﻿Cleridce 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  35 
  

  

  OPETIOPALPUS 
  Spin. 
  

  

  1. 
  1 
  u 
  r 
  i 
  d 
  u 
  s 
  ^^ 
  prothorace 
  plus 
  latiore 
  qam. 
  longiore, 
  scuti 
  

   proihoracis 
  lateribus 
  integ-ris, 
  tarsorum 
  unguicults 
  simpHci- 
  

   busy 
  Long. 
  1 
  lin. 
  

  

  Spin, 
  ii., 
  113, 
  tab. 
  45, 
  fig. 
  5. 
  

  

  Mihi 
  ignotus, 
  obscure 
  testaceus, 
  albido 
  pubescens, 
  punc-. 
  

   tatus, 
  clava 
  antennarum 
  fusca. 
  

  

  Grenus 
  Paratenetus 
  (Spin, 
  ii., 
  116) 
  in 
  hoc 
  tribu 
  inscriptum. 
  

   coxis 
  anticis 
  parvis 
  globosis, 
  vix 
  prominulis, 
  prosterno 
  pone 
  

   coxas 
  producto, 
  corneo, 
  clypeoqne 
  submarginato, 
  valde 
  discre- 
  

   bat. 
  Beatus 
  Erichson 
  (Agass. 
  Nom. 
  Zool.) 
  id 
  cum 
  Tenebrioni- 
  

   dis, 
  adjunxit 
  ; 
  quo 
  loco 
  melius 
  retineri 
  possit 
  nam 
  tarsi 
  a 
  

   D. 
  Spinola 
  4-articulati 
  descripti, 
  accuratius 
  observati 
  hetero- 
  

   meri 
  videntur. 
  De 
  moribus 
  nihil 
  certum 
  scio. 
  

  

  Mimus 
  melanopterus. 
  By 
  G-eorge 
  N. 
  Lawrence. 
  Read 
  

   16^/i 
  April, 
  1849. 
  Plate 
  2. 
  

  

  BLACK- 
  WINGED 
  MOCKINa 
  BIRD. 
  

  

  Spec, 
  character, 
  light 
  ash 
  ; 
  beneath 
  white 
  ; 
  wings 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  two 
  centre 
  tail 
  feathers 
  black 
  tipped 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  

   others 
  largely 
  marked 
  with 
  white. 
  

  

  Bill 
  black, 
  strong 
  and 
  much 
  curved, 
  upper 
  mandible 
  

   toothed 
  near 
  the 
  point, 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  black 
  ; 
  upper 
  parts 
  of 
  a 
  

   light 
  ash 
  grey, 
  lighter 
  on 
  the 
  rump 
  and 
  head 
  ; 
  front 
  hoary, 
  a 
  

   line 
  of 
  white 
  runs 
  from 
  the 
  bill 
  over 
  and 
  beyond 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  a 
  

   black 
  line 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  to 
  the 
  bill 
  ; 
  ear 
  

   coverts 
  dusky. 
  

  

  Primary 
  quills 
  and 
  their 
  coverts 
  black, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   primaries 
  margined 
  with 
  white, 
  which 
  is 
  concealed 
  by 
  the 
  

   coverts 
  ; 
  a 
  partial 
  edging 
  of 
  white 
  on 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  of 
  the 
  

   primaries 
  which 
  forms 
  a 
  narrow 
  oblique 
  mark 
  when 
  the 
  

   wings 
  are 
  closed; 
  the 
  smaller 
  wing 
  coverts 
  light 
  ash, 
  th^ 
  

  

  