Coleopterous Insects of Massachusetts. 35 
punctures: elytra deeply striate, pubescent, densely but 
rather minutely punctured. 
Length over one half an inch. 
A rare insect; inhabits the vicinity of Boston; only 
males have as yet occurred. | 
3. CHLENIUS PURPURICOLLIS. 
C. corpore sub-dilatato ; articulo primo antennarum pallido, ceteris 
fuscis; capite nigro, polito; thorace violaceo, profundé punctulato ; 
* elytris nigris aut bius arputein, tenuiter striatis, vix basi thoracis 
latioribus 
Body somewhat dilated: first joint of the antenne 
pale, the rest fuscous: head black, polished: thorax 
broadest at base, where it is about as wide as the base 
of the elytra, pale violaceous with profound scattered 
punctures, most dense about the basal depressions and 
toward the posterior angles ; a row of large punctures on 
each side the median line, which is finely impressed: 
elytra black or purplish black, punctures dense and 
small; stri: finely impressed; intermediate spaces flat: 
legs and underside of the body black. 
Length less than four tenths of an inch. 
4. Evater EXIGUUS. 
E. corpore nigro, subrugoso; thorace convexo, margine curvato 
lineá elevatà ad medium, niea obsoletà ; elytris gtriatis, flavo bi- 
maculatis, maculà superiori subfasciatà ; pedibus 
Body short and thick, black above, with a yellowish 
scattered pubescence, distinct in some lights, minutely 
rugose, especially upon the thorax, which is, in 
specimens, somewhat semi-globose, with a regularly 
