880 G. R. CROTCH, M. A. 



H. Lewisii, sp. n. — Oblong oval , black, shining ; elyfcra red with a rather 

 large sub-trausverse irregular red spot slightly before the middle, and almost 

 reaching the margin. L. - 13 inch. 



% , head in front, front margin of thorax very narrowly, sides broadly, 

 white; anterior legs testaceous. 



United States. 



H. diseonotata, Muls. Trim., p. 653, 3. — 9 • — Black, oval, convex, thorax 

 finely punctulate, opaque ; elytra shining, punctate ; each with five spots yel- 

 low, two basal (connected), two marginal (connected) and one discoidal (sub- 

 elongate); body beneath finely and sparingly punctate. L. -12 inch. 

 Lake Superior. 



H. signata, Oliv. Ent. vi., 92, pi. 7, f. 107 : binotata, Say, J. Acad, v., 302 . 

 normata, Say, 1. c. 9; leucopsis, Mels. Pr. Phil, iii., 179. — -Rounded, convex, 

 rather shining, thickly punctate, beneath coarsely punctate, anterior legs 

 piceous; elytra each with a red discoidal rounded spot. L. -9 — "13 inch. 



Var. — Elytra with a sub-apical red spot. 

 Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania. 



H. proba, (Say) J. Acad, v., 302.— Also very near H. normata, but more 

 rounded, less convex, smaller, less strongly punctured, thorax with the sides 

 yellow, elytra with a small discoidal red spot, and two apical minute dots red- 

 dish yellow. L. -8— -12 inch. 



% , head and anterior margin of thorax yellow. 

 Pennsylvania, Illinois. 



H. pratcnsis, Lee. I.e. — 9 • — Short, rather broad, sub-convex, black 

 shining, ventral process and meta-sternum deeply punctate ; legs red; uppe r 

 surface punctate, thorax finely so, sides broadly yellow; elytra each with three 

 yellow spots ; one a little before the middle discoidal, orbicular (larger than 

 the others), one marginal (a little below the first) and one sub-apical. L. -12 

 inch. 



Kansas. (Leconte.) 



H. inedita. Muls. Trim., p. 684, 30. — Closely allied to H. signata, but dis- 

 tinct by its red legs; the elytra have each a discoidal red spot, which is, how- 

 ever, distinctly behind the middle (and not before it as in H. signata. L. -10 

 inch. 



% , head and sides of thorax broadly reddish-yellow. 

 North Carolina. 



II. bigeminata, (Rand.) Bost. J. ii., 32; Guexi, Muls. Trim., p., 687.— 

 Rounded, convex, shining, black; elytra strongly, thorax finely, punctured; 

 thorax with the sides broadly yellow, elytra with a testaceous sub-apical spot. 

 L. -10— -11 inch. 



Texas, Massachusetts. 



H. lugubris, (Rand.) Bost. J. ii., 52; jucunda, Lee. Proc. Phil, vi., p. 134, 

 9. — Shortly oval, sub-convex, opaque, alutaceous, beneath rufescent, sternum 

 black ; above black, sides of thorax, margin of elytra (from the shoulder to 



