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them is shorter and Jci umbciU : aptx diverginj; ^nd obliquely truncated : 

 underside of the alHlomen particukirly brilliant from decumbent hairs : 

 lefj.s less huirvthan t!u- rest of the l)od\. I I'aken from New York to Lake 

 Superior. Init not common. Moic frequently taken in the neighbourhood 

 i)r (^)iiebec. I 



..'.|o. i.!.i'iiK.\ si lii'i iji;.^e!- N.-^ A7//'_r. i.euLrl!^. <;f body not noticed, 

 i'aken m ("anadu by Dr. Bigsb}, 



Ividv black, th.inlv coated wiiii xellow hairs. licad and neck 

 grossly iHUKtiired , anr-..nnie lunger than the jHothora.x, black, downy, 

 iniermedu.te jonits rather sicn.derer than tiie others, fourth shorter than 

 tile fiftii : |,»rothora.\ sha[jed ;is iu C'. i/:rysoio>fuu widely but obsoletely chan- 

 nelled ; rougii and rcticuiiited. >is it were, witli ninneroiis cimtiuent punc- 

 tures, sides PU)re hair\ than il:e disk : ei}tra thickly punctured, pale 

 testaceous. l)la( k at the apex, where tlie suture ciu'ves outwards so that 

 ihev ili\erge from each otlier, extremity nearly transversely truncated : 

 .ibdomen imderneaih min.nteh. breast rather .urosslv. punctured: ])odex 

 sui)emargiiiate. 



■'■ + b I. 



2J^u Li.iMiKA i K\ i ii];oi'i'i;:;.'. AV/vH. -- I.engtli of bod\ .S lines. 

 Taken in Xo\a Scotia b\' Cajit. Hall. 



[iHr.] Uodv \ery Idack, slightlv d'»wny. uiiderneath Uiinutely punc- 

 tured. lle.;d sii()rrer than in the last section, as well as the neck 

 v»bsoletel\" ( hannelieri : thickly I'Ui not ininulel\' ])t!nclured : antennfo 

 r.Miter longer titan t!ie j rothurav ; third and fourth joints a little slenderer 

 ilia!! ti>e others, and pale red at tlic i)ase : the .sixth, is j)ale nith a black 

 s]>ot "yU each side at thie apex ; and the vrhole (.■! the eighth is (jf the same 

 colour; the las; joint is dctuninated . the {)rothorax is constricted anter- 

 i<irl}-. and the con M.ricted part is i»erfectl\- smooth, the rest is thickly and 

 '■.uithiently [>u]ietured and wrinkled ; a.t the base the prothorax is 

 d,c[)ressed am.! obsolelelv iriiol>ed : sciitelhmi black, representing an 

 isosceles triangle • elvtra of a dull red. gross)}- and dce|)ly jumctured ; 

 extremity scooped our wit!. tliC external angle longer than th.e interna! 

 and aciuninate : mesosterntim emarginate |ioster!orly. jTaken in Canada 

 im t'owers in July ; nut conmion. j 



2\2. \a-.vvvm\ c.WADr.wsis, 0//-XV/-.- j.eng']-. e,t" body 6A| to 8 lines. 

 Taken in Nova Scotia by Dr. MacCiiIloc h. 



I'>ody very l.tiack, slightly downy, minutely pitnctured. Head as in 

 the ast species, but the neck is not cluinneiled ; antennai with base of the 

 fifth joint, the whole of tlie sixth and eighth, except the black apex of 



