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CTENIOPUS Bolibb. 



430. C. murrayi. Elongatua fascna nitidna pubeacens, oapite tho- 



raceque sabtiliter punctulatia, lioc latitudine s.-si pii brqviore, a basi 

 antrorsum angustato, lateribus antice valde rotundatia poetiue BUb- 

 sinuatis, ad medium vage impressis, basi Bubsinuata, tenuiter margi- 

 nata, angulia posticis subacutis vix rotundatia ; i-lvtiis tboraoe latioi ibua, 



punctatis, striis baud impressis, e punctis vix majoribua approximates 

 digestis. Long. -40. 



One specimen (female) given me by .Mr. Andrew Murray, 

 probably from Florida. I am not entirely satisfied with the 

 reference of the species to the present genus. The tip of the man- 

 dibles is simple, slightly rounded, and not emarginate ; the last 

 joint of the maxillary palpi is elongate triangular, with the apical 

 and basal sides equal, the outer lobe of the maxillae is elongate 

 with parallel sides; the antenna? are slender, about one-half the 

 length of the body, with the 3d joint a little shorter than the 4th. 

 The lateral margin of the prothorax reaches the tip ; the anterior 

 coxae are separated by the presternum. The tarsi arc simple, 

 not longer than the tibiae, and the ungues have from 6-8 teeth ; 

 the posterior portion of the hind coxae is slightly convex, and 

 does not terminate in a sharp edge. The 6th ventral segmenl is 

 slightly visible, and the 5th is marked with a transverse oval ex- 

 cavation near the tip. The epipleurae extend nearly to the tip. 



The family Cistelidse seems to need a thorough revision, in 

 order that by comparing the species from different countries the 

 limits of the genera maybe properly defined, and their systematic 

 relations recognized. 



STATIRA Latr. 



431. S. sufonitida. Picea vel nigro-pinea, capite tboraceque alntooeo- 



rugosis, fere opacis, hoc latitadiue loDgiore lateribas late rotundatia, 

 • apice truncato, angulis rotundatia, basi marginata, angnlia poatioia ex 



trorsum prominulis ; elytris thorace f«-re duplo latioribu8, Bobtiliter 



reticulata subnitidis, striis punctulatis, interatitiia ah. -mis punetifl 



paucis piliferis impresses. Long. "30 — -47. 



Two specimens, collected by Mr. John Xanms. a' Cape San 

 Lucas, Lower California, The last joinl of the antenna: is de- 

 cidedly longer than the two preceding in the smaller specimen, 

 and about equal to them in the larger one. The differ* nee 

 sufficient to be regarded as sexual, if I may judge from the oth< r 



