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L. conjiuentum, Piceous; densely punctured; thorax 
short, rounded behind and angiilated before eadi side ; head 
large. 
Inliab. U. S. 
Bod^f piceoiis : head with close set, discoidal punctures ; 
large, ovate or subquadrate; tips of the carinse oftheanten- 
11 3 B, base of the antennje and palpi paler : 2)alpi with the 
terminal joint very small: antennm towards the tipmonil- 
iform : thorax much smaller than the head, paler on the lat- 
eral and posterior margins; punctures confluent longitudin- 
ally ; anterior margin with a short, abrupt neck ; anterior 
angles angulated ; behind rounded : elytra wdth small, ir- 
regular punctures, furnishing short hairs, almost obsolete at 
tip; tip paler: feet honey yeliov/. 
Length less than three 4 w^entieUis of an inch. 
I obtained a few specimens at Chincotsege Island, in dung, 
October. And one in Indiana. 
PINOPHILUS, Grav. 
P. latipes^ Grav. In bis last work tins author abolishes^ 
this genus and unites the species with Lathobium. Bui I 
think with Latreille that it must be a distinct genus. 
P^DERUS. Fabr. 
i. P. discopunctatuSy Y ellowhh; abdomen black at 
tip. 
Inhab. U, S. 
Bodtj elongated, dull honey-yellow, punctured : head with 
close set, discoidal punctures; subquadrate, obtuse before: 
aniennm aiid palpi paler than the head : thorax with dis* 
coidal punctures, which are close set and like those of the 
head with a central point; oval, rather smaller than the 
head ; edges a little darker : elytra a little paler than the 
head and thorax, with dense, transversely somewhat com 
fluent punctures : abdomen dark honey-yellow, black at 
tip : /eef colour of the elytra. 
Length less than three-twentieths of an inch. 
Resembles P. binotatus^ Say, but may be distinguished 
at first sight by the more obtuse anterior termination of 
the head and by the absence of the elytral spots, which 
mark that species. 
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