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minent, acute, not parallel with the edge : elytra with the punctures 

 of the striae not longer than broad: beneath much paler. — Length 

 nearly half an inch. 



The antennae are not longer than the thorax, and the terminal joint 

 is not remarkably contracted near its tip. The individual was sent to 

 me for examination by Dr Harris. It resembles cucullatus, S., but is 

 destitute of tarsal lobes. 



21. E. apicatus. Elytra bright rufous, black at tip. — Inhab. New 

 Hampshire. 



Body black, with short yellowish hairs : clypeus convex, anterior 

 edge not obtusely rounded, declining, but distinct at tip : anlennx dark 

 piceous, rather shorter than the thorax, second and third joints subequal : 

 thorax wider at the posterior angles; lateral edge rectilinear from the 

 middle to the tip of the posterior angles, which are prominent and 

 acute : elytra bright rufous, with a longitudinal black spot at tip ; striae 

 impressed, rather wide, punctured ; interstitial spaces convex, punc- 

 tured : tarsi piceous. — Length nine-twentieths of an inch. 



The specimen was kindly sent to me by Dr Harris for examination. 

 Resembles sanguinipennis^ S., but is larger, with a black spot at tip of 

 the elytra. 



22. E. hamatus. Blackish, thorax with golden hair ; elytra whitish, 

 with a dusky hooked line at tip. — Inhab. Massachusetts. 



Body blackish piceous : antennx dull rufous, hardly as long as the 

 thorax, second and third joints subequal, ultimate joint oval, not longer 

 than the preceding one: thorax convex; posterior angles excurved, 

 prominent, obtuse at tip; hairs golden, prostrate ; cariuated line parallel 

 to the edge: elytra yellowish-white, with a piceous vitta on the outer 

 margin from the tip to near the middle, where it curves inward and 

 backward towards the suture and tip ; striae impressed and punctured : 

 feet rufous. — Length over two-fifths of an inch. 



Sent to me by Dr Harris. 



23. Ya. fallax. Clypeus appressed to the front anteriorly; posterior 

 thoracic angles short. — Inhab. New Hampshire. 



Body blackish-piceous, with yellowish sericeous hair: clypeus anteri- 

 orly confluent with the front : antennx about as long as the thorax ; joints 

 hardly longer than their greatest breadth: thorax narrowed before; 



