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thoracic angles, which prevenl it from being associated wilh either 

 of the Iwoîpreceding (1) ; the thoracic angles do not diverge at ail, 

 in which respect with diflers from the next, but may, nevertheless, 

 be the maie of it. The thorax is as densely punctured as in ^4. mê- 

 la nophthalmus. 



2.'A. PLANATUS. Piceus, fulvo-pubescens, thorace latiludine Ion- 

 (/tore, lateribus aiitice laie rotundatis, confertim punctatOj angulis 

 posticis paulo productis, non divergentibus, apice rotundatis, elytris 

 striisprofuhdis, antice paulo punctatis, interstitits omnino plants 

 parce pujiclulatis, subtus rufo-piceus, pedibus paUidioribus , anten- 

 nis articulo ultime non constricto. — Long. 6*". 



Lec.Ioc. cil. p. 453, 13. 



One spécimen, New Jersey, M. Guex. Thisspecies precisely 

 resembles informa. consew/oneî<5 , and only differs by the angles 

 of the thorax being still more rounded, and the siriae of the elytra 

 being less punclured, with entirely flat interstices ; the last joint of 

 the antennae does not appear conslricled. 



3. A. CAVIFRONS. Rufo-teslaceus, paulo pubescens, thorace latilu- 

 dine longiore, lateribus parallelis, antice vix rotundatis, confertim 

 punctato, angulis posticis modice productis, uciitis, elytris striis 

 punctatis, interstitiis paulo convexis parce subtiliter punctatis, an- 

 tennis articulo ultimo constricto. — Long. S'". 



Athouscavifrons. Melsh. Proc. Acad. nat. Se. II, p. iS4. 

 Ataphcs cavifrons. Lec. loc. cit. p. 4o3, 15. 



Pennsylvania and Georgia. The thorax of the female is a little 

 more convex than that of the maie, and the sides converge a little in 

 front. The clypeus is not more concave than in the other species of 

 this division , from ail of which it is easily distinguished by ils smal- 

 1er size and less densely pubescent body, as well as by its brighter 

 colour. 



Ces trois espèces appartiennent à la seconde section ; les deux 

 suivantes (décrites tout récemment) rentrent dans la première. 



,S) Melanophthulmus et tener. 



