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FAMILY CLERID.*: 



332. Necroiua violacea Linn. — Length of body anilines. Taken 

 abundantly on the journey. 



[244,] Body dark bhie, glossy, minutely punctured, rather hairy. 

 Punctures on the head and prothorux nearly conlluent and larger than 

 those of the underside of the body ; antennae black, last joint sub- 

 quadrangular ; sides of the prothorax obtnsangular ; scutelluni black ; 

 longer punctures of the anterior half of the elytra arranged in rows, with 

 the interstices minutely punctured; the rows then disappear, and the whole 

 of the apex is indiscriminately and minutely punctured ; legs black with 



a tint of brown. 



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[Taken in Canada.] 



333. Thaxasimus abdc)M1Nai,is Kirby. — Plate ii, fig. 5. — Length of 

 body 4J2 lines. Several specimens taken in Lat. 65 \ 



Body black, hairy, with longish white and some black hairs. Head 

 punctured with two |)Osterioriy converging imi)rcssed lines between the 

 eves ; palpi and antennae dull rufous, last joint of the labial palpi, which 

 are more than twice the length of the maxillar)', very large and semi- 

 cordate ; last joint of the antennae, which are shorter than the prothorax, 

 ovate and subacuminate : eyes kidney [245] -shaped, rufous, with a golden 

 lustre ; prothorax thickly punctured, not wider and not much longer than 

 the head, constricted !)chind, and anteriorly with a pair of oblique 

 impressions, one on eacli side : elytra minutely punctured, with larger 

 punctures arranged in five rows, the two exterior ones reachmg from the 

 shoulder to the middle, and the interior ones not so far ; the elytra are 

 traversed by a pair of white undulatoangular bands formed of decumbent 

 hairs ; the lirst begins at the base below the scutellum, and running down 

 along the suture for a little way, tlien diverges and forms the band, which 

 is broadest at the lateral margin ; the other band is near the apex, broad, 

 and projects anteriorly into an angle ; the legs are dull rufous : the 

 abdomen is between testaceous and oranu;e. with the tips of the segments 

 paler. 



[Synonymous with 7! (Clenis) undnlatus Say. Kirby's name 

 abdominalis being preoccupied, was changed by Klug to nubiius, who did 

 not recognize the identity with Say's si)ecies. Is occasionally taken in 

 Canada.] 



FAMILY CYPHONID.-E. 



334. Cyphon fusciceps Kirby. — Length of body i^ lines. A 

 single specimen taken. 



