DESCRIPTION. 



Body brown: head slightly granulated 5 an- 

 terior edge a little reflected, and very slightly 

 emarginate at tip : thorax granulated, and some- 

 what canaliculate; lateral edge denticulated 5 

 posterior angle an obtuse spire : elytra with 

 regular series of elevated, interrupted lines, and 

 alternating with series of elevated tubercles. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



For this species I am indebted to Dr. John 

 F. Melsheimer, who sent me several specimens 

 under the name which I have adopted. He 

 informs me that it was caught in Virginia, in 

 October, under the bark of the pine. 



The lower left figures of the plate represent 

 the species in two positions. The line shows 

 the natural length. 



PLATE 51. 



