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entire, with two small and very distant internal punctures ; outer lateral 

 stria subentire, strongly Looked at apex ; inner strong, feebly sigmoid, gener- 

 ally somewhat abbreviated before the base ; ante-scutellar stria sliort but 

 deep. Scutellum unimpressed, small, equilateral. Elijtra one-half longer 

 than the prothorax, and, at basal third, distinctly wider; sides arcuate; 

 apex feebly oblique, five-sixths as wide as the base ; inllexed flanks coarsely, 

 sparsely punctured, with a single fine, nearly entire stria ; strise rather coarse, 

 the snbhnmeral slightly abbreviated at base ; ninth stria composed of small 

 remote punctures along the convex flanks ; inner subbumeral composed of 

 more closely spaced punctures between the subbumeral and first dorsal, nearer 

 to the former ; oblique humeral very fine and feeble; first four dorsals sub- 

 entire; fifth short, arcuate, occupying apical third; sutural represented by 

 a series of coarse punctures from the apex to about the middle. Pro/ii/c/kliuia 

 coarsely evenly and rather closely punctate throughout, the interspaces 

 minutely, sparsely punctate ; pygidium strongly, densely punctate. Pro- 

 sternal lobe truncato-sinuate, with broadly rounded angles, finely margined, 

 deeply but not very coarsely punctate laterally. Mesosternum deeply, broadly 

 sinuate in median third, the marginal stria entire. Anterior tibije rather 

 closely 5-dentate, sometimes with a minute sixth denticle basally. Length 

 5.5-6.5 mm. ; width 4.2-5.0 mm. 



Virginia (Fredericksburg). 



In view of the variations noticed in dppurator, I am unable to 

 estimate the true value of the truncate prosternal lobe in this spe- 

 cies ; it is however perfectly similar in the three specimens before 

 me. The two minute punctures along the fine marginal stria of 

 the pronotum are constant in size and position in these types. 



H. plllto. — Rather narrowly oval, convex, polished, the punctules remote, 

 scarcely stronger on the head but becoming distinct punctures toward the 

 inner stria and basal angles of the prothorax. Head feebly impressed at the 

 middle of the epistoraa, the frontal stria distinct, subentire, with an acutely 

 reentrant angle at the middle. P/W/oRiar' quite distinctly less than twice as 

 wide as long ; sides moderately convergent and broadly arcuate from base to 

 apex ; fine marginal stria entire, with two minute remote internal punctures ; 

 outer lateral stria straight, subentire, hooked at apex ; inner subentire, coarse, 

 slightly uneven ; short ante-«cutellar stria very deep. Elytra nearly as long 

 as widej one-half longer than the prothorax, and, before the middle, slightly 

 wider ; sides feebly, evenly arcuate ; apex distinctly oblique and nairower 

 than the base ; inflexed flanks concave behind basal third, coarsely and 

 rugosely punctate ; lateral convexity with an entire series of even remote 

 punctures; subbumeral nearly entire, the series of punctures between it and 

 the first dorsal almost completely obsolete ; humeral stria distinct ; there is 

 also a short basal stria external to this and the usual internally oblique striole 

 from the humeral angles ; first three dorsals strong, entire ; fourth abbreviated 

 more or less l)efore the middle ; fifth represented hy a few subapical punctures ; 

 sutural short, subapical. Propygldium and pygidium densely evenly and not 



