CRYPTOCEPHALINARUM BOREALI-AMERICAE DIAGNOSES. 261 



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60. P. M-NIGRUM Afie?5. Pr. acad. 3,170. |Dej. ,445'. Niger; capite dense 

 punctato, flavo-variegato ; antennis fuscis, basi flavis : pronoto punctate, apice 

 tenuiter, lateribus, macula apicali, et 2 basalibus, flavis : elj'tris irregulariter 

 punctatis, flavo-maculatis : pygidio minute punctulato, macula laterali, alteraque 

 externali, flavis : subtus punctulatus, pilosus, femoribus apice tibiisque flavis. Long. 

 2]in. 



Apex of the venter sub foveolate $ . Dr. Melsheimer's specimens seem to have the 

 flavous portions testaceous. 



61. P. SPARSUS Nm. (Crypt.) Ent. mag. " Niger, albo prave irroratus, caput et 

 thorax punctata, elytra profunde punctata, punctis nullo modo ordinatis. Lon<y. 

 •075." 



Not having observed this species it is placed here provisionally. 



62. P. FLAVicoRNis Mels. Pr. ac, 3,172. Niger, punctatus : ore, orbitis, antennis, 

 pedibusque flavis : pronoto inequaliter profunde punctato ; angulis, lateribus, 

 maculisque 2 basalibus flavis: elytris punctatis, ad marginem striato-punctatis • 

 apice, maculaque mediali flavis; pygidio impunctato, macula laterali flavo, ventre 

 minutissime punctulato : femoribus posterioribus in medio fuscis. Long. 1^ lin. 



E. 



63. P. LURiDus F. %^b-Sl^. — femoratus Say . 1824. J. acad. 3,439. Nio-er • 

 capite dense punctato ; labro flavo, clypeo flavo-variegato ; antennis tenuibu.s rufis, 

 articularum apice fusco : pronoto confertim punctato; linea dorsali lateribuvsque 

 sanguineis : elytris confertim punctatis, interstiliis elevatis, subrectis : lineolis flavis 

 variegatis : pectore punctato. Long. 2 lin. 



o. Labro flavo, linea dorsali abbreviata vel obsoleta : femoribus anterioribus macula 

 flava. C. aesculi Mels. Pr. ac. 3,171. 



(J. Pronoto omnino rufo. Say. 



y. Elytrarum interstitiis flavis. 



The venter is foveolate 9. Inhabits Massachusetts, Pensylvania, Carolina, and 

 Georgia, on Baptisia tinctoria. The first variety may be a distinct species, as it 

 seems to live upon a different plant. The third variety is from Missouri Territory, 

 and has the yellow color predominating on the elytra, and the pronotum less confertly 

 punctate. 



64. P. FEMORATUS 01 Dej. Cat. ,445". — atomarius.? Mels. ,170 :2. Niger, 

 nitens, confertim punctatus : capite flavo variegato (vel immaculate) antennis fuscis 

 basi rufis : pronoto irregulariter flavo-maculato ; apice tenuiter, lateribusque flavis: 

 scutellum nigrum (macula flava): elytris irregulariter seriatim punctatis; 



