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joint short. Length (cf) 7-7 mm.; width 2.8 mm. New Mexico 

 (Jemez Springs), Woodgate vacivus n. sp. 



Body less elongate, the elytra always less than one-half longer than wide 

 and more obtuse at apex; hind femora (cf) only very moderately 

 swollen, the legs similarly short and dark rufous throughout. . . .18 



1 8 Pronotal foveae and entire latero-basal surface more or less strongly 

 though not densely punctate. Upper surface black or piceous-black 

 and highly polished throughout in both sexes, the under surface 

 piceous-black to dark red-brown; antennae and palpi slender and 

 testaceous; head moderate, the eyes and foveae as usual; mentum 

 tooth strong and acute; prothorax as in the preceding, except that 

 the basal sinuations are narrower, deeper and more abrupt and 

 most of the basal region rugulose or punctate, the foveae very distinct, 

 the surface smoother otherwise and with the transversely wavy- 

 lines feebler or obsolete; elytra two-fifths (cf ) to scarcely more than 

 a third ( 9 ) longer than wide, very slightly wider than the prothorax, 

 the parallel sides but feebly arcuate, the sinus extremely faint, ves- 

 tigial; striae rather fine, feebly impressed, with slightly convex 

 intervals, perfectly similar in the two sexes; accessory punctures fine, 

 sparse and irregular; hind tarsi still slightly shorter and less slender 

 than in vacivus, the fifth joint almost as long as the first two com- 

 bined. Length (cf 9 ) 6.5-7.9 mm.; width 2.5-3.1 mm. Wyoming 

 to Arizona. Nine examples. [H. lucidus Lee. nee Moraw.]. 



lustrans Csy. 



Pronotal fovese rather less punctured, the feebly convex surface thence to 

 the sides generally without punctures or sometimes with a few that 

 are very minute and inconspicuous; hind tarsi similarly very short, 

 with the fifth joint subequal in length to the first two combined. . 19 



19 Elytra very obtusely but evenly and subcircularly rounded at apex, 

 the sinus obsolete, the antennae slender and moderately long as 

 usual 20 



Elytra each obliquely subtruncate at apex, without the usual discal 

 puncture, the antennae shorter than in any other species and less 

 slender, the medial joints barely longer than wide 21 



20 Body oblong-suboval, convex, strongly shining, blackish-piceous, 

 with rufous elytra, the under surface rufo-piceous throughout; head 

 moderate, the foveae extremely minute, the left mandible gradually 

 acutely pointed and incurved apically; prothorax fully one-half 

 wider than long, almost as in lustrans but with the apex scarcely 

 at all sinuate and the lateral gutter barely at all broadening poster- 

 iorly, abruptly obsolete at basal fourth, the distinct foveae and basal 

 parts nearly similar but less rugulose and with only a few extremely 

 minute sparse punctules laterally; elytra (cf ) still shorter, barely a 

 third longer than wide, relatively wider, a fifth wider than the pro- 

 thorax, the parallel sides feebly arcuate; striae rather fine but even, 

 more impressed than in lustrans, the scutellar notably longer and 

 stronger, the intervals convex, much more so apically than in that 

 species; puncture very small and feeble, near apical fifth; accessory 

 punctures rather fine but numerous, sparsely distributed over nearly 

 the entire surface of the abdomen; legs very short, the hind tibiae 



