486 ATIIOL'S. 



Limonius poslicus. Mr.Lsn. Proc. Acad. ?S'ut. Se. II , p. lo8. 



Pennsylvania. J Iiavc secn only llie typical spccimcji in 

 D' Melsheiiner's collection. The anlennœ are a lillle longer llian 

 (he thorax , loletably strongly serrate , fuscous black , wilh the 

 firsl joint testaceous. Has vcry imicli the forin and gênerai appea 

 rance of Campyhis produclus ; llie lobes of the larsi are very 

 short. 



• Pcdcles foslicm. Lec. Loc. cil. p. i-2G , 8. 



Les trois espèces qui i)récèdent se rangent parmi les Athous 

 de la première section , les trois qui suivent parmi ceux de la 

 seconde. 



5. A. viTTiGF.r.. Niger y teniiitcr pubesccns , parallclus, elon- 

 gatiis, fronte excavala teslacea, thorace minus convexo , elowjato y 

 laleribus vix rolundalis , dense punctato , laleribus teshceo , 

 elytris striis punctatis, interslitiis siibconvexis nigoac pnnctulatisy 

 vitta integerrima margineque laterali /lavis , antennaruin basi 

 pedibusqne /lavo-iesiaceis. — Long. 3"'. 



A mutilatcd spécimen from Oregon. The tarsi , so far as 

 cars be distinguished , belong lo the présent genus , and the 

 characlers are thore of the preceding species : the sides of the 

 thorax are less reflexcd posleriorly, and the antennse are somewhal 

 less serrate. 



Allied to this species appcars lo bc Elatcr rufifrons Randall 

 (Bost. Jotirn. Nat. Hist. W , (3) from Maine. It is simi- 

 lary colonred , but is much larger (G"'). Il was found in 

 Maine, 



Athons viltiger. Lec. Loc. cil. p. 427, 2. 



G. A. Bicoi.oa. Siipi'a aler , pube erecta nigrô-griscn vcslitns , 

 thorace latitiidine fcre sesqui longiore , (antrorsum angiislato , 

 laleribus paulo 7'0(undati^) , co)ifcrliin punctato , angulis posticis 

 piccis i^ubdicaricads , elytris striis tcnuibus punclulatis , in- 



