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COLEOPTERA COLLECTED IN CANADA. 



[1855. 



CKATONYCHUS 



ciNEREUS. — Mds. Cat. Dark-brown, covered Tvitli ash-co- 

 loured hairs. Thorax convex, rounded in front, and finely 

 punctured ; elytra with longitudinal rows of punctures resem- 

 bling stitches, tapering towards the apex ; tarsi armed with 

 minute teeth. Toronto, common. Length 6 lines. 

 PODABRUS 



TRicosTATA. — Mels.Cat.; Teleoplioms Bennetii, Kirby. An- 

 tenna3 black, serrate ; thorax margined with black and pink, 

 round in front, convex in the centre, and angular behind ; 

 elytra dark glossy brown. Common in wintei-, under the bark 

 of trees. Length 5 lines. 



TOMICUS— EOSTRICHUS 



CALLIGRAPIITJS. — Meh. Cat. ; exesus, Say. Chestnut brown. 

 Thorax oval, and punctured in front ; elytra punctured in rows, 

 with a gouge-like hollow at the apex, the sides of which are 

 armed with minute teeth. Toronto, found under the bark of 

 pine trees. Length 2 lines. 



PINI. — -Meh. Cat. Resembles exesiis in form, colour, and 

 habits, but is much smaller. 



SPHENOPHORUS 



PERTINAX. — -Mels. Cat. Antennae two-articulate, polished, 

 and longer than snout, the first joint dark mahogany colour, 

 the second darker and knobbed at the point ; head and snout 

 black, polished, the latter curved, and of an equal thickness 

 throughout ; thorax with three black polished ridges, the spaces 

 between of an ashen colour; elytra with abbreviated black, po- 

 lished, longitudinal ridges, the longest on the suture, and finely 

 punctured at the sides — the spaces between of a dark ashen 

 colour, and finely striate ; margin black, polished, with a row 

 of punctures ; abbreviated behind ; abdomen hirsute ; body 

 beneath black, punctured ; legs black. Length 5 lines. To- 

 ronto, common. 



ATTELABUS 



BIPUSTULATUS. — Mels.Cat. Head bent under the breast ; 

 thorax steel-blue and highly polished, narrow in front; elytra 

 with a square reddish-ochre spot on each shoulder ; body be- 

 neath and legs blue. Toronto, not common. Len. 1\ lines. 

 CALLIDIUM 



ANTENNATTJM. — Meh. Cat. Head and thorax steel-blue, the 

 latter emarginate ; elytra green, polished, and densely punc- 

 tured, nearly equal in width throughout ; body beneath and 

 legs black, polished. Manitoulin. Mr. Ibbetson. L. 4i hn. 

 RHAGIUJI 



LiNEATTJM. — Meh. Cat. Antennse ash-coloured, about as 

 long as head and thorax ; head depressed on top, ash-coloured, 

 and spotted with black ; eyes of a polished dark chestnut color ; 

 thorax ash-coloured, wider than head, with a polished longitu- 

 dinal line in the centre, and a short sharp-pointed tubercle on 

 each side ; elytra ash-coloured : on each there are three longi- 

 tudinal raised lines obliquely spotted with black — the spaces 

 between hirsute ; body beneath and legs ash-coloured, variegat- 

 ed with black. Length 6^ lines. Rare. One specimen, Dr. 

 Cowdry, Cobourg. 



EVODINUS 



MONTICOLA. — Meh. Cat.; Le Conte, Agass. Lac. Sup. t. 8, fig. 

 2. Antennas reddish; eyesandringbehind the head black; thorax 

 narrow before and behind, and covered on top with yellow 

 silky hairs ; elytra yellow, tapering towards the apex, with two 

 small round black spots behind each shoulder, and two larger 

 black spots on the posterior margin ; black at the apex ; abdo- 

 men and legs red. Toronto, Prof. Croft. Length 4 lines. 

