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tip, compressed, without carina, and reflected a little from the 

 side : elytra paler, with dilated, punctured striae, and transverse 

 wrinkles on the interstitial spaces : beneath, excepting the pectus, 

 rather paler than the elytra : tarsi, second and third joints pro- 

 duced beneath into membranaceous lobes, that of the third more 

 prominent; fourth joint minute, hardly wider than the base of 

 the ultimate joint. 



Length three-tenths of an inch. 



Yery much like cucuUatus 8. ', is smaller and more slender j 

 the punctures of the head and thorax are not discoidal, as in that 

 species, and the thoracic spines are entirely destitute of carina, 

 are more obtuse, compressed, and reflected from the sides. Rare. 



[Also a Fedetes. — Lec] 



53. E. CLARICOLLIS. — Black ; antennje, mouth, and feet yel- 

 lowish ; thoracic spines very short, without carina. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body black, polished ; punctures minute and remote : clypeus 

 not prominent, tip a little reflected and rounded : antennae hardly 

 as long as the thorax, not serrate, yellowish; first joint robust; 

 second joint but little shorter than the third ; terminal joint not 

 longer than the penultimate one : mouth, excepting the tip of the 

 mandibles, honey-yellow : thorax polished, a little narrowed at 

 the anterior angles; lateral edge almost rectilinear, or hardly 

 perceptibly arcuated from near the anterior angles to the base ; 

 spines very short, obtusely rounded, without any carina : scutel 

 large, angulated behind : elytra with punctured striae; interstitial 

 lines with minute distant punctures : pectus, in the middle near 

 the mouth, honey-yellow : feet pale yellow; tarsi, fourth joint 

 smitU, but produced beneath into a dilated lobe; terminal joint 

 shorter than the first. 



Length one-fourth of an inch. 



The thorax is remarkably polished. 



[Unknown to me; probably a Monocrejpidius. — Lec] 



54. E. PINITIMTJS. — Dusky, obsoletely margined with rufous; 

 tarsi, fourth joint Ipbate. 

 Inhabits North Carolina. 



Body with dense, small punctures, black brown ; vertex longi- 



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