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faintly impressed, anterior margin redexed aud narrowly flavescent, basal 



raarj^in siuuated, with the angles nearly right angles. 

 Scutilltiiii small, obtusely triangular. 

 Elytra twice longer, but scarcely broader than the thorax, widest at the middle, 



moderately and closely punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining, 



sutural stria very faint, sides margined, extremities broad and much rounded. 

 Leys rufo-testaceous. 

 Under parts \ncbous. 

 Differs from other species in its rufo-piceous colour, finer sculpture, more shining 



surface, and very short antenute. 

 Ifahitat, Europe. Found in the Rhine provinces. 



Sacium lugubre. 



S. luyttlirc, Le Coute, Troc. An. Nat. Sci. riiilad. vi. p. 142, 1852. 



L. c. \^fi lin. - 1-63 - 1'75 mm. — Elongato-oblongum, modice convexum, 

 nitidulum, profunde punctatum, pilis fuliginosis sat dense vestitum, nigrum, pronoto 

 antice pellucido albo ; pronoto sat parvo, angusto, antice ovaliter rotuudato, modice 

 reflexo, et pellucide albo, modice et remote punctato, interstitiis iudistincte alutaceis, 

 linea basali vix conspicua, margine basali profunde sinuata, angulis acutis ; elytris 

 longis, pronoto parum latioribus, plus quam duplo longioribus, ante media latissimis, 

 remote et profundissime punctatis, interstitiis indistincte alutaceis, lateribus mar- 

 ginatis, apicibus valde obtusis, et valde rotundatis ; pygidio piceo ; pedibus longis, 

 piceis ; antennis longis, piceo-nigris, articulis quinto et septimo mcrassatis. 



Body elongate-oblong, moderately convex, and moderately shining, deeply punc- 

 tured, clothed with sooty liair, black, with the front of the thorax pellucid 

 white. 



Head very small, piceous ; eyes moderate ; antenna; very long, pitchy-black, with 

 the fifth joint slightly, and the seventh joint largely iucrassated. 



Thorax rather small and narrow, ovally rounded, moderately reflexed, aud pellucid 

 white in front, moderately and remotely punctured, with the interstices indis- 

 tinctly alutaceous, basal line indistinct, basal margin deeply siuuated, with 

 the angles acute. 



Scutellum large, rounded, and punctured. 



Elytra long, rather broader, and more than twice longer than the thorax, widest 

 before the middle, remotely and very deeply punctured, with the interstices 

 indistinctly alutaceous, sides margined, extremities very obtuse and very 

 mucli rounded. 



Abdomen with the pygidium exposed, piceous. 



Legs \evy long, piceous. 



Under parts testaceous. 



Differs from others in its large size, elongate form, small and narrow thorax, very 

 long and pitchy-black legs and antenna;, black colour, and dark pubescence, 

 and esjfecially in the enlargement of the fifth as well as the seventh joints of 

 the antenna'. 



Habitat, North America. Found in the United States. 



Sacium oblongum, sp. n. 



L.c. \l-]'i lin. = l-37-l"50mm. — Oblongum, modice convexum, nitidum, pilis 

 brevilius fiavis vestitum, fusco-castaneum, pronoto antice dilutiori ; pronoto maguo, 

 circulariter rotundato, modice punctato, interstitiis luviter alutaceis, linea basali 

 profunda, margine anteriori late reflexa, margine basaU vix sinuata, angulis acutis; 

 elytris oblougis, pronoto parum angustioribus, plus quam sesqui longioribus, prope 



