452 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



4. C. PALLIDA. — Pale yellowish ; thorax depressed, truncate 

 before, lateral edge minutely angulated behind the middle. 



Length one-fifth of an inch. 



Body pale, yellowish, immaculate ; head sulcated each side 

 before; thorax little elevated, with a longitudinal impressed line, 

 subquadrate, truncate the entire width before, rounded behind ; 

 lateral edge attaining the base, with a slightly projecting angle 

 behind the middle, above which is a small puncture; elytra 

 strongly striate-punctured ; a marginal series of short transverse 

 lines, forming quadrate intervals. [23] 



Found on Chinquoteague Island, coast of Virginia, under yellow 

 pine bark. 



[This is perhaps C. rufescens Dej.; if it is not, I do not know 

 the species. — Leg.] 



5. C. sPH^RicoLLis. — Thorax globose, with an impressed 

 line ; elytra with punctured distant striae. 



Length one-fifth of an inch. 



Body impunctured, with a few scattered hairs, beneath black ; 

 head black, longitudinally indented each side ; mouth and an- 

 tennae rufous ; thorax purple black, rounded before and behind j 

 lateral edge obsolete near the base, more distinct before, and des- 

 titute of any angle behind ; an impressed dorsal line ; elytra 

 reddish-brown or bronzed, with punctured striae; striae distant; 

 feet dark rufous ; venter black. 



Difi"ers from the succeeding species, in being larger and in 

 having the striae more distant from each other, or, in other words, 

 less dilated. 



This and the two following species belong to the genus Dis- 

 chyrius of Bonelli. 



6. C. GLOBULOSA. — Black; mouth, antennae, and feet rufous ; 

 elytra with punctured obtuse striae. 



Length from one-tenth to five-fortieths of an inch. 



Scarites globulosus Melsh. Catal. 



Head black, longitudinally indented on each side ; mouth and 

 antennae rufous; neck beneath rufous; trunk beneath black, 

 tinged each side with rufous thorax purple-black, globose, round- 

 ed before and behind ; lateral edge obsolete near the base, more 



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