486 ELATER. 



rior limils of whicli are badly defined , and wicli exlends far- 

 iher along tlie sidc ihan on the suture ; slriœ deep , slrongly 

 punctured , interstices convex , moderalely and (inely punc- 

 tured. 



This species differs from the following (E. apicatus Say) not 

 only by the apical blotsch of the etytra extending to the apex 

 and side , but by its more densely punctured thorax , with 

 shorter posterior angles , and by the less parallel elytra : the 

 last is probably a sexual characler, 



2. E. iMPOLiTLS. Ater , lonrjius helvo-pnbescens , thorare 

 hreviusculo , confertiiii punctato , postice canaliadato , ebjlris 

 striis profundis punctatis , interstitiis confertim rugo'^e punc' 

 tatis , antennis nigris , basi testaceis , arliculo tertio secundo 

 duplo longiore , pcdibus ferrugineis. — Long, i'" 7|io. 



Melsheimeb , Proc. Acad, nat. Se. II, p. 180. 

 Lec. loc. cit. p. 467 , 16. 



Pennsylvania , rare. The thorax is a little wider than long, 

 narrowed and rounded from the very base ; the punctuation is a 

 litlle finer, and the pubescence considerably longer ihan in the 

 preceding species. The elytra are slightly narrowed from the 

 very base. The legs are rufo-testaceous , or ferruginous. 



Celte espèce est placée , par M. Le Conte , entre i'^. socer 

 et r^. hepaticus ; celle qui suit entre ce dernier et XE. fits- 

 catus. 



5. E. MOLESTUS. Ate7^ , heJvo-pube&cens , thorace oblongo y 

 antice angiistato , confertim punctato , postice subc:tniculato , 

 eigtris antice paraUeUs , apicc obtusiusculis , striis punctatis, 

 interstitiis confertim rugose punctatis , antennis basi testaceis^ 

 articulis 2 ef 5 subœqualibus , pedibus testaceo - piceis, — 

 Long. 3 1/2'". 



Lec. loc. cit. p. 467 , 18. 



A spécimen found at Lake Superior ; another wilh paler 

 legs brought from Maine by Prof: Guyot. The thorax is a 

 little longer ihan wide , narrowed and rounded beforc the mid- 



