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AMPHICOMA. 
A. vulpina. Piceous: thorax, scutel and abdomen, coveied with 
yellow hair’; elytra brownish. 
Descripiion.—Head nearly black, punctured ; antennae piceous ; thorax 
and scuéel nearly black, punctured, covered with thick yellow hair : elytra 
brown, turning to a chesnut colour; somewhat darker near the apex ; 
venter piceous, covered with vellowish hair, thicker on the sides: /eef 
nearly black.; farsz piceous. 
Length accompanies the drawing. Fig. 3. [15 mm. ] 
Observations,—Vhe discovery of an insect of this [3'75]genus, in this 
country, is peculiarly interesting, as there were reasons for supposing it 
to be confined to tropical regions. To my friend, Dr. T, W. Harris, of 
Milton, Mass., I am indebted for useful remarks on this insects, which 
I submitted to his examination. It was found in June, in the west of 
Massachusetts, resting on flowers ; it flies very much like Crronta éar- 
bata of Say, and, like it, visits the ground frequently. 
NOTOXUS. 
N. anchora. Testaceous; horn of the thorax brown at the apex; a 
black line on the suture of the elytra, reaching a black transverse spot 
near the apex; a small longitudinal black line nearer the base on 
the sides. 
Description.—Body above slightly hairy, testaceous ; head fuscous ; eyes 
black : thorax testaceous : horn slightly dentate, fuscous chiefly on the 
’ the sides, the shade continued to the sides of the thorax: elyfra with a 
black suture, broadest near the base, not reaching the apex, but united 
to a large, black, lunate, transverse spot ; a black, abbreviated, longitu- 
dinal line near the external margin, above the transverse spot, and nearly 
reaching it : feet testaceous. 
Length accompanies the drawing. Fig. 4. [5 mm, ] 
Observations. —This beautiful insect is allied to ANTHICUS monoceros as 
well as AnTHICUS monodon, described by Mr. Say, but sufficiently distinct 
from either. I have, as yet, found but two specimens, in the month of 
July, in Massachusetts. 
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