BRENTHUS MINUTUS. 



Plate XLII. fig. 3. natural size, and 7. magnified. 



Order: Coleoptera. Section: Rhjncophora. Family: Curculionidae. Subfamily: Brenthides, 5eAonA. 



Genus. Brenthus, IlUger. Breutus, Fabo: Ciu-culio p. Linn. 



Brbnthus Minutus. Niger, elytris striatis nigro-brunneis. (Long. Corp. fere 6 lin.) 



Syn. Curculio minutus, Drury, App. vol. 2. Herbst. Col. 7. 200. t. 108./. 9. B. (Brentus m.) St-honh. Sys. 



Ins. Curcul. 1. 368. 6. 

 Habitat : Virginia. 



Head black, with a long, horny, slender beak. Antennae placed near the head, near the base of the 

 beak, black, and about the length of the thorax, the first and last joints being the longest. Thorax 

 black, smooth, and shining ; being almost the length of the body, and nearly round, but thickest towards 

 the middle. Scutellum indistinct. Eljlra dark brown, with some patches on them of a lighter colour ; 

 margined on the sides and suture, and with rows of small punctures thereon. Abdomen dark brown, 

 smooth and shining. The fore legs are longer than the rest, and at the tips of the tibise are furnished 

 with a spine. All the thighs are vei7 thick in the midcUe. 



CASNONIA LONGICOLLIS. 



Plate XLII. fig- 4. natural size, and G. magnified. 



Order: Coleoptera. Section: Adepliaga-Geodepliaga. Family: Carabidte. Subfamily: Bracliinides. 

 Genus. Casnonia, Latrielle. Attelabus p. Linn. Drury. 



Casnonia Longicollis. Nigra, elytris punctato striatis, slngulo tuberculo parvo subapicali luteo ; tliorace fere 

 longitudine elytrorum, pedibus luteo nigroque varils. (Long. Corp. 4^ lin.) 



Syn. Attelabus longicollis, Dniry, App. vol.2. 

 Habitat : Virginia. 



Head black, long and broad over the eyes, but narrow next the thorax. Antennas dark brown, about 

 the length of the head and thorax. Thorax nearly the length of the wing-cases, black, slender and shining, 

 rising a little circularly from the body. Scutellum wanting. Tlie elytra are margined and shining, not 

 covering the anus, with rows of very small punctures on them, and near their extremities have a small 

 papilla or swelling of a yellow colour. Abdomen black. Legs partly yellow, and partly black. 



XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA. 



Plate XLIII. fiig. 1. 



Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Mellifera. Family: ApidEe, £eacA. 



Genus. Xylocopa, Fair. Apis, Linn. Drury. 



Xylocopa Virginica. Hirsuta pallida ; abdomine, excepto prime segmento, atro. (Magn. Bomb, terrestr. ) 



Syn. Apis Virginica, Linn. Mant. p. 540. Fabr. Syst. Piez. 346. 14. (Bombus v.) Ent. Syst. 2. 318. 15 



Habitat : Virginia. 



Head, between the eyes, black, with a cream-coloured spot in front, just above the mouth. 

 Antenna? black, and shorter than the thorax, which is covered at top with hairs of a pale yellowish 

 colour. All the four wings are membranaceous and transparent. Abdomen composed of six rings, 



