60 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



atis, abdomine obsolete subtilissime punctulato, pedibus piceis. Long. 

 11. 



California, at San Jose ; under oak bark. 



220. L,. tennis. Niger subnitidus, valde elongatus, parce obsolete sub- 

 tilissime pimctulatus, thorace latitudine haud breviore, lateribus late 

 rotundatis, linea dorsali Isevi, versus angulos posticos rectos leviter im- 

 presso, antennis pedibusque obscure rufls. Long. -09. 



Southern States. Smaller and more slender than the preceding 

 species. 



MICROPEPLIJS LATR. 



221. M. cribratus. Nigerrimus, thorace multicellulato lateribus me- 

 dio angulatis, elytris costis utrinque tribus sutura margineque acute ele- 

 vatis, interstitiis rude striatis et punctatis. Long. -08. 



Georgia ; rare. The cells of the thorax are equal in size and 

 somewhat irregular; the elytral costaa are sinuate, between the 

 sutural and the first dorsal is a single stria, between the others 

 are two approximate striae and an intermediate ridge. The dor- 

 sal segments are strongly tricostate and widely margined. 



222. M. sculptus. Nigerrimus, thorace multicellulato lateribus 

 valde rotundatis, elytris costis utrinque quatuor sutura margineque acute 

 elevatis, interstitiis planis politis, laevibus. Long. -06. 



Georgia, under pine bark. Smaller than the preceding, with 

 the sides of the thorax not angulated, and the elytral interstices 

 smooth ; the dorsal segments, as in it, are strongly tricostate, and 

 widely margined. 



IIISTER LINN. 



223. II. (Psiloscelis) subopacus. Oblongus, parum convexus, niger 

 subopacus, confertim punctatus, thorace utrinque bistriato, versus latera 

 grossius punctato, elytris striis utrinque 6 marginalique integris, mar- 

 ginali interna obsoleta, epipleuris concavis bistriatis ; tibiis anticis 5- 

 dentatis. Long. -30. 



Nebraska; Mr. Ulke. Narrow, flatter, and less opake than 

 H. planipes, with the inner thoracic stria much deeper. 



224. H. semisculptus. Oblongus niger nitidus, thorace lateribus 

 subtiliter marginato, et stria laterali a margine remota insculpto, elytris 

 striia internis tribus brevissimis, prope apicem sitis, externis tribus 



