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ELMIS, Lair. 



E. crenatus. Thorax with four elevated lines; each 

 elytrum with two dull rufous spots. 



Inhabits Pennsylvania. 



Parnus crenatus ? Knoch in Melsh. Catal. 



Body blackish-brown \ front with two dilated, cinereous, 

 longitudinal lines; antennae zxiA. mandibles rufous; tho- 

 rax with four, obtuse, elevated, longitudinal lines ; two in- 

 termediate ones nearly confluent at each end ; lateral ones 

 more distant, slightly interrupted behind the middle ; ely- 

 tra with striae of dilated impressed punctures ; an elevat- 

 ed line from the humerus terminates rather before the tip ; 

 another elevated line nearer the margin also originates at the 

 humerus and becomes obsolete before the middle ; a third 

 elevated line originates at the middle of the base and also 

 becomes obsolete before the middle of the elytrum ; an ob- 

 long rufous spot on the humerus and another near the tip ; 

 tarsi dull rufous. 



Length less than three-twentieths of an inch. 



PARNUS, Fabr. 



(Dry ops, Oliv. Latr.) 



V.fastigiatus. Blactish-brown, with very short dense 

 hair ; elytra with striae of rather large punctures. 



Inhabits Pennsylvania. 



V.fastigiatus. Knoch in Melsh. Catal. 



tfintennde fuscous, terminal joints yellow; palpi dull 

 yellow-testaceous ; thorax highest rather behind the mid- 

 dle, and with an obsolete indentation each side behind ; 

 anterior angles prominent, acute ; posterior angles obtuse ; 

 scutel quadrate, acute behind; elytra with short hairs over 



