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the fonncr, pale or pale rufous : pruthorax as in /.. cryth-optera^ only 

 de*:;ply and confuiently punctured bui not wrinkled : elytra lilack. san- 

 guineous ai the I'ase. In other re>i)ects this species resembles that 

 insect ; tl:e external an!j;le of tb.e anex of the elvtra is however shorter. 

 [Quite common from (leorgia lo Lake Su])erior. j 



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243. Li Pii KA ri-N! loK Kiih:. length of body 5 V; hues, 'taken 

 n"i (,'aiuida by I )r. Ijigshw 



J1S2.] l!<dy [.lack, nitlur sicndcr. .>hu!iil} puiicturt-d. thinly coated 

 \\iti) deiHimiienL \ciliiv- hairs. \utcnr-:a; shorter than the body, fifth joint 

 .-icarcc!;.- lorigcr ihan [':!;_■ foiuiii : [irothi-rax between bell-sliaped and a 

 truncated cone, a liitle consiiidefl in the middle, fringed with yellow hairs 

 anterior!) au;l posteriorly : >( utelli'm triangular : elytra testac;cous, yellow 

 at the base, an' widi three \ellow band>. the hrsl interruj^ted : oblique 

 s:nus at tiie a[iex niji so (,^'ep is in the Iwo [^receding species, legs 

 testaceous ; abdomen ot a deeper colour : and segments scarcely emargi- 

 nate. i'his -pei ies diftcrs \w habit trom the tw(i preceding ones, it is 

 narrower in i.)ro]Kjrtion. and ( (.■n^es nearer to /. ijitailrijasiiata, but the 

 posterior angles of the proihorax, though a* ute. are not so prominent ; it 

 l^elongs howexer to the same suitdivision. with the last mentioned insect. 

 ['Considered i)} Newjna.n to iie synonvmous with Strair^aiiii fir^a.\?\^ 



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J44. b):niK.\ in';.\ i^ A7'-/'i-.- Lengt!) oi body 5 lines. Taken in 

 Canada b}' i)r. l)igsl)\. 



i'>ody shorter tiian usual n^ [-roijortioii to ;ti v.idih : biaek, underneath 

 minuteh" punctu.redi and thini\- co\ercd witli rather silvery decumbent 

 hairs, liead tlriekly and eont'Uenth puu' tiu'ed. rather dowtiy with erect 

 hoary iiairs : antenniC slioiter ilian the bode : fourth, iifth. and sixth joints 

 ii,»ng and slenderer than the re.--; : .>i\ last ^hort and jvale at the base : 

 i'rothorax l>etween beli-shaped and giobt-.^e. deci>iy and conliuerttly punc- 

 ttired : down;/ with some erect hoary ]lair^ : anteri'.trly (M.'tnstricted, poster- 

 iorly depressed: scutellum linear covered with r-ale decumbent hairs. 

 elvtra \er\ 'jrossb and deei>lv punctured, sliorter than the abd<amen and 

 rounded at the apex, w'th a lateral i^aml bent a little inwards towards the 

 base, which it does not reach, of the colour of the yolk of an egg ; anus 

 entire; doun on the legs yellow. | .\ variet}' of Z. 'vri/iirz/.v (.)li\-. Taken 

 in Canada, also in \. \'. and Penn. ] 



245. Lf:PTUR.\ sv\\[.\cui,.\rA /.//v.'/, Length of body 5' j lines. Two 

 specimens taken in Lat. 65'. 



