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the rirrovvs cea«;e. punrtiire*'! : body underneath niinutcly i-iincUired ; 

 alxlonien pici ous ; t:ir-.i nifou-:. 



Vakikty IJ I'ihiiC al-o rufous : thighs piceous. 



C. l)-.'ily entirely ferruginous. It agrees with A in sculpture 

 and every other respect except cohmr. 



Many individual of ihe present species were taken in tli Fxpedition, 

 all of theni a^^reting in having lio tint of bhie m the (.lytrn ; in having the 

 levigated j.art of the l)ase punctured, an-j the ^itli.'^ of the prothornx more 

 prominent, than in /*. Jrf>rfs<;u>\ from wliich it s«tros rlc.trly di>t;n»t. [in- 

 chided in the List of (.'anadian Coleoptera. 'J'aken on the North Shore 

 of Lake Superior hy Aiassiz's Fxpedition.] 



2 10. PvTHO A.MKRiCANi s A';vr.- Length of body 5-7 h'nes. Se- 

 veral taken in L;'.t. 54°, and in the journey from Xew 'N'ork to (^ujibtr- 

 land-hofise. 



This s{)ef ie'^ <liffers trom tli-.- pre<:e<h!ng < hiefly in hi\ini; tiu; abdomen, 

 niedij)t'<-tus. post[)ectu>, legs and iiuuitli rufous ; in a shght punctured 

 elevation en each side of th.e nose; *iiC s]Mce bet^\etn the e}es :'Lo is 

 more distinctly pun' tured, anti there are (wo deep impressions und ■ the 

 head between tlie eyes ; the prothorax is widest anterioriv. and not cn- 

 ftricled behin(i : and the elytra are dct i> i:)kie, and scarcLl}' pinv tured at 

 the base. 



It differs from /\ uc/'nsjt/w in being v/ider in prr)ponion to its liir.'.tlA, 

 and in having tlie abdomen, and V\o postericir sections of the brea'-t. 

 invarial.)!y rufous. 



V.ARiKiv B. Idytra rufobs al the sides ai'd tip. 

 C. Llyira entirely ru{ou.->. 



I). Elytra entirely rutous ; l:ead and prothorax j.ic .'ous. 

 K. r.odv entirely rufous, ['i^aken in various parts of Canada.] 



[ I (';6. ] KAM I l.Y 7 KOGGSn I !XT.. 



220. Tkogosita AmiiIRicana Kirhy. — Length of bo('y 5 lines. Iwo 

 specimens taken in th.e journey iietween New York and Cumberland 

 house. 



'iliis species is tlie American representative oi T. caraboides from v.-hich 

 it prinei})aily differs in being larger, with tlie frontal impressions more 

 distinct ; the stalk of the antenna; much slenderer, and the knob thicker : 

 the prothorax not so narrow and constricted at the base, and the elytra 

 slightly furrowed. ["'The description of this species is so imperfect that it 

 cannot be identified " (Le Conte)]. 



