376 ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, 



Doubleday and Foster met with the above species very 

 sparingly at Trenton Falls, and none farther to the south. 



Natural Order. — Mordellites, Newman. 



Genus. — Myodes, Latreille. 



^ Myod. stylopides. Nic/ra, scahra, parcepilosa ; os ferrugineum : 

 \^\elytrorum apices albidi : metalw hjalinw iridesceiites, costd 

 ' fusca. (Corp. long. '125 unc. ; lat. '05 unc.) 



Inhabits North America; Mr. Doubleday took a single 

 specimen at Alton. It differs essentially from the European 

 species, in having the antennae much less pectinated. 



Natural Order. ? 



Genus. — Emmesa, Newman. 



Generis Hypuli fades at Melandrycs fere structura : maxipalporum 

 articulus 2"^. elongatus, 3"^ subelongatus, trigonus, 4"^. elongato- 

 trigonus, incrassatus : elytra nullo modo striata. 



Emme. connectens. Fuscus, nitidus, ^Mnctatus : caput nigrum, 

 antennis palpisque fuscis : prothorax fuscus marginlhus anticd 

 posticaque pallidis : elytra fusca fascia lata mediand^ aplci- 

 husque testaceis : subtus fuscus pedibus pallidioribus. (Corp. 

 long. "275 unc. ; lat. '075 unc.) 



Genus. — Hypulus, Paykull. 



Hypu. simulator. Testaceus, pubescens : caput nigrum, antennis 

 oreque testaceis : prothorax testaceus, macula anticd nigra : 

 elytra testacea macula basali in utrumque elytron elongatd, 

 fascia mediand bisinuatd, apicibusque nigris: ccetera testacea. 

 (Corp. long. '2 unc. ; lat. "05 unc.) 



Both of these species inhabit North America. Mr. Double- 

 day took a single specimen of each at Trenton Falls. 



Genus. — Cephaloon, Newrnan. 



Caput exertum, porrectum, latitudine manifeste longius, postice 

 restrictum, collo distincto : antennae breves, capite paullo longiores, 



