DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW BPECEE8. G9 



deres, and similar to that of Colydium, the mentom not being 

 placed on a broad pedicel, and suddenly deflexed into a deep 

 cavity as in liothrideres. 



EXDECTIS Lec. 



25S. E. llitidUH. Elongatus, fusco-ferrugineus nitidus, capite fortiter 

 punctato, thorace parce gros.se punctatis, hoc linea dorsali lfflvi, lateiibus 

 marginatis haud sinuatis, elytris striis giosse punctatis. Long. '15. 



Georgia, under pine bark. Differs from E. hstmalodrs by the 

 form and punctuation of the thorax, and the interstices of the 

 elytra being less elevated, and from E. rejiexus by the thorax 

 being more sparsely and irregularly punctured, with a distinct 

 smooth dorsal line. 



PlC.\OMERlS Er. 



*259. P. Slllcicollis. Elongatus, nigro-piceus nitidus, capite pro- 

 i'unde punctato, thorace latitudine longiore, parce punctato, dorso pro- 

 funde bisulcato, lateribus late rotundatis fortiter marginatis, elytris 

 striis tenuibus, at foveis elongatis remotis iuipressis, antennis pedibusque 

 obscure ferrugineis. Long. *12 — '15. 



Georgia, under pine bark. The two thoracic grooves do nol 

 attain either apex or base, and the dorsal line between them is 

 convex and elevated. 



PHILOTHERNl'S Aube. 



260. P. glabricultis. Elongato-ovalis, castaneus nitidus, fere glaber, 

 thorace punctato, latitudine breviore, antrorsum angustato, lateribaa 

 late rotundatis, fortiter marginatis, elytris striis punctatis, interstitiia 

 punctulatis, antennis pedibusque testaceis. Long. -US — '11. 



Middle and Southern States; not rare. The punctures of the 

 elytra are in scarcely impressed stria?. In the male the thorax 

 is broader and less rounded on the sides, and the elytra are 

 slightly narrowed from the base. In the female the form is 



almost an elongate ellipse. 



(ERYLOX L.vtr. 



261. C. angustulum. Elongatum, oastaneam, vel pioeun, nttidnm, 

 thorace latitudine longiore, parum convexo, lateribaa marginatis postioe 



rectis antice rotundatis, pares fortiter ponotato, elytris striis antiofl 

 punctatis, antennis pedibusque pallidioribus. Long. '07— *09. 



Middle and Southern States. Closely allied to Q. unicolor, 



