246 NORTHERN ZOOLOGY 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black, rather hairy. Head suborbicular, obsoletely channelled : mouth, palpi, and base of 

 the antenna;, rufous: prothorax rather wider than long, very glossy; disk obsoletely channelled and 

 a little elevated on each side the channel ; anterior angles rounded : elytra minutely and confidently 

 punctured, when elevated from the body they appear embrowned : tip of the thighs, tibia;, and tarsi, 

 rufous. 



(336) 2. * Telephorus Westwoodii. WestwoocCs Telephorus. 



T. f Westwoodii) niger, capite rufo fascia nigra tridentata, antennis basi, therace, anoque rufis. 



Westwood's Telephorus, black, head rufous with a black tridentated band ; antennae at the base, thorax, and anus, rufous. 



Length of the body 5| lines. 



A single specimen taken in Lat. 65. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black, downy. Head suborbicular, rufous with a black anteriorly tridentate band between 

 the eyes ; mandibles and palpi dusky at the tip ; antennae shorter than the body with the scape and 

 the base of the pedicel, or second joint, rufous : prothorax rufous, rather wider than long, anteriorly 

 rounded, posteriorly transverse with the margin much reflexed ; disk slightly channelled : elytra 

 obsoletely punctured, or wrinkled, with three obsolete longitudinal elevated lines, the outer one 

 abbreviated at both ends ; legs dusky, base and apex of the four anterior thighs rufous ; posterior 

 thighs rufous, dusky at the tip. 



(337) 3. * Telephorus Samouellii. Samouelles Telephorus. 



T. (Samouellii J niger; capite, prothorace, scutello, pedibns, ventrcque segmentis apice lateribusque pallide, testaceis. 

 Samouelle's Telephorus, black ; head, prothorax, scutellum, and legs testaceous : apex and sides of the ventral segments 

 pale testaceous. 



Length of the body 5^ lines. 



Taken in the Route from New York, in Lat. 65°. and in the Rocky Mountains. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Very like T. Westwoodii, but the antenna; are dusky, pale at the base ; between the eyes is a 

 faint dusky cloud ; the scutellum and the legs are testaceous, as are the sides and tips of the ventral 

 segments of the abdomen as well as the anus. 



