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ally anteriorly ; elytra punctured in rows, rufous, with a black humeral 

 blotch : tarsi rufous. 



The face of the other sex is probably plane ; and the prothorax with 

 more prominent points and asperities. [Unknown to LeConte.J 



258. Apate (Lepisoml's) rufipennis A7r^>'. -Plate viii., fig. 2. 

 Length of body r ^ line. Two specimens taken in L^t. 65°. 



[194.] Body black, minutely punctured, hairs white, decumbent ; 

 those of the prothorax and elytra looking like minute scales. Head with 

 a pair of minute tubercles, not easily discovered, in the space between the 

 eyes, anteriorly transversely impressed ; mouth and antennae pale rufous : 

 prothorax very thickly and minutely punctured, with a rather obsolete 

 longitudinal dorsal ridge : elytra dull-red, with several rows of larger punc- 

 tures, the interstices of which are very minutely and thickly punctured, at 

 the base rough with minute elevations : legs rufous. [Belongs to Poly- 

 graphus Er. Taken according to LeConte in " Alaska, Canada, Maine, 

 Loaisana." f Kv/<? Trans. A. E. Soc.,Sept. 1868, p. 169).] 



259. AI'ATE (Lepisomus) nicriceps Kirby. — Length of body i line. 

 A single specimen taken in Lat. 65°. 



Smaller than the preceding. Body rufous, minutely aiid thickly 

 punctured. Head black, with a very minute tubercle between the eyes ; 

 nose impressed ; antennae and underside of the head pale nifous : elytra 

 sculptured as in the preceding species, but the rows of punctures are less 

 conspicuous. [Synonymous with the preceding, according to LeConte.] 



260. Apate (Lepi.somus) brevicornis Kirby. — Length of body i 

 line. A single specimen taken in Lat. 65". 



Body black, covered with hoary hairs, above resembling scales. An- 

 tennae very short with a small knob, rufous : front without a tubercle, 

 nose not impressed ; elytra not striated. This spiles seems to indicate 

 another section of the genus. [Unknown to LeConte.] 



[195.] 261. HvLURGUS RUFIPENNIS Kirby. — Length of body 3 Imes. 

 Many specimens taken in the journey from New York to Cumberland- 

 house, and in Lat. 65°. 



Body dusky, hairy, rather glo.ssy, puncturtd. Head black, comluently 

 punctured ; vertex obsoletely channelled ; antennae rufous : prothorax 

 constricted anteriorly, and dusky-rufous ; base with a double slight sinus, 

 and dorsal ridge terminating in an impression at the angle between the 

 sinuses : elytra rufous, furrowed ; furrows punctured ; interstices of the 

 furrows rough with minute elevations, especially at the base, which is 

 infiexed : tibiae and tarsi dull-rufous ; the former denticulated on one side. 



