Coleopterous Insects of Maine. 3 
middle, placed somewhat laterally, so as to occupy part 
of the intermediate space between the second and third: 
Body beneath, greenish black: legs entirely pale. 
Length above five twentieths of an inch. 
Inhabits Augusta. June. 
It approaches Anchomenus in the abruptly rounded 
thoracic angles. 
3. FrnRoN1A Uva PUNCTATISSIMA. 
eorpore nigro; antennis subfuscis; thorace profundé canalicu- 
T4 transversé rugoso, posticé EN profundè impresso, impres- 
sionibus punctulatis; elytris profundè punctulato-striatis; tarsis 
subtus pilosis. 
Body black, subdilated: front profoundly and irregu- 
larly: channeled ; puncture before the eyes very large 
and rough: antenne becoming gradually pilose; some- 
what fuscous towards the extremities: thorax profoundly 
channeled, transversely rugose especially before the 
middle ; posterior impressions broad, deep and produced 
very far along the lateral margin: elytra profoundly and 
very irregularly striate ; strie with numerous great punc- 
tures, generally elongated and constantly interrupting 
the intermediate spaces, which are convex, smooth, al-. 
ternately narrow without punctures, and broad, with 
large irregular punctures, presenting to the naked eye a 
catenated appearance: body beneath polished, hardly 
punctured: legs black: feet underneath, very pilose, 
somewhat fuscous. 
Length about thirteen twentieths of an inch. 
A single specimen of this remarkable insect, oceurred 
early in June, near the summit of the Blue Mountains, 
in the decayed stump of a tree. It is difficult to deter- 
