sutural line proceeding from near the basal 

 spots to the sutural middle, thence it curves 

 over the disk, and terminates in a small spot 

 rather before the middle on the exterior margin ; 

 an oblique line behind the middle passes from 

 the suture outvs^ard ; all these bands and spots 

 are yellow; disk near the tip obsoletely obscure 

 fuscous; the tip rounded, unarmed; beneath 

 spotted and banded vs^ith yellow^ : feet rufous : 

 thighs at tip dilated, compressed, black. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Has some resemblance to C. arietes, Fabr., 

 of Europe, but besides other points of distinction, 

 the elytra are not remarkably truncated as those 

 of that species are. It seems also to be allied 

 to C. ARVicoLA and auricola, Oliv., and par- 

 ticularly to the latter, from which, however, it 

 may be distinguished by its larger size, by having 

 the thorax nearly surrounded by a yellow line, 

 and by the obliquity of the terminal band of the 

 elytra. I obtained it near the Illinois river. 



The lower figure of the plate. 

 PLATE 53. 



