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sparsely and strongly punctured. Elytra sparsely and strongly punctured, with in- 

 distinct costse. Pygidium triangular, with rounded angles, convex, sparsely punctured. 

 Breast clothed with long yellowish hair; legs ferruginous. 



The male has the club of the antennae one-half longer than the stern : the abdomen 

 broadly impressed from the base to the fifth joint, which has a very faint transverse 

 impression ; the last segment is convex in both sexes. The tooth of the claws is 

 smaller in the male than the female. 



20. L. m i c a n s, nigro-fusca, cinereo-pruinosa, oblongo-ovata, convexa, capite antice confluenter, postice 

 sat dense punctata, clypeo latius reflexo vix emarginato, thoraee antrorsum angustato, fortiter haud 

 dense punctato, elytris costatis fortius punctatis, pygidio sat punctato, pectore longe flavo-villoso, pedi- 

 bus castaneis, unguiculis dente longo ( 9 ) vel brevi ( % ) armatis. Long. -65. 



Melolonilia micans Knocb, Neue Beytr. 77. 



Ancylonycha micans Blanch. Cat. Col. Mus. Paris, 138 ; Burm. Lamell. 2, 2nd, 322. 

 Middle States, not rare. The club of the antennae in the male is as long as the 

 stem ; the middle of the abdomen is broadly impressed for the whole length, and the 

 penultimate segment has a slightly curved transverse elevation ; the tooth of the claws 

 is one-half as long as the apical portion, while in the female there is but little differ- 

 ence in length. 



Mr. Blanchard places A. micans among the species having nine joints in the an- 

 tennae. 



21. L. serr icornis, supra testaceo-rufa, subtus fusca, oblongo-ovata, convexa,"nitida, capite thoraceque 

 obscurioribus, illo dense punctato, clypeo integro tenue marginato, tborace lateribus rotundatis ciliatis, 

 minus dense punctato, elytris fortius punctatis subcostatis, pectore longe villoso, unguiculis dentc 

 elongato armatis, antennis articulis 3 — 7 sensini latioribus. Long. -60. 



One female found at Coney Island, near New York. Body oblong slightly ovate, 

 convex ; head dark reddish brown, densely punctured, clypeus rounded finely margined ; 

 thorax a little paler than the head and one-half wider than it, convex, rounded on 

 the sides, which are sparsely ciliate, strongly but not densely punctured. Elytra 

 paler yellowish brown, more coarsely punctured than the head and thorax, convex, 

 with the sutural costa narrow, and the others slightly visible. Propygidium finely 

 punctured, and pubescent at the upper half, then glabrous and more sparsely but 

 coarsely punctured : pygidium strongly punctured, rounded. Beneath fuscous, pectus 

 clothed with long yellow hair; abdomen pubescent and punctured at the sides; penulti- 

 mate segment with a coarsely punctured vague transverse impression ; last segment 

 coarsely punctured, convex, bisinuate at tip. 



22. L. semicribrata, elongata, testaceo-ferruginea, nitida, capite dense punctato, clypeo emarginato, 

 tenue marginato, thoraee lateribus rotundatis ante basin latiore, disco parce grosse punctato, spatio lasvi 

 utrinque relicto, elytris rugose punctatis vix costatis, pectore breviter parce villoso, unguiculis dente 

 ( 9 ) m^gno armatis. Long. *58. 



One female from Georgia ? Nearly of the form of a Cyclocephala, but presenting all 



