DESCRIPTIONS OP NEW SPECIES. 35 



but with the thorax less strongly narrowed in front ; only the 

 tarsi, even of the anterior legs, are testaceous. 



HETEROTHOPS Stephens. 



117. H. fusculus. Thorace elytris et ano piceo-rnfis, illo latitudine 

 paulo breviore antrorsum fortiter angustato, elytris thorace haad brevi- 

 oribus, subtiliter punctatis, abdomine piceo, punctato, segmentis postice 

 late rufc-marginatis, antennis piceis'basi testaeeis, capita ovali nigro- 

 piceo, pedibus testaceis. Long. # 17. 



One specimen ; Cambridge, Mass. The under surface is red- 

 dish-brown and hairy, paler towards the tip of the abdomen. 



IIS. H. fumigatus. Thorace elytrisque piceo-rufis, illo latitudine 

 baud breviore, antrorsum sensim angustato, elytris thorace baud bre- 

 vioribus, minis subtiliter punctatis, abdomine piceo, subtiliter confertim 

 punctato, apice paulo pallidiore, antennis piceis basi testaceis, capite 

 ovali nigro-piceo, pedibus testaceis. Long. -14. 



Detroit, on the bank of the river. Similar to the preceding, 

 but smaller, with the thorax comparatively narrower and less 

 narrowed in front, and the elytra more strongly punctured. 



119. H. califorilicus. Nigro-piceus, capite ovali, thorace marginilms 

 saepe rufescentibus, latitudine baud breviore, antrorsum fortiter angus- 

 tato, elytris thorace paulo longioribus, fortiter baud dense punctatis, 

 margine apicali saepe rufescente, abdomine dense subtiliter punctato, 

 segmentis margine postico, anoque piceo-rufis. Long. '14 — -IS. 



San Francisco, California. Easily distinguished by tin.- an- 

 tennae and feet being nearly black, and the base of the former not 

 paler than the outer joints. 



120. H. pusio. Nigro-piceus, thorace latitudine paulo breviore, an- 

 trorsum fortiter angustato, elytris thorace paulo longioribus, rufo-piceis 

 subtiliter dense punctatis, abdomine piceo, dense subtiliter punctato, 

 apice rufo-piceo ; antennarum basi pedibusqe piceo-testaceis. Long. "10. 



New York ; one specimen. Easily distinguished by its much 

 smaller size, and by the more finely punctured elytra. 



TRMiOXOPIIORl'S Nordmann-. 



1*21. T. sii"bcoei'iilens. Valde elongatus, niger nitidus, capite grosse 



punctato, plaga frontal i Levi, thorace latitudine paulo longiore, utrinque 

 grosse punctato, vitta lata dorsali l,evi, elytris cyaneis fortiter crebre 



