AMERICAN I'llILOSOPUirAL Sl)CIKTV. 'jo3 



licscmblcs X. usltdatus I'abr., and tlicrciore j)robably is a Xo- 

 (a^jfius Meg. 



12. li. opposiTUM Say. — Resembles the macidafum Gyll., and 

 probably [439] belongs to Loj)Jia. The sutural stria is iuipresseJ 

 from the middle of the tip. It is somewhat bronzed. 



lo. B. EPiiiPPiATUM. — Pale testaceous ; elytra with punctured 

 striae and a large common blackish spot. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body pale testaceous or honey-yellow ; antcunsa paler than the 

 head, a little darker towards the tip ; palpi color of the antenna ; 

 thorax widest before the middle, gradually contracting by an al- 

 most rectilinear, but hardly perceptible concave line, to the basal 

 angle, which is rectangular; dorsal line but slightly impressed, 

 obsolete before ; basal lines hardly distinct from the depressed 

 basal margin, which is minutely wrinkled ; elytra with impressed, 

 punctured strino, obsolete at tip; seventh stria wanting; third in- 

 tei-stitial line with two small orbicular punctures, one before the 

 middle and the other a little behind the middle ; a very large 

 common blackish spot on the middle, within which the suture is 

 reddish-brown ; suture behind the spot blackish ; a small, obso- 

 lete blackish spot at the base each side of the scutel ; feet pale 

 yellowish. 



Length one-tenth of an inch. 



At first view it resembles ^roxi'mwwi Say, both as respects size 

 and color, but it uiay be distinguished by many characters, of 

 which the punctured striae is one. 



[The type of Pcricompsus Lee. — Lkc] 



14. B. TRIPUNCTATUM. — I'iccous ; elytra with fivc abbreviated 

 striae ; thorax threc-puuctured between the dilated basal lines. 



luhabiUi Indiana. 



Body piceous ; head and thorax darker; antennjE light brown- 

 ish, paler at base ; palpi pale yellowish ; thorax with the dorsal 

 line distinct, terminating on the basal margin in an ini|)rossed 

 puncture, on each side of which is another rather smaller punc- 

 ture; basal lines> much dilated, deeply undulating the posterior 

 edge of the thorax; elytra with about five rather obtuse 

 striae, not extending to the tip or base ; sides destitute of striae 

 1834.] 



