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  LE 
  CONTE— 
  SYNOPSIS 
  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  .' 
  IToplia 
  monttcola 
  Proe. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sc. 
  2. 
  141. 
  

  

  Middle 
  find 
  Southern 
  States; 
  varies 
  much 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  color 
  and 
  also 
  slightly 
  in 
  

   sculpture, 
  the 
  lines 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  being 
  sometimes 
  very 
  faint, 
  and 
  at 
  others 
  quite 
  

   strong; 
  the 
  flattened 
  thorax 
  with 
  oblique 
  but 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  sides, 
  the 
  silvery 
  

   scales 
  of 
  the 
  under 
  surface, 
  and 
  the 
  hair-like 
  scales 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  readily 
  distinguished 
  

   it 
  from 
  all 
  others. 
  

  

  B. 
  Unguis 
  minor 
  anticus 
  et 
  medius 
  paulo, 
  vix 
  sesqui 
  brevior. 
  

  

  s. 
  II. 
  tristis, 
  oblonga, 
  nigra, 
  nitida, 
  nndique 
  cinereo-pubescens, 
  tlioracc 
  longius 
  pubescentc, 
  latitudine 
  

   paulo 
  breviorc, 
  lateribus 
  obliquis 
  rotundatis, 
  pone 
  medium 
  paulo 
  compressis, 
  elytris 
  subcostatis, 
  pygidio 
  

   et 
  subtus 
  lanccolato-albo-squamulosa, 
  tibiis 
  anticis 
  subtridentatis, 
  unguibus 
  anterioribus 
  fissis, 
  postico 
  

   intcgro. 
  Long. 
  '31. 
  

   .Aids. 
  Proe. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  8c. 
  Philadelphia, 
  2, 
  141 
  : 
  Burm. 
  Lamell. 
  2, 
  2nd, 
  486. 
  

  

  One 
  specimen 
  from 
  New 
  York. 
  Differs 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  rest 
  by 
  the 
  total 
  absence 
  of 
  

   scales 
  en 
  the 
  upper 
  surface. 
  The 
  form 
  is 
  rather 
  more 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  next 
  than 
  to 
  H. 
  

   mucorea 
  with 
  which 
  Burmeister 
  compares 
  it. 
  The 
  anterior 
  tibia; 
  liave 
  a 
  small 
  tooth 
  

   above 
  the 
  two 
  large 
  ones. 
  

  

  '.). 
  II. 
  trifasciata, 
  oblonga, 
  fusca, 
  subtus, 
  thorace 
  et 
  pygidio 
  squamis 
  subargenteis 
  dense 
  teeta, 
  capitc 
  

   thoraceque 
  pube 
  ereeta 
  vestitis, 
  hoc 
  antrorsum 
  angustato 
  latitudine 
  breviore, 
  lateribus 
  subangulatis, 
  elytris 
  

   castaneis, 
  parce 
  breviter 
  pubescentibus, 
  squamulis 
  pallidis, 
  inaequaliter 
  vestitis, 
  fasciis 
  transversis 
  tribus 
  

   parum 
  distinctis 
  formantibus, 
  tibiis 
  anticis 
  .subtridentatis, 
  unguibus 
  anterioribus 
  iissis, 
  postico 
  inteo-ro. 
  

   I 
  .' 
  Dg. 
  -33 
  — 
  - 
  44:. 
  

  

  Say, 
  Journ. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sc 
  3, 
  200. 
  

  

  fHoplla 
  primnria 
  Burm. 
  Lamell. 
  2, 
  192. 
  

  

  ll.plia 
  hehola 
  Melshcimer, 
  Proe 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sc. 
  Phil 
  2, 
  142. 
  

  

  Newfoundland, 
  Lake 
  Superior, 
  New 
  Y'ork, 
  Georgia, 
  Illinois. 
  Varies 
  somewhat 
  in 
  

   characters, 
  the 
  elytra 
  being 
  sometimes 
  almost 
  free 
  from 
  scales, 
  at 
  others 
  almost 
  

   uniformly 
  clothed 
  with 
  them. 
  Such 
  a 
  specimen 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  described 
  by 
  

   Burmeister, 
  and 
  such 
  a 
  one 
  is 
  now 
  before 
  me; 
  the 
  upper 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibioe 
  is 
  

   almost 
  obliterated 
  in 
  it, 
  and 
  might 
  readily 
  be 
  overlooked, 
  as 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  done 
  

   by 
  Burmeister 
  when 
  he 
  described 
  them 
  as 
  bidentate. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  no 
  black 
  specimens 
  

   like 
  the 
  male 
  described 
  by 
  Say. 
  

  

  10. 
  II. 
  limb 
  at 
  a, 
  longuiscula, 
  atra, 
  subtus 
  et 
  pygidio 
  laste 
  argenteo-squamosa, 
  supra 
  breviter 
  pubesceny* 
  

   griseo 
  parce 
  squamosa, 
  thorace 
  ]>ilis 
  paucis 
  Iongioribus 
  interrnixtis, 
  latitudine 
  baud 
  breviore, 
  utrinque 
  

   angustato, 
  lateribus 
  fortius 
  angulatis, 
  late 
  dense 
  albo-squamosis, 
  subargenteis, 
  lineaque 
  postica 
  dorsalialba 
  

   signato, 
  elytris 
  thorace 
  latioribus, 
  basi, 
  margine 
  externo 
  pone 
  basin, 
  suturaque 
  ad 
  medium 
  et 
  ad 
  apicem 
  

   dilatata 
  albosquamosis, 
  subargenteis, 
  tibiis 
  anticis 
  bidentatis, 
  unguibus 
  omnibus 
  fissis. 
  Long. 
  -34. 
  

   Two 
  specimens 
  found 
  tit 
  Evansville, 
  Indiana. 
  The 
  dilatation 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  suture 
  

   at 
  the 
  middle 
  forms 
  an 
  oblique 
  fascia 
  reaching 
  two-thirds 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  suture; 
  the 
  pos- 
  

   terior 
  dilatation 
  is 
  a 
  spot 
  connected 
  both 
  with 
  the 
  suture 
  and 
  tip. 
  The 
  thorax 
  is 
  

   hardly 
  narrower 
  at 
  tip 
  than 
  at 
  base. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  thighs 
  sparsely 
  

   sprinkled 
  with 
  silvery 
  scales. 
  

  

  