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culate: antenne somewhat hairy, as long as the body, 
rather slender and tapering, first joint very distinctly 
punctured, third and fourth with a distinct bristle at 
tip, and the succeeding ones with a gradually less dis- 
tinct one; palpi pale: eyes black: thorax cylindri- 
cal, nearly one half longer than broad, with large 
punctures: scutel somewhat ovoid: elytra broader than 
the thorax, elongate, punctured ; sides parallel; apex 
somewhat sinuato-truncate, produced on the outer side 
to a very sharp point: feet slender, hairy, especially the 
tarsi. 
Length about one half an inch. 
Occurred in Brookline, Mass. 
16. SaPERDA TRIGEMINATA. 
S. — — — dine genou uni-setosis; capite, 
thora velutinis ; thoracis disco mac- 
ulis Pts, elytris profundà punctulatis, disco nigro, denudato, 
lateribus cac Bs rg ee uiia: pedibusque cinereo-pubescenti 
bus; tarsis subtis 
Body short, rather stout: antenne about as long as 
the body, cinereous, with short hairs, most of the joints 
with a fine bristle beneath: head and thorax together 
with the sides, apices and suture of the elytra, yellow, 
owing to the dense, closely set hairs which cover those 
parts: front with a small naked space: eyes black: disk 
of the thorax with four naked black spots, placed rela- 
tively to each other as the angles of a square; sides, 
each with one spot; middle space of each elytron pro- 
foundly punctured and presenting to the eye a broad 
black, naked vitta: body beneath and feet covered with 
short cinereous hairs: tarsi beneath somewhat tufted 
with pale yellowish hair. 
