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cuated, and vertically rounded, with a slightly impressed line 

 bordered by a slightly elevated one, both so small as not to be 

 visible to the eye : elytra irregularly reticulated with elevated 

 lines ; the intervening spaces with slightly elevated centres ; 

 thighs clavate ; anterior and intermediate tibiae a little curved ; 

 tarsi beneath, and inferior portion of the tip of the tibia with yel- 

 lowish hair. [280] 



Length nearly seven-tenths of an inch. 



This species is very distinct from any other that I have seen 

 and very readily recognized. 



[Identical with the European Upis reticulata ; and very abun- 

 dant throughout Canada, in Maine and at Lake Superior. — Lec] 



PHALERIA Latr. 



1. P. TESTACEA. — Pale testaceous, beneath black ; thorax im- 

 punctured ; elytra striate, and with a blackish spot on each near 

 the tip. 



Inhabits United States. 



Body oblong-oval, polished; head hardly perceptibly punc- 

 tered ; a transverse indented line before the eyes ; antennae sen- 

 sibly dilated towards the tip; joints, from the sixth to the tenth 

 inclusive, transverse, hemispheric-compressed, perfoliate ; eleventh 

 nearly globose ; thorax transverse-quadrate, impunctured, rather 

 wider behind ; an impressed puncture each side on the basal 

 margin, anterior angles rounded ; scutel blackish ; elytra striated, 

 striae slightly punctured, more deeply impressed behind, abbre- 

 viated at the humeral angle ; a blackish-brown spot on each near 

 the tip ; tergum blackish ; beneath black ; feet pale testaceous ; 

 anterior tibia serrate with short spines, tip rather abruptly di- 

 lated, forming almost a lobe on the exterior side; intermediate 

 and posterior pairs spinulose-serrated, gradually dilating towards 

 the tip. 



Length more than one-fourth of an inch. 



This insect is not uncommon. It occurs in Pennsylvania, and 

 under dead marine animals on the sea-beach, from New Jersey to 

 Florida. 



2. P. PiciPES. — Black ; antennae, mouth and feet piceous. 

 Inhabits the Southern States. 



Head destitute of an impressed line before the eyes ; antennae 



