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tlie sides, hind angles rounded, dorsal line faintly im- 

 pressed, basal lines dilated and with tliehind niarn;iM con- 

 spicuously punctured, lateral inarii,in depressed, puiiclurt-d. 



Elytra striate, strisv with distant minute punctures, punctures 

 of the marginal line not ocellate. 



Feet pale testaceous. 



Of this insect I have seen but two specimens: one of 

 which was sent me by my friend Dr. J. F. Alelsheimer of 

 Hanover. 



6. H. *herbivagiis deep black-brown, beneath piceous- 

 black : labrum piccous-black ; thoracic angles rounded ; 

 feet reddish-brown. 



Length seven-twentieths of an inch. 



Head black ; antenme and palpi testaceous. 



Thorax, impressed line obsolete, lateral basal lines very dis- 

 tinct, margin somewhat depressed, posterior angles round- 

 ed, not depressed or punctured above. 



Elytra, stride impunctured, tip obtusely rounded, marginal 

 punctures continued, edge ferruginous. 



Feet reddish-brown. 



Not uncommon. Very much resembles the next, but 

 differs from it by the more obtuso termination of tiie body, 

 ^'C. This may possibly be the H. (hibius of Palisot. but his 

 description is not sufliciently detailed to enable us to deter- 

 mine satisfactorily. 



7. H.* siniiUs blackish, beneath piceous-l)lack ; elytra green- 

 ish or cupreous: labium ferruginous; posterior thoracic 

 angles subacute ; feet pale testaceous. 



Length seven-twentieths of an inch. 



Head purple-black ; antenna brown, base and palpi testa- 

 ceous : Idhruni ferruginous. 



Thorax purple-black, liind angles subacute and with the 



