DESCRIPTIONS OP NEW SPECIES. 91 



PODABRUS WESTWOOD. 



32$. P. fayi. Flavus nitidus, subtiliter cinereo-pubescens, capita 

 postice fortiter punctato, thorace latitudine baud breviore, vix obsolete 

 punctato, lateribus reflexis, antice transversim impresso, medio late 

 excavate, elytris nigris fortius granulatis, abdornine medio fuscescente ; 

 autennis fuscis, articulo Imo flavo, 3io praecedente sesqui longiore. 

 Long. -50. 



Ohio, collected by Mr. Fay ; two specimens kindly given me 

 by Dr. S. Lewis and Mr. Ulke. This species is allied to P. 

 tomentosus, but differs by the thorax being narrower, less punc- 

 tured, more deeply excavated at the middle, without a distinct 

 dorsal impressed line ; by the elytra being more strongly granu- 

 lated, and by the postpectus being yellow. The ungues are 

 acutely toothed, or rather cleft, as in that species. 



329. P. protensus. Rufo-testaceus, capite subtiliter punctato, ore 

 fusco, collo elongate, thorace latitudine haud breviore, apice et basi late 

 emarginato, antrorsum paulo angustato, lateribus rotundatis late tnar- 

 ginatis, disco parce punctulato canaliculate, et ad basin medio profunde 

 excavato, pone apicem transversim impresso ; elytris thorace latioribus 

 dense rugose punctatis, cinereo-pubescentibus nigro-fuseis, ad basin late, 

 ad latera usque ad medium anguste, licet indeterminate rufo-testaceis ; 

 scutello, pectore, pedibusque rufo-testaceis, abdomine infuscato ; an ten- 

 nis testaceis, articulis 2ndo et 3io subsequalibus, saepe extrorsum infus- 

 catis, 4to longiore. Long. -56. 



Pennsylvania; Prof. Haldeman: Connecticut; Mr. Norton. 

 A very distinct species, with the portion of the head behind the 

 eyes as long as the front portion. The elytra are about twice as 

 wide as the thorax, and of a blackish color, with the basal fifth, 

 and the outer margin as far as the middle reddish-yellow ; the 

 two colors shade imperceptibly together. The antennae in one 

 specimen are nearly uniform testaceous, in another they are 

 somewhat fuscous externally ; the joints are slender, the 2d and 

 3d nearly equal, and together longer than the 4th, which is equal 

 to the following. The tarsi are slightly fuscous, and the ungues 

 are cleft. 



330. P. cinctipennis. Nigro-piceus, cinereo-pubescens, capite for- 

 titer punctato, ante oculos rufo-testaceo, thorace rufo-testaceo, quadrato 

 latitudine haud breviore, lateribus fere parallelis reflexis, angulis anticis 

 rotundatis, posticis subrectis, fortiter punctato, antice transversim im- 

 presso, ad basin transversim excavato ; elytris scabris, sutura limboque 



