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Var. a. Abbreviated band of the elytra grayish. 

 Length more than three-twentieths of an inch. 

 [This is A. bimacuhitus Oliv., and belongs to Tropideres 

 Schonh. — Lec] 



4. A. LTMBATUS. — Testaceous ; rostrum short; striae of the 

 elytra subacute, with small punctures. 



Anthrihuit Umhatus Melsh. Catal. 



Body rufo-testaceous, with short pale ochreous hair : front a 

 little convex : rostrum short : antennae rufous : thorax with the 

 line of the posterior margin prominent, a little undulated, ap- 

 proaching the posterior edge in the middle ; elytra, striae narrow, 

 punctures not large : beneath dusky : feet rufous. 



Length three-twentieth of an inch. 



[Belongs to Brachytarsus. — LeC"] 



5. A. ALTERNATUS. — Robust J elytra with series of alternate 

 gray and black spot. 



Body short and thick, densely hairy, brownish-cinereous : head 

 plane, not prominent between the eyes : antennae moderate, pale 

 rufous, three last joints fuscous : thorax with a few black spots ; 

 elevated line of the posterior margin not prominent, placed near, 

 and parallel to the posterior edge : elytra with punctured [251 ] 

 striae, alternate interstitial lines, with alternate black and gray 

 spots : feet rufous ; thighs dusky ; tibiae with about two dusky 

 bands. 



Length three-twentieths of an inch. 



This may readily be distinguished from A. rajn/h'corn is, hy the 

 much shorter antennae, and more robust form of body. 



[Also a Brachytarsus. — Lec] 



6. A. varie(jatus. — Varied, with blackish and dull yellow- 

 ish ; elytra, each with two larger spots. 



Anthribus variegatus Melsh. Catal. 



Body dull ochreous, varied with blackish, with very short 

 hair : head plane, dusky, puler towards the tip : antennae 

 moderate, pale rufous, three terminal joints fuscous : thorax 

 much varied with blackish, which does not extend on the ante- 

 rior margin: elytra with hardly obvious strife, with many small 

 orbicular, blackish spots, and two larger spots on each, of which 

 one is near the sutural base, and the other rather beyond the 



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