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tU8 in the middle piccous : feet honey-yellow : tiirsi, pcnnltiniate 

 joint minute, but extended beneath into a lobe, almost half the 

 length of the ultiuuitc joint. 



Length from one-fourth to two-fifths of an inch. 



[Belongs to Dicrejyidius. — Lec] 



51. E. scAPUL.vRis. — (Myi)ou.s concave ; antennae longer than 

 the thorax ; humerus yellowish. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



TTi'iul greenish black : clypous somewhat prominent, obtusely 

 rounded at tip, much ind»Mitc<l above: antcnnrc longer than the 

 thorax, serrate ; second joint one-third the length of the third, 

 which is dilated at tip like the following ones, and somewhat 

 longer than the fourth : thorax greenish black, rather long; sides 

 a little contracted before the spines ; spines robust, not attenuated, 

 rounded at tip and yellowish : scutel piceous : elytra dull yellow- 

 ish on the basal margin ; with rather deep stria), punctured ; in- 

 terstitial lines rounded with, transversely confluent punctures : 

 feet piceous : tarsi with the second, third, and fourth joints di- 

 -lated beneath into rather short lobes, that of the third much 

 wider and more prominent ; fourth joint more than half the 

 length of the third ; ultimate joint etjual in length to the first, 

 and equal to the second, third and fourth taken together. 



Length less than two-fifths of an inch. 



This is rather slender, and the yellowish bases of the elytra 

 are distinguishing and obvious characters. 



[Belongs to Fcihtcs. — Lec] 



52. E. ACANTHUS. — Brown; clypeus concave above; spines 

 compressed, short, rounded. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body rather slender, punctured : head blackish brown, with 

 small punctures more distant than the length of their diameters : 

 clypeus prominent, obtusely rounded before and concave above : 

 antenna) longer than the thorax, not serrate ; second joint more 

 than half the length of the third: thorax blackish-brown; long, 

 lateral edge rectilinear, hardly broader behind than before ; an- 

 terior angles a little prominent, and slightly truncate; punctures 

 not discoidal, small, profound, and more [179] distant than the 

 length ot^ their own diameters j spines very short, rounded at 

 183G.] 



