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Descriptions of some vew species of Insects, nnth observations on described species* 
By S. S. Haldeman. 
Cecindela lecontei Ilald. Dull cupreous, beneath green, with cupreous 
reflexions; white pubescent ; head rugulosejlongitudinally upon the front, and 
transv^ersely behind ; labrum white, anterior margin blackish, short, transverse, 
strongly tridentate in the nniddle ; palpi blackish green. Prothorax minutely 
wrinkled, narrowed posteriorly, disc convex, transverse impressions and dorsal 
line profound. Elytra convex, r'early double the width of the base of the pro- 
thorax, finely and obsoletely punctured, with an irregular stria of large punc- 
tures, base greenish; lutiules submargirial, distinct, and yellowish white, the 
humeral one rectilinear, and extending to one-fourth the length of the elytra, 
where it is incras>ated on the inner side, touching the medial fascia, which is 
triangular, with the apex extending one third of the distance towards the suture; 
the apical lunule is bent at a right angle, and reaches the suture. 
Allied to C. rugifrons and C. scutellaris, resembling the latter in the charac- 
ter of the prothorax, and differing from the former in having the humeral lunule 
entire. 
Wisconsin, Guex. Cab. Le Conte. 
C. ANcociscoNENSis i?rt/-;-i5. <' Ufper lip 3-toothed, thorax narrowed behind. 
Bronzed blackish brown above, with white humeral and terminal lunule, and 
intermediate angular band enlarged on the margin; body beneath green, tail 
purple." Harris. 
Form rather slender, head tinged with metallic green, longitudinally rugulose, 
especially upon the orbits; front with distant impre-^sed shallow punctures ; 
labrum white or discolored, the margin obscure, strongly 3-toothed, with an 
obsolete tooth on each side; mandiblps black, with the base white; antennae 
and palpi metallic green and blue, with white hairs. Prothorax as wide as the 
eyes, and with the scutel, minutely scabrous, anterior, posterior and dorsal lines 
well impressed with metallic green, lateral margins punctate. Elytra minutely 
punctate with blue or green impressed microscopic points, with an indistinct 
subsutural irregular line of larger distinct punctures, and one or two very short 
similar lines on the hymerns. Humeral lunule curving slightly inwards poste- 
riorly, terminal lunule abruptly enlarged anteriorly, sometimes continuous with 
the marginal portion of the middle fascia, which is behind the middie of the 
elytron, "extending transversely less than half the distance towards the suture, 
and bent backw^ard and inward, terminating in an enlargement near the suture. 
Beneath and feet green, with white hairs. In the male the base of the maxil- 
lary palpi is yellow. 
New Hampshire, Dr. Harris ; Philadelphia, Schafhii t ; Cab. Le Conte. 
EvARTHRUs GRAviDTTs. Black, somewhat shinin?, robust and depressed, pro- 
thorax transverse, lateral margins reflexed, broadly rounded, slightly sinuate 
posteriorly, dorsal and anterior line impressed, basal angles square, with two 
well impressed longitudinal striae, the surface of this part and the posterior part 
of the dorsal line being marked with irregular waved transverse striae. Elytral 
striae well impressed, finely punctured toward the base, except the submarginal 
ocellate row, interstices slightly convex. Length 101, breadth (elytra) 4 lines. 
Var. ^. Interstices of the elytra smooh, with the punctures more distinct. 
Var. C. Elytra smooth, the strioe and punctures indistinct. 
This species adds a group (2f,) to the live of Le Conte, <zivrn in the Journ. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. 2d ser. 2, 227, and establishes a complete parallelism between 
the two divisions of the genus Evarthru? formpd by him, the relations between 
the sections 2e and 2r, being equivalent to those between la and lb. The cha- 
racters of group f. are : Elytrorum striis non approximatis, thorace qvadrato, 
postice utrinqve bi-impresso. 
EvARTHRus HEROS Say, (Ferouia) Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. 3, 14.'5. Since Dr. 
