372 MELAMOTUS. 



rallelis , slriis punctatis , interstitiis planis perparce punctatis, 

 antennis (feminœ) pubescentibus , articulis ^ et o œqualibus. 



— Long 7"'. 



Melanothus glandkolor. Melsh, Proc. Acad. Nat. Se. II, 152. 



One spécimen from Pennsylvania in D' Melsheimer , collec- 

 tion. This species is very distinct by the form of the thorax , 

 tlie sides of which are perfectiy straight and oblique from the 

 tip of the poslerior angles to wilhin one-sixth of the apex , 

 where they are suddenly rounded ; the carina of liie poslerior 

 angle is one-third the lenght of the thorax. 



Cratonychus glandicolor. Lec. Loc. cit. p. 477 , 17. 



15. M. EMissus. Longior , fuscus , cinereo-pubescens , fronte 

 non concava , thorace lalitudine non longiore , lateribns paraL 

 lelis , antice rotundatis , modice pimctato , densius ad latera , 

 angulis posticis bicarinatis , ebjtris a basi subangustalis , striis 

 punclaiis subimpressis . interstitiis parce punctatis , antennis 

 pedibusque testaceis , illis articula o'° sequente sesqui minore. 



— Long, 4'", 1. 



One spécimen , Georgia, More cylindrical than the prcceding 

 {M. verberam) y wilh the elytra less narrowed posteriorly, and 

 easily dislinguished by the sidcs of ihe thorax being neariy 

 parallel for three - fourihs of iheir lenght. The punclures of 

 the thorax are finer and more numerous than in the next species 

 ( infaustiis ) . 



Cratonychus emissus. Lec. Loc. cit. p. 478, 25, 



IC. M. DUBius. Piceo-nigcr , cinereo-pubescens , fronte non 

 concava , thorace latitudine non breviore , laleribus redis , con- 

 vergentibus , apice rotundatis , parce pimctato , subtilius ad 

 médium , postice canaliculato , ehjtria antice fere parallelis , 

 striis punctatis vix impressis , interstitiis rugose punctulatis , 

 pedibus antennisque rufis , his articula S'*' sequente non breviore, 



— Long. 3"' 3. • 



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