 STRANGALTA 



SEBRATA.— jlfe?s. Cat. ; zebra, Oliv. Ent. Eyes black ; top 



of head and thorax sprinkled with fine yellow down ; elytra 

 black, on which are four oblique bright yellow fascia; — the first 

 transverse from the shoulders, encircling a black spot on 

 the latter — the second and third are almost equal in form, 

 crosses from margin towards suture — the fourth much smaller, 

 and near the apex ; legs reddish ; body beneath covered with 

 yellow down. Toronto, on flowers, very rare. Length 5 lines. 



ruGAX. — Meh. Cat.; Leptiira tenuior, Kirby. Antennae 

 and head black ; thorax black, round on top, and covered with 

 yellow silken hairs ; elytra dull red, towering behind, on which 

 are four transverse yellow bands, covered with short hairs, hav- 

 ing the glossy appearance of thorax ; legs and rings of abdomen 

 reddish. Toronto, on flowers, not common. Length 5 lines. 

 LEPTURA 



Canadensis. — Meh. Cat.; % tenuicomis'Q.a^di. Antennae 

 black, ten -articulate : the fifth, seventh, and base of the ninth 

 yellow ; head black ; thorax globular, black, punctured, narrow 

 in front, on which there is a fine ring; elytra densely punc- 

 tured, with a broad red transverse band on the shoulders — 

 armed with a small spur at the apes ; body beneath and legs 

 blackish. Toronto and Manitoulin, on umbelliferous flowers, 

 not common. Length ■& 5, 5? 7 lines. 



BIPOEIS. — Meh. Cat. Antenna3 ten-arliculate, part of the 

 first joint 3'ellow; second, third, and fourth black : the remain- 

 ing five are yellow, ringed with black, and the last yellow ; head 

 yellow, black on top ; eyes black ; thorax reddish-yellow, with 

 a longitudinal oval black spot on the centre, connecting with 

 the region of scutel, which is also black ; elytra glossy yellow 

 or ashen, with a black spot on the margin behind each shoul- 

 der. In the centre, a black tooth-like spot points from margin 

 to suture, and from the latter spot the margin is black to apex; 

 suture finely margined with black ; apex two-toothed ; legs yel- 

 lowish — femoras of fore legs spotted with black : tibia;, tarsi, 

 and the lower section of femoras of hind legs black. Toronto, 

 on the Sambucus Canadensis, not common. Length 6 lines. 

 TRIGONARTHRJS 



PROXIMA. — Meh. Cat. ; (Leptura) Say, T. Acad. 3, 420. 

 AntennsE, head, and eyes black ; thorax globular, and covered 

 with short nist-coloured hairs ; elytra yellow-ochre, black at the 

 apes ; body beneath and legs black. Toronto, on flowers, not 

 common. Length 6 lines. 



LEMA 



TRILINEATA. — Bleh. Cat. Antenna; black, the first joint 

 reddish ; head and thorax msty-red, the latter swelled out 

 above the femoral joints of fore legs, with two small black spots 

 on top ; eyes black ; elytra finely punctured, of a nankin co- 

 lour, with a black line on the outside of each, and the suture 

 black, which forms the three lines ; outside of tibiffi and tarsi 

 dusky ; body beneath reddish. Makes a creaking sound when 

 held in the fingers. Toronto, not common. Length oj lines. 

 UROPLATA 



ROSEA. — Meh. Cat. Antennae black at the base, thickened 

 and red at the tips ; head red, narrow, and punctured ; thorax 

 conical, punctured, on which are two short longitudinal black 

 lines on top : black at the sides ; elytra of a reddish colour ; 

 shoulders pointed : square behind, with three elevated smooth 

 longitudinal lines on each, spotted with black and red : the 

 spaces between punctured in double rows ; body beneath black ; 

 legs reddish. Length 2 lines. Toronto, June, on various 

 plants; not common. 



DISONYCHA 



Caroliniana. — Meh. Cat. Antennje black; eyes dark 

 grey ; thorax yellow, with two distinct black dots on the centre ; 



