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192 Say^s Descriptions of new 



Parandra, Latr. 



P. polita, Ferruglnousj head and thorax dusky, im- 

 punctured. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body ferruginous, polished : head blackish-ferruginous, 

 almost impunctured, excepting behind the eyes, where the 

 punctures are numerous ; a longitudinal, slightly indented 

 line before : antenncB ferruginous at tip : mandibles with 

 a large, prominent, rounded tooth near the base ; then 

 a profound, rounded sinus, then a subterminal tooth : ;palpi 

 ferruginous : thorax blackish-ferruginous, impunctured, 

 gradually a little narrowed behind ; an obsolete indenta- 

 tion in the middle of the lateral margin ; lateral margin 

 decurved, the edging line hardly prominent, so that, 

 when viewed from above, it is not visible ; posterior 

 angles almost rounded : posterior edging line hardly 

 visible : scutel small : elytra minutely punctured : ;pectus 

 and postpectus dark ferruginous. 



Length about seven tenths of an inch. 



This species, by its size and color, may be readily 

 mistaken for the P. brunneus, of authors, but it differs in 

 many characters. It has a more slender thorax, which 

 is not wider than the head. The teeth of the mandibles 

 are but two, the basal one being very large and remote 

 from the other, so that, when the mandibles are closed, 

 an oval interval appears, as in the ferruginea, Sturm, 

 which species, however, has the posterior angles of the 

 thorax very obtusely rounded. The P. brinnea has 

 three subequal, subequidistant teeth in the mandibles ; 

 the head and thorax obviously punctured, the latter 

 broader than tbe head, &c. 



The species is rare. 



