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deep, otherwise nearly as in compar; prothorax large, nearly one-half 

 wider than long, the rounded sides converging anteriorly, the sinuate 

 apex much narrower than the truncate and strongly margined base; 

 surface and side margins nearly as in compar, except that the fovese 

 are rather deeper and the punctuation thence to the sides different, 

 being of very fine, intermingled with coarser, punctures; elytra 

 broad, one-half (d 71 ) to two-fifths (9) longer than wide, parallel, 

 slightly though obviously wider than the prothorax, obtusely ogival 

 at tip, the sinus broad and feeble but evident; striae deeply impressed, 

 the intervals convex in both sexes, the outer flat, opaque and with 

 fine suffused punctulation, the next three or four with a very few 

 sparsely scattered larger punctures, this sculpture similar in the 

 sexes, though rather more evident in the male because of the more 

 shining ground; hind tarsi rather slender, clothed sparsely above with 

 short fine hairs, the basal joint (c?) unusually long, very nearly as 

 long as *he next two and much longer than the fifth. Length (cf 9 ) 

 14.5-17.0 mm.; width 5.4-6.8 mm. Texas (Austin). Nine ex- 

 amples texanus n. sp. 



Body large but narrower and much more elongate, convex, deep black 

 above and beneath, the elytra (9) alutaceous; legs bright rufous; 

 head large, nearly three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, the eyes 

 not very prominent, the foveae very small; prothorax less than a 

 third wider than long, the sides rounded anteriorly, feebly convergent 

 and less arcuate to the base, which is equal in width to the apex and 

 with the margin completely interrupted at the middle, the angles 

 obtuse and narrowly blunted; surface as in compar, except that the 

 re flexed side margin is narrower and does not expand posteriorly, the 

 convexity extending more basally between the fovese and the sides, 

 though gradually disappearing toward base; elytra three-fifths 

 longer than wide, fully a third wider than the prothorax, the parallel 

 sides rather strongly arcuate throughout, the striae as in compar, the 

 surface with scattered distinct punctures latero-basally, the outer 

 two intervals more finely, closely and evenly punctulate; tarsi 

 relatively shorter than in compar, rather distinctly and moderately 

 closely pubescent above, the first joint a little longer than the 

 fifth. Length (9 ) 16.5 mm.; width of elytra 6.1, of prothorax 4.8 

 mm. Pennsylvania. [H. longior Kirby?] longicollis Lee. 



Body much smaller than in either of the two preceding, resembling 

 erythropus very closely, deep black above and nearly so beneath, the 

 legs bright rufous; head very moderate in size, about three-fifths as 

 wide as the prothorax, the eyes prominent, the foveae very small but 

 deep, punctiform; antennae slender; prothorax two-fifths wider than 

 long, broadly rounded at the sides, the latter somewhat more .con- 

 verging apically, the apex distinctly narrower than the base, which 

 is transverse, finely but strongly margined throughout, the angles 

 scarcely more than right but obviously narrowly rounded; surface 

 moderately convex, the re flexed sides fine anteriorly, gradually but 

 very slightly wider behind to basal third, where the gutter is lost 

 in the general feeble flattening, punctate as usual; foveae moderate 

 and very shallow; elytra but little more than one-half longer than 



