DIC^LUS SCULPTILIS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black; elytra with irregularly serpentine striae. 



SYNONYM. 



DiciELUs ScuLPTiLis. Nobis. Trans. Amer. 

 Philos. Soc. vol. ii. New Series, p. 68. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body entirely black, immaculate : thorax very 

 slightly widest at base ; the lateral edge not at all 

 excurved near the basal angle, and the com- 

 mencement of the anterior curvature of this 

 edge, is at the middle of its length ; elytra with 

 its striae very irregularly serpentine ; the inter- 

 stitial lines are irregular and unequal on their 

 sides, and exhibit a very few adventitious punc- 

 tures, with raised centres. 



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