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125. S. Cicairicosus. /Eneo-niger, capite thoraceque nitidis, Laud 

 dense insequaliter grosse punctatis, pube erecta parce vestitis, el vt ri s 

 confertissime puuctulatis, pubeseentibus, scutello atro-tomentoso, ab<]<>- 

 mine subtiliter punctato, pubescente, bifariam nigro-maculato ; antennis 

 pedibusque nigris, variat elytris fuseo-ferrugineis. Long. -50 — *63.- 



Middle and Southern States, especially near the ocean. Not 

 rare. Yery distinct from all our other species by the punctures 

 of the head and thorax being irregularly not closely placed ; the 

 head has a large ill-defined smooth frontal space ; the thorax is 

 marked with a broad smooth dorsal vitta, and on each side of it 

 an elongate smooth space. 



126. S. ornaticauda. Niger, pubescens, capite tboraceque dense 

 punctatis, hoc linea dorsali tenni lnevi, elytris confertissime puuctulatis, 

 nigro-fuscis, abdomine subtiliter punctulato, articulis 2 — <j macula ro- 

 tundata aureo-pilosa utrinque ornatis ; scutello colloque flavo-pilosis, 

 antennis piceis, articulus duobus primis pedibusque obscure ferrugineis. 

 Long. "58. 



Canada ; Mr. Ulke. Yery distinct from any other species 

 known to me. The dorsal line of the thorax is very narrow, and 

 a less distinctly defined one may be observed on the head ; the 

 punctures of the head and thorax are finer than usual, being 

 almost as in S. tomentosus. The golden spots of the abdomen 

 are very conspicuous, and are situated near the lateral margin 

 on the anterior portion of the joints ; similar but less definite 

 spots are seen on the ventral segments, which are less densely and 

 less finely punctured than the dorsal segments. The constriction 

 of the head is fringed with yellow hairs ; and similar yellow hairs 

 clothe the scutellum. 



PSIILOIVTHrS Curtis. 



127. P. lepidMlus. Linearis, rufo-piceus, nitidus, subtiliter pubes- 



cens, capite ovali utrinque punctis pluribus impresso, thorace rufo 

 taceo, latitudine longiore, postice subangustato, seriebus dorsalibus 8—10 

 punctatis, puuetisque utrinque paucis dispersis, elytris parce minud 

 subtiliter punctatis apice flavo-marginatis, abdomine supra obscure fer- 

 rugineo, obsolete parce punctulato, apice piceo, antenna rum basi pedi- 

 busque flavo-testaceis. Long. "13. 



Georgia, near the mountains. The punctures of the sides of 

 the head and thorax are not numerous, ami arc widely separated. 



