400 [June 



joint of the posterior tarsi rather longer than the following joints. 

 Erichson. 



12. Homalota polita. Mels. 



Homalota polita, Mels., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. ii, p. 31. 



Black, slightly pubescent : tergum polished; elytra and feet pale fus- 

 cous, the former with the suture dusky. Length 1 line. 



Hab. — Pennsylvania. 



Head narrower than the thorax, black, slightly punctured : antennae 

 as long as the thorax, dark brown, basal joints piceous : thorax not as 

 wide as the elytra, minutely and not very closely punctured, black, 

 o-lossy : elytra longer than the thorax, indistinctly punctured, pale 

 brown, with the suture dusky : tergum deep black, polished, particu- 

 larly the fifth and sixth segments : feet pale, somewhat piceous : body 

 beneath black . — Melsheimer. 



13. Homalota modesta, Mels. 



Homalota modesta, Mels., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. ii, p. 31. 



Black, pubescent; basal joints of the antennae, elytra and feet, testa- 

 ceous. Length 1 line. 



Hah. — Pennsylvania. 



Body fusiform, black, pubescent : head narrower than the thorax, 

 suborbicular, minutely punctured, black, glossy : antennae longer than 

 the thorax, somewhat slender, brown, three basal joints and tip of 

 terminal one testaceous : thorax narrower than the elytra, transverse, 

 glossy, confertly and minutely punctured, obsoletely indented on the 

 middle of the base : elytra longer than the thorax, slightly indented 

 at the scutel ; minutely punctured, rufo-testaceous, with the suture 

 dusky : tergum somewhat rugulose and punctured, with the fifth and 

 sixth segments polished and coarsely punctured; anal segment and 

 posterior margin of the sixth segment, obsoletely rufous or piceous : 

 body beneath distinctly punctured, black, with the anterior abdominal 

 segments piceous. — Melsheimer. 



14. Homalota analis, Grav. 



Aleochara analis, Grav. Micr. p. 76. 14; Mon. p. 153. 13. Latr. Hist. Nat. 



Crust, et Ins. ix, p. 3S2. 14. 

 Bolitochara analis, Kunde, Brachel. Hal. p. 30. 4. 

 Bolitochara evanescens, Mann. Brachel. p. 81. 37. 

 Aleochara evanescens, Sahib. Ins. Fenn. i, p. 364. 35. 

 Bolitochara teres, Runde, Brachel. p. 30. 3. 



Homalota analis, Erich, Col. March, i, p. 332. 30 ; Staph, p. 114. 70. 

 Bolitochara bi/oveolata, Mann. Brachel. p. 79. 23. 

 Aleochara bi/oveolata, Sahib. Ins. Fenn. i, p. 374. 53. 

 Linear, subdepressed, black ; thorax and elytra piceous; antennae. 



