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unnoticed by Dej. from these reasons. I cannot possibly call 

 the thorax of my D. costatus " subquadratic ;" it is rounded 

 at the sides, narrowed behind and cut away at the base. The 

 striae of the elytra of my species are not punctured in the 

 bottom as those of the D. impressicollis are stated to be. In 

 mentioning the interantennal impressions Dej. would certainly 

 not have overlooked the depression in the centre of the fore- 

 head nor that of the clypeus, which distinguish my insect, had 

 they existed in the one he described. The former is round, 

 the latter transverse. I further fail to discover in my spec, 

 the "reflet un pen changeant" of the elytra, and that the 

 base of the thorax is "assez fortement ponctuee et que les 

 points se confondent souvent ensemble;" nor do I consider 

 the interstices of the elytra " releves, presque arrondis," or 

 the head "un peu retrecie posterieurement," the skull is of 

 the same breadth from the antennae to the occiput. 



43. DiSTRiGUS submetallicus. N. 



D. supra niger seneo-micans, nitidus; subtus pieeus., pedibus, ore an- 

 tennisque obscure castaneis, tarsis brimneo-testaceis long. corp. 3 lin. 



Capite praecedentis sed fronte haud excavato; mandibulis strigosis; 

 menti dente mediocri; thorace breviter rotundato-obcordato, prsecedente 

 lateribus magis rotundato, antice magis deflexo, postice fortius quadrato, 

 hie 3-impresso, impressione media lateralibus minus profunda ad apicem 

 prolongata, inter impressionibus punctato longitudinaliterque ruguloso ; 

 scutello excavato; elytris striatis, ad striam 2 m ante medium utrinque 

 puncto impresso, interstitiis deplanatis ; tarsis laevibus ; prosterno pro- 

 funde canaliculato. 



Ubi pra3cedentem specimen singulum m. cepi. 



44. DiSTRiGUS rufo-piceus. N. 



D. rufo-piceus, nitidus, pedibus, thoracis elytrorumque margin e 

 testaceis, antennis brunneo-testaceis, mandibulis brunneis, long. corp. 3 

 lin. 



Capite inter antennas profunde longitud. 2 -impresso, fronte medio 



