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SYXCIUTA Hbllwig. 



'250. S. uigripemiis. Elougata, obscure ferroginea, supra setis 

 erectis brevibus pallidis baud dense vestita, capite tboraceque punctatis, 

 boc latitudine sesqui breviore, lateribus param rotandatia oiliatie vix 



serrulatis, elytris uigro-piceis, striis fortiter creuatis. Long. •(>;> — -10. 



Middle States; not very rare. A very distinct species. 



LASCONOTUS Er. 



251. I>. pusillUS. Elongatus depressus, piceus subnitidus, subtilis- 

 sime parce pubescens, fronte late biimpressa, tborace punctulato, lati- 

 tudine longiore, lateribus fere rectis marginatis, angulis rotundatis, 

 dorso late excavato, utrinque et in medio carinato, lineisque duabus 

 elevatis arcuatis ad apicem ornatis, elytris sutura margine costiscrue 4 

 utrinque elevatis, costa lma ante medium postice obsoleta, antennis 

 pedibusque obscure ferrugiueis. Long. '10. 



Southern States, Georgia and South Carolina; rare, under 

 pine bark. The arcuated elevated line each side in the front 

 part of the thorax touches the apical margin, and incloses the 

 extremity of the longitudinal costa which limits the great dorsal 

 excavation; this excavation is marked besides with a medial 

 costa, which attains neither the apex nor the base. 



AULOIVIUM Eb. 



242. All. tuberculatum. Elongatum cylindricum, nigrum sub- 

 nitidum, vertice bituberculato, thorace latitudine longiore parce punctu- 

 lato, striis duabus versus latera insculpto, antice transversim excavato, 

 cornubus duobus brevibus ad apicem et tuberculis duobus ante medium 

 armato, elytris versus basin rufescentibus, parce punctulatis et subtilit-r 

 striatim punctatis, abdomine pedibus antennisque rulis, illo nigro-fa-- 

 ciato. Long. *17. 



Pennsylvania and Georgia ; rare. The ventral segments an- 

 rufous, with the anterior margin of each segment black. 



COLYDIIJS Faiir. 



253. C uigripenne. Elongatum cylindricum, piceo-rufum iiiti- 

 dum, capite antice obsolete postice fortiter pnnotatum, medio obtuse 

 carinatum, tborace parce fortius punctato, tristriato, elytrifl nigris cos- 

 tatis, interstitiis biseriatim fortiter punctatis. Long. -15— -19. 



Georgia and South Carolina; not rare. Rather less Blender 

 in form than C. lineola Say. 



