OF NAT! IIAI- IIISTOUY. (ilO 



iiub., strictly belongs to this goims, as well as the \ili</ula f'usi i'. 

 • ita and sanyuinolenta of Olivier. 



3. I. 4-MACULATA. — lilack J elytra with a hasal au.l terminal 

 ferruginous spot. 



/. \-inaculnt(i Melsh. Catal. 



Boily black, polished, oblong-oval, punctured : elypeus, at tip, 

 tinged with piceous; antenuaj piceous : elytra [170] with a large 

 ferruginous spot at the middle of the base, and another some- 

 what longer one at tip of each : feet and tip of the venter rufous. 



Length more than one-tenth of an inch. 



[Belongs to Eiujis. — Lec] 



4. I. VITTATA. — Blackish-brown ; elytra with whitish, abbre- 

 viated vittae. 



Inhabits Arkansaw. 



Body dark brownish ; elytra with a whitish vitta abbreviated 

 beyond the middle and abruptly curved at base towards the seu- 

 tel : another much abbreviated, somewhat obli(jue one, harilly 

 reaching the middle of the humerus, and an intermediate one 

 hardly more than one-fourth of the length of tlie elytra ; tip 

 obliquely truncated. 



Length less than three-twentieths of an inch. 



This species was presented to me by Mr. Nuttall, who obtained 

 it during his expedition to Arkansaw. 



[Inknown to me. — Leg.] 



IIYDllOPlliUS Fabr. 



IL CASTUS. — Oblong-oval, black; palpi rufous; thorax with 

 an oblicjue line each side. 



Inhabits Louisiana. 



Body black, polished : head with a dilated, hardly impressed 

 oblitjue line each side before, in which are scattered punctures 

 with short hairs, another narrower impressed line nearer the eye: 

 antennae, first joint of the club with an acute ciliated process: 

 second joint triangular, small, the anterior angle jironiinent, 

 acute; terminal joint subovate, rounded at tip: palpi rufous, 

 last joint hardly as long as the preceding one : labruin slightly 

 and very widely emarginate, the anterior edge piceous, and about 

 two small punctures on the middle : thorax with a rather slender 

 1835.] 



