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i\:;. ll.\iii'i,r> l.Mi'Ki >.>r>. /,,///■. ( )nc >ii(.Tiiiun uikcn \',) l,at. 65''. 

 I.tiigth of" l)()dy I jj lilies, n!:;;ri\. 



[6i.i.] iJody, rcddihl-.-yclkiw ; Lead punctured, dusky bcliind : i)roihora.\ 

 yellow, depressed in ihc middle posieriorly, widi a trans\ersc curved series 

 of j)unctures iii tlie ilepression : anteriorly tliere are five or six black dots 

 r.rranged transversely ; at the ba'-c. between the ceiural i)oint and the 

 margin on each side, ai: ohh\ii:e litJe furrow, but n.)t easily disco\erable, 

 is impressed: elytra piale-3'eliow. \.itli a cinereous tiitl. nine rows of black 

 punctures on each, those near tiie laieral margin being the faintest ; 

 anteriorly, \n the interstices of the rows, there are also a few i)lack {)iuk-- 

 tures ; the ai)e\ of tlse el;.tra is oblicjue. terminating in an m ute point: the 

 lamina- that co\er ti.e posterior legs are I'unctured. [Kirby is doubtful 

 res])ecting the identity cf this s]iecinien with Latreille's species, as, th.«nigh 

 tile hitter's (Iescri[)tion agrees \\itii it. his figure '.h)es not, for it re['resenvs 

 the elytra will"! eight black sj>ots, u-'iich arc not \'j be found in //. Imfvrssii.w 

 LeConte j)uts it down as a probable synonym of 77. IiiiniacuHcoUi:-, Harris, 

 a specie.s taken in ('anada, and regards its identification with l,atreille's 

 si)ecies a.s erroneou.s.] 



94. HvDROi'ORLS NioKc-l iXK.Mis, .V/, /'/•,/.•... .\ pair taken in l,at. 

 65 . I.ength of body 2'j in.-— 2-':^ lines. 



l>ody lurid-yellow, somewhat giossy, minutel} and tliicklv p;inctured : 

 antenn?-' dusky at the tij) ; pvothora.\ with a minute i)Iark rhoniboidal 

 spot in the disk, which is marked with a pun(tiiV>rm iivi}iressi(>n : anteriorly 

 it has a transverse series of punctures larger than tliose of the rest of its 

 surface ; elytra most numerously and mintitely imnctured ; ti\e suture and 

 four longitudinal stripes not reaching the apex, nor the first and tliird the 

 base, all black ; t!ie fourth, or outermost, is distant from the niargin and 

 interru})ted : the alitrunk and abdomen are l)lack. In the female, which is 

 less glossy, the externa! stripe is continuous, and only tlie second reaches 

 the base : and in the male, the prothora\ is more conspicioush' j)unctured. 

 and the anterior series of j)unctures xr- wanting. 



[67.] 95. HvDRoroKLS Pakai. I. Ki. rs, .S'cri'.-One specimen only taken. 

 [ Previously described a:> //. Catascopitnn, Saw and subsequently as //. 

 hitrrniptus, Say. For descriptions, vide Say's Knt. Hooks, ii.. 98, 516.560. 

 'i'aken in Canada.] 



96. HvDii(.)PORi".s L.tvis, Kirhy. Length of body 2 lines. One spe<i- 

 men only taken. 



Very like tl:e preceding sj)ec ies, but smaller ; it ditlers principally in 



