OP PHILADELPHIA. S07 



joint fulvous : thorax minutely and equally punctured ; narrow, 

 sub-cylindric, slightly wider in the middle, equally wide at base 

 and tip ; narrower than the elytra : elytra with rather wide and 

 profound striae, which are punctured ; interstitial lines narrow, 

 convex ; beneath piceous : anterior tibiae slightly arcuated. 



Length half an inch. 



This species resembles a Up is, in the form of the thorax. 



[A StenocMa not diflFerent from S. tcrminata Say, ante, 2, 

 157.— Leg.] 



4. H. ARATUS. — Body short, moderately convex ; third joint 

 of the antennae rather shorter than the fourth and fifth united ; 

 lateral thoracic edges rectilinear. 



Head punctured densely : antennas dark testaceous : thorax 

 dull metallic greenish, slightly tinged with purplish ; thickly 

 punctured, punctures rather large ; angles subacute ; lateral 

 rectilinear : elytra slightly purplish, brassy, with punctured striae, 

 and smaller punctures on the intermeditae spaces : beneath 

 blackish : pectus punctured on each side, with small, close set, 

 longitudinal impressed lines : feet reddish-testaceous at base. 



Length one-fourth of an inch. [ 242 ] 



I am indebted for this species to Mr. Jno. S. Skinner, editor 

 of the American Farmer, who received it from a correspondent, 

 with a note, stating that they had been found on the body of the 

 peach tree, just below the surface of the ground. 



[I cannot identify this species ; it does not appear very dis- 

 tinct from II. pullus. — Leg.] 



CISTELA Fabr. 



1. C. OBSCURA. — Blackish-brown, with short hairs ; antennae 

 and feet dusky rufous ; striae of the elytra not deeply impressed. 



Cistela ohscura Melsh. Catal. 



Body oblong, varying in color from a light brown to a blackish, 

 with numerous short pale hairs arising from punctures : head 

 transversely a little indented between the antennae : antennae 

 moderate, dark rufous : palpi rufous : thorax with the posterior 

 angles subacutely rounded : elytra with slightly impressed striae, 

 their punctures profound : beneath piceous, and, excepting the 

 pectus, punctured : feet rather paler, somewhat rufous. 



Length % less than one-fourth ; $ more than three-tenths of an 

 inch. 

 1826.] 



