49 ORDER COLEOt^UlA. 



BKAaiiNm ciiMoHiiiii. (Plate xviii, fig. S) 



lli-nd, lh'>rax niul \vgs brirk-itHl. Elytra liltiv lu5tri>u^, or semi mrtalllc. ALdimt-n dark 

 lirowii. Lf*ngth «>nc fourth i>l" an Inch. 



BaAciiiM » n JiANii. ( Pluto XVlll, Ar. 6.) 



H«ul, thomx, uiuUt niul niit«'riur i>art of the aUlomrn, ami li-gs brltk rt-d. Llytru yur- 

 plish. Sitles of the alNlotui-n l>rowu. lA'iigth al*uut half an inch. 

 F"Uiul lUultT >tones, fuIIm, « '<• in in"'- Jilv ■ n,l Ahl-hm N.i im< cmn.. h in \i\v 

 England and New -York. 



Ge.vi« CI.MINDl.S (Latuiilli:). T.\iu s (dairvill.). 

 • Bo*lj- depressed; thorax cordate truncate; claws denticulated; tarsi simple; labial 

 ' |>alpl of the males with the l>asal joint securiform' ( Westwood). 



( iMixois PILOSIS (Plate xvlil, fig. 13.) 



In«ect dark t>Mwn, pilose ; K t;- jiumi i.io„i,. ii, .ni im-i iii'mv aUmt two-thlrds the length 

 of the aUlomeu, which Is rounded, and nearly covered by the elytra. 



Gems GALERITA (Fad.). Polysticiivs (Bar.). 



' B*Hly depressed ; head triangular ; thorax <ul><ori!a!e : palpi lone: t.irsi siini.lr : nun 

 ' timi tooth triangular' (Westwood). 



<;.^Ll;KITA AMERICANA (L.). ( Plate xvlu, fig. 12.) 



Head elongate, small and Mack or l)rowni^h I'lack ; thorax and legs bright red. Elytra 

 blue-black, submctidlic with cupreous reflexions. Length fr«m six- to seven-tenths 

 of an inch. 



GEsrs LEBIA (Lath). 

 ' B<Nly depre<s<'d, broad ; thorax transverse, lobed behind ; penultimate Joints of the tar-l 

 • bilolH-d' (Westwoou). 



Lkbia ATRIVK.NTRI8 (Say). ( Plate xviii. fig. '2.) 



Head, thorax and le(is brick-red ; elytra ami alnlonien glossy black. The lower and sa- 

 terior part of the alHlomen is r>f the same colur as the thorax, and the up]ier surface 

 of the tarsi is black. Length one-fourth of an inch. 



