AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 315 



N. tomentosus Weber, Obs. Ent. i, p. 47. 



velutinus Fab., Syst. El. i, p. 334; Lee. Proc. Acad. 1853, p. 277. 



SILPHA Linn. 

 S. surinamensis Fab., Syst. Ent. p. 72; Oliv. Ent. ii, 11, pi. 1, fig. 3; Lee. Proc. 



Acad. 1853, p. 278. 

 S. truncata Sa}-, Journ. Acad, iii, p. 193; Lee. Col. Kans. p. 6, pi. 1, fig. 3. 

 8. lapponica Ilbst., Kafer v, p. 209, pi. 52, fig. 4; Kirby, Faun. Bor. Am. iv, 

 p. 100 ; Lee. Proc. Acad. 1853, p. 278. 

 caudata Say, Journ. Acad, iii, p. 192. 

 tuberculata Germ., Ins. Spec. Nov. p. 81. 

 californica Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1843, ii, p. 253. 

 S. trituberculata Kby., Faun. Bor. Am. iv, p. 101. 



sagax Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1853, iii, p. 173. 

 S. insequalis Fab., Spec. Ins. i, p. 87; Hbst. Kafer v, p. 185, pi. 41, fig. 2; Oliv. 



Ent. ii, 11, p. 14, pi. 2, fig. 20; Lee. Proc. Acad. 1853, p. 279. 

 S. noveboracensis Forst., Cent. Ins. i, p. 17. 



marginalis Fab., Ent. Syst. Mant. p. 215; Spec. Ins. i, p. 86; Oliv. Ent. ii, 11, 



p. 10, pi. 1, fig. 5; Herbst, Kiifer v, p. 180; Lee. Proc. Acad. 1853, p. 278. 



marginata Kby., Faun. Bor. Am. iv, p. 100. 



S. americana Linn., Syst. Nat. ii, p. 570; Oliv. Ent. ii, 11, p. 1, fig. 9; Fab. Ent. 



Syst. i, p. 249; Syst. El. 1, p. 337; Hbst. Kafer v, p. 176. 



peliatus Catesby, {Scarabceus) Nat. Hist. Carol, iii, pi. 10, fig. 7; Lee. Proc. 



Acad. 1853, p. 279. 

 affinis Kby., terminata Kby., Faun. Bor. Am. iv, p. 103. 

 canadensis Kby., loc. eit. p. 104. 

 S. ramosa Say, Journ. Acad, iii, p. 193; Lee. Proc. Acad. 1853, p. 279. 



cervaria Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1843, ii, p. 252. 

 S. opaca Linn., Syst. Nat. ii, p. 571 ; Lee. Proc. Acad. 1866, p. 367. 

 S. bituberosa Lee, Col. Kans. 1859, p. 6. 



NECKOPHILUS Latr. 

 N. Pettitii n. sp. 



subterraneus % Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. See. 1868, p. 125. 

 N. hydrophiloides Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1843, ii, p. 253; Lac. Gen. Col. Atlas, 



pi. 16, fig. 5; Chevr. Gue'rin Icon. R. An. 61, pi. 17, fig. 12; Lee. Proe. 



Acad. 1853, p. 280. 

 ater Motseh., Bull. Mosc. 1845, iv, p. 363. 



PELATES n. g. 

 P. latUS Mann., {Necrophilus) 1852, ii, p. ."531. 



PTESOLOMA Gyll. 

 P. Forsstroemi Gyll., Ins. Suecc. ii, p. Ill; Duval, Gen. Col. Eur. pi. 34, Gg. 169. 

 P. tenuicomis Lee, {Necrojihilus) Proc. Acad. 1859, p. 84. 



AGYRTES Frohl. 

 A. longalas Lee, {Necrophilus) Proc. Acad. 1859, p. 282. 



SPH.ERITES Dufts. 

 S. glabratus Fab., {Hister) Ent. Syst. i, p. 73; Sturm Ins. i, p. 264, pi. 20; 

 Duval, Gen. Col. Eur. pi. 34, fig. 167. 

 politus Mann., Bull. Mose. I846, ii, p. 514. 



