DESCRIPTIONS OP NEW SPECIES. 



deres, and similar to that of Colydium, the mentum not being 

 placed on a broad pedicel, and suddenly deflexed into a deep 

 cavity as in Bothrideres. 



ENDECTIJS LKC. 



5858. E. nitidus. Elongatus, fusco-ferrngineus nitidus, capile fortiter 

 punctato, thorace parce grosse punctatis, hoc linea dorsali Isevi, lateribua 

 marginatis liaud sinuatis, elytris striis grosse punctatis. Long. '15. 



Georgia, under pine bark. Differs from E. hsematodes by the 

 form and punctuation of the thorax, and the interstices of the 

 elytra being less elevated, and from E. reflexus by the thorax 

 being more sparsely and irregularly punctured, with a distinct 

 smooth dorsal line. 



PYCNOMERUS EE. 



259. P. sulcicollis. Elongatus, nigro-piceus nitidus, capite pro- 

 fuude punctato, thorace latitudine longiore, parce punctato, dorso pro- 

 funde bisulcato, lateribus late rotundatis fortiter marginatis, elytris 

 striis tenuibus, at foveis elongatis remotis impressis, antennis pedibusque 

 obscure ferrugineis. Long. -12 -15. 



Georgia, under pine bark. The two thoracic grooves do not 

 attain either apex or base, and the dorsal line between them is 

 convex and elevated. 



PHILOTHERMUS AUBE. 



260. P. glaforiculus. Elongato-ovalis, castaneus nitidus, fere glaber, 

 thorace punctato, latitudine breviore, antrorsum angustato, lateribus 

 late rotundatis, fortiter marginatis, elytris striis punctatis, interstitiis 

 punctulatis, antennis pedibusque testaceis. Long. -08 -11. 



Middle and Southern States ; not rare. The punctures of the 

 elytra are in scarcely impressed stria?. In the male the thorax 

 is broader and less rounded on the sides, and the elytra are 

 slightly narrowed from the base. In the female the form is 

 almost an elongate ellipse. 



CERYL.OHT LATE. 



261. C. angusttllum. Elongatum, castaneum, vel piceum, nitidum, 

 thorace latitudine longiore, parum convexo, lateribus marginatis postice 

 rectis antice rotundatis, parce fortiter punctato, elytris striis antice 

 punctatis, antennis pedibusque pallidioribus. Long. 07 *09. 



Middle and Southern States. Closely allied to C. unicolor, 



