238 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



The pubescence is uniform dirty yellowish-brown, and rather 

 coarse, intermixed with short suberect gray hairs proceeding from 

 the punctures. The usual ridges of the elytra are entirely want- 

 ing. The front coxal cavities are angulated as in the other spe- 

 cies. The body beneath is finely punctulate and pubescent, 

 sparsely punctured with fuscous. 



The antennae are one-half longer in , and but little longer 

 than the body in 9 . The largest specimens are all males. 



SAPERDA FABR. 



The species in our fauna may be conveniently arranged as fol- 

 lows : 



I. Outer claw of front and middle tarsi with a large basal tooth or 

 obtuse process ; 



A. Elytra separately acuminate at tip ; 



Process of ungues long ; color yellow-brown, with four oblique darker 

 bands. 1. OBLIQUA Say. 



B. Elytra rounded at tip, with an acute sutural spine; 

 Cinereous, head and prothorax vittate, elytra spotted with ochreous-yel- 



low pubescence ; process of ungues long ; a. Ground color brownish, 

 yellow, spots not conspicuous, adspersa Lee. 2. CALCARATA. 



C. EJytra slightly dehiscent, and separately rounded at tip; 



More coarsely punctured, pubescence thin, varied with fulvous spots; 



process of ungues moderate. 3. MUTICA Sny. 



Pubescence fine and dense, concealing the punctures, browu, with white 

 stripes or spots ; 



Under surface white, upper surface with two broad white stripes ; 

 process of uugues long, bivittata Say ; . With a brown spot upon 

 the white vitta near the base of the elytra. 4. CANDIDA Fabr. 

 Prothorax with two white stripes, elytra each with two large white 

 spots attaining neither margin nor suture, sides of under surface 

 white; process of ungues very long. 5. CRETATA Newm. 



Prothorax with two white stripes, elytra with a humeral, two subsu- 

 tural white spots ; sides of under surface white ; process of 

 ungues small. 6. FAYI Bland. 



D. Elytra more broadly and conjointly rounded at tip; 

 More densely clothed with uniform yellow-brown pubescence ; elytra each 

 with three small denuded spots ; process of $ ungues moderate. 



7. VESTITA Say. 



Less densely pubescent ; $> with prothorax, transverse sinuated fascia, 

 and sides of elytra brownish, legs dark ; $ with thin cinereous pubes- 

 cence, legs ferruginous ; process of ungues, of front feet small, of 

 middle feet large, fuscipes Say. 8. DISCOIDEA Fabr. 



