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This has been supposed to be the same as the fmdpes^ 
Gray, but it is much larger, with pale feet, &c. 
2. S. colon. Black ; elytra with a rufous dot ; feet pale 
beneath. 
Inhab. Indiana. 
Body black, with large, dense, not very profound punc- 
tures : elytra with the punctures towards the suture lon- 
gitudinally confluent ; a siibluiiate or triaiigolar, dull ru- 
fous spot rather behind the middle of each elytrum : ter- 
gum with the punctures not smaller at the posterior mar- 
gins of the segments : feet dirty yellowish : thighs black- 
ish above. 
Length over three-twentieths of an inch. 
Much like S. biguttatus^ Linn, but is much, smaller, 
and the spot of the elytra is placed rather more outw^ard 
and backward, and is more triangular and emarginate be- 
lore. 
3. S, stygicus. Greyish black, immaculate. 
Inhab. Missouri. 
Body black, with a slight tint of gray; punctures 
dense, with shoii, prostrate hairs : head obtusely indented 
each side hetw^'cen the eyes : thorax broadest a little he- 
ibre the middle : elytra^ region of the scute! indented : 
tergum of a more mimixed black than the anterior part 
of the body : feet immaculate. 
Length nearly three- twentieths of an inch. 
Resembles buptkalmus, Schr. but may be distinguished 
by the more obvious indentations of the head. 
4. S._^femoratus^ Grayish-black; thighs rufous. 
Inhab. Peiinsyivaiiia. 
Body black with a slight tinge of gray ; punctures 
dense, with short, prostrate hairs : head obtusely indented 
each side between the eyes : thorax broadest rather be- 
fore the middle, contracted behind ; a slight appearance of 
indentation behind the middle : elytra^ region of the scu- 
te! a little indented : tergum of a more uiimixed black 
than the other part of the body : anterior thighs rufous, 
black at the knee ; posterior thighs obscure rufous. 
Ijength less thaiPthree-twentleths of an inch. 
