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mg moiii nearly to Corymbilcs, and indet-d tiiUcring from thai geiui> only 

 in the structure of the tarsi. The second and third joints of the tar.^i are 

 dilated beneath into a short spongy lobe : the first joint is as long as the 

 second and third together, and usually s]»ongy at the tip : the fourth joini 

 is small and narrow, received upon the tliinl, and i:^ sometimes also 

 spongy beneath : the tifih joint is elongate with simple claws."] 



196. Pedkies (Asxi'HKS) RL'FicoRNi's A'///')'. - Length of body 7 l^ 

 lines. Taken m Xova Scotia by C'apt. Hall. 



Body black, rather glossy, miiuitely [)un<nured, downy with pale down. 

 AntenniE, mouth, and [jalpi rufous or dusky-riUous ; !al>rum and mandibles 

 [)iceous j nose rounded, not reiicxed, not o\crshadowing the mouth; 

 antennae serrated on the inner side in the middle, last joint acuminated : 

 prothorax short, widest behind, very obsoleiely channelled, sides .sulmjar 

 gincd ; posterior angles dentiform, strongly carinated : elytra piceous, t 

 rufo-piceous, very slightly furrowed with oblong punctures in the furro»\s, 

 interstices minutely jjunctured: margin of the abdomen and of the penuUi- 

 mate segment, rufous. [Pre\iously descril.)ed as Elaicr vicatnonius Herbst. 

 Quite common in Canada : taken alsi) in >daine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 

 Alabama (Le Conte). ] 



[148]. 197. Pkrimrcis h [,vii>! s //vA-v. - Length of body 7 lines. 

 'laken in Canada by Dr. jiigsliy. 



IJodv black. i)unctured, <^loss\- ; i:i'.)s-> and <(»iour obscured 1)\' nu- 

 merous decumbent pale hairs. Antenna; i)ale chestnut, with the third 

 joint double the length of the second : posterior angles of the prothorax 

 carinated : elytra with nine rows of large and dee{» ))unctures. interstice- 

 minutely jHUictured : legs i)ale < hestnul. 



The only difference that 1 can discover between the American and 

 Kuropean specimens, is in the length of the third joint of the antenna.*, 

 which in the latter is .scarcely longer than the second ; and this may 

 probably be a sexual distinction. [ Belongs to the genus Mclauotus Ksch., 

 and is synonymous with AT. ( Crafonyc/ius) uisfampcs Payk.] 



198. Peklmfxis c< > m. mix is GV//.- Length of bod\ 6's lines. Se- 

 veral specimens taken at Cumberland-house. I at. 5.1'. 



Very similar to the [>receding sjiccies. but much smaller. Body chest- 

 nut-coloured, darker or lighter in different s})ecimens, punctured, glossy, 

 hairy : third joint of the antennae twice the length of the second ; pro- 

 thorax thick!y punctured, obsoleteiy channelled, chieily behind : elytra, 

 antennae, and legs rather paler than the rest of the body, the fonricr sculp- 



