490 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



Closely resembles the Crux major of Europe, but is a mueli 

 larger insect. I found a specimen on the sea beach of Senipux- 

 ten, eastern shore of Maryland, which was cast up alive by the 

 ■waves, the last of September. 



2. P. FASCiATUS. — Ferruginous, hirsute, punctured; elytra 

 fulvous, with a black band and tip. 



Lensth seven-twentieths of an inch. 



Head punctured ; nasus impunctured, glabrous ; antennae fus- 

 cous ; palpi black ; thorax widest behind the middle, convex, 

 punctures numerous, large, lateral edge deeply and widely ex- 

 cavated behind, posterior angles prominent, distinct ; elytra ful- 

 vous, with a common black band rather behind the middle, con- 

 tracted on the disk, and dilated at the suture and margin, de- 

 flected base and tip black, striae obtuse, punctures large, distinct, 

 transverse; epipleura with a distinct, impressed, punctured stria; 

 pectus and postpectus with dilated punctures ; feet black ; venter 

 deep piceous, punctured each side at base. 



Very distinct from the preceding species, and is a rare insect. 



CYCHRUS Fabr. 



Anterior tibiae entire ; elytra entire, embracing the abdomen ; 

 external maxilJlary and labial palpi dilated, compressed, sub- 

 securiform or obconic ; mandibles elongated, bidentate near the 

 tip ; labium profoundly emarginate, not wider at base than at 

 tip ; labrum elongated, very profoundly emarginate ; tongue very 

 small ; abdomen robust, convex. [ 71 ] 



1. C. ELEVATUS. — [Ante 1, 103.] 



2. C. UNicoLOR.— [Ante 1, 99.] [72] 



3. C. STENOSTOMUS.— [Ante 1, 101.] [73] 



4. C. BiLOBUS. — [Ante 1, 101.] 



CALOSOMA Weber. 



Anterior tibiae entire ; elytra entire ; exterior maxillary and 

 labial palpi with the terminal joint hardly larger than the prece- 

 ding joint; mandibles unarmed, robust; labrum transverse, bilo- 

 bate ; labium profoundly emarginate and with a short acute tooth 

 in the middle; antenna?, second joint one-third as long as the 



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