222 HISTERIDZ. 
—Mexico1, Northern Sonora (Morrison), San Luis Potosi (Dr. Palmer), Chihuahua, 
Monterey, Durango city, Villa Lerdo, Aguas Calientes, Zimapan, Sayula, Cholula, 
Tupataro, Guadalajara, Mexico city, San Andres Chalchicomula, Jalapa, Oaxaca, 
Chilpancingo (Hége), Puebla, Guanajuato (Sallé), Orizaba?; Guaremata? (Sailé), 
near the city (Salvin), Capetillo (Champion).—Hawatan Isuanps °. 
This widely distributed species is very abundant in Northern Mexico, and extends 
southwards to Guatemala. 
8. Saprinus solitarius, sp. n. (Tab. VI. fig. 10.) 
Ovalis, nigro-seneus, nitidus; antennis pedibusque piceis; fronte dense subrugoso-punctata, stria obsoleta; 
pronoto lateribus rugoso basique punctata, pone oculos impresso; elytris dense rugoso-punctatis, margine 
areaque scutellari usque ad 2™ dorsalem levi, stria suturali integra, antice arcuatim coeunte cum 4 dorsali 
dimidiata, 3° brevi, 1° et 2* dimidiatis, humerali valide, subhumerali brevissima; pygidio propygidioque dense 
et grosse punctatis; prosterno punctulato, striis postice abbreviatis, antice divaricatis ascendentibus ; 
mesosterno marginato, parce et grosse punctato; tibiis anticis 7- vel 8-denticulatis. Long. 4 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison). 
The chief distinction between this insect and S. wneus, Fabr., is in the prosternal 
stria. The head and pygidium are more coarsely punctured than in the Fabrician 
species, but the elytral sculpture is almost identical. One specimen. 
4. Saprinus nitidulus. 
Mister nitidulus, Payk. Fauna Suec. i. p. 45; Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. i. p. 85. 
Saprinus nitidulus, Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1855, p. 402, t. 17. fig. 407. 
Hister krynickyi, Krynick, Bull. Mose. v, p. 118 (1832) ; Hochhuth, Bull. Mose. 1872, iii. p. 224. 
Hister acuminatus, Fabr. Ent., Suppl. p. 37. 
Hister semistriatus, Herbst, Kaf. iv. p. 306, t. 35. fig. 6. 
Saprinus punctato-striatus, Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1862, p. 459, t. 12. fig. 19 (apud 
Joh. Schmidt, Deutsche ent. Zeit. xxix. p. 440). 
Var. Saprinus sparsipunctatus, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1849, iii. p. 97; Mars. loc. cit. 1862, p. 457, 
t. 12. fig. 18. 
Var. Saprinus turcomanicus, Ménétr. Mém. Ac. Petr. vi. p. 55, t. 2. fig. 9 (1849) ; Motsch. Bull. 
Mosc. 1849, i. p. 95. 
Var. Saprinus uralensis, Motsch. loc. cit. p. 98. 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé).—Evrorg!; Srperia!; Syria}, &c. 
Of this common and widely distributed species there is a single small example from 
Mexico in the Sallé collection. 
5. Saprinus diptychus. . 
Saprinus diptychus, Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1855, p. 418, t. 17. fig. 52°. 
Hab. Mexico, Yucatan (Pilate !). 
