﻿OP 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  465 
  

  

  8. 
  E. 
  scmic 
  in 
  c 
  tus, 
  ater, 
  subnitidus, 
  griseo-pubescens, 
  thorace 
  sat 
  dense, 
  lateribus 
  dcnsius 
  

   punctato, 
  elytris 
  cuneatis, 
  basi 
  fulvo-marginatis, 
  striis 
  profundis 
  punctatis, 
  interstitiis 
  parce 
  punctati3, 
  

   antennis 
  feminie 
  articulo 
  3 
  io 
  pracedentc 
  duplo 
  longiore, 
  vix 
  dilutato. 
  Long. 
  -45. 
  

  

  Randall, 
  Bost. 
  Journ. 
  IS 
  T 
  at. 
  Hist. 
  2, 
  10. 
  

  

  One 
  specimen, 
  New 
  York; 
  found 
  in 
  Maine 
  according 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Randall. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  

   closely 
  allied 
  to 
  E. 
  discoidcus, 
  which 
  it 
  resembles 
  in 
  form; 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  longer, 
  less 
  sud- 
  

   denly 
  narrowed 
  anteriorly, 
  and 
  not 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  elytra; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  margined 
  with 
  

   orange 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  the 
  punctures 
  of 
  the 
  interstices 
  are 
  more 
  regular; 
  in 
  the 
  

   male, 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  is 
  probably 
  dilated, 
  as 
  in 
  E. 
  discoidcus. 
  

  

  9. 
  E. 
  lass 
  us, 
  ater 
  opacus, 
  griseo-pubescens, 
  tborace 
  confertim 
  punctato, 
  lateribus 
  fere 
  scabro, 
  

   elytris 
  basi 
  late, 
  lateribus 
  antice, 
  cpipleurisque 
  sanguineis, 
  striis 
  profundis 
  punctatis, 
  interstitiis 
  sub- 
  

   convexis 
  confertim 
  rugose 
  punctatis, 
  antennis 
  articulo 
  3'° 
  prcecedente 
  sesqui 
  longiore 
  (feniinre) 
  vix 
  la- 
  

   tiore. 
  Long. 
  -5. 
  

  

  One 
  specimen, 
  Georgia. 
  Body 
  black, 
  with 
  but 
  little 
  lustre, 
  covered 
  with 
  fine 
  grayish 
  

   pubescence. 
  Head 
  densely 
  punctured: 
  antennae 
  not 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  third 
  joint 
  one- 
  

   half 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  second, 
  very 
  slightly 
  triangular; 
  fourth 
  and 
  following 
  broad, 
  triangu- 
  

   lar; 
  eleventh 
  oval, 
  not 
  constricted. 
  Thorax 
  scarcely 
  longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  strongly 
  narrowed 
  

   and 
  rounded 
  in 
  front, 
  sides 
  posteriorly 
  subparallel, 
  posterior 
  angles 
  scarcely 
  diverging, 
  ca- 
  

   rinate 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  species; 
  disc 
  very 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  anteriorly 
  moderately 
  convex, 
  

   punctures 
  becoming 
  confluent 
  at 
  the 
  sides: 
  scutel 
  black; 
  elytra 
  almost 
  parallel 
  anteriorly, 
  

   narrowed 
  and 
  rounded 
  posteriorly, 
  base 
  broadly 
  sanguineous, 
  the 
  colour 
  extending 
  a 
  little 
  

   posteriorly 
  on 
  the 
  sides; 
  epipleurse 
  sanguineous; 
  suture 
  dusky; 
  strife 
  deep, 
  coarsely 
  punc- 
  

   tured, 
  interstices 
  convex, 
  tolerably 
  densely 
  finely 
  punctured 
  and 
  rugous. 
  Beneath 
  entirely 
  

   black. 
  

  

  10. 
  E. 
  Say 
  i, 
  ater, 
  fere 
  opacus, 
  griseo-pubescens, 
  thorace 
  confertim 
  punctato, 
  lateribus 
  fere 
  scabro, 
  

   elytris 
  pallidis, 
  sutura 
  late, 
  margine 
  externo 
  fere 
  ad 
  basin 
  anguste 
  nigris, 
  striis 
  profundis 
  punctatis 
  

   interstitiis 
  subconvexis, 
  disperse 
  rugose 
  punctulatis, 
  antennarum 
  articulo 
  3'° 
  subtriangulari, 
  sequenti 
  

   longitudine 
  cequali. 
  Long. 
  *5. 
  

  

  Elater 
  ohlessus 
  (discoideus 
  || 
  Fabr.%) 
  Say, 
  Trans. 
  Am. 
  Phil. 
  Soc. 
  G, 
  165. 
  

  

  Middle 
  States, 
  rare. 
  The 
  broad 
  black 
  stripe 
  along 
  the 
  suture 
  gradually 
  narrows 
  near 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  : 
  the 
  exterior 
  black 
  margin 
  reaches 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  to 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   epipleura, 
  where 
  it 
  ceases: 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  antenna? 
  is 
  considerably 
  narrower 
  than 
  

   the 
  fourth, 
  in 
  both 
  sexes; 
  the 
  eleventh 
  joint 
  is 
  slightly 
  constricted. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  changed 
  the 
  name 
  proposed 
  by 
  Say, 
  not 
  for 
  its 
  uncouthness, 
  but 
  because 
  it 
  does 
  

   not 
  properly 
  belong 
  to 
  this 
  species, 
  and 
  was 
  intended 
  as 
  a 
  substitute 
  for 
  a 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  

   Fabricius, 
  which 
  was 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  preoccupied: 
  the 
  reference, 
  therefore, 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  

   species 
  to 
  that 
  described 
  by 
  Fabricius, 
  being, 
  as 
  already 
  observed 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Harris, 
  an 
  error, 
  

   the 
  name 
  intended 
  as 
  a 
  substitute 
  fails, 
  at 
  least 
  for 
  this 
  species. 
  As 
  the 
  description, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  shows 
  that 
  this 
  insect 
  was 
  known 
  to 
  Say, 
  I 
  have 
  taken 
  occasion 
  to 
  commemorate 
  it 
  

   with 
  his 
  name. 
  

  

  - 
  11. 
  E. 
  v 
  i 
  t 
  i 
  o 
  s 
  u 
  s, 
  ater, 
  subopacus, 
  helvo-pubescens, 
  thorace 
  confertissime 
  punctato, 
  lateribus 
  fere 
  

   scabro, 
  elytris 
  sordide 
  pallidis 
  nimbo 
  apicali 
  atro, 
  striis 
  profundis 
  punctatis, 
  interstitiis 
  disperse 
  punc- 
  

   tatis, 
  antennarum 
  articulo 
  3 
  io 
  (maris) 
  triangulari 
  sequente 
  multo 
  minore. 
  Long. 
  "48. 
  

  

  