1865.] 399 



base and sides slightly rounded, closely and finely punctured, pale yel- 

 lowish-testaceous. Elytra more than half again as long as the thorax, 

 closely and finely punctured, somewhat fuscous. Abdomen above finely 

 punctured ; the two antepenultimate segments entirely, and the penul- 

 timate segment at base, black. Legs pale yellowish-testaceous. — 

 Erichson. 



10. Homalota recondita. Erich. 



Homalota recondita, Erich. Staph, p. 123. 93. 



Black, shining ; tarsi piceous; thorax transverse, slightly convex; 

 abdomen above uniformly and densely punctured, margins slightly 

 pilose. Length 1 line. 



Hab. — Pennsylvania. 



Black, sparsely clothed with very fine pubescence ; lateral margins 

 of the thorax and abdomen slightly pilose. Antennas as long as the 

 head and thorax, scarcely thickened towards the apex, penultimate 

 joint scarcely transverse, the last joint oblong, apex somewhat acumi- 

 nate ; entirely black. Head narrower than the thorax; rather con- 

 stricted at base, sparsely punctured. Thorax scarcely narrower than 

 the elytra, twice as broad as long, the sides and base slightly rounded, 

 somewhat transversely convex, finely punctured, sometimes obsoletely 

 channelled at base. Elytra a little longer than the thorax, densely and 

 finely punctured, apex emarginate in the middle. Abdomen above 

 covered entirely with dense, fine punctures. Legs black ; tarsi, and 

 also the tibiae anteriorly, piceo-testaceous. — Erichson. 



11. Homalota ambigua. Erich. 



Homalota ambigua, Erich. Staph, p. 134. 118. 



Black, opaque, clothed with sericeous pubescence; thorax and elytra 

 fusco-testaceous, base of antennas and the legs, yellow; thorax rather 

 convex. Length 1 line. 



Hab. — North America. 



Somewhat linear, fusco-nigra, opaque, very finely and closely punc- 

 tured, clothed with a very fine, dense, greyish-sericeous pubescence. 

 Antennae as long as the head and thorax, gradually but slightly thick- 

 ened towards the apex; second joint half again as large as the third, 

 the penultimate joint slightly transverse, the last rather large, oblong- 

 ovate, apex somewhat acuminate, fuscous, base yellow. Head rather 

 narrower than the thorax, rounded, black. Thorax rather shorter than 

 broad, the sides and base rounded, apex truncate, posterior angles ob- 

 tuse, anterior angles somewhat rounded, slightly convex, nigro-piceous. 

 Elytra as broad as the thorax, fusco-testaceous. Abdomen above cov- 

 ered entirely with very fine, close punctures, black. Legs yellow ; first 



