6 — Randall's New Species of 
date: palpi black: thorax convex, much dilated, punc- 
tured, with a transverse, indented line on each side o 
the base; median line slightly impressed; margin con- 
siderably rounded ; posterior angles acute: elytra broad- 
est below the middle, dark green, polished, with punc- 
tured strie ; interstitial spaces somewhat granulated, 
especially towards the base; apex rather obtuse: legs 
black: tarsi dilated, beneath somewhat fuscous: body 
beneath entirely black, polished, punctured. 
Length more than eleven twentieths of an inch. 
Probably referable to the genus Ludius of Latreille. 
It is the counterpart of the E. eneus of Europe. It 
is closely allied to the metállicus (Harris Cat.) and 
especially to a large species yet undescribed in the 
cabinet of the Society. 
T. ELATER RUFIFRONS. 
E. lateribus parallelis; clypeo rufo, supra excavato ; palpis et pedi- 
bus rufis; antennis rufis, leviter serratis; thorace nigro, latè rufo- 
marginato ; elytris subfuscis, vitta media et subflava, lata. 
Body with its sides nearly parallel: palpi rufous: 
antenne rufous; joints very slightly serrate, becoming 
gradually more cylindrical toward the extremity; last 
joint somewhat acute; clypeus greatly projecting, ridge 
somewhat elevated, leaving a deep concavity superiorly : 
thorax nearly quadrate, deeply punctured, with hardly 
any trace of a median furrow ; posterior angles blunt, not 
directed outwards; color on each side bright rufous, 
leaving a broad black centre, which, abruptly narrowing 
anteriorly, is connected with a black band running from 
eye to eye: elytra striate, punctured, brownish, each 
with a broad yellowish vitta, passing from the base to 
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