DESCRIPTIONS OP NEW SPECIES. 



men projects beyond the elytra a distance equal to more than. 

 one-half the length of the latter. 



234. P. quercus. Pallide testaceum depressum, subtiliter pnnctatum 

 et pubescens, thorace latitudine breviore, postice subangustato, lateribus 

 rotundatis, elytris abdomine multo brevioribus, oculis minutissimis, 

 nigris. Long. '015. 



Athens, Georgia ; under oak bark. Resembles closely the 

 preceding, but seems to differ by the thorax being more distinctly 

 narrowed behind. 



235. P. nigrovittis. Lineare, pallide testaceum subtiliter punctu- 

 latum nitidum, thorace latitudine breviore, postice subangustato, elytris 

 abdomine paulo brevioribus, lineolis obscuris duabus pone medium 

 utrinque ornatis ; oculis mediocribus nigris. Long. *015. 



New Orleans; Col. Motschulsky. 



PTEtflDIUM EB. 



Pi foveicolle. Elongato-ovale convexum, nigrum vel piceum 

 nitidum Iseve, thorace latitudine breviore, postice subangustato, ad basin 

 utrinque profunde bifoveato, antennis pedibusque testaceis. Long. '025. 



New Orleans; Dr. Schaurn. 



P. lineat JIIH. Elongatum convexum, testaceum nitidum, ely- 

 tris ovalibus sericeo-pubescentibus, utrinque nigro-bivittatis, thorace 

 minus subtiliter punctato, latitudine paulo breviore, antrorsum suban- 

 gustato. Long. '015. 



Mobile, Alabama ; Col. Motschulsky. Possibly not of this 

 genus, but the single specimen before me does not permit au 

 examination of the under surface. 



OLIBRUS EB. 



238. O. vittatus. Ovalis convexus, supra niger nitidus, thorace 

 lateribus rufescentibus, elytris vix obsoletissime seriatim punctulatis, 

 vitta lata a humero fere ad apicem extensa rufo-testacea, striis internis 

 duabus haud profundis, subtus rufo-testaceus. Long. -10. 



Middle States ; Mr. Ulke. Resembles 0. bicolor, but is a 

 little broader. 



LOBIOPA EB. 



239. L,. setulosa. Late ovalis, valde depressa, testacea supra scabra 

 opaca, setis brevissimis vestita, thorace elytrisque maculis minutis 

 nigris variegatis, his substriatis. Long. -20. 



Illinois. Broader and more depressed than L. undulata, and 

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