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reaching out to tho labial palpi and as far as the end of third joint of the maxillary 
palpi : there are a few hairs on the end of it. 
On the upper aide of the segments behind the prothoracic is a faint, transverse im- 
pressed line, with two or three short creases radiating from each end. On the eighth 
ninth, and tenth rings these creases become much longer and are parallel to the 
median line of the body, while the transverse crease disappears. 
Then' arc nine pairs of stigmata, one pair on the mesothorax, the remainder on the 
first right abdominal segments. There are three pairs of rudimentary thoracic feet, 
represented by very minute two-jointed tubercles, the basal joint consisting of a 
simple chitinous ring. The under side of the body is more hairy than above. On 
the underside of the prothoracic segment is a pair of round, smooth, very slightly 
chitinous spots, which are succeeded ou each of the other rings by a pair of short, 
impressed oblique lines. 
It is nearly half an inch (.45) in length. 
It may be readily recognized by the four chitinous patches on the prothorax and 
by the very minute clypeus and labrum. The upper side of the prothorax is inclined 
downward towards the head, but not so much as in Clytus. 
The pupa.— It is white, with the wing-covers reaching to the end of the second 
abdominal segment. The antennae are not much curved, reaching to the end of the 
third abdominal segment, and resting above the legs. The prothorax is swollen just 
behind the middle and is just as long as broad. The maxillary palpi are long, reach- 
ing nearly tc theend of the coxae. The labial palpi reach a little beyond the middle of 
the maxillary palpi. The two anterior pairs of legs are folded at right angles to the 
body, the third pair obliquely. The first pair of tarsi reach to the base of the second 
tarsi ; the second pair of tarsi reach to the coxae of the third pair of legs. It is a 
third of an inch (.33) in length. 
The beetle.— Ph. amcenut has a reddish body, with Prussian-blue wing-covers. The 
prothorax is just as long as broad, with the sides moderately convex, and broadest 
just behind the middle. The antennae and tibiae are blackish brown, the tarsi being 
dull red, the hind pair being darker than the others, and the femora are reddish. The 
prothorax is distinctly punctured, while the elytra are very coarsely punctured. The 
scutellum is pale reddish. It is a quarter of an inch iu length. A single specimen 
received from Illinois. 
15. The white-banded phymatodes. 
Phymatodes varius (Fabricius). 
Order Coleoptera; Family Cerambychxe. 
Several specimens of this beetle were met with a few years since, the 
last of May, on the trunk of a black oak, in which, it is probable, their 
younger state had been passed. It is closely re- 
lated to the black varieties of P. varius Fab., but 
is a third smaller, with the white bands much 
more slender, and the surface of the wing-covers 
is perceptibly more rough than in my specimens 
of that insect, notwithstanding their smaller 
size. Its thorax is densely punctured, with a 
short smooth stripe between the center and the 
base. One of the specimens varies in having 
the posterior white band wholly wanting. 
(Fitch.) 
fio. 25 —phymatodes varius- I have found near Providence several of these 
pretty little beetles, of both sexes, running in 
