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tennae brown : tliorax pale rufous, longitudinally oblong, nar- 

 rowed towards the base ; two very slightly indented dots before 

 the middle, and a hardly perceptible one near the base : elytra 

 conflueutly and minutely punctured, pubescent : tibia pale. 



Length three-tenths of an inch. 



The elytra have some faint appearances of impressed lines. 

 This may probably be the NecydaUs tJioracica of Fabr. ; it is 

 certainly allied to his iV^. sanguinicoUis. [273] 



[Belongs ioAsclera, and is the Fabrician species first mentioned. 

 — Leg.] 



3. CE. VESTITA. — Black, hairy; elytra pale brownish; feet 

 testaceous. 



Inhabits Missouri. 



Body black, punctured ; with dense cinereous hair : head with 

 a dilated, transverse, indented line between the antennee : basal 

 joint of the antennae very obscurely rufous : labrum obscure ru- 

 fous : maxillary palpi blackish ; terminal joint elongated, cylindri- 

 cal : thorax subcylindric, a little dilated each side before, and 

 gradually contracting to the base, the edge at base a little ex- 

 curved, an impressed dorsal line at base : scutel minute : elytra 

 pale brownish, not attenuated at tip : densely pu.nctured, and 

 covered with short whitish hair : feet rufo-testaceous : tarsi dusky : 

 thighs simple. 



Length from three-tenths to two-fifths of an inch. 



[Unknown to me ; perhaps an Asclera, but more probably be- 

 longs to Stereojpalpus. — Lec] 



4. (E. PUNCTICOLLIS. — Black; thorax rufous, with a black 

 spot. 



Inhabits Missouri. 



Body black : antennae, two basal joints beneath pale : thorax 

 rufous, narrowed behind, disk somewhat impressed and with a 

 large rounded black spot : elytra minutely granulated, with three 

 remote elevated lines. 



Length about three-tenths of an inch. 



Very like (E. ruficollis. [274] 



[An Asclera. — Lec] 



1824.] 



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