170 New Coleopterous Insects of North America. 



of the species a few remarks on some that have been establish- 

 ed since his time. 



Bruchus livi >us, reddish brown, beneath cinereous : elytra 

 and sides of the thorax varied with cinereous ; elytra striate. 

 Length two lines. Inhabits Georgia in the seeds of dif- 

 ferent species of Hibiscus, which it perforates and partly 

 consumes, without destroying the vegetative principle, in 

 the same manner as the Br. Pisi is nourished in its imper- 

 fect state, a> d arrives to maturity in the common garden 

 pea. Plate XI. fig. 1. 

 Mycetophila rujipes. Dusky : antennae and legs ferruginous : 

 elytra punctato-striate. Length three lines. Plate XI. 

 fig. 2. 



Tvs genus is the same as the Cistela of Fabricius ; and 

 the present species, along with all the others, which 

 amount to seven or eight in number, is found in the latter 

 eric 1 of summer on different kinds of fungi. It appears to 

 be found in every part of the continent. 

 Anthicus murinipennis. Thorax porrected into a horn and 

 proiecting over the head : antenna?, head, thorax and legs 

 ferruginous; eyes black; elytra dusky with a cinereous 

 pubescence. Length two lines. Inhabits Georgia on flow- 

 ers. Plate XI. fig. 3. 



This genus is the same with the Notoxus of Fabricius ; but 

 those species with the cornuted and projecting thorax, 

 which are as many as four, may hereafter constitute a sepa- 

 rate genus from the remaining species, which they but little 

 resemble in habit. 

 JUnthrenus Jusmorrhoidalis black, shining, polished ; tips of 

 the elytra red, with a darker or dusty spot on each ; 

 legs dark brown ; length one line and a half. Inhabits 

 Georgia on putrid fungi. Plate XI. fig. 4. 

 Hisier dimidiatipennis. Black; beneath shining: elytra 

 much shorter than the abdomen, red at the tip, striate, the 

 striae curved. Length three lines and a half. Inhabits 



