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196 Harris on the genus Cychrus, 
Prof. Hentz, in his manuscript catalogue, dedicated 
this species to its discoverer, the son (now deceased) of 
Prof. Andrews, late of the University of North Caro- 
- lina; and I have thought proper to retain his name. 
‘The specimen is a female, and now belongs to our col- 
lection. ; 
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SCAPHINOTUS HEROS. 
- Black, short, ovate, and thick ; thorax violet-black, 
> narrowed behi n l, and with the. lateral margin mode- 
rately reflected ; ely: a violaceous, with punctured strie, 
the incid les posited nd ~ múch more elevated 
than the. latt korgin 
Length, including the mandibles, eleven and a ul 
lines. 
Head black, violaceous on the front, Es 
Thorax black, more or less distinctly tinged with violet, 
punctured at the sides, apex and base ; rounded at the 
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sides, narrowed before and behind, with the posterior an- - 
gles subacute, and produced backwards; the lateral 
margins obliquely elevated behind, with a thick and 
on] obtuse edge, particularly before the middle: there 
is a distinct, impressed, central longitudinal line, and the 
base is very deeply and transversely impressed before 
‘thè hinder margin. | Elytra ovate, short, tolerably con- 
t, and almost heart-shaped; - they are of a fine, deep 
an. color, and. very slightly bronzed; the humeral 
rounded and not much elevated ; the lateral 
a is narrow and slightly . reflexed ; the strie are 
| _ impressed and punctured, and the interstitial 
convex ; the striæ become obsolete at the tip, 
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