COLEOPTEHA COLLECTED IN CANADA. 



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lines in front joining between the eyes, the latter are round, promi- 

 nent ; thorax rather narrowest anteriorly, and more granulate than 

 the head ; scutellum conspicuously white ; elytra with nine perfect 

 rows of punctures, and from the density of the pile in some speci- 

 mens they are not quite visible : on each elytrum there are three 

 longitudinal white stripes, and four rows of distinct black tufts — 

 depressed at the apex ; tibia clavate. Length 6-| lines. Toronto, rare. 

 The genus Bhinaria, founded by Kirby (Linn. Trans, xii, 430, t. 

 xxii, p. 9), from the above typical form, and the only species as yet 

 discovered north of Mexico. 



LEPTURA 



YAGANS, Oliver, 73, 46. Lee. J. Acad. 2d. 1, 337. brevis Kivb. N. Z. 182. 



Head black, thickly and minutely punctured, and interspersed 

 with erect hoary hairs ; antennae 10 -articulate, the four first joints 

 are black, and the fifth to apex are yellow at the base: thorax glo- 

 bose, anteriorly constricted, posteriorly depressed, deeply and conflu- 

 ently punctured, having some erect hairs of the same color as on the 

 head; scutellum "linear, covered with decumbent hairs ;" elytra 

 densely and deeply punctured, rounded and spread apart at the apex, 

 with a lateral longitudinal stripe, commencing behind the shoulder, 

 " of the color of the yolk of an egg ;" beneath black, minutely 

 punctured; legs with yellow decumbent hairs. Length 5 lines. 

 Toronto, rare. 



The elytra in this insect are wider across the shoulders, and the 

 " body shorter in proportion to its width." 



SCALARIS, Say, J. Acad. 278. 



Entirely dark ferruginous above, of a silver gloss beneath, anten- 

 nae 10-articulate, the third joint from base shortest ; head much 

 inclined, interspersed with slender erect silken hairs, and minutely 

 punctured posteriorly — separated from the thorax by a conspicuous 

 ring ; thorax minutely punctured, somewhat narrower in front, with 

 a central abbreviated depression — the posterior angles? acute ; scu- 

 tellum triangular ; elytra shorter than the body, covered with ferru- 

 ginous decumbent glossy hairs, which occupy the greater part of the 

 anterior, thence they extend on each side of the suture — the mark 

 is compressed twice. 



In this insect the elytra are remarkable for their great marginal 

 compression towards the apex. Length 1 inch 2 lines. Taken by 

 Mr. Ibbetson, at Manitoulin. 



NOSODERMA 



? OBCOItDATUM Kirby (Boletophag^is), N. Z. 236. 



Body oblong, depressed, of a rusty color above; antenna) with 

 large globular articulation at base, and the apical joints thicker than 



