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Found in most parts of the Union. Dr. Harris sent 



me an Individual from Massachusetts. 



3. C. oculatus. Thorax and 



margm 



of the elytra 



' yellowish, the former with two black dots. 



Inhabits Massachusetts. 



Head black : antennce yellowish : tTxorax yellowish, 

 cylindrical, with a black dot on each side of the middle : 

 elytra black, with the suture, exterior and terminal mar- 

 gins yellowish ; regular series of large punctures : feet 

 yellowish. 



Length' over one fifth of an inch. 



Sent to me for examination by Dr. Harris. 



4. C. undatulus. Elytra black, with a zigzag cinere- 

 ous band near the middle, and a simple one behind. 



Inhabits New Hampsliire. 



Body sanguineous, punctured, hairy : head blackish; 

 labrum, antennae and palpi rufous : thorax with an angu- 

 lated, deeply impressed line on the anterior submargin ; 

 anterior margin blackish : elytra black, with a very small 

 rufous portion at base ; before the middle a deeply zigzag 

 narrow cinereous band in the form of a W, the middle 

 angle pointing anteriorly, wider on the lateral margin; 

 anterior to the band are large punctures In regular striae; 

 posterior band broader, cinereous, not undulated : jpost- 

 pectus with a black middle. 



Length one fifth of an inch. 

 May be distinguished from nigrifi 



band 



ing forward, and from dabiuSy F., which it closely resem- 

 bles, by its blackish head, middle of the postpectus, and 

 by the form of the posterior band, which is not undulated 



as in that species. It w"as sent to me for examination hj 

 Dr. Harris. 



