134 DESCRIPTIONS OP NEW SPECIES. 



thorace baud latioribus, punctis elongatis seriebus 8 alteraque brevi 

 subscutellari digestis, parum distinctis propter interstitias fortiter punc- 

 tatas ; subtus ferruginous coufertim punctatus, breviter pubescens, 

 propleuris dense rugosis, antennaruin artieulis 8-11 sensim paulo 

 brevioribus. Long. -46. 



One specimen from California, in the collection of Mr. Ulke. 

 Related to H. bachei, but the thorax is not rounded, and the 

 punctures of the interstices of the elytra are nearly as large as 

 those of the stria?, so that the latter are not very distinct. The 

 under surface is also more strongly punctured, and distinctly 

 pubescent. The antenna? are somewhat shorter, more decidedly 

 thickened externally, and the joints 8-11 diminish more distinctly 

 in length. 



41'Y. H. discretlis. Apterus, seneo-niger, capite thoraceque con- 

 fertim aciculato-punctatis, hoc latitudine breviore, antice posticeque 

 fere truncate, lateribus late rotundatis, angulis anticis rotundatis, pos- 

 ticis subrectis ; elytris subnitidis elongato-ovalibus, a basi paulo ampli- 

 atis et dein thorace paulo latioribus, transversim convexis, punctis 

 elongatis discretis seriebus 8 digestis, alteraque brevi subscutellari, 

 interstitiis parce subtiliter punctulatis ; subtus subtilius, propleuris 

 confluenter punctatis, ore tarsisqne piceis, antennaruni artieulis 8-11 

 sensim paulo brevioribus. Long. -44. 



Texas ; one specimen in the collection of Mr. TJlke. Related 

 to H. cisteloides, but the punctuation of the head and thorax is 

 more dense, and distinctly aciculate, and the last joint of the 

 antennae is decidedly shorter than the preceding ; the meta- 

 sternum is less strongly, and the propleura more rugosely 

 punctured. 



41S-. H. tuisiesceilS. Apterus, robustus, piceus, snbsenescens, capite 

 thoraceque confertiin punctatis, hoc longitudine fere duplo latiore, obso- 

 lete canaliculate, lateribus postice parallelis, ante medium subangulatis, 

 apice truncate, basi late rotundata, angulis posticis obtusis ; elytris 

 ovalibus convexis, a basi ampliatis, dein thorace tertia parte latioribus, 

 striis utrinque 8, marginali alteraque brevi subscutellari impressis, 

 punctatis, interstitiis subconvexis vix conspicue punctulatis ; subtus 

 rufo-piceus sat fortiter, propleuris dense rugose punctatis, antennaruui 

 artieulis ultiinis fere sequalibus, vix dilatatis. Long. -42. 



One specimen from California, in the collection of Mr. Ulke. 

 The antennaa are nearly filiform, and the outer joints nearly three 

 times as long as their width. 



