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tus in the middle piceous : feet honey-yellow : tarsi, penultimate 

 joint minute, but extended beneath into a lobe, almost half the 

 length of the ultimate joint. 



Length from one-fourth to two-fifths of an inch. 



[Belongs to Dicrepidms. — Leg.] 



51. E. SCAPULARIS. — Clypeus concave ; antennse longer than 

 the thorax ; humerus yellowish. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Head greenish black : clypeus somewhat prominent, obtusely 

 rounded at tip, much indented above : antennae longer than the 

 thorax, serrate ; second joint one-third the length of the third, 

 which is dilated at tip like the following ones, and somewhat 

 longer than the fourth : thorax greenish black, rather long ; sides 

 a little contracted before the spines ; spines robust, not attenuated, 

 rounded at tip and yellowish : scutel piceous : elytra dull yellow- 

 ish on the basal margin ; with rather deep striae, punctured ; in- 

 terstitial lines rounded Vith transversely confluent punctures : 

 feet piceous : tarsi with the second, third, and fourth joints di- 

 lated beneath into rather short lobes, that of the third much 

 wider and more prominent; fourth joint more than half the 

 length of the third ; ultimate joint equal in length to the first, 

 and equal to the second, third and fourth taken together. 



Length less than two-fifths of an inch. 



This is rather slender, and the yellowish bases of the elytra 

 are distinguishing and obvious characters. 



[Belongs to Pedetes. — Lec] 



52. E. ACANTHUS.— Brown ; clypeus concave above; spines 

 compressed, short, rounded. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body rather slender, punctured : head blackish brown, with 

 small punctures more distant than the length of their diameters : 

 clypeus prominent, obtusely rounded before and concave above : 

 antennae longer than the thorax, not serrate ; second joint more 

 than half the length of the third : thorax blackish-brown ; long, 

 lateral edge rectilinear, hardly broader behind than before ; an- 

 terior angles a little prominent, and slightly truncate ; punctures 

 not discoidal, small, profound, and more [179] distant than the 

 length of their own diameters; spines very short, , rounded at 

 1836.] 



