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Body siil)Ovate. \ery black, underneath ^Mo>sy. Head irregul.idy 

 punctured l»ehind : antennae underneath piceous at the base: prothcrax 

 very minutely and lightly punctured, pale-yellow with two black round 

 dots in the disk between which above the scutelluni is a less black tri- 

 angular imi)ression: elytra very minutely and lightly punctured: lbrel>reast 

 pale-yellow. 



Vaku:tv B. Klytra with a blue lint. 



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292. (lAi.F.RUCA Oi.iviERi A'/V/m'. Lcu^^tli of bodv 3/4 lines. 

 Taken in Canada by I )r. Bigsljy. 



Very near related to Galfrin-a quadrimaculata F. Body long, glossy, 

 reddish-yellow : posterior part of the head black, a cross impressed 

 between the eyes ; antennae dusky with the four first joints rufescent ; 

 prothorax impunctured. transversely subimpressed behind, sides mar- 

 gined: elytra very minutely and lightly punctured with punctures just 

 visible under a good lens ; at the base of each elytrum nearest the suture 

 Ls a roundish black spot, and another large oblong one extends from above 

 the middle towards the apev : j)osterior thighs a little incras.sated ; tarsi 

 dusky, especially at the apex ; medipectus and j)ostpectus black. 



[.Synonymous with P/iyllohrotka decorata Say. Taken in " ('anada, 

 Lake Superior, Illinois ; rare. In the ^ the 5th ventral segment is very 

 large, canaliculate, deeply excavated behind, with a small testaceous 

 triangular appendage projecting over the 6th segment. The disc of the 

 thorax is not impressed." Le Conte. ] 



[219.] 295. (iALF.ui CA Cana[>kns]s A'/V/'i. Length of l)ody 4 

 lines. Taken in ('anada by Or. I'igsby. 



Body elongate, hairy with short decumbent » increous hairs or down, 

 dirty-rufous, underneath l)lack. Head with a black vertical spot ; six last 

 Joints of the antennae black, the others, except the sc\ipe, rufous blac k at 

 the tip ; scape rufous, black abo\e ; prothorax transversely impressed, 

 sides posteriorly oblicpie with a slight sinus ; three equidistant irregular 

 black spots or dots placed transversely on the disk : the two elytra taken 

 together have three black stripes, the intermediate or sutural <me being 

 common to both, and converging with the lateral ones at the tip ; anus 

 obscurely rufous. 



[Belongs to l^e Conte's genus Triehabda. '* A common specie.s, 

 extending from I.ake Superior and the Mississippi Valley to the Pacific' 

 Le Conte.] 



