thorax minutely and equally punctured ; narrow, 

 sub-cylindrie, slightly wider in the middle, equally wide at base 

 and tip ; narrower than the elytra : elytra with rather wide and 

 profound striaj, which are punctured ; interstitial lines narrow, 

 convex ; beneath piceous : anterior tibiw slightly arcuated. 



Length half an inch. 



This species resembles a Ipix, in the form of the thorax. 



[A Stenocht'a not diflFcrent from S. tcrminata Say, ante, 2, 

 157. — Lec] 



4. II. ARATis. — Body short, moderately convex ; third joint 

 of the antenna) rather shorter than the fourth and fifth united ; 

 lateral thoracic edges rectilinear. 



Head punctured densely : antennce dark testaceous : thorax 

 dull metallic greenish, slightly tinged with purplish; thickly 

 punctured, punctures rather large; angles subacute; lateral 

 rectilinear : elytra slightly purplish, bra.ssy, with punctured strisc, 

 and smaller punctures on the intermeditae spaces : beneath 

 blackish : pectus punctured on each side, with small, close set, 

 longitudinal impressed lines : feet reddish-testaceous at base. 



Length one-fourth of an inch. [ 242] 



I am indebted for this species to Mr. Jno. 8. Skinner, editor 

 of the American Farmer, who received it from a correspondent, 

 with a note, stating that they had been found on the body of the 

 peach tree, just below the surface of the ground. 



[I cannot identify this species j it does not appear verj' dis- 

 tinct from //. jHillus. — Lec] 



CLSTELA Fabr. 



1. C OBSCUUA. — Blackish-brown, with short hairs ; antcnniv 

 and feet dusky rufous ; striaj of the elytra not deeply impressed. 



Cistclu ohscur<i Mel.><h. Catal. 



Body oblong, varying in color from a light brown to a blackish, 

 with numerous short pale hairs arising from punctures : head 

 transversely a little indented between the antennae : antennae 

 moderate, dark rufous : palpi rufous : thorax with the posterior 

 angles subacutely rounded : elytra with slightly impressed striae, 

 their punctures profound : beneath piceous, and, excepting the 

 pectus, punctured : feet rather paler, somewhat rufous. 



Length %> less than one-fourth ; 9 more than three-tenths of an 

 inch. 

 1826.] 



