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and transversely impressed posteriorly before the base, closely and very 

 finely punctured ; elytra scarcely longer than the thorax, densely punc- 

 tured, the punctures less close and more distinct than those of the 

 thorax ; abdomen scarcely shining, sparsely and rather deeply punc- 

 tured, the last segment finely and densely granulated. 



Length nearly 2 lines; breadth more than | line. 



Hab. — Insula Kadjak. [Russian America.] — Mannerheim. 



31. Homalota vasta, Maklin. 



Homalota vasta, Makl. Mann. Bull. Mosc. 1853, ii, p. 183. 



Rather broad, black, shining ; base of antennas and the legs, testa- 

 ceous ; elytra piceo-testaceous, the apical angles somewhat blackish ; 

 antennas scarcely longer than the head and thorax, gradually thickened 

 towards the apex ; thorax transverse, finely and obsoletely punctured ; 

 an obsolete, longitudinal impression before the scutellum; elytra a little 

 longer than the thorax, densely and much more distinctly punctured 

 than the thorax ; first segment of the abdomen very sparsely and finely 

 punctured, last segment almost smooth. 



Length lh line; breadth nearly •] line. 



Hab. — Sitka. — Mannerheim. 



32. Homalota fucicola, Maklin. 



Tachyusa fucicola, Makl. Mann. Bull. Soc Mosc. 1852, i, p. 306. 

 Homalota fucicola, Mann. Bull. Soc. Mosc. 1853, ii, p. 182. 

 Black, opaque, clothed with a very thin, dense, cinereo-sericeous pu- 

 bescence; thorax one-third shorter than broad, with a broad longitudi- 

 nal impression ; elytra half again as long as the thorax and one-third 

 broader ; abdomen linear, somewhat shining, densely and finely punc- 

 tured ; legs piceous; joints of the tarsi pale piceo-testaceous. 

 Length \\ — 1| line; breadth \ — ^ line. 

 J Lib. — Sitka. — Mannerheim. 



33. Homalota? indentata, Say. 



Aleochara indentata, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. iv, p. 469. 

 Homalota indentata, Lee. Say's Writings, ii, p. 586. 



Yellowish; head, thoracic disk, elytral spot and middle of the tergum, 

 black. 



Hab— -Pennsylvania. 



Head not obviously punctured; eyes not remarkably large or promi- 

 nent; antennas reddish-brown, pale at base; mouth honey-yellow; tho- 

 rax dull yellowish, dusky in the middle; a longitudinal impressed line, 

 and an indentation on the middle of the base ; elytra with small, nu- 

 merous punctures ; yellowish, with the sutural edge and a triangular 

 spot extending from before the middle to the posterior outer angle, but 



