1855.] 



COLEOPTERA COLLECTED IN CANADA. 



2.57 



yellowish hairs ; elytra dark grey, and, on each, four rows of 

 tubercles longitudinally arranged ; obtuse at the apex. Toronto, 

 Gommon. Length 5 lines. 



Taken by Richardson at Fort Simpson, lat. 62° N. 

 PJEDERUS 



RiPARius. — Mcls. Cat. Head, elytra, and tip of abdomen 

 steel-blue ; thorax and anterior part of abdomen bright orange. 

 Toronto, common. Length 2 lines. 



DINEUTES— CTCLiNus 



AmericAiNUS Lin. — Mels. Cat. Black. Apex of each 

 elytron armed with a short tooth ; mouth with setas ; a 

 row of very short hairs on the anterior femoras ; four posterior 

 legs short, thin, and transparent. Toronto, not common. 

 Length 5 lines. 



BYRRHUS 



VARius. — Mels. Cat. ; trivittatus, Melr. Head and thorax 

 tinged with dark copper bronze ; elytra dark brown, finely stri- 

 ate, on which are three longitudinal green lines, interrupted by 

 small black spots. Toronto, very common. Length 2h lines. 

 HISTER 



ABBREVIATUS. — Mels. Cat. Black. Jaws as long as head ; 

 thorax smooth, each side with a fine marginal groove ; elytra 

 abbreviated behind ; striate — the stria3 abbreviated towards the 

 suture ; outside of tibiae toothed. Owen Sound, common. 

 Length 4 lines 



CANTHON— coPKOBius 



L^vis. — Mels. Cat. Entirely black, shining like pitch. 

 Clypeus broad, flattish, smooth, and surrounding the eyes, 

 slightly 2-toothed in front ; thorax finely margined, smooth, 

 and convex ; scutellum obsolete ; elytra margined, not reacli- 

 the anus, with longitudinal grooves, not quite visible to the 

 naked eye ; anterior tibia3 with three large teeth on the outside, 

 above which are several smaller ones ; posterior legs long and 

 thin. Toronto, not common. Length 8 J- lines. 

 COPBIS 



Carolina. — Mels. Cat. Deep black, and shining like pitch, 

 both on the upper and under sides. Clypeus round in front, 

 thin, and armed with a round black horn bending backwards ; 

 thorax margined, lying very high above the head, having four 

 protuberances in front, and a small impression each side near 

 the margin ; elytra with crenate furrows,and reaching the anus. 

 Thighs strong, not hairy ; anterior tibias armed with four teeth, 

 and a strong spur on each ; tarsi and ungues small. L. 7 lines. 



? size and color of % , but the protuberances on thorax are 

 not so large. Toronto, not common. 

 OXTIIOPHAGUS 



Hecate. — Mels. Cat. Black. Antcnnaj short, lamellate ; 

 clypeus polished, with an erect thin dent in front ; thorax 

 elongated, projecting over the clypeus, slightly furrowed and 

 armed with two short dents at the point; elytra abbreviated by 

 suture — ^longest from shoulder to apex; fore legs -t-toothed on 

 the outside ; body beneath and legs covered with short haii's. 

 Length oA- lines. 



9 black. Two transverse ridges on clypeus ; thorax densely 

 and minutely punctured, and covered with short hairs ; two 

 protuberances in front; elytra finely punctured in rows; fore 

 legs toothed. Size of % . Toronto, common. 

 APIIODIUS 



FiJiET-VRius. — Mels. Cat. Head black, with three small tu- 

 bercles on top ; thorax black, slightly hollowed in front, with a 

 red spot each side ; elytra red, striate ; body beneath and legs 

 black. Toronto, common. Length 3 lines. 



STERCORATOR. — Mels. Cat. Black. Head and thorax pol- 



ished, the latter emarginate ; elytra striate. Toronto, common. 

 Length 2 lines. 



PASSALUS 



CORNUTUS. — Mels. Cat. ; infcmiptus, Oliv. Antenna; arch- 

 ed, covered with short reddish hairs ; jaws as long as head, 

 5-toothed ; head has a protuberance each side above the eyes, 

 and a recumbent horn on the crown ; thorax black, polished, 

 longitudinally grooved on the disc — fringed with reddish hair 

 under the margin ; elytra highly polished, with ten stria: — the 

 striaj punctured ; f:re tibia; toothed on the outside ; tibias of 

 the middle pair with a dense brash of red hair on the outside. 

 Niagara. Mr. Ibbetson. Length 1 inch. 

 XYLORYCTES 



SATYRUS. — 3Ms. Cat. % . Clypeus narrow, of a dark chest- 

 nut colour, armed with a strong sharp-pointed horn bending 

 backwards, and furnished in front with two small protuber- 

 ances ; hairy beneath ; thorax dark chestnut, margined, and 

 finely punctured in front — the upper part elevated, and appear- 

 ing almost perpendicular ; elytra reddish-brown, with many 

 slight punctured furrows, which are longitudinally an-anged ; 

 thigh reddish-brown, broad, strong, and hairy ; anterior tibias 

 deeply dentate, with a strong spine at the tips ; middle tibia; 

 strong, hairy, and veiy spinose at the tips ; ungues very small ; 

 scutellum triangular. Length 1 inch. 



9 size and colour of % , but without the horn. In place of 

 the latter there is a short protuberance ; thorax smooth and con- 

 vex. Toronto, very rare. 



PHYLLOPHAGA 



HlRTlCDLA ? — 3Ich. Cat. Bright chestnut. Thorax punc- 

 tured, and covered with yellow hairs ; elytra smooth, punctured, 

 with five longitudinal rows of yellow hairs on each — the 

 fifth on the suture ; breast covered with yellow down. Toronto. 

 Length 5 lines. 



Probably a variety. 



TRICHIUS 



PIGER. — Mels. Cat.; rotunclicollis, Klrhj. Head and thorax 

 black, the latter rotund and covered with whitish down ; chtra 

 truncate behind, black, polished on the outside, ycllow-oehrc 

 in the centre, with four longitudinal lines of the latter colour 

 pointing like teeth towards the apex ; on each elytron, two ob- 

 lique white stripes branch from the yellow-ochre to margin ; a 

 white tuft on each side of abdomen ; body beneath and legs 

 hairy. Toronto, common. Length 5 lines. 

 BUPRESTIS 



AURULENTA, Lin. (3Ms. Cat.) ; striata, Fabr. Antenme 

 short, black, the basal joints coppeiy ; head and thorax dull 

 coppery, finely punctured. On each elytron there arc four 

 raised lines : the outside or marginal line connects at the apex 

 with a longitudinal one near the suture ; the two inner lines 

 abbreviated, their furrows tinged with a beautiful green colour ; 

 body beneath and legs of a rich metallic lustre. Toronto, 

 on pines, not common. Length 7 lines. 

 TRACHYPTERIS 



FTJLTOGUTTATA. — Mcls.Cat.; DruminoncH, Kirby. Short, 

 and mostly convex ; black bronze above, with vciy fine wavy 

 transverse lines on thorax, which are not very distinct without 

 the aid of a magnifier ; elytra rounded at the apex, and punc- 

 tured ; three yellow spots on each — the anterior spots round 

 and near the suture, the central one almost oval. Specimens 

 vary in size, and some are found with two anterior spots Qmiic- 

 titm e/eminum') on each elytron ; body beneath brassy ; anterior 

 legs not toothed. Toronto, June, on white pine. 



Takeu.by Richardson at Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie 

 river, lat. 62° N. Length 4 lines. 



