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238. Pachyta liturata Kirby. — Length of body 7-9 lines. Several 

 specimens taken in Lat. 54" and 65^ 



[179.] This is the American rcjiresentative of P. ifuadritnaculatit, irota 

 which it difters principally in being not so hairy, with hoary instead of 

 yellow-tinted hairs . the punctures of llie prothorax and elytra arc more 

 minute: the antennae arc ratiicr shorter, and the elytra, instead of two 

 subquadrangular blac k. spots. Jiave three less black linear ones, tlie two 

 anterior ono being ]*ari!y paralleb and in some specimens conHucnt. 



la.Ms iji'ii. kA. Linn. 



This genus may Ix.- thus su])o.\ id-'d w ith ropect to the '-pecies about 



to be described. 



''■ Eyes emargmalc, or k'ducv-sh:i])ed. • 



t Elytra triangular. 



a truncated I , 



1, • , , at tlic apex. 



i> premorse, or with a smus taken oai | ' 



1 prothorax anteriorly constricted without posterior 



atigics. 



■ not I on^trictcd. posterior angles acute. 



-rounded at the apex. 



tt Elytra linear. 



a truncated * , 



1 , , at I he atjcx. 



ij rounded . ' 



** Eves entire. 



^ t a 



239. Lf.P'JI'ra chkvs<i( v. >.! \ A7r/n'. • jMate v.. fig. i. Eength of ])od\ 

 ^\z~(i]i lines. 



Several specimens taken : the largest, in the joiu-ney from New York ; 

 the smaller, near Cumberland-house. Taken likewise by Dr. MacCuUoch 

 and Capt. Hall, in Xova Scotia. 



[180.] 'i his beautiful insect is related toZ. v'nrnsAwW perfectly distinct. 

 The body appear-- to l>e black, but that colour is. in most parts, nearly 

 concealed In a thick and mostly long coat oi brilliant goiden hairs with 

 a \ery slight tint of green, where the i t>at is thm tlic body appears 

 minutely punctured. Head subelongated. the neck exserted. subtri- 

 angular ; nose with only a few scattered v, hitish hairs ; antenna' black, 

 third, fourth, and fifth joints rather slenderer and longer than tiie succeed- 

 ing ones i^rothorax between globose and l)ell-shaped. (.onstricted anter- 

 iorly, channelled, grossly ].)unctured : substance of the el>tra pale testa- 

 ceous, towards the apex externally they are dusk\ : the golden down on 



