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2. permunda. Say. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. Vol. IV. Hab- 



itat ad St. Louis. 



3. *qua(lricollis. Angustior, paralMa, thorace quadrato, 



anticc vix angustato, transvcrsim Icvitcr rugoso, mar- 

 gine valde angusto, hasi utrinqiie longe jirofandcque 

 bistriato, ehjtris profunde striatis, striis obsolete imnc- 

 tatis, stria rudimentah fere nulla, intcrstitio 7'n<> levi- 

 ter elcvato. Long. -6, lat. -2. Habitat in Pennsyl- 

 vania, a Dom. Melsheimer benevole data. 

 F. striola Europse valde refert, sed minor et angustior, tbo- 

 race antice vix angustato, basi im})unctato, profunde bistriato, 

 spatio inter striam exteriorem et marginem elevato, fere carina- 

 to ; striaque elytrorum abbreviata, obsoletissimaque facile distin- 

 guenda hsec species. 



§ 2. Antennis breviusculis, valde compressis, thorace lateribus 

 valde rotundatis, basi subito constricto, medio Icviter emar- 

 ginato, angulis posticis rectis, minime rotundatis, basi utrin- 

 que biimpressa, acuteque carinata; elytrorum stria abbre- 

 viata, inter Imam et 2u*lam sita, brevissima, seepe vix con- 

 spicua. 



MOLOPS. Bonelli. 

 1. * colossus. Nigra nitida, thorace anticc paulo angustato, 

 lateribus valde rotundato, post ice subito constricto, basi 

 obsolete rugose-punctato, ehjtris striato-punctatis, punc- 

 toque impresso. Long. -77, lat. '28. Habitat in Mis- 

 souri. 

 Nigra, nitida ; caput breviusculum, linea transversa inter an- 

 tennas valde profunda ; impressionibus frontalibus linearibus, 

 profundis, antice j^aulo abbreviatis. Thorax capite duplo latior, 

 latitudine paulo brevior, antice paulo angustato, rotundato-emar- 

 ginato, angulis subacutis, lateribus valde rotundatis, ad basin 

 subito constrictis, sinuatjsque ; disco minus convexus ; linea anti- 

 ca arcuata, margini approximata, distincta, impressione anleriore 

 transversa vix distincta, posteriore modice profunda, linea longi- 



