40 Randalls New Species of 
11. HISTER BRUNNEIPENNIS.* 
H. corpore sub-quadrato, sub-brunneo; thorace utrinque profundé 
et obliqué sulcato ; elytris, lineis tribus indistincté elevatis, et gra- 
datim obsoletis 
Body sub-quadrate, rounded upon the sides, reddish- 
brown: thorax with a profound, oblique sulcus on each 
side, dividing it apparently into three lobes ; disk smooth, 
from the sulci to the margin roughened: elytra each 
with three indistinctly elevated lines, becoming gradually 
obsolete, and giving to the intermediate spaces the 
appearance of broad, shallow strie ; posteriorly with a 
few minute punctures, and distinct scattered hairs. 
Length about eight; hundredths of an inch. 
Cambridge, Mass., March, 1831. 
19. HypRocHUus sUBCUPREUS. 
H. corpore griseo, sub-cupreo; clypeo valdé prominenti; thorace 
vix sub-quadrato, profundé punctato; elytris sub-convexis, thorace 
latioribus, profundé striato-punctatis; pedibus piceo-testaceis. 
Body grayish, copper-colored: head punctured, pro- 
minent: clypeus having an impressed border, anteriorly 
greatly prominent: eyes black, prominent: thorax pro- 
foundly punctured, rather longer than broad, rather widest 
at middle, behind which it is gradually but slightly con- 
tracted ; posterior margin rounded at middle, anterior one 
truncate: elytra rather convex, with strie of profound 
punctures ; intermediate spaces somewhat convex. 
* This insect appears to be an immature specimen, and, on that ac- 
count, not entitled " the name of a new species.—Pub. Com. 
