1865.] 



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testaceous ; thorax transverse, even ; abdomen above sparsely punc- 

 tured. Length li line. 



Hab. — Pennsylvania. 



Allied to //. festinans, but differs by the body being less shining, the 

 antennae entirely black, the elytra more densely, and the abdomen more 

 evenly and sparsely punctured. Body black, somewhat shining, clothed 

 with fine dense pubescence. Antennae as long as the head and thorax, 

 gradually thickened towards the apex, joints 5 — 1.0 transverse, the last 

 joint oblong, the penultimate joint a little longer, apex acuminate; en- 

 tirely black. Palpi piceous. Head scarcely narrower than the thorax, 

 front somewhat depressed, sparsely and finely punctured. Thorax as 

 wide as the elytra, sides somewhat straight, apex truncate, subdepressed, 

 finely and sparsely punctured, the base not impressed. Elytra half 

 again as long as the thorax, densely punctured, fuscous. Abdomen 

 above evenly, very finely and sparsely punctured ; margin and apex of 

 the anterior segments piceous. Legs testaceous. — Erichson. 



6. Homalota festinans, Erichson. 



Homalota festinans, Erich. Staph, p. 112. 63. 



Linear, subdepressed, black, shining; elytra fuscous; antennae at 

 base, and legs, testaceous; thorax obsoletely channelled at base; abdo- 

 men above with the anterior part of the segments densely, and the pos- 

 terior part sparsely punctured. Length 1\ line. 



Hab. — Pennsylvania. 



Black, shining, with very fine, sparse pubescence. Antennae shorter 

 than the head and thorax, scarcely thickened towards the apex; joints 

 4 — 10 subequal, not transverse; the two penultimate joints scarcely 

 equal, apex acuminate ; piceous, first joint testaceous. Head as wide 

 as the thorax, front somewhat convex, sparsely and finely punctured. 

 Thorax scarcely narrower than the elytra, half again as broad as long, 

 base and sides rounded, apex truncate, transversely convex, sparsely 

 and finely punctured, rather deeply channelled, short, scarcely im- 

 pressed above before the middle. Elytra a little longer than the tho- 

 rax, piceous, sparsely punctured. Abdomen polished, the segments 

 above anteriorly with dense, posteriorly with scattered punctures. 

 Legs pale testaceous. — Erichson. 



7. Homalota luteola, Erich. 



Homalota luteola, Erich. Staph, p. 114. 69. 



Short, yellowish-testaceous ; abdomen blackish posteriorly ; thorax 

 transverse, base obsoletely foveolated ; abdomen above very closely 

 punctured. Length 1 line. 



Hab. — North America. 



