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Saper. cinerea. Nigra, lamigine cinerea dense tecta, linea longi- 

 tudinali capitis prothoracisque albida. (Corp. long. "45 unc. lat. 

 •125 unc.) 



Inhabits Mexico. In the cabinet of the Entomological Club. This 

 and the preceding species are very similar, but on comparison appear 

 distinct : the present is the larger insect ; its hue is rather ash-co- 

 loured than grey, and it wants the delicate sutural line of the elytra. 



Saper. Iceta. Rufa : caput iTifum, oculis antennisque nigi'is : pro- 

 thorax rufus, maculis 4 dorsahbus nigris : elytra cana, margine 

 laterali nigra : sternum nigrum, lanugine cana tectum : abdo- 

 men rufum : pedes fusci, femoribus rufis. (Corp. long. -35 unc. 

 lat. "1 unc.) 



Inhabits Mexico. In the cabinet of the Entomological Club. 



Saper. Jlammata. Nigra, lanugine nigra dense tecta : antennae 

 hirsutae, articulorum basis tenuissime testaceus ; caput ferrugi- 

 neum, oculis maculaque verticali nigris : prothorax niger, linea 

 lata laterali ferruginea : elytra profunde puncta, linea tenuissima 

 sutm-ali alteraque costali ferrugineis. (Corp. long. '35 unc. lat. 

 •1 unc.) 



Inhabits North America. A specimen in the cabinet of the Ento- 

 mological Club, was taken by Mr. E. Doubleday at St. John's Bluff. 



Saper. jimcea. Fusca ; antennae corpore longiores, fuscae, articu- 

 lorum omnium basis albidus ; articulus apicalis totus albidus : 

 prothorax cylindraceus, elongatus, angidis posticis valde acutis: 

 elytra elongata, linearia, apice oblique truncata, puncta, punctis 

 magnis biseriatim dispositis, spatiis alternis paululiim elevatis : 

 pedes breves ; metatarsi elytrorum apicem nuUo modo attingen- 

 tes. (Corp. long. '45 unc. lat. '075 unc.) 



Inhabits Brazil. In the cabinet of the Entomological Club. 



Genus. — Ph^a, Newman. 



Caput pronum ; facies trigona ; oculi 4, 2 rotundi, prominentes, la- 

 terales, 2 minores minus prominentes, verticales ; antennae corpore 

 manifesto breviores, lO-articulatae : prothorax inaequalis, dorso gibber, 

 capite haud latior : elytra linearia, prothorace paullo latiora, apici- 

 bus rotundatis : pedes breves, femoribus simplicibus. 



