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91. HALTICA FUNEREA. 
H. corpore elongato-ovato, atro, levi; abdominis apice albo. 
Body elongate ovate, smooth but scarcely polished, 
entirely black except the tip of the abdomen beneath, 
which is yellowish white ; Aead with a slight cross-like 
impression between the antennz. 
Length rather above five twentieths of an inch. 
Occurred at Canton, Mass. ; rather a large species and 
is quite distinct from any other that I have seen. 
22. HarrrcA (CEdionychis, Latr.) PALLIATA. 
H. corpore subtüs nigro; capite thoraceque fusco-fulvis; elytris 
sub-flavis, densé punctulatis, anticé interdum nigro bi-maculatis inter- 
um sub-fasciatis, fascià medià nigrà et undulata; pedibus sub-fulvis. 
Head dingy yellowish: antenne between, somewhat 
hairy : thorax yellowish, with an almost obsolete dusky 
spot on each side; elytra densely punctured, yellowish, 
anterior half with two spots on each side placed one 
above and within the other: sometimes all the spots 
commingle, forming transverse irregular fascie ; middle 
with a transverse, black, undulated fascia, composed ap- 
parently of large confluent black spots: feet yellowish. 
Length three twentieths of an inch. 
A species liable to vary somewhat in its markings— 
has occurred rarely in the vicinity of Boston. It is re- 
ferable to the genus CEdionychis of Latr. and the infla- 
tion above of the penultimate joint of its porter tarsi 
is very ot 
