1865.] 395 



again as long as the head, slightly thickened towards the apex, joints 

 5 — 10 subtransverse, the last shorter, ovate, obtusely acuminated, 

 slightly hairy, sometimes pale, sometimes deep rufo-piceous. Palpi 

 rufo-piceous. Head rather narrower than the thorax, suborbicular, 

 rather constricted at base, depressed, broadly and rather deeply chan- 

 nelled, densely and strongly punctured, apex smooth, mouth piceous. 

 Thorax slightly narrower than the elytra, nearly one-half shorter than 

 broad, the sides slightly rounded before the middle, somewhat narrowed 

 towards the base, depressed, very finely and closely punctured, broadly 

 channelled, the channel deep at base and obsolete at tip. Elytra half 

 again as long as the thorax, depressed, densely and finely punctured, 

 sometimes fusco-, sometimes ruf'o- testaceous. Abdomen shining, the 

 three anterior segments margined behind with piceous, the disk sparsely 

 and finely punctured ; remaining segments smooth, the apex testaceous. 

 Legs testaceous, tibiae and tarsi paler. — Erichson. 



2. Homalota trimaculata, Erich. 



Homalota trimaculata, Erich. Staph, p. 105. 46. 



Black; base and apex of antennae, legs and elytra, testaceous, the 

 latter with three fuscous spots ; thorax foveolated at base, sides pice- 

 ous ; base of abdomen rufo-piceous, the upper surface strongly punc- 

 tured. Length \\ line. 



Hah. — Pennsylvania. 



Body black, shining, covered with a fine yellowish pubescence. An- 

 tennae as long as the head and thorax, somewhat thickened, joints 5 — 10 

 transverse, the two penultimate joints nearly equal, short-ovate, apex 

 acuminate ; nigro-fuscous, the base and apex testaceous. Head nar- 

 rower than the thorax, sparsely punctured ; mouth testaceous. Thorax 

 narrower than the elytra, more than one-half broader than long ; base 

 strongly, sides slightly rounded, apex truncate, rather convex, densely 

 and deeply punctured, the face transversely impressed, the sides pice- 

 ous. Elytra half-again as long as the thorax, strongly and densely 

 punctured, pale testaceous, with three rounded fuscous spots, the first 

 placed around the scutelluin, the other two in the exterior angle on either 

 side. Abdomen with the first four segments rufo-piceous, obscure at 

 base, remaining segments nigro-piceous. the upper surface densely and 

 strongly punctured. Legs testaceous. — Erichson. 



:i. Homalota aemula, Erich. 



Homalota aemula, Erich. Staph, p. 102. 42. 

 Black, shining; base of antennae, elytra and legs, testaceous; thorax 

 sululepressed. base slighily foveolated, obsoletely channelled ; abdomen 