Le Conte alluded to this species, Journ. Acad. 2d ser., 2, 223, specimens have 
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been obtained which show that E. colossu:5 Lee. is a distinct species,,and that 
the former belongs to the section of the latter. 
BoLBocERUs FossATus, % Bright pals ferrusiinous ; clipeus pronninent, con- 
fluently punctured, its disc concave at the end by the elevation of the margin, 
sides parallel, anterior margin with three teeth, one medial, bounded by an ob- 
tuse emargination which forms the lateral teeth at the anterior angles ; anterior 
canthus of the eye prominent. Fronotum with two horns above directed late- 
rally, and slightly forwards, their posterior margin curving in a sharply defined 
semicircle, and forming an additional obtuse tooth on each side, which bounds a 
deep fossa anterior to it. Surface confluently punctured, particularly in the 
depresseil portions, the prominent part above and posteriorly being smooth and 
shining. Lateral margin finely rrenulate, with a slight emargination over 
the anterior angles; dorsal line distinctly impressed. Scutel sparsely punc- 
tured. Elytra paler posteriorly, and finely striate, the striae with fine punctures. 
Inferior parts of the body paler than above; clypeus, mandibles, maxillae and 
serrations of the anterior feet margined with black. Length 8g lines. 
Texas, Lt. H. Haldeman. 
B. LAPORTii. I propose to give this name \.o Bolbocerns ferrugiiiensW Laporte, 
An. Art. Col. 2, 104, VV'estwood, Lin. Trans, vol. 21, p. 21. It is an East In- 
dian species, and not the true American Scarab, femigineus of Beauvois, 1805, 
Ins. 90, tab. 20, fig. 3. Scarab, frrrvghie us Oliv. 1789, Ins. 1, 9, 3, p. 18-1, tab. 
23, fig. 202, belongs to a different genus. 
B. VESTvuDii. This name is proposed for Bolhoeertcs fitrcicollis\ Westwood, 
an East Indian species, confounded with the North American B, fitrcicollls Lap., 
itself a synonym of B. fftrraginens Beauv., and B. lecontei^ Dej. Cat., as Dr. 
Le Conte has informed me. 
Geotrupes opacus llald. Purple black with scarcely any lustre. Head 
scabrous, except a small spot on the vertex, with scattered punctures ; clypeus 
regularly rounded, front with three straight radiating lines starting from one 
impression, the posterior one short and medial, the anterior ones running to the 
margin, and enclosing a small central tubercle in thf> angle which they form ; 
pronotum with irregularly scattered impressed punctures, less sparse in the 
dorsal line, which is slightly impressed posteriorly ; punctures becoming less 
sparse toward the lateral margins, where they are subconfluent ; lateral fovea 
present, scutel punctate. Elytra smooth, scarcely striate, but marked by J6 
somewhat irregular rows of fine punctures. Pygidium scabrous, 8 lines long. 
Western Texas. Distinguished from G. blaclhurnli Fabr. by the want of 
lustre, and the striae, which connect the elytral punctures being evanescent, and 
in some parts wanting. 
Enoplium QUADRiNorATTJM Ilahl Rufous, with fouT elytral spots arranged 
in a square ; surface scabrous, hirsute with black hairs. Head and prothorax 
rufous above and below. Front with a transverse impression between the 
anterior angle of the eyes ; palpi, antennre, a spot on th^^ vertex, feet, pectus and 
abdomen shining black. Prothorax longer than wide, the sides convex, project- 
ing most behind the middle; an evanescent black spot in front of the scutel. 
Elytra each with two conspicuous round black spots, one a little anterior to the 
middle, the other more than midway between the former and the apex. The 
size of the spots exceeds one third the width of the elytron. 3 lines long. 
Texas. Bears some resemblance to E. A-p/c net at ur/i ?>a.y; but that sppcies 
has a black head and prothorax. As in that species the antennce are lO-arti- 
culate. 
Genus Sandalts lOiork, 1801. 
