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posteriorly very much abbreviated before the middle, the three others in the 

 middle of the elytra very much abbreviated before and behind, sutural ante- 

 riorly abbreviated in the middle, subhumeral or marginal none ; epipleurae bi- 

 striate : feet dark brown, antic tibiae with four teeth. Length -1. 



Saprinus latubris. Ovalis, niger, nitidus, fronte puncticulata ; pronoto 

 lateribus et basi punctatis ; elytris postice diagonaliter extrorsum punctatis, 

 lateribus impunctatis ; striis omnibus dorsalibus postice pone medium abbrevi- 

 atis, prima et secunda longioribus inaequalibus, tertia et quarta brevioribua 

 aequalibus, quarta cum suturali integra connexa, subhumerali minima ; tibiis 

 anticis crenatis. 



Western States. 



Oval, black, shining, front puncticulate. Thorax punctate on the sides and 

 base, marginal stria entire. Elytra diagonally and outwardly punctate behind, 

 the sides smooth, dorsal strias all abbreviated behind the middle, the first and 

 second longer, unequal, the third and fourth shorter and equal, the fourth 

 joined to the sutural, which is entire, subhumeral a mere point. Epipleurae 

 smooth. Pygidium punctata. Antic tibial crenate. Length !. 



Saprinus sterquilinus. Rotundus, niger nitidus, capite punctato, vertice 

 impresso, stria frontali nulla, pronoto lateribus punctatis, disco punctulato ; 

 elytris postice punctatis, striis dorsalibus postice abbreviatis per paria sub- 

 sequalibus, quarta versus suturam arcuata, suturali autice ante medium, postice 

 vero paulo abbreviata, subhumerali utrinque abbreviata, tibiis anticis spinoso- 

 denticulatis. 



Cuba. 



Round, black, shining, head puncticulate, vertex impressed with a small 

 fovea, stria none. Thorax puncticulate on the sides and base punctate. Elytra 

 diagonally, outwardly and downwardly punctate, except on the sides, dorsal 

 striae abbreviated behind, equal by pairs, the outer ones the longest, the outer- 

 most one deeply and broadly impressed, the "fourth one curved before but not 

 joined to the sutural, which is abbreviated anteriorly before the middle and 

 likewise a short instance from the apex, subhumeral very much abbreviated 

 both before and behind. Epipleurs and mesosternum punctate. Antic tibiae 

 spinoso-denticulate. Length *13. 



Saprinus d is core. Ovalis convexus, niger, nitidissimus, fronte puncticu- 

 lata, stria nulla ; pronoto lateribus et basi punctatis, hoc anguste, illis latius ; 

 elytris postice punctatis, striis omnibus dorsalibus postice abbreviatis, prima 

 pone medium, ceteris medio abbreviatis fequalibus, stria suturali postice ab- 

 breviata, subhumerali utrinque abbreviata; tibiis anticis pluri-dentatis. 



Mexico. 



Oval, convex/ black, very shining. Head punctate, stria none. Thorax punc- 

 ticulate, widely punctured on the sides, and narrowly on the base, marginal 

 stria entire. Elytra diagonally, outwardly and downwardly punctate, except on 

 the sides, dorsal strias profoundly punctate, the first abbreviated beyond the 

 middle, the three others at the middle and equal, the fourth joined to the sutu- 

 ral, which is abbreviated behind, the subhumeral abbreviated on both sides. 

 Prosternum finely punctured, mesosternum the upper part coarsely punctate, the 

 lower puncticulate. Epipleurae impunctate. Length 15. 



Saprinus scrupularis. .Niger, nitidus, fronte puncticulata, stria nulla : 

 pronoto puncticulato, lateribus late punctatis ; elytris punctatis, striis dorsali- 

 bus subaequalibus postice abbreviatis, quarta cum suturali antice connexa, tertia 

 paulo longiore, subhumerali antice medio abbreviata ; pygidio dense puncticu- 

 lato, epipleuris mesosternoque grosse punctatis ; tibiis anticis sex-dentatis. 



Georgia. 



Black or. pitchy, shining, front convex, puncticulate, stria none. Thorax punc- 

 ticulate, the sides widely punctate, marginal atria entire. Elytra entirely punc- 



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