326 APVENDIX. 
productis, sulcatis, acutis; elytris sneo-nigris striatis 
subtilissime rugulosis, basi subsuleatis, 
Black. Head and thorax dull, extremely thickly and 
minutely punctured. Thorax with a slight impressed 
middle line; hind angles produced into two acute 
furrowed spines. Elytra sneous black, shining, ex- 
tremely minutely rugulose, with many regular distinct 
striae, full twice the length of the thorax; each elytron 
with a slight excavation in the disk at the base. Length 
of the body, 8 lines. 
Fam. Trruipx. (Leach.)—Genus Cierus. (Geoffrey.) 
Clerus sobrius. N.S. 
Cupreo niger, nitens, aspere punctatus; capite thorace- 
que cinereo pilosis; elytris fascia cinerea lata incisa. 
Cupreous black, shining, thinly and coarsely pune- 
tured. Head and thorax with cinereous hairs. Elytra 
with a broad cinereous middle band, which is narrower 
on each side, and is notched in front and behind. Length 
of the body, 5 lines. 
This species is very different from the Californian 
CO. holosericeus. 
Fam. Buarsipx. (Latr.)—Genus Iputuinvs. (Dej-) 
Iphthinus servilis. N.S. 
Niger, confertissime et subtilissime punctatus; capite 
thoraceque obscuris; thoracis lateribus convexis non 
retusis, angulis acutis; elytrorum lineis e punctis elon- 
gatis. 
