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stria abbreviated beyond the middle ; terminal submargin trans- 

 versely indented : beneatb blackish-piceous : feet rufo-piceous : 

 anterior tibiae not wider at tip than in the middle, ciliated with 

 distant spines. 



Length much less than one-tenth of an inch. 



Var. a. Fifth dorsal stria abbreviated, (rare.) 



Var. b. Entirely black. 



This seems to be closely allied to the troglodytes Payk. of the 

 East Indies; but in that species the form is more oval, and the 

 anterior tibias are bidentated. It is a common species and varies 

 in size. [40] 



[Belongs to Phelister Marseul. — Lec] 



11. H. VERNUS. — Front concave; elytra with two abbreviated 

 striae. 



Body black : head minutely punctured : front concave : an- 

 tennae with the capitulum piceous : mandibles dark piceous : tho- 

 rax with rather large, distant punctures each side ; a much ab- 

 breviated impressed line on the posterior margin : elytra with the 

 marginal striee abbreviated, not extending beyond the middle ; 

 dorsal strias four, entire, well impressed ; fifth and sutural striae 

 abbreviated rather before the middle : feet piceous : anterior 

 tarsi crenate, with three larger, subequal, spinous teeth. 



Length one-tenth of an inch. 



[Also a Phelister. — Lec] 



Family 3. — Front convex, punctured; thorax without striae, 

 punctured each side ; elytra striate and punctured. 



[The species of this division belong to Saprimis. — Lec] 



12. H. FRATERNUS. — A transverse impunctured space on the 

 thorax, and a common one on the elytra ; first dorsal stria reach- 

 ing the tip ; head with impressed lines. 



Body brassy-black : head somewhat rugous before : antennae 

 with a dull rufous capitulum : thorax densely punctured, except- 

 ing a transverse space behind the middle : elytra densely punc- 

 tured, excepting an oval, common space near the base and the 

 lateral margin ; marginal striae obvious, not reaching the hu- 

 merus; first dorsal slightly undulated near the base, entire, much 

 incurved behind the middle; second, third, fourth, and sutural 

 striae abbreviated at the middle, the two latter connected at base : 



[Vol. V. 



