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GO DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



atis, abdornine obsolete subtilissinie punctulato, pedibus piceis. Long. 

 •11. 



California, at San Jose ; under oak bark. 



220. L<. tenuis. Niger subnitidns, valde elongatus, parce obsolete sub- 

 tilissime punctulatus, thorace latitudine baud breviore, lateribus late 

 rotundatis, linea dorsali laevi, versus angulos posticos rectos leviter iin- 

 presso, antennis pedibusque obscure rufis. Long. -09. 



Southern States. Smaller and more slender than the preceding 

 npecies. 



MICROPEPEITS Latr. 



221. IH. eribratUS. Nigerrirnus, tborace multicellulato lateribus me- 

 dio angulatis, elytris costis atrinque tribus sutura margineque acute ele- 

 vatis, interstitiis rude striatis et punctatis. Long. "08. 



Georgia; rare. The cells of the thorax are equal in size and 

 somewhat irregular; the elytral costse are sinuate, between the 

 sutural and the first dorsal is a single stria, between the others 

 are two approximate striaB and an intermediate ridge. The dor- 

 sal segments are strongly tricostate and widely margined. 



222. HI. SdllptlBS. Nigerrirnus, tborace multicellulato lateribus 

 valde rotundatis, elytris costis utrinque quatuor sutura margineque acute 

 elevatis, interstitiis planis politis, lfevibus. Long. *06. 



Georgia, under pine bark. Smaller than the preceding, with 

 the sides of the thorax not angulated, and the elytral interstices 

 smooth ; the dorsal segments, as in it, are strongly tricostate, and 

 widely margined. 



HISTER Linn. 



223. R. (Psiloscelis) silt>opa.CUS. Oblongus, pa rum convexus, niger 

 subopacus, confertim punctatus, thorace utrinque bistriato, versus latera 

 grossius punctato, elytris striis utrinque 6 marginalique integris, mar- 

 ginali interna obsoleta, epipleuris concavis bistriatis ; tibiis anticis 5- 

 dentatis. Long. .*30. 



Nebraska; Mr. Ulke. Narrow, flatter, and less opake than 

 H. planipes, with the inner thoracic stria much deeper. 



224. H. semisCMlptus. Oblongus niger nitidus, thorace lateribus 

 subtiliter marginato, et stria laterali a margine remota insculpto, elytris 

 striis internis tribus brevissimis, prope apicem sitis, externis tribus 



