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name. Kirby's Merium (N. Z.) would contain both this as well as the following and 

 the preceding genus. As it is founded on a single character apparently of no 

 importance, I have rejected the name altogether. 



1. P. yEREUs. — Piceo ajnescens, pubescens, thorace vage punctato, dorso obsolete 4-calloso ; elytris rugose- 



punctatis ; pedibus pallidis, femoribus subito valde clavatis; antennis breviusculis valde pilosis. Long. 



•3!5— 45. 

 Call, areum, Nm. Ent. Mag. 5, 393. 

 Callidium pallipeSjHald. 37. 



New York and Pennsylvania. 



2. P. VARIABILIS. — Fuscus, thoracB lateribus rotundato, rufo, vage punctato callo utrinque paulo elevato, 



carinaque dorsall obsoleta lEevibus; elytris senescentibus, confertim subtiliter punctatis; femoribus 



apice subito valde clavatis; antennis elongatis. Long. 35 — 55. 

 Mulsant : Hald. 

 Callidium variabile, Fab v. 01. 



A common species ; probably introduced ; varies with the body legs and elytra 

 rufous. 



3. P. coLLARis. — Elongatus, saturate fuscus; pedibus thoraceque rufis hoc latitudine baud breviore, lateribus 



subangulato, vage punctato, subcalloso, disco utrinque infuscato ; elytris subtiliter confertim punctatis, 

 senescentibus ; femoribus subito modice clavatis, apice fusco ; antennis tenuibus paulo pilosis, corpore 

 brevioribus. Long. '35. 

 Call, collare ? Kb. N. Z. 



One specimen. New York : sufficiently distinct from the preceding by its narrower 

 body, more elongate thorax, shorter, thinner and less clavate antennae. 



4. P. AMCENUS. — Leete rufus, parce nigro-pilosus ; thorace rotundato, parce punctato, callo utrinque, 



carinaque dorsali, obsoleta laevibus ; elytris cyaneis, rugose-punctatis ; femoribus minus subito valde 

 clavatis ; antennis, tibiis tarsisque fuscis, illis corpore paulo brevioribus, parce pilosis. Long. -15 — "3. 



Call, amcenum, Say. 



Eriphus coccineicollis, Hald. 



New York, rare, 



.5. P. DiMiDTATUS. — Piceus, brevissime pubescens, thorace convexiusculo, latitudine vix longiore, pone 

 medium angustaio, subtiliter dense punctato linea dorsali laevi ; elytris subtiliter punctatis, usque ad 

 medium castaneis; femoribus minus subito valde incrassatis; antennis corpore vix brevioribus, tenuibus. 

 Long. -35. 



Call, dimidatum, Kb. N. Z. 



Clytus palliaius, Hald. 



6. P. VARius. — Niger, pubescens, thorace rotundato, confertim punctato callo utrinque lineaque dorsali 

 obsoletis : elytris fasciis 2 albo-pubescentibus, anteriore saepius dilatata ; femoribus subito valde clavatis 

 antennis corpore brevioribus pilosis. Long. '35. 



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