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here. By the very robust antennae it seems to approach the 

 irenus Nematodes Latr. 



[This and the next belong to Tharops. — Lec] 



7. E. OBLIQUUS. — Elytra black, inner portion, bounded by a 

 line from the middle of the base to beyond the middle of the 

 length, yellowish. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Length less than one-fifth of an inch. 



In general form, and in its antennae, this species resembles the 

 ruficornis S. 



* * Tarsi, terminal Joint short and dilated. 



8. E. ATROPOS. — Thorax with two impressed dots and dorsal 

 line. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body blackish piceous, somewhat sericeous, with bright yellow 

 hair, minutely punctured : head with the hairs radiating from 

 the middle of the front : antennae, first joint as long as the three 

 next together, hardly arcuated ; second joint at least as long as 

 the fourth ; third nearly equal to the fourth and fifth together ; 

 remaining joints rather larger than the fourth and fifth : thorax 

 convex before, almost vertical at the sides ; [188] like the head, 

 dark chestnut ; a well impressed dot each side, a little before the 

 middle ; an impressed, acute, longitudinal line behind the mid- 

 dle, extending obsoletely to the anterior edge ; spines prominent, 

 acute : scutel with a slightly impressed line : elytra blackish, 

 with impunctured striae ; punctures towards the base somewhat 

 transversely confluent: pectus with the lateral margin slightly 

 concave : tarsi, penultimate joint extended beneath into a lobe, a 

 little dilated and truncated. 



Length three-tenths of an inch. 



Behind each of the dots of the thorax is an abbreviated, obso- 

 lete, impressed, transverse line. The dots of the thorax are 

 more anterior than those of the pygmseus Fabr. , 



[Belongs to Eniatliion. — Lec] 



"j"!' Pectus canaliculate on the lateral margin. 



9. E. CALCEATUS. — Reddish brown : an elevated line on the 



front over the base of the antennas. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



[Vol. VI. 



