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on the third elytral stria ; but I have a variety altogether des- 

 titute of the puncture. 



2. H. viRiDis Say, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. — Subsequently 

 described by Dejean under the name of assimilis. 



3. H. MEXICANUS Dej. Sp. Gen. — This appears to be a com- 

 mon species. Mr. Maclure has recently sent me specimens by 

 Wm. Bennett, and I obtained it also in that country. 



4. H. IRICOLOR Say, has been recently described by Dejean 

 under the name of dichrous. I obtained a .specimen formerly, 

 with a collection I purchased in New York as having been re- 

 ceived from New Haven, and I have since found two in Indiana. 



[No species of the name cited is to be found in Say's writings. 

 — Lec] 



5. H. TERMINATUS Say, (Feronia) Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 

 Dejean, Sp. Gen., refers this species to the present genus. The 

 anterior pairs of the tarsi of the male are clothed with dense 

 hairs beneath. 



6. H. AMPUTATUS. — Elytra greenish, truncate at tip. 

 Inhabits N. W. Territory. 



Body blackish ; head with the frontal lines rather slightly 

 indented ; antennae, palpi, tibia) and tarsi honey-yellow, the tibiae 

 darkest ; thorax with the basal angles rounded ; edge obscure 

 rufous; dorsal line [433] obsolete, or slightly impressed ; basal 

 lines substituted by dilated, slightly indented spaces, in which are 

 numerous small punctures ; posterior lateral margin with small 

 punctures ; basal margin obsoletely tinted with greenish ; elytra 

 with impunctured striae, more or less green, sometimes bright 

 green; suture, outer and terminal edges obscure rufous; tip 

 widely and somewhat obliquely truncate. 



Length less than two-fifths of an inch. 



Var. a. Elytra reddish brown, with hardly any tint of green. 



Readily distinguished by the truncated appearance of the tip 

 of the elytra, from JI. seneus F., which has the elytra decidedly 

 sinuate at tip, and even abruptly so. 



7. H. OCREATUS. — Black green ; impunctured ; feet pale yel- 

 lowish. 



Inhabits Mexico. 



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