THE CLICK BEETLES. T51 



1416 (4308). Mki,.\notus canadensis Cand., Mouog. Elat, III, 1S60, 342. 

 Klongate, rolmst. Piceous or dark chestnut brown, sparsely pubescent. 



Antennae sligbtly longer than head and thorax, third joint double the length 

 of sefond. one-half as long as fourth. Thorax sliglitly longer than broad, 

 ajiex distinctly narrower than base, sides rounded on apical half; disk 

 iiiarsely and densely punctate. Elytra feebly but distinctly tapering from 

 base to apex, strire coarsely punctate. Length 15-15.5 mm. 



Pdsey County; rare. June 2. Resemble-i both fissilis and dccu- 

 III anus. Differs in the strongly concave clypeus and in having the 

 prnstcrnum nnich more coarsely and closely punctured than in 

 either. 



1417 (4343). JIelaxotus Sagittarius Lee, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. X, 



1853, 480. 

 Elongate, slender. Dull sooty or reddish-brown, sparsely clothed with 

 grayish hairs ; legs paler. Sei uud and third joints of antennse together dis- 

 tinctly shorter than fourth. Thorax but slightly convex, a little longer 

 than wide, feebly narrowed from base to apex, sides slightly rounded on 

 apical third; disk sparsely and rather coarsely punctate, with an iuipressed 

 line on basal half. Elytra with rows of rather coarse, feebly impressed 

 punctures; Intervals sparsely and finely punctulate. Length 12-13 mm. 



Steuben and Kosciusko counties; rare. June 17-July 10. 

 Beaten from elm. 



1418 ( ). MeLAITOTUS DLFFICILIS sp. nov. 



Elongate, slender, parallel. I':ile reddish-brown, sparsely pubescent. 

 Clyijeus short, coarsely punctate. Antennaj slender, third joint twice the 

 length of second, one-half as long as fourth. Thorax slightly wider at liase 

 than long, narrowed in front ; disk, viewed from above, with sides obviously 

 sloping downward toward front angles, coarselj-, evenly, not closely punc- 

 tate; carintE of hind angles prominent, strongly diverging from their tiiis. 

 Elytra almost parallel, striae feebly impressed, finely punctate. Length 14- 

 l.j mm. 



Knox and Pospy counties; rare. July 2-July 8. ResemlJes 

 ciirticiiius and Sagittarius in form. Eljtral intervals more coarsely 

 punctate than in any of (/ur species except tenax. 



M. opaciciiUis. Lee, fuscous, third joint one-half longer than 

 second. Avas des'-ribed from Rock Island, Illinois. 



1419 ( ). ilELA.voTus piLosus sp. nov. 



Elongate-oblong, slender. Pale reddish-brown, densely clothed with 

 long grayish pn strate hairs Third joint of antennae in male two-thirds 

 longer than seiMjud. one-half the length of fourth ; in female twice as long 

 as sciond. two-thirds tb'e length of fourth. Thorax slightly longer than 

 wide, sides nearly straight, feebly munded on apical half; disk densely and 

 rather coarsely punctate, a faint median impressed line behind the middle. 

 Kl.vtra with sides parallel fmm base to apical fourth, thence converging to 

 a rounded apex: punctures of striiie large, feebly impressed; intervals 

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