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I'Tv- (iNKiM^ MINI' n .^ /,'.'/7-. - Lcni^tii ol liody 2 linc^. \ Ningle 

 s})cci:iien uikcn i;i I,;it. 65'. 



Variety ]>. iJody iihovc bine i/lac!;, nith the sides, pjiiieularly ot the 

 l)rolii<)r.ix .'ukI elytra, liron/cd ; underneath ])ice(jii.s, with ih.e lobes of the 

 niclasternuni, anus, and legs, rufous : epipleura nifo-i>ice<JUS. In othc'" 

 rc.-^peet- it j)reciseiy resembles the luuope;in si)ec.imens. | I'u/t: I,e- 

 Conte, IMo. Arad. X. S., Pl-iila., Dee. 1S68, \).\. 370 and 37-.] ' 



h•A.\IiI.^■ .STAl'ilVJ.INlD.K.] 



[S6.\ 119. r.r-i'i RU.s RiPARiu.s /'J)-/;/-. - Length of body 3 hnes. 

 Several taken in i>at. 54". 



Head, breast, two last joints of abdomen, base of the tibia; and apex 

 oi tile thighs, blaek : prothorax, legs, and four first segments of the 

 abdomen testaceous: elytra dark blue: antennx dusky. [l'robal)ly an 

 erroneous detennination for /*. litiorariui, Grav.] 



120. Lathroiuum I'lNcncoLi.F., Kirby. — Length of body 5 lines. 

 A single specimen taken in Lat. 54-'. 



[87.] Body black, rather glossy, hairy excei>t the prothc>rax. Head 

 obovate, minutely and thickly punctured ; mandibles, palpi„ and what 

 '"emains of its mutilated antenna.% dark chestnut : jjrothorax an oblong 

 s<|uare with all the angles rounded : punctured, but not very thickly, with 

 scarcely any smooth longitudinal space : elytra longer than the prothorax, 

 thickly j)unctured. of a dark chestnut : legs maghogan}', cubit armed with 

 a short wide tooth or prominence on the inner side at the base, the four 

 first joints of the hand are dilated, indicating probably that tlie specimen 

 is a male. This appears to be the representati\e (;f /. iicnialutn, \\ 

 which it nearly resembles, but the elytra are considerably longer, the 

 colour of the leg.> is darker, and the humerus, or anterior tiiigh. is jiro- 

 jjortionally smaller and has no tooth. [Taken in Canada, j 



121. LATHRoniVM «.RAVENHORsrii Kirbx. — Plate ii. fig. ::. Length 

 of body 4|j lines. Two specimens taken in \^\. 54'. 



'['his species a good deal resembles the preceding, but the palpi, mouth, 

 scape of the antennie, and legs, are testaceous, the remainder of the 

 antennoe is darker ; mandibles chestnut. 1 lead oblong : anterior angles 

 of the jirothorax scarcely rounded : a distinct intermediate longitudinal 

 smooth sjjace adjoining which is a scries of junctures strikii>gly distin- 

 guishing s species from J.. piinctu\)llt\ t!\e sides of the i)rothora\ are 

 <:overed v\ith scattered punctures: the tip (jf the segments of the 

 rtbdomen, ventral as well as dorsal, is testaceous. [Synonymous with 

 Cryptobiitm pallipcs (ira\'.- a species taken in Canada.] 



