1865.] 407 



not reaching the suture; tergum reddish-yellow, the two middle seg- 

 ments blackish ; beneath yellowish; postpectus and middle of the ven- 

 ter black ; feet whitish. 



Length about one-fifteenth of an inch. 



Var. a. Thorax with the dusky disk obsolete. — Say. 



34. Homalota? propera, Say. 



A/eochara propera, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. iv, p. 470. Lee. Say's Writ- 

 ings, ii, p. 587. 

 Blackish ; thorax depressed on the posterior middle. 

 Hub. — Indiana. 



Body with very numerous small punctures, furnishing pale yellowish 

 hairs; antennas black fuscous, thi-ee or four basal joints piceous; mouth 

 piceous; thorax black piceous, conspicuously hairy; on the middle of 

 the base indented ; elytra piceous-brown, obviously hairy, a little de- 

 pressed on the basal margin and in the region of the scutel ; tergum 

 black ; feet pale piceous. 



Length over or about one-tenth of an inch. 



The depression, almost or quite amounting to an indentation at the 

 base of the thorax, is sometimes geminate. — Say. 



35. Homalotal falsifica, Say. 



Alcochara fa/si fica, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. vi. N. S. p. 155. Lee. Say's 

 Writings, ii, p. 588. 

 Black; with converging hairs; elytra and feet yellowish. 

 Hab. — Indiana. 



Body black, with rather long, prostrate hairs: head with the hairs 

 converging to the middle line and directed forward; antennae blackish; 

 basal joints obscure piceous : palpi dull yellowish ; thorax with the 

 hairs converging to the middle line and directed forwards : elytra dull 

 yellowish, darker on the base, suture and outer margin; the hairs some- 

 what arranged so as to resemble striae: feet honey-yellow. 



Length about one-tenth of an inch. — Say. 



36. HomalotaT simplicicollis, Say. 



Aleochara simplicicollis, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. vi, N. S. p. 155. Lee. 

 Say's Writings, ii, p. 587. 

 Blackish; antennae, feet, inner tip of the elytra and posterior margins 

 of the segments of the tergum, reddish-brown. 

 Hab. — Missouri. 



Body with short prostrate hairs ; head black ; antennae reddish-brown ; 

 transverse joint somewhat darker ; elytra on the sutural margin, par- 

 ticularly towards the tip, obscure reddish-brown ; common emargina- 



