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Ovate, black, glossy ; head and lubrum obscure cupreous or brassy, the latter 

 long and fringed with white hairs, and indistinctly punctured : elytra obtusely 

 rounded at apex, with a minute tooth at the inner angle; striae and elevated 

 lines almost obsolete ; slightly dark brassy : beneath and feet rufous, or pale 

 testaceous. 



Resembles Americanus, Linn, with which it might be at first view con- 

 founded, but it may be distinguished from it by its more elongated labrum, and 

 by its less oval and more ovate form. 



BRACHELFTRA, Latreille. 



Aleocharid^:, Erichson.* 



Falagria, Leach. 



1. F '. erythroptera. Black; elytra testaceous; thorax subcordate, profound- 

 ly grooved in the middle ; feet rufo-testaceous. — -f of a 1. long. Pennsylvania. 



Body black, very minutely punctured : head sparsely and minutely punctur- 

 ed, blackish, with a dull rufous tinge : antennas nearly as long as the thorax, 

 fuscous, with the three basal joints dull testaceous: thorax subcordate, deeply 

 channeled in the middle, very minutely punctured -• elytra testaceous, with the 

 base shadowy ; very minutely punctured : tergum deep black, minutely punc- 

 tured : feet dull testaceous. 



2. F. globosa. Black ; thorax subglobose ; elytra, mouth, base of the anten- 

 nae and feet dull testaceous. — If 1. long. Pennsylvania. 



Body blackish with sparse minute piligerous punctures: head suboibicular, 

 somewhat longer than the thorax, sparsely and minutely punctured, dark rufo- 

 piceous : antennae fuscous, basal joint testacous: thorax subglobose, narrower 

 than the elytra, with an obsolete dorsal groove ; sparsely and minutely punc- 

 tured, color of the head : elytra short, transverse, minutely punctured, rufo- 

 testaceous : abdomen widest towards the apex, glossy, minutely punctured : 

 mouth an&feet testaceous. It is the Aleochara globosa, Melsh. Catal, 



Of the above two species, my collection contains of each only a single spe- 

 cimen. 



Homalota, Mannerheim. 



1. H.Jlaveola. Rufo-testaceous; head and fifth abdominal segment black ; 

 basal joint of the antennae and feet pale testaceous. — 1 1. long. Pennsylvania. 



Pubescent: head narrower than the thorax, sparsely and distinctly punctured, 

 black, with a dull rufous tinge, glossy : antennae, basal joint only remaining, 

 which is testaceous: thorax at its greatest width as broad as the base of the 

 elytra, transverse; base with the posterior angle strongly rounded, anterior 

 angles obtusely rounded, slightly dellexcd ; much punctured, dark testaceous 

 with the disk darkest : elytra sparsely and minutely punctured, minutely trans- 

 verse-rugose, dark testaceous, region of the scutel and sides darkest : abdomen 

 sparsely and somewhat coarsely punctured, rufo-testaceous, with the fifth seg- 

 ment and posterior margin of the fourth, black : feet and mouth testaceous. 



