37() REVISION OF THE TENEHKKINID.E OF AMERICA, 



entirely black, excepting the margin and base of elytra and an irregular space nearer the 

 apical angle of the thorax, which arc dark testaceous. The thofax above lias four slight 

 impressions, two basal and two on each side of the middle, the latter are probablj acci- 

 dental. The antennse and legs are piceous. 

 One specimen from San Francisco. 



P. pili fe ra . Lee, New Species, p. I I i 



The thoracic and elytral margin are in this species fringed with hairs. It maj be 

 readily Known from the preceding by its more elongate and depressed form and by its en- 

 tirely black color. 



Length .23-.2S inch. 



From Cape St. Lucas. Lower California. 



P. testacea, Say, Long's Expedition 2, 380. 



The margin of the body is not fringed. The surface smooth and shining and testa: 

 .1 mis in color. The elytra are sometimes ornamented with black spots. One specimen 

 has the disc of the elytra entirely black, with only a narrow space at base and on the 

 margins, testaceous. 



Length .28-.30 inch. 



Rather abundant on the Eastern coast. 



P, longula, Lee, New Species, p. 12.">. 



Length .22 inch. 



From the Gulf coast, Mississippi Island. 



P. picipes, Say, Long's Second Exp. II. p. 280; Am. Ent. Ed. Lee, I. p. I s ". 



Elongate oval, black, shining. Head finely and sparsely punctured. Thorax broader 

 than long, moderatelj convex, very feebly and sparsely punctured and with a short linear 

 Longitudinal basal impression on each side; anteriorly emargiuate, angles obtuse ; sides 

 feeblj rounded, gradually harrowing to apex; base feebly sinuate. Elytra oval, moder- 

 atelj convex, wider at base than the thorax, with distinct stria- deeper at apex; interstices 

 feebly punctulate. Beneath shining, black. Antenna- brownish. 



Length .22-.2S inch. 



From the southern and middle Atlantic coast. 



P, debilis, Lee, New Species, p. 126. 



Easily Known by the pale color, single brown spot on each elytron, and by the absence 

 of any marginal line at the base of the thorax. 



Length .20-.24 inch. 



Cape St. Lucas. Lower California. 



