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rotundatis ; pygidio flaveseenti ; pedibus pi-ffilongis, gracilibus, Inete flavis ; antennia 

 perbrevibus, robustis, piceis. 



Body broadly oval, moderately convex, ratber shining, clothed with golden hair, 

 rather finely punctured, fusco-castaneous, with the front of the thorax, a 

 straight fascia behind middle of the elytra, and their extremities, pale j'ellow. 



Head small, yellow ; eyes moderate ; anteunfs very short, robust, piceous ; club 

 large. 



Thorax large and broad, circularly rounded in front, lightly and rather distantly 

 punctured, with the interstices slightly reticulate, basal line indistinct, anterior 

 margin reflexed, pellucid-yellow, basal margin faintly sinuated, with the angles 

 nearly right angles. 



Scutelhim small, subtriangular. 



Elytra nearly twice longer, but not broader, than the thorax, widest near the 

 shoulders, moderately and rather distantly punctured, with the interstices 

 shining and very faintly reticulate, sutural stria deep, fusco-castaneous, with a 

 straight transverse fascia behind the middle, not extending to the sides, and 

 also the extremities, pale yellow, sides margined, extremities broad and much 

 rounded. 



Abdomen with the pygidium exposed, yellow. 



Legs very long and slender, bright yellow. 



Under parts flavescent, with the metasternum dusky. 



Differs from others in its very broad form, flavescent markings of the elytra, very 

 longer and slender legs, and very short robust antenna;. 



Habitat, America. Found in North Carolina by Mr. Morrison. 



Sacium lunatum, LeConte. 



S. lunatum, LeConte, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. vol. vi. p. 142, 1852. 



L. c. }g-^J lin. = l'25-l-37 mm. — Oblongum, valde convexum, nitidum, sat 

 profunde punctatum, pilis pallidis vestitum, piceum, macula sublunata pallida pone 

 medium utriusque elytri, apicibusque elytrorum flavescentibus ; pronoto sat magno, 

 antice circulariter rotundato, rufo-piceo, margine anterior! late pallida, sat profunde 

 punctato, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, liuea basali sat profunda, margine anteriori 

 modice reflexa, margine basali leviter sinuat.i, angulis acutis ; eb/tris oblongis, sat 

 brevibus, pronoto baud latioribus et sesqui longioribus, ad humeros latissimis, sat 

 profunde et confertim punctatis, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, stria suturali profunda, 

 piceis, macula sublunata pallida pone medium utriusque, atque apicibus flavescenti- 

 bus, lateribus fere rectis, leviter marginatis, apicibus latis, valde rotundatis; 

 pygidio piceo ; pedibus atque anteunis brevibus, flavis, articulo septimo harum 

 intus producto. 



Body oblong, very convex, shining, rather deeply punctured, clothed with short pale 

 hair, piceous, with a pale sublunate spot behind the middle of each elytron, 

 and their extremities flavescent. 



Head rufo-testaceous ; eyes small ; antenna short, yellow, with the seventh joint 

 much produced inwardly. 



Thorax rather large, circularly rounded in front, rufo-piceous, with the anterior 

 margin broadly pale, rather deeply punctured, with the interstices smooth and 

 shining, basal line deep, anterior margin moderately reflexed, basal margin 

 slightly sinuated, with the angles acute. 



ScuteUum large, subtriangular. 



Elytra oblong, rather short, not broader, but one-half longer than the thorax, 

 widest at the shoulders, rather deeply and closely punctured, with the inter- 

 stices smooth and shining, sutural stria rather deep, piceous, with a pale 



