or NATURAL IIIiJTOUy. 059 



Ti:\Kr.i;i() i/m. 



1. T. SUPPRESSUS. — Thorax large; clypcu.s entire; elytra 

 with punctured striae. 



Inhabits Mexico. 



Body black : head densely but minutely punctured; elvpeu^ 

 a little reflected and entire: labruni nearly cimeealed : thorax 

 densely and minutely jiuneturiMJ ; rather lari;e ; a large, sliglitl}' 

 indented spot on the posterior suI)niarL:in ; posterior angles acute; 

 posterior nuirgin with an impressed line: scutel triangular: ely- 

 tra with impressed, punctured, and crenatc strias ; intcrstitiiil 

 spaces convex, impunctured ; lateral edge acute : anterior tibia) 

 with a strong tooth. 



Length half an inch. 



In comparison with T. irjit.rits nob., the thorax is larger, more 

 arcuated on the lateral edge, and more narrowed behind ; the 

 anterior tip of the clypeus is not so prominently reflected, and 

 the contraction towards the junction of the thorax and abdomen 

 is more obtuse. 



2. T. RUFINASUS. — Suboval, black ; head before, antennaa 

 and feet ferruginous. 



Inhabits Louisiana. 



Body oval, a little oblong ; densely punctured : liead on the 

 anterior part ob.scurc rufous ; antennae ob.scure, [188] ferrugin- 

 ous; joints transverse, subtriangular or conic : palpi and mentum 

 ferruginous: thorax regularly puncture<l; basal edge undulated; 

 basal angles rectangular : scutel densely punctured : elytra with 

 regular series of punctures ; interstitial spaces slightly convex, 

 particularly the lateral Dues, and with three or four irregular 

 series of small punctures: beneath ferruginous, punctured. 



Length over one-fifth of an inch. 



Sent to me by Mr. Barabino from New Orleans. 



[Belongs to IIr(cnjj)ha</a. — Lkc] 



ULOMA Jlcg. 

 U. FERRUGINEA Fab. Scvcral specimens occurred at Vera 

 Cruz, but I suspect it to be a naturalized foreigner, as it is with 

 us. 

 1835.] 



