86 Le Conte's Monography, &c. 
abbreviata, laterali leviter punctata. Tibiis anticis 3-dentatis, 
dentibus acutis. Long. 4 lin. 
4. Saprinus placidus, Erichson, Klug's Jahrbücher, &c. 
p. 189. 
Niger, nitidus. Caput punctatum, fronte stria transversa, 
antennis piceis. Thorax zqualis, subtilissimé et distincte 
punctatus, punctis lateralibus anterioribus crebrioribus et pro- 
fundioribus. Elytra postice fortiter punctata, striis profundis 
punctatis, stria. dorsali prima integra, reliquis medio abbrevia- 
tis, suturali integra (sed in parte descriptionis priore, abbre- 
viata dicitur) marginali nulla, lateralibus duabus, superiore 
profunda, inferiore levissima. Pedes picei, tibiis anticis den- 
tatis. Long. 14 lin. 
5. Saprinus mancus. Hister mancus, Say, Journ, Acad. 
Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, Vol. V. p. 4 
* Black ; head punctured, compressed before and destitute 
of ruge. Thorax densely punctured, punctures smaller on 
the disk, and particularly behind the middle: elytra densely 
punctured, a transverse common space near the base 
humerus impunctured, marginal stria entire; dorsal stri# 
abbreviated rather behind the middle, feet piceous-black: 
anterior tibie not dentated, but with remote, short, thick 
spines. Length 3, of an inch. 
Saprinum fraternum referre dicitur, sed stria prima dorsalis 
corripitur, tibieque antice edentate sunt. 
6. Platysoma venustum, Dej. Cat. 
Ceruleus, nitidus, antennis pedibusque piceo-rufis. Ely- 
trorum striis omnibus integris. Habitat in Carolina et Georgia. 
cipes heec ex icone speciei hujus facta est. 
. Abreus? levigatus. Hister levigatus, Paykull, Monog. 
p- si Tab. XI. Fig. 1. 
. “Ater, nitidus, supra impunctatus; caput marginatum. 
Thorax tenuiter marginatus, valdé convexus. Elytra e 
Sor, subglobosa, striis tantum terminali, laterali, et mar- 
i abbreviatis. Pectus subtilissimé punctatum, abdomen 
um, elytra v vix excedens. Pedes picei, tibiis omnibus | 
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