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at present. One of these, represented by twelve specimens, is rather 

 more slender than the type, with bright flavate legs and piceous 

 upper surface, the elytra being feebly and suffusedly rufescent toward 

 base. Another, represented by a single specimen from Florida, has 

 the pronotum rather coarsely punctate, and the eyes larger. Still 

 another, represented by a single male from Indiana, is larger, with 

 the pronotum very finