CRYPTOHYPNUS. 97 



2. C. SQUALiDLS. Depressus , fuscus , piibe grisea , subsqiia- 

 mosa minus dense veslitus , rhorace dense rjrossius punctato , suh- 

 acicidato , antrorsum subanguskito , lateribiis late rotundatis , 

 elytri-i striis subiilibus , distinctis , punctalis , interslitiis plani'i 

 confertim piinctatis , antennis pedibusque flavis. — Long 5 i/s", 



Lec. loc. cit. p. 487 , 5. 



One spécimen, San José, California. The lobe of the proster- 

 num is longer Ihan in the preeedingspecies and more rounded: the 

 gênerai appearance is that of Adelocera. The anterior margin of 

 the front is slighlly elevated : the fourth joint of the anlennse is equal 

 to theHfth. 



ô. C. GUTTATULus. A fer , nitidus , pubescens , thorace antror- 

 sum valde angiistato , pimctulato , elijtris distincte striatis , inters- 

 tiliis Sîibconvexis , impimctatis , macula humerali , alteraqiie 

 ntrinqiie ante apicem , antennis pedibusque testaceis. — Long. 



i l/S "'. 



Cryptohypnus guttalulus. Melsheim. Proc. Acad. Nat. Se. II , p. 214. — 

 Lec. loc. cil. p. 487 , 8. 



J have seen only a badly preserved Pennsylvanian spécimen , in 

 Dr. Melsheimer's collection. The lobe of the prosternum is short, 

 and hardly deflexed , and not well defined from the rest of the 

 sternum. This speciesseems to have been confounded by Dr. Mels- 

 heimer wilh the preceding (C. pukhellus) : in fact his description 

 agrées eniirely with the preceding , except in the description of the 

 spots of the elytra. J have, however , retained Dr. Melsheimer's 

 name , as this spécimen was placed as the type in his collection. 

 It is quitcpossibly idenlicalwithC. 4 — pitstulatiis^Si europeanspe- 

 cies , and may have become erroneously labelled as american. The 

 slale of the spécimen , however , is very unsalisfactory. 



4. C. STRIATULUS. Ater, minus convexm , opacus , tenuiter 

 cinereo-pubescens , thorace latltudine non longiore , antrorsum 

 angustato , lateribus regulariter sut rotundatis , confertissime 

 punctulato , linea dorsali lœvi , ehjtris distincte striatis , intersti- 

 tiis planiuscuiis , dense rugose punctidalis , antennis pedibusque 

 piceis, tibiis tar&isque subtestaceis . — Long, i s/s '". 



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