American entomology, or, Descriptions of the insects of North America : illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature . nt ofthose gay colours for which the two precedingspecies are remarkable. The lower left figure. PLATE XXIV. DIC^LUS SCULPTILIS. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Black; elytra with irregularly serpentine striae. SYNONYM. DiciELUs ScuLPTiLis. Nobis. Trans. Soc. vol. ii. New Series, p. 68. DESCRIPTION. Body entirely black, immaculate: thorax veryslightly widest at base; the lateral edge not at allexcurved near the basal angle, and the com-mencement
American entomology, or, Descriptions of the insects of North America : illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature . nt ofthose gay colours for which the two precedingspecies are remarkable. The lower left figure. PLATE XXIV. DIC^LUS SCULPTILIS. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Black; elytra with irregularly serpentine striae. SYNONYM. DiciELUs ScuLPTiLis. Nobis. Trans. Soc. vol. ii. New Series, p. 68. DESCRIPTION. Body entirely black, immaculate: thorax veryslightly widest at base; the lateral edge not at allexcurved near the basal angle, and the com-mencement of the anterior curvature of thisedge, is at the middle of its length; elytra withits striae very irregularly serpentine; the inter-stitial lines are irregular and unequal on theirsides, and exhibit a very few adventitious punc-tures, with raised centres. PLATE XXIV. H OBSERVATIONS. Very distinct from the foregoing species, bythe singular irregularity, and sculptured appear-ance, of the striae of the elytra. It was disco-vered in Missouri by Mr. Thomas Nuttall, andhas not been found in the Atlantic States. The low^er right figure. PLATE
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