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finite groove, the bounding lines of which are uninterrupt- 

 ed, and are equally elevated in every part; an obtuse 

 slightly elevated line passes across the groove near its 

 middle; between the elevated line of the groove and the 

 lateral edge is a slightly elevated very obtuse space; basal 

 edge sinuated, over the scutel obtusely rounded; basal an- 

 gles extended a little backwards and rounded at tip; elytra 

 with four elevated lines on which are oval fascicles of yel- 

 lowish short bristles; interstitial spaces each with a series 

 of small rounded points, also furnished with bristles. 



Length seven-twentieths of an inch. 



It is about equal in size to the T. capillaris, nobis, but is 

 altogether destitute of the fine capillary lines which orna- 

 ment the elytra of that insect. 



TENEBRIO, Linn. Latr. 



T. reticulatus. Black; elytra rugose with impressed 

 spots which have elevated centres. 



Inhabits St. Peter's river. 



Body deep black ; head with numerous small and regu- 

 lar punctures, more dense before and on the labrum ; an- 

 tennaSf third joint but little longer than the fourth ; thorax 

 with numerous regular punctures; narrow, a little con- 

 tracted before and very slightly contracted behind ; late- 

 ral edge longitudinally a little arcuated, and vertically 

 rounded, with a slightly impressed line bordered by a 

 slightly elevated one, both so small as not to be visible to 

 the eye; elytra irregularly reticulated with elevated lines; 

 the intervening spaces with slightly elevated centres; 

 thighs clavate ; anterior and intermediate tibiae a little 

 curved; tarsi beneath, and inferior portion of the tip of 

 ♦he tibia with yellowish hair. 



