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tured as in ihe Inst spe( k-s. [Taken in Canada. •' Abundant as for as 

 Xebraska'* (Le Conic}. ]!etongs to the genus Melatwtvs.\ 



[149.] 191;. PiRiMi .•, s!.%!n.is AV/v'j'.-- -Length of body 6'^ lines. 

 Takeji in Lat. 54". 



I .should liuvo iilvoM tills as nierelv a \arietv 01 the last ; but besides 

 its blacker i-ody, the fiunctures of the prothora.x are not nearly so 

 numerous, and there is no appearance of its being channelled : the breast 

 is rhestniu. iiJelon^s to the genus MdanotusA 



-'oo. CiT.xn.FRi > K.r:.\i)Ai.i.i A'/>v'^r.~ Plate ii., fig. 7. length, ^--f 

 t)ody 7 lines. .\ si'.-.gic sp-jciiTien taken in I. at. 65°. 



I)Ody bla<k. ilnckly punctured ; gloss obscured by inconspicuous 

 hairs, ilead \\\k\\ iwo impressions between the eyes ; nose subemargi- 

 nate ; anleiuKc shorter than the i>rothorax, serrated : j)rothorax longer 

 tlian wide, channelled, posterior angles diverging, v<.'ry acute, carinated : 

 scutelhnr. suboval, ccered with white hairs : elytra rather wider than the 

 protiiorax. testaceous with a black discoidal lilotch at the tip ; slightly 

 furrowed with |)iuu.tures in the i'urrows ; interstices punctured : legs 

 ] )iccous. 



'i'his species, which is a ieuiale, is related to Ct. cuprcus, but is much 

 wider in proportion to its length. [Pjelongs to the genus Corymbiii's 

 Latr. "One specimen found on the north shore o\ I,ake Superior. Mr. 

 Randall found it in Maine ' (Le Contc).] 



[150 ] 201. KL.vrER (Afhotistus) .ERjPLNNis AVav^i'.- -Length of 

 body 6 lines. Several taken in Lat. 54". Cumberland-house. 



Body very black, without hairs, underneath very minutely punctured. 

 Mead thickly and ccnducndy ptmctured; no.se with two slight impressions: 

 antennae shorter than the prothorax, third joint longer than the fourth : 

 prothorax very thickly ])unctured, obsoletely channelled, longer than wide, 

 rather narrowest before, sides curving, posterior angles acute, diverging, 

 carinated : scutellum heart-shaped : elytra bronzed, or green-bronzed ; 

 furrowed, furrows punctured ; interstices convex, minutely punctured ; 

 tips acute : a discoidal rufous spot or band, and sometimes two, marks 

 the underside of the abdomen : legs piceous. 



This s[)ecies is the .Amcrij^ui representative of /;". hupressus, from 

 which it differs princii)all\- in being smaller, narrower in j)roportion, with 

 the head and ])rothorax r.ot at all bron;^ed, and the latter more thickly 

 punctured and without any glo.ss. [Not uncommon in Canada; "very 

 abundant at Lake Superior: found by Randall in Maine' (Le Conte). 

 Belongs to the genus Corymbita Latr. j 



