BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 705 



Var. A. Elytris pedibusque obscurioribus. 



Var. B. (?immat.) Subtus cum capite plus minus rufescens. 



The " trilobed outline " of the front of the head is fairly well- 

 defined — the middle lobe appearing about as long, and about half 

 as wide, as the lateral lobe. The labrum rises only moderately 

 above the surface of the clypeus, the front of which is feebly 

 emarginate and scarcely margined continuously ; the surface of 

 the clypeus is scarcely distinct from that of the rest of the head, 

 even the suture being feeble ; the sides of the clypeus are almost 

 parallel immediately in front of the eyes and then become con- 

 vergent forward ; there are a few long erect hairs on the head . 

 The prothorax is nearly half again as wide as long, its base nearly 

 half again as wide as its front, which is moderately emarginate, 

 with sharp somewhat produced angles ; its sides are strongly 

 rounded, their greatest divergence being behind the middle ; its 

 hind angles are completely rounded off; its basal outline is 

 scarcely bisinuate but is rather strongly convex hindward all 

 across ; its puncturation is not unlike that of the same part in 

 H.Jlavus, but seems a little less close and more lightly impressed. 

 The elytra have scarcely a trace of even a sutural stria ; their 

 puncturation differs little from that of the prothorax, but is 

 coarser and less close ; they are almost devoid of transverse 

 wrinkling ; the lateral fringe is normal, the apical membrane 

 obsolete. The hind coxae are scarcely, if at all, shorter than the 

 metasternum. The whole undersurface is punctured somewhat 

 evenly, faintly and sparingly, the punctures on the metathorax 

 being somewhat squamose-granulate. The ventral series are 

 well-defined, consisting of stout pale hairs. The hind femora are 

 much wider than the intermediate, their inner apical angle being- 

 very feeble. The lower two teeth of the anterior tibiae are robust 

 and very sharp ; the uppermost, though sharp and well-defined, is 



