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intermixed character of the punctuation in his remarks under 

 ignita, but a little farther on under obolina he inconsistently 

 says — "this species resembles the more brilliant forms of 

 ignita, and the elytral punctuation is similar, except that in 

 ignita the intermediate finer punctures have not been ob- 

 served." As a matter of fact this intermixed punctuation is 

 quite obvious in many other species besides the two here 

 mentioned. 



H. litigata n. sp. 



Elongate oval, moderately convex, green ; head and prothorax finely 

 but distinctly alutaceous, elytra still more finely so and more shining. 

 Antennae piceous, basal joints brownish, moderately stout, nearly as 

 in ignita, the fourth joint about two and one-half times as long as 

 wide, the tenth barely twice as long as wide. Eyes a little larger and 

 distinctly more prominent than in ignita, the width of the head across 

 the eyes fully four-fifths that of the prothorax at its widest point (in 

 ignita about two-thirds that of the prothorax); frontal tubercles small, 

 flat, well separated, the contiguous surface of the vertex not at all 

 rugulose or punctate ; frontal carina rather obtuse. Prothorax slightly 

 less than two-fifths wider than long, sides evidently narrowed in front, 

 margin moderately wide, ante-basal groove well defined and entire ; 

 punctuation very sparse and minute, a few larger punctures at the 

 sides anteriorly. Elytra three-fourths wider than the prothorax, punc- 

 tuation nearly as in ignita, the. intermixed finer punctures less obvious. 

 Beneath piceous, finely punctate and alutaceous. Femora piceous, 

 slightly bronzed, tibiae and tarsi brownish-testaceous. Length 3.4-3.6 

 mm. 



Florida. One example from Enterprise (Griffith), others 

 without definite locality. 



This is one of the forms that by Horn's table would fall 

 with ignita. It seems clearly enough distinct by its more 

 alutaceous sculpture, more prominent eyes, slightly more 

 trapezoidal prothorax, with rather less deep ante-basal groove, 

 and the pale tibiae and tarsi. The last ventral of the male 

 is the same as in ignita. 



H. suspecta n. sp. 



Dark green bronze, shining, the upper surface obsoletely alutace- 

 ous. Eyes unusually large, their width as seen from the front equal 

 to one-half their distance apart. Very close to the preceding species 

 (titigata), with which it agrees except as follows : Vertex a little less 

 smooth, eyes even slightly larger, prothorax less suddenly narrowed 



