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Pasimachus Hon. 



f.artje, robust speeies ; antennx iiisfrU'd uiuler Ironial platr ; 

 anterior tihi;v palmate ; thorax I)roa(l, hind angles distinct : elytra 

 rounded or subacute at the apex : humeral c arina m' v .ri .1,1,. 

 lenijth ; maxilla? very obtuse at tip. 



l''ound under stones ox loos in saiidy pLuo. 



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Klytia obtiisi-ly roiiiuleJ behind, spine of niidille tibiix' com pressed. kUu^c 

 at apex. 

 Klytra feebly sulfate ; hind angles o( thorax obtuse, not prominent, sublifvis. 

 I'iytra subacute behind ; spine of middle tibia; slender, acute. 



Thorax more or less con-tricted at base, hind angles prominent. 

 Mind tibi£E of male not densely pubescent on inner side. 



I'.road ; hind tarsi very long ; labrum broadly and f«el>lv 



Irilobed; elytra smooth .... depressus. 

 Iliiiil libice tlensely pubescent on the inner side near the tip. 



iorm elongate ; humeral carina long, curved outwanK eloilKatus. 

 Form elongate, lar^jer than cloiii^ii/iis : elytia witn pairs 



of punctures, (sometimes wanting) . punctulatUS. 



P. sublaevis /io/t. Plate I\', Fi.^^ 4. — lilaek with blue maryiin; 

 thorax rounded at sides, suddenly narrowed near the base, but not 

 constricted ; elytra parallel at siiles, convex, obtusely rounded be- 

 idnd ; surface feebly sulcate, sometinies nearly smooth. I.encrth, 

 .S3— 1.1 inch = 3 1 — 2S mm. 



//,r/'//(f/, \e\\ \'ork, southward and westward. 



P. depres5us Fii/'r. — lilack witii blue margin 01 ciiiim i_\ i)ia( k 

 (var ///,>j/.\ I.ec.i; thorax and elytra broad, the latter subacute be- 

 hind : hind tarsi long and slender ; labrum feebly trilobed : man- 

 dibles feebly or not at all striate. Length, )'■ ; ^ 'Mch = 

 24 — 30 mm. 



Uahittit, New N'ork, southward ami westward. 



P. punctuiatus //<//./. —.\1 lied io J<-/>/ rssus, but tlilkr-. by the 

 hind libia- aivl tarsi being less slentler and less elongate, the 

 former in the male is densely pubescent near the tip on the inner 

 side. I'he labrum is feebly and broadly trilobed, with the middle 

 lobe wider, scarcely separated from the side lobes ; in most spec- 

 imens rows of punctures, slightly approximate by pairs, may be 

 seen on the elytra. Length, 1.12 — 1.2 inch = 38 — 30 mm. 



Habitat, Illinois to Texas. 



