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rounded ; the punctures of the elytra are smaller, and 

 thoracic groove less profound. 



DoRCATOMAj Herbst. 



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D. stmilis. Rounded, blackish ; head dark piceous ; 

 elytra with two striae and a half. 

 Inhabits North Carolina, Harris. 

 Body rounded, very little oval, convex, punctured ; 

 with short, yellowish hairs : animncB dull rufous ; not 

 very robust ; basal joint piceous ; antepenultimate joint 

 extending inwards into a conic process and exhibiting 

 the form of an equilateral triangle, shorter than the pre- 

 ceding part of the antennae ; two ultimate joints equal : 

 elytra with three lateral stride, of which the superior one 

 is half the length; humerus elevated, compressed, acute. 

 Length less than one tenth of an inch. 

 The D. bicolory Germar, has a sanguineous thorax, and 

 the oculata, S. is larger, its antennae more robust, and 

 the terminal joint arcuated. 



HvLEccETUS, Latr. 



H. luguhris.' Elytra and postpectus black ; abdomen 

 and feet honey-yellow. 

 Inhab. Indiana. 



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$ Body punctured, with short hairs : labrum tinged with 

 piceous : antenncey third joint obscure yellowish : vertex 

 with a glabrous line : thorax with an indented line and a 

 little unequal each side : scutel glabrous and carinate in 

 the middle : elytra with slightly elevated lines : wings 

 dusky, nervures black : beneath black : feet and abdo- 

 men honey-yellow. 



