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Leptura oordifera. 



ciinadeiisis. 



hicolcn-. 



lutpiciirnis. 

 Saperda lateralis. 

 roelomera coryli. 

 Chrysoehns aiiratus. 

 Chrysomela pulclira. 

 Metachroma sp. undcsc. 

 Pari a sj). 



Chalcophana convexa. 

 Colaspis flavida. 



Par^hybrachys carbonaria. 

 Cryj)tocephalus guttulatus 



notatus. 

 Pliyllobrotica discoidea. 

 Disonycha pensylvaniea. 

 Oedyonychus thoracica. 

 Galeruca sp. indet. 

 Tinodaetyla sp. indet. 

 Dacne heros. 



fasciata. 

 Trlplax unicolor. 

 Scyranus sp. indet. 



Xecrophilus subterraneus. — T mention this insoct in the pres- 

 ent paper merely to record its occurrence in our own ciuntry. In Eu- 

 rope, specimens are found, not very cimmonly however, under stones, 

 in the soil or in the shell of dead Helices. Two specimens of this 

 .species from our own country have come under my observation, one, in 

 the collection of Mr. Ulke of Washington, was found in the mountain- 

 ous region of Eastern Tennessee, by Mr. Fuchs, a gentleman to whom 

 science is indebted for many interesting discoveries, another of which 

 will be described in the present paper. For the other specimen I am 

 indebted to Johnson Petit, Esq., of Grrimsby, C. W. I have no account 

 of its habits. 



ANOPHTHALMUS Sturm, 

 A. pusio. pale brownish-testaceus; head oval, slightly longer than broad, lon- 

 gitudinal impression faint, surface very finely alutaceous; thorax trapezoidal, 

 slightly broader than long, feebly emarginate anteriorly, sides moderately round- 

 ed anteriorly, slightly sinuate posteriorly, base feebly bisinuate, and emargi- 

 nate at middle, surface smooth, shining, with median longitudinal line and 

 a broad impression within each hind angle, angles rectangular; elytra oval, 

 sides moderately rounded, humeri distinct, obtuse, surface feebly striate and 

 sparsely covered with suberect very short jmbescence. Length .15 inch. 



This species may be readily distinguished from any of our others 

 by the form of thorax as well as by the pubescence covering the 

 elytra and under surface of the body. The thorax is slightly broader 

 than long, trapezoidal, narrower behind. The surface is less convex than 

 any of the described species of our country, not only that of the thorax, 

 but also of the elytra. The humeral angles of the elytra are W3ll de- 

 fined, and the bases of the elytra nearly transverse and not obliquely 

 produced as in Tellkanipfii The head is relatively broader than in the 



