36 Randalls New Species of 
curved margin and rather obtuse posterior angles, 
slightly curving outwards: elytra very distinctly striate, 
each with two yellow spots, the superior ones fasciate : 
antenne slightly serrate, dusky, basal ones paler: feet 
ale. 
Length from more than one tenth to more than three 
twentieths of an inch. 
The superior spot on the elytra is liable to vary in its 
form in different individuals, being sometimes reduced 
almost to a point. 
Several specimens occurred in Cambridge, Mass., 
July, 1833 
5. ELATER ACUTIPENNIS. 
E. corpore fusco, sub-dilatato; thorace piloso, margine sub-curvato, 
angulis posticis sub-obtusis; elytris indistincté punctulatis, stris 
tenuiter impressis, apice producto, per-acuto; pedibus piceis. 
Body pale reddish brown: fourth joint of the antenne 
. much longer than the third, which is a little larger than 
the second and third: thorax darker than the elytra, 
pilose, median sulcus reduced to a very small channel 
at base; breadth at the anterior angles much less than 
at the posterior, being not greatly wider than the head ; 
margin gradually curving anteriorly ; posterior angles 
rather obtuse, directed but slightly outwards : scutel 
rounded: elytra indistinctly punctured, somewhat pubes- 
cent, with rather shallow stri ; apex produced to a very 
sharp point: feet piceous. 
Length four tenths of an inch. — 
Readily nso a zs the aga termination of the 
elytra. 
Specimens occurred at Tisi; isi 1899. 
