222 cARDioPHoncs. 



Maine and Oliio , seul by Dr. Harris uiuler llie naino adopted. 

 Similar to the nexl {gagates) sppcies, but larger and more robusl , 

 with a much shorter thorax. The thorax is coiisiderably loss nar- 

 rowed ad ihe base ihan at the apex : ihe dorsal ehanncl is very 

 faim an short : ihe basai lines are short and well defincd : ihean- 

 tennœ are entirely biack , and a Unie longer than ihc head and 

 thorax : the clypeus is more deeply concave than in C. gagates. 



Lec. Ioc. cit. p. 198 , 6. 



4. C. OBSCL'Ris. Pliimbeo-niger , opacvs , dense fusco-pnbex- 

 cens , thorace lalitvdine non longiore , latcribvs valde rotundalo , 

 convexo , confertissime subtUius ptmctato , postice subcanalkidato, 

 angulis posticis divergentibiis , elytris dorso siibdepressis . slriis 

 punctatis , postice minus distinctis , interstitiis pla7iis , dense 

 punctulatis. — Long. 2 1/2 '. 



San Diego , California, Resembles ihe nexl species, but the 

 feet are entirely black, and the thorax is less luslrous ; the basai 

 striae of the thorax are very short , and the base is deeply and 

 decidedly transversely impressed between them. 



Lec. Ioc. cil. p. 498 , 9 



Ct's quatre espèces se rapportenl à la première division du genre. 

 Celles que M. Le Conte a placées dans la seconde division et qu»; 

 je n'ai point vues, doivent , je pense, faire partie du genre Horis- 

 tonotus. 



6° 4 du Mozan)bique dont voici les formules très-brèves : 



1. C. T/ENiATUS. Ftiscui , cinereo-pubescens f elytris punctnto- 

 slrialis,vitta laterali sanguinea, antennis pedibusque rufescentibus. 



— 4 4/t ". 



2. C. YESTiTLS. Fuscus , cïnereo-pubescens , elytris obsolète 

 punctalo-striatis , antennis pedibusque testaceis. — 5 i/s *. 



5. C. LATEHiTUS. Thorace confertim pundato , elytris piinc- 

 tato-striatis , rufo-castaneus , elytroruin basi, antennis pedibusque 

 paUidis. — 3 ". 