S. MGER Knock, 1801. N. BeitrJige, 110, 9. S. Knochii Guerin, 1843, 
Species et Icon, des An. Art. No. 4, p. 4, tig. 1 5 ; fig. 2 9* ^' ruhi,lus MIs. 
1845, Proc. Acad. 2, 220, J . Rhipictra rHjipenms\. Dej. Cat. Guerin was the 
first to point out the male of this species in certain specimens with fusco-rufous 
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elytra, described as S. mbidus by Dr. Melsheimer, who, however, suspected 
that they might be the male of S. viger. Both sexes vary in size, the dorsal 
line is sometimes impressed in both, and the distinctness of the raised lines of 
the elytra differs in each. 
S. PETROPHYA Knock, 1801. N. Beitr. 131. Guer. Sp. No. 4. RJiipieera 
fulva Lap. 1834, Ann. Ent. France, 3, 326. Hh. proserpiiia Newman, 1838, 
Ent. Mag. 5, 383. Male considerably smaller than the female, and with the 
elytra slightly narrowing posteriorly instead of being widest behind the middle, 
as in the female. Black, with an indistinct yellowish pubescence. Mandibles 
black, antennae dark rufous, base black ; head and pronotum finely scabrous, the 
width of the latter about double its length, sides convex, subangular behind the 
middle, dorsal line impressed or wanting. Stutel circular, minutely scabrous. 
Elytra but little wider than the prothorax, slightly tapering posteriorly, surface 
deeply and coarsely punctured in irregular longitudinal series, leaving intersti- 
tial raised lines, which are most regular between each pair of the punctured 
lines. Tarsi with fulvous hair beneath, ungues reddish. Length 5i lines, elytra 
4, pronotum 1 in length and H in breadth. In case S. brevicolU-i Mels., 1845, 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. 2, 220, is a distinct species, it will be difficult to deter- 
mine whether the male here described appertains to it or to S. petrophya. I 
think, however, that S. hrevicoUis has no sufficient character to separate it from 
S. petrophya. 
Sandalus scabkicollis Hald. 5 Black, sides of the prothorax punctate 
scabrous, convex before the middle and concave behind it, so as to be slightly 
sinuous. Length 4i lines, elytra 3J. Cab. Le Conte. 
The prothorax is more coarsely punctured than in S. niger, (which has it 
finely punctulate) and the single specimen observed, besides its small size, has 
the apex of the elytra slightly compressed externally in a sloping direction. 
Genus Cryptopleuea Lee. Journ. Acad. 2d ser. 2, 6. 
Head small, mandibles acute, palpi with the last joint somewhat enlarging 
towards the end, eyes subreniform, antennae short and slender, 1st and 5th arti- 
culations rather longer than any of the rest. Prothorax subglobular, mesoster- 
num protuberant. Scutel rounded posteriorly. Elytra rather slender, wider 
than the prothorax, narrowing gradually towards the apex; humeri prominent, 
sides sinuate near the base. Feet weak, femora slightly incrassaied towards 
the apex. 
C. GRATA II<ild. Shining black; head, mandibles, thorax and scutel slightly 
sericeous with yellowish hair ; labrum and palpi rufous, front flat, medial line 
slightly raised. Thorax finely and sparsely punctured. Elytra with fine and 
sparse piliferous punctures, apex truncate, marked each with 4 orantie spots ; 
the 1st longitudinal, basal and medial ; the 2d before the middle, and marginal; 
the 3d medial and subsutural ; and the 4th immediately behind the 3d. The 3 
latter are irregular and confluent. Tibice, tarsi and base of the femora rufous. 
8 lines long, humeri 4 wide. 
Tampico, Mexico, Lieut. H. Haldeman. 
