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rest of its length the centre of the back is uncovered. 
The antennz are five in number; the central one short, 
of much the same length as the internal ones; the two 
external ones the longest, white, with a bright black 
ring round the upper part, but leaving the point white, 
which is acute at the apex. The feet are tolerably 
stout, and the two divisions are both furnished with 
sharp but curved pointed bristles. The superior cirri 
are white, and of a moderate length; the inferior ones 
being short. — Hab. Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver 
Island. (Brit. Mus, Col.) 
Lepidonotus Gruber. (Baird.) N.S. 
This species is about 2 inches long and } an inch 
broad. The body underneath is of a uniform brown 
colour; above it is whitish, mottled with black. The 
elytra are 18 pairs in number, nearly round, rough with 
small tubercles, edged by a slightly raised margin, and 
mottled with black and white. They do not meet each 
other in the centre, but leave a portion of the back 
uncovered. The superior cirri are rather long, blunt 
pointed, pedunculated, marked with a black spot at the 
base, where they issue from the peduncle, and are 
ringed with black a little distance from the extremity. 
The inferior cirri are short and acute pointed. The 
feet are broad, and the bristles of both branches are 
stout, of a bright brown colour, and toothed on one 
edge near the extremity. The antenne are five in 
number, and are all short, and nearly of equal length. 
—Hab, Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver Island. (Brit. 
Mus. Col.) 
