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COJ.KUFTEKA COLLECTED IxV CANADA. 



[1855. 



ELATEll — Ampedus 



APICATUS. — 3Iels. Cat. AnteniiEe black ; liead and thorax 

 black, finely punctured, and covered ivitb short yellow hairs ; 

 elytra pale, with rows of fine punctures longitudinally arranged : 

 the suture and apex black. 



LUGUBRis. — 3Icls. Cat. Head and thorax black, finely 

 punctured, the latter covered with short yellow hairs; elytra 

 red, with rows of fine punctures : black at the apex. (^Note 7.) 



ARRHENODES 



SEPTENTRIONIS. — Mels.Cat. Snout nearly straight, equal 

 in thickness throughout ; thorax oval, mahogany-brown, smooth 

 and highly polished ; elytra striate polished, and darker than 

 thorax, with yellow spots, two of which are near ahe apex. 



-g with jaws, the inside of each is armed with a small tooth. 

 In June and July, on the trunks of white oak. (Note 8.) 



ORTHOSOMA 



CYLINDRlCUJI. — Mels.Cat. Head black; antenna; short, 

 black, compressed ; thorax short, three-toothed ; elytra com- 

 pressed, nearly equal in breadth throughout, of a chesnut co- 

 lor, with three slightly elevated lines on each. Common on 

 pine trees about the middle of July. Length 1 1 to 1 1 inch. 



ARUOPALUS 



J FULMINANS. — Mels. Gat. Thorax globular, with three black 

 spots, the middle one larger ; elytra with angular waved white 

 fasciae, thus "' ; antennas short, ash colored; scutel black. 

 Toronto ; very rare. 



EUDERCES 



PICIPES. — Mels. Gat. Antennae as long as body ; thorax 

 oval, polished, and finely striate on top, narrow behind, with a 

 few yellow hairs each side ; elytra in front with a black velvet 

 like spot, on which a yellow band forms an arch. On wild 

 parsnip and other flowers. Small. 



CLTTUS 



spECiosus. — -Say, Am. Ent. 3, t. 53. *Harr. Ins. p. 84. 



" Head yellow ; antennae and eyes reddish black ; thorax 

 black, with two transverse yellow spots on each side ; 

 elytra for about two-thirds of their length are black, the 

 remaining one-third yellow, — a yellow spot on each shoulder, 

 — a broad yellow curved band or arch, of which the scutel 

 forms the key-stone, on base of elytra : behind this, a 

 zigzag yellow band, forming the letter W across the middle ; 

 another yellow band arching backwards, and on the yellow one- 

 third — a curved band and spot of black ; legs yellow ; under 

 side of body reddish-yellow, variegated with brown. It is the 

 largest known species of Clytus, being from nine-tenths to 

 eleven-tenths of an inch in length, and three-tenths in breadth. 

 On the trunks of maple trees in July and August."* Bare. 

 MONOHAMMUS 



TITILLATOE. — 3Iels. Gat. Head vertical or perpendicular; 

 antennae very long; thorax spinous; elytra punctured, with 

 several small black and grey spots. Common. Length 1 to 

 \\ inch. 



SCUTELLATUS. — Mels. Cat. Atennae twice as long as body ; 

 thorax black, polished and densely punctured, with a spine 

 each side ; elytra densely punctured — the punctures largest in 

 front; scutel white ; body beneath and legs black, polished. 

 Taken by Kichardson at Fort Simpson, on the Blackenzie 

 river, in lat. 62° N. Toronto ; not common. 



t:etraopes 



TORNATOR. — Mds. Cat. Head, thorax, and elytra red ; an- 

 ennsc black, with a raised black spot at the base; thorax,, witli 

 a protuberance each side, and four black spots on top; six 

 black spots on elytra ; scutel black ; body beneath black. Don 

 valley, on the Ascleplas syriaca. Hare. 



SAPERDA 



PUNCTICOLLIS. — Mels. Cat. Jaws, eyes, and base of anten- 

 nas black ; head yellow : a round black spot on the front, and a 

 black conical spot on the top ; thorax yellow : with an oblong 

 black spot on each side, and four black spots on the top ; ely- 

 tra black, widely margined with yellow; scutel yellow, slightly 

 raised ; suture yellow, and connects at the apex with the ex- 

 terior margin. Montreal ; rare. 



VESTITA. — -Mels. Gat. Densely clothed with short yellowish 

 ash-colored hairs ; elytra slightly depressed on top, with a few 

 black spots obliquely placed about the middle. Toronto. 



TRIPUNCTATA — Mels. Cat. Front of head and antennae dark 

 brown ; eyes black, circular, prominent ; thorax yellow : with 

 a black spot on each side of the breast, and two elevated black 

 dots on the top, a third dot near the scutel ; in some specimens 

 the middle dots on thorax are wanting; " elytra black, coarsely 

 punctured in rows on the top, and irregularly on the sides and 

 tips, each of which is slightly notched, and ends with two little 

 points." — Harris. The ftrm of this beetle is slender, cylinn- 

 drical. On raspberry. Toronto, not common. 



COMPOSIDEA 



TRIDENTATA. — Oliv. Ins. 4, 28 Black; densely covered 

 with ash colored pubescence ; eyes black, oblong ; a rusty-red 

 stripe and two black spots on each side of the thorax ; united 

 to a rusty-red stripe on the margin of the elytra, are three ob- 

 lique teeth of the same color : anterior tooth short and hooked: 

 posterior one encompasses the suture to the apex. L. i inch. 



DESMOCERUS 



PALLIATUS. — 3Iels. Gat. Head narrow; third and three 

 following joints of antennas abruptly thickened at the extrem 

 ity, giving them a knotty appearance ; thorax conical, uneven^- 

 with little sharp projecting points at each side of the base ; fore 

 part of the elytra dull orange color, the other half deep violet 

 or Prussian blue ; some specimens are glossed with green. In 

 the centre of elytra the two colors are oblique — each being 

 indented. In June and July on the common elder (^Sambucus 

 Canadensis). Toronto and Sault Ste. Marie, not common. 

 [To he conUmied.) 



ADDENDA : By Henry Croft. 



Note 1. Cic. purpurea... Probably Kirby's Var. D. 



...Var. G. )p . , 



,, , > Peninsula, rare. 



...type. I > 



Cic. punctulata Toronto. 



Cic. hirticollis . . .'. " 



2. Ag. 8-punctatum Gardens, not uncommon. 



3 . Cal. scrutator Toronto, Darlington. 



Cychrus viduus Toronto, rare. 



4. Phyllophaga cjuercina common. May beetle. 



Omaloplia vespertina Toronto, not uncommon. 



Macrodactylus subspinosus... " commop, 



Dichelonycha virescens " " 



testacea " '' 



