374 SIELAiNOTUS. 



lection. The sitles of tlie thorax are so oblusely angulated , 

 that lliey niay ahriost be called rounded , the ouler slriae of 

 ihe elytra are punctured and slightly impressed ; ihe inner ones 

 are reduced to small punctures, wich are confused wilh those 

 belonging to the interstices ; the thorax has a very shghl and 

 short impression at the middle of the base. This species agrées 

 accurately with C. proUxtcs Er. from Mexico , except that the 

 breasl and abdomen are not castaneous. 



Cratonychus paradoxus. Lec. Loc, cil. p, 480 , 35. 



