Coleopterous Insects of Maine. 9 
foot of Mount Abraham. It must be referred to the 
genus Campylus of Fischer. 
10. ELATER HONESTUS. 
E. corpore sub-attenuato, capite nigro, profundé punctulato; an- 
nnis serratis, piceis ; thorace nigro, sub-elongato, anticé angustato, 
medie oheoletă canalic ue. - miloga trabarorhà striata, angulis 
16194 fusc ti , punctulatis, post 
medium sericiis ; podibus piceis. 
Body elongated, somewhat broad, attenuated towards 
the apex: head black, deeply punctured: palpi and 
antenne piceous, the latter serrate: thorax black, some- 
what convex, rather elongated; furrow in the middle 
obsolete or lightly impressed: baseon each side trans- 
versely indented ; centre ERA sides deeply punctured ; 
margin gently curved, posterior angles acute, directed 
very little outwards : piren m darker than the elytra : 
elytra brownish testaceous, obsoletely striate, universally 
and moderately punctured, sericeous behind the middle: 
apex obtuse; body beneath black, punctured: legs en- 
tirely piceous. 
ngth from less than nine twentieths to more than 
| eleven twentieths of an inch. 
Several specimens occurred in June, on, and in the 
vicinity of the Blue Mountains. 
11. ErarER BASALIS. 
E. corpore sub-dilatato ; capite nigro ; antennis serratis, rufo-piceis ; 
thorace nigro, punctulato, angulis anticis capite non lafioribus, posti- 
cis sub-acutis, scutello ovato, nigro ; elytris striatis, punctulatis, basi 
rufo-sanguineis. 
