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clavum oval, pale fulvous : thorax densely and equally punc- 

 tured : elytra with all the striae rectilinear, entire and equidis- 

 tant, excepting the marginal one, which is very obsolete, hardly 

 perceptible and generally abbreviated : stria on the lateral edge 

 of the superior surface as distinct as the dorsal ones : feet piceous : 

 anterior tibiae ciliated with short spines. 



Length one-tenth of an inch, 



Var. a. Body piceous. 



This species is altogether different from the^avicormsH.eYhst, 

 in which are but three abbreviated strige at the base of the elytra. 

 I therefore adopt a name given by Dr. J. F. Melsheimer. It is 

 certainly very closely allied to the fulvicornis Fabr., and ma}' 

 possibly prove to be a variety of that insect. 



[Belongs to Epierus. — Lec] 



9. H. CONJUNCTUS. — Fifth dorsal stria abbreviated ; fourth 

 united with the sutural stria at base. 



Body oval, black : head minutely punctured, slightly concave 

 before, and somewhat angulated over the insertion of the an- 

 tennae : antennae and mandibles piceous, the former with a dull 

 fulvous capitulura : [39] thorax more obviously punctured each 

 side : elytra piceous at the terminal margin ; marginal sti'ia ob- 

 solete, more distinct behind ) four dorsal striae entire, and fourth 

 very obtusely incurved at base, so as almost to join the sutural 

 stria ; fifth stria abbreviated, extending a little beyond the mid- 

 dle : anterior tibiae narrower at tip, and very obtusely and slightly 

 crenate on the edge. 



Length rather less than one-tenth of an inch. 



A very distinct species, remarkable for the connexion of the 

 fourth and sutural striae. 



[Belongs to C'a/rmops Marseul, which does not apj eir to be 

 sufficiently distinct from Paromalus. — Leg.] 



10. H. SUBROTUNDUS. — Front concave; elytra with the su- 

 tural stria abbreviated. 



H. suhrotundas Melsh. Catal. 



Body rounded, black : front concave, transverse line obsolete : 

 mandibles piceous : thorax more obviously punctured on the 

 sides : elytra each side and at tip rufo-piceous; marginal stria 

 hardly reaching the middle ; five dorsal striae entire ; sutural 

 1825.] 



