86 Le Conte's Monography, &fc. 



abbreviala, laterali leviter punctata. Tibiis anticis 3-dentatis, 

 dentibus acutis. Long. 4 lin. 



4. Saprinus placidus, Erichson, Klug's Jahrbiicher, &,c, 

 p. 189. 



Niger, nitidus. Caput punctatum, fronte stria transversa, 

 antennis piceis. Thorax aequalis, subtilissime et distincte 

 punctatus, punctis lateralibus anterioribus crebrioribus et pro- 

 fundioribus. Elytra postice fortiter punctata, striis profundis 

 punctatis, stria dorsali prima Integra, reliquis medio abbrevia- 

 tis, suturali integra (sed in parte descriptionis priore, abbre- 

 viata dicitur) marginali nulla, lateralibus duabus, superiore 

 profunda, inferiore levissima. Pedes picei, tibiis anticis den- 

 tatis. Long. 1 | lin. 



5. Saprinus mancus. Hister mancus, Say, Journ. Acad. 

 Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, Vol. V. p. 4L 



" Black ; head punctured, compressed before and destitute 

 of rugse. Thorax densely punctured, punctures smaller on 

 the disk, and particularly behind the middle : elytra densely 

 punctured, a transverse common space near the base and 

 humerus impunctured, marginal stria entire ; dorsal striae 

 abbreviated rather behind the middle , feet piceous-black : 

 anterior tibiae not dentated, but with remote, short, thick 

 spines. Length ^^ of an inch. 



Saprinum fraternum referre dicitur, sed stria prima dorsalis 

 corripitur, tibiaeque anticae edentatae sunt. 



6. Platysoma venustum, Dej. Cat. 



Caeruleus, nitidus, antennis pedibusque piceo-rufis. Ely- 

 trorum striis omnibus integris. Habitat in Carolina et Georgia. 

 Descriptio hsec ex icone speciei hujus facta est. 



7. AbrcBUs ? IcEvigatus. Hister laevigatus, Paykull, Monog. 

 p. 84, Tab. XL Fig. 7. 



" Ater, nitidus, supra impunctatus ; caput marginatum. 

 Thorax tenuiter marginatus, valde convexus. Elytra valde 

 convexa, subglobosa, striis tantum terminali, laterali, et mar- 

 ginali abbreviatis. Pectus subtilissime punctatum, abdomen 

 laevissimum, elytra vix excedens. Pedes picei, tibiis omnibus 

 inermibus." 



