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North American Coleopterous Insects. 



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Prionus. 



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p. dasy stomus , Nob. Occurred near Natchez, on the 



MoNEiLEMA, Say. 



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M. inaqmlis. Cinereous ; rough with elevated points 



and tubercles. 



Inhabits Mexico. 



Body pale, brow nlsh-cinereous : eyes small, distant from 



the antennae : antennce nearer to each other than to the 

 eyes ; first joint robust, longer than the second and third 

 together ; half the length of the body : thorax cylindric- 

 oval, covered with small, unequal, irregular elevations : 

 elytra with many elevated tubercles, of which some form 

 a regular arcuated series from near the humerus to the 

 tip, and parallel with the suture beyond the middle ; tip 

 entire, as long as the abdomen. 



Length seven twentieths of an inch. 



ilarity 



of habit, I place it in the present genus, although the ap- 

 proximation of the antennae is an obvious distinction. 



Clttus, Fabr. 



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I.e. charus. Thorax yellow, with three black lines ; 



band 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body covered with short, dense, prostrate hair : head 

 black ; a band on the vertex curving under the head, an 



abbreviated line above the 



and front yellow : 



thorax yellow, with three dorsal, transverse, abbreviated, 





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