TiMARCHA iNTRicATA. ObloTig convex, black, shining, scabrous with conflu- 
ent impressed punctures, which are coarsest upon the elytra. Head irregularly 
and densely punctate, front concave, with an indistinct fovea on each side; an- 
tennae with the penult articulation extending to the base of the pronotum, 
exterior articulations clothed with short brown hairs. Pronotum transverse, 
apex broadly emarginate, medial portion rectilinear; base sub-sinuate; sides 
very convex, narrowed posteriorly, basal angle? acute; surface varied with irre- 
gular shallow impressions, and densely and irregularly punctate. Scutel with a 
few punctures. Elytra scabrous with large confluent punctures, the interstices 
irregular and finely punctate, humeral angle rectilinear and obtuse. Inferior 
surface less densely punctate, punctures of the feet fine. Less than 5 lines long. 
Oregon, J. K. Townsend. 
I have adopted the name applied in Dr. Le Conle's Cabinet. 
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T. iNTERTEXTA. General characters of T. intri<ata. Frontal base obtusely 
impressed, basal angles of the pronotum rectangular; hunneral angles obtusely 
rounded ; abdomen sub-opaque, punctures indistinct. 5 lines long. 
California, Joshua Child. 
Distinguished from T. intricata by beinir more slender, by having the protho- 
rax more transverse, with the sides more sinuous, the antennce a little longer, a 
deeper emargination at the base of the elytra and prothorax, the punctures of the 
elytra more ru.ose, and the opacity of the abdomen, and less distinctness of its 
punctures. 
Belostoma impressum Hald. Variegated dark and pale brown, neurations of 
the elytra varied with black, with a black stigma at the medial point where they 
cross. Head short, pronotum sinuous at base, sides sub-sinuous, transverse line 
rectilinear and obtusely impressed, a fovea in front of it on each side. Two 
fovere forming conjointly a V-shaped medial mark at the apex of the pronotum. 
Scutel with two quadrangles of raised lines, one on each side, the raised dorsal 
line being common to the two. Inferior surface flavous, mottled with pale 
brown. Medial and posterior femora and tibine with three dark bands ; anterior 
femora robust, simple, the down confined to the anterior margin; caudal appen- 
dages not protruded. 23 lines long, 9 wide. 
California, Joshua Child. 
Allied to B. Jtaldfmaiium Leidy, but distinguished by the dorsal impressions, 
the lighter color of the inferior surface, and the comparative narrowness of the 
posterior tibice and tarsi. 
Zaitha inde.ntata Hahl. Broadly oval, depressed, dark brown, finely sca- 
brous. Head, pronotum and scutel with indistinct patches of very short prostrate 
flavous hair. Pronotum pyramidal, lateral and anterior margin with an im- 
pressed line; apex sinuous, apical angle obtusely rounded, sides rectilinear, 
base sub-rectilinear, dorsal line raised posteriorly, and impressed anteriorly, 
transverse posterior line distinctly impressed, portion posterior to it, and ante- 
rior portion of the scutel, transversely rugulose; a well impressed fovea (having 
a raised margin) on each side equidistant between the dorsal line and exterior 
and anterior margins, a second shallow fovea on each side of the dorsal line 
anteriorly, conjointly forming a V-shaped figure. Disc of the scutel with irre- 
gular rugce radiating backwards and outwards, medial line impressed. Elytra 
with distinct cupreous reflexions, neurations very distinct. Feet with lines of 
silky hair, their surface and the inferior parts of the body covered with short 
prostrate hair. Length 15, width 8 lines. 
California, Dr. Le Conte. 
A second specimen has two longitudinal flavous lines on each sifle of the base. 
The latter is a female, and the posterior part of the body above is covered 
with ova. 
Distinguished from Z. blfoventa Hald. Stansbury's Expedition, 370, tab. 10, 
fig. 1, bv its darker color, broader form, and the greater distinctness of the foveas 
on the pronotum. 
PiiALANGOPsis sc'ABRiPES JTahl. Flavous mottled with black, especially upon 
the posterior margin of all the s?<iments, knee joints of all the feet and base of 
the antenna?, brown. Upp^^r extremity of the femora strongly curved inwards 
toward the base ; externally and above regularly reticulate with blackish, and 
scabrous with raised points, which arc mostly confined to the dark portions; 
under margin with a row of small spines enlarsiing posteriorly. Length 5 H 
lines, antenna 48, posterior femora 1 1, tibiae 12.j, tarsi Ah. One specimen taken 
at Selma, Alabama, by Dr. Hendree. 
Resembles PJi. lapidicula Burmeister, and graeilipes Hald. (Am. Assoc. 1849, 
p. 33G,) in size, but ditTers from the former by the smaller femoral spines, and 
from the latter by the scabrous femora. 
Xya mixta JTald., Shining flavo.is variegated with brown. Antennm brown, 
head flavous pimctate, more sj)arsely above, labrum and a large frontal macula 
black. Prothorax small and transverse. Elytra flavous, base and apex brown. 
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less than half the length of the wings, which are pale, with the apex slightly 
fuliginous, and extending I line beyond the abdomen. Anterior feet flavous, 
tibial palm hirsute, with three terminal spines, internal angle with a slender 
tarsus (apparently bi-articulate) armed with two slender curved ungues. Me- 
dial feet and posterior femora variegated ; posterior tibia? with lamellar appen- 
dages as in X. apicalis. Abdomen flavous beneath and at the lateral margin, 
sides and ap'^x brown. 5 lines long to the end of the wings. 
Fort Gates, Western Texas, Lt. H. Haldeman. 
Resembles X. apicalis Say, (which occurs on the Susquehanna) in general 
appearance, but it is smaller, and the prothorax is much less inflated. 
Termes nigriceps Haiti. Body, feet, trophi and antennae flavous. Head 
glossy black, sparsely hairy, globose pyriform, projecting anteriorly and ending 
in a long horn; antenna; l2-articu!ate ; feet slender and hairy. Length 1^ line. 
Soldier? with the head larger, sub-globular, unarmed, pale polished brows, 
front and medial line impressed; antennae 14-articulate. Length li line. 
Western Mexico. 
This small species constructs nests apparently of cow's dung, which are 
attached to the trunks of trees. Dr. Le Conte has seen this or an allied species 
in Central America. The specimens with the larger head are presumed to be 
the soldiers. 
EuMENEs PENSiLVANiCA Hald. Black, with dilated impressed punctures. 
Hypostoma transversely truncate, with a marjzinal band of white; a white point 
at the posterior base of the antennae, basal articulation of the antenn.Te with a 
narrow line of white. Abdominal peduncle small, with a narrow white band 
near its apex. Sejjmenls of the abdomen with a very narrow margin of white. 
Wings pale fuliginous. Length 5^ lines. 
Pennsylvania. 
The smallest of our species known to me, and having the mesonotum more 
coarsely punctate, and the white of the face forming a transverse band ante- 
riorly. 
The Coraiiiittee on Mr. Girard's descriptions of new Neraerteans and 
Planarians, reported in favor of publication. 
Descriptions of netv Nemerteans and Tlnnarians from the coast of the Carolinas. 
By Charles Girard. 
The sppcies here described are all marine, and were mostly collected by my 
friend Wm. Stimpson, on the coast of South Carolina. Aware that I was en- 
gaged in researches concernins: the natural hi tory of these animals, he very 
kindly placed thern in my hands for description. 
The number of species thus added to the American fauna amounts to nine, 
four of which are new to science and two new to America. 
Many of the followins descriptions were prepared with the assistance of notes 
made on the spot by Mr. Stimpson himself, and while the animals were still 
alive. The coloration and general form are thus more correctly given than if 
these characters had been derived from the specimens as preserved in alcohol. 
There are two forms to which I would direct the attention of naturalists, as 
they must have an immediate bearing upon the question of the natural affinities 
of these families either with annelids or with molluscs. I allude to the genus 
Imagine amongst Planarians, and to the genus Stimpsonia amongst Nemerteans. 
The former represents those gastropods which are provided with eyes at the top 
of their cephalic tentacles, and the latter the nudibranchiated acteons, with an 
expanded back.