{90}BRENTHUS MINUTUS. Plate XLII. fig. 3. natural size, and 7. magnified. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Rhyncophora. FAMILY: Curculionidæ. SUBFAMILY: Brenthides, _Schonh._ GENUS. BRENTHUS, _Illiger._ Brentus, _Fabr._ Curculio p. _Linn._ BRENTHUS MINUTUS. Niger, elytris striatis nigro-brunneis. (Long. Corp. fere 6 lin.) SYN. Curculio minutus, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Herbst. Col_. 7. 200. _t._ 108. _f._ 9. B. (Brentus m.) _Schonh. Sys. Ins. Curcul._ 1. 368. 6. HABITAT: Virginia. Head black, with a long, horny, slender beak. Antennæ placed near the head, near the base of the beak, black, and about the length of the thorax, the first and last joints being the longest. Thorax black, smooth, and shining; being almost the length of the body, and nearly round, but thickest towards the middle. Scutellum indistinct. Elytra dark brown, with some patches on them of a lighter colour; margined on the sides and suture, and with rows of small punctures thereon. Abdomen dark brown, smooth and shining. The fore legs are longer than the rest, and at the tips of the tibiæ are furnished with a spine. All the thighs are very thick in the middle. CASNONIA LONGICOLLIS. Plate XLII. fig. 4. natural size, and 6. magnified. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Adephaga-Geodephaga. FAMILY: Carabidæ. SUBFAMILY: Brachinides. GENUS. CASNONIA, _Latrielle._ Attelabus p. _Linn. Drury._ CASNONIA LONGICOLLIS. Nigra, elytris punctato striatis, singulo tuberculo parvo subapicali luteo; thorace fere longitudine elytrorum, pedibus luteo nigroque variis. (Long. Corp. 4½ lin.) SYN. Attelabus longicollis, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. HABITAT: Virginia. Head black, long and broad over the eyes, but narrow next the thorax. Antennæ dark brown, about the length of the head and thorax. Thorax nearly the length of the wing-cases, black, slender and shining, rising a little circularly from the body. Scutellum wanting. The elytra are margined and shining, not covering the anus, with rows of very small punctures on them, and near their extremities have a small papilla or swelling of a yellow colour. Abdomen black. Legs partly yellow, and partly black. PLATE XLIII. [Illustration] XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA. Plate XLIII. fig. 1. ORDER: Hymenoptera. SECTION: Mellifera. FAMILY: Apidæ, _Leach._ GENUS. XYLOCOPA, _Fabr._ Apis, _Linn. Drury._ XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA. Hirsuta pallida; abdomine, excepto primo segmento, atro. (Magn. Bomb. terrestr.) SYN. Apis Virginica, _Linn. Mant. p._ 540. _Fabr. Syst. Piez._ 346. 14. (Bombus v.) _Ent. Syst._ 2. 318. 15. HABITAT: Virginia.