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Art. XX. — Entomological Notes. By Edward Newman. 



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Family. — Phoracanthid^e. 



Genus. — Elaphidion, Serville. 



Elaph. cotispersum. Fuscum, lanugine cinerea maculatim irrora- 

 tum: antennae corpore breviores, articulis 3 — 9 apice 2-spinosis: 

 elytra truncata, utroque angulo spina acuta armato. (Corp. long. 

 1 unc. lat. "3 unc.) 



Inhabits the islands of Hayti and Tortola. There is a single speci- 

 men, captured in Hayti and presented by Mr. Hearne, in the cabinet of 

 the Zoological Society, and two from Tortola in that of Mr. Water- 

 house. This species closely resembles Elapli. spinicorne, with 

 which I think it may have been confounded : the prothorax is con- 

 vex, and covered with a pilosity of a yellowish grey colour, with a 

 longitudinal, dorsal, glabrous line, on each side of which is a round 

 glabrous spot, rather nearer the anterior than posterior margin : the 

 pilosity on the elytra is collected into numerous, distinct, roundish 

 spots, the surface unoccupied by these spots having scattered hairs of 

 the same colour, and tolerably large but not deep punctures distri- 

 buted over their entire surface, those however towards the apex being 

 less distinct : the apices of the elytra are truncate, each of the angles 

 being furnished with a distinct spine, of which the exterior is the 

 larger : the apices of the meso- and metafemora are furnished with a 

 spine, which in the Hayti specimen is very distinct. This species will 

 occupy a place between Marylandicum and spinicorne. 



Elaph. fullonium. Testaceum, caput cano-lanuginosum, oculis 

 fuscis; antennae pallide testacea}, corpore vix breviores, articu- 

 lis 3 — 8 apice 1-spinosis : prothorax convexus, fuscus, cano- 

 lanuginosus, linea mediana maculisque nonnullis glaberrimis : 

 elytra pallide testacea, lanugine cana Isete variata, paululum di- 

 varicata, apicibus oblique truncatis, angulis extemis 1-spinosis: 

 pedes longiores, femoribus apice inarmatis. (Corp. long. '7 unc. 

 lat. "2 unc.) 



Inhabits the island of Hayti. There is a single specimen in the cabi- 

 net of the Zoological Society, captured and presented by Mr. Hearne. 

 There is no other species with wliich the present insect can be con- 

 founded ; I should place it between spinicorne and hidens. 



