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little behind the middle: elytra with the stri« 
continued parallel to the tip, well impressed, mi- 
nutely punctured ; interstitial spaces depressed, 
third with a single slight puncture on the poste- 
rior fifth from the base : beneath black : posterior 
angles of the pectus^ epipleura and feet piceous ; 
anterior tarsi with four not widely dilated sub- 
quadrate joints, the fourth joint being as large as 
the third and all beneath with dense fastigiate 
hairs ; intermediate tarsi also somewhat dilated. 
Length less than two fifths of an inch. 
The elytra are hardly perceptibly sinuous near 
the tip. 
The specimen for which I am indebted to Mr. 
J. Barabino of New Orleans is a doubtful conge- 
ner of the O. helopoides, Fabr. than which the bo- 
dy is somewhat more dongated, the thorax more 
gradually narrowed before. It has at first sight 
more the appearance of the HaTpalus terminatus 
or Calathus gregarious. Say. The intermediate 
tarsi are somewftat dilated, the anterior tarsi are 
not widely dilated and the terminal joint is as 
large as the preceding one. I place it in this 
genus provisionally, more specimens may shew 
this arrangement to be incorrect. The parallel- 
ism of the striseof the elytra to their termination 
is a remarkable character, even more obvioui 
than in the helopoides, 
DICJELUS, Bonelli. 
1. D. piirpuraius, Bonelli. Since described 
by Dejean under the name of chalyb$us, Sp. 
Gen. 2. 
2. D. elongatus, Bonelli, Say. Trans. Amer. 
Philos. Soc. Dejean is of the opinion that thjJ 
is not the elongatus of Bonelli, and has described 
it with the name of furvus^ but he has not stated 
the reasons* for this opinion. 
POGONUS, Zeigl. 
P. rectusy Say. (Feronia.) Trans. Amer. 
Philos. Soc. I may add to the description that 
the strisc are well impressed and punctured ra- 
ther densely on the sides ; third interstitial line 
with about three punctures, excepting the mid- 
dle one, hardly distinct from the punctures of the 
striae. 
PATROBUS, Meg. 
P. longicornisy Say. (Feronia.) Trans. Am. 
Philos. Soc. Recently described by Dejean un- 
der the name of americanusy Sp. Gen. 3, p. 84. 
Why he has added a synonym in this case, I 
know not. 
ANCHOMENUS, Bond. 
1. A. decehtisy Say. (Feronia.) Trans. Ana. 
Philos. Soc. Has been recently described by 
Dejean under the name of gagaies. 
2. A. cincticollisy Say. (Feronia.) Trane. 
Amer. Philos. Soc. Since described by Gerraar 
under the name of blandusy Sp. Nov®, p. 12, and 
