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tudinal line in the middle ; posterior angles subacute : scutel at 

 tip very obtusely rounded, or somewhat truncate : elytra with 

 very numerous, profoundly impressed, rather large, irregularly 

 disposed punctures : wings blackish : beneath hardly paler in 

 color than the superior surface. 



Length rather more than one-fifth of an inch. 



Not uncommon in some situations in the middle States. I 

 have also received it from Dr. T. W. Harris. 



[[Belongs to Adimonia. — Lec] 



2. G. MERACA. — Greenish-black ; antennae and feet yellow- 

 ish. 



Body black, slightly tinged with green : head with a few scat- 

 tered punctures, a longitudinal impressed line, and above the an- 

 tennae a transverse one : antennae yellowish : labrum and mouth 

 yellowish : thorax destitute of distinct punctures ; lateral edge a 

 little excurved at the posterior angles, which are acute : elytra 

 with obsolete irregular punctures : beneath black-blue : venter a 

 little tinged with cupreous : feet yellowish : thighs at base black- 

 ish: coxse yellowish. 



Length more than three-twentieths of an inch. 



[A species of Iniperus. — Lec] 



ATTICA Fabr. 



A. SUTURELLA. — Testaceous ; thorax with black spots ; elytra 

 with a black sutural edge. 



Body punctured, testaceous : head tinged with fulvous ; [300] 

 an impressed frontal line, and two impunctured spots ; punctures 

 numerous, dense ; antennae black, first joint beneath dull rufous ; 

 thorax tinged with fulvous, with fuscous spots or characters on 

 the disk ; punctures numerous : scutel black : elytra testaceous, 

 tinged with fulvous on the exterior margin ; punctures numer- 

 ous, crowded ; raised line of the suture black, forming a common 

 sutural line, which does not quite reach the apex : pectus testa- 

 ceous, tinged with pale fulvous : postpectus black : feet black : 

 posterior thighs dull rufous beneath : venter dull rufous. 



Length one-fourth of an inch. 



Very distinct from any other species I have seen. 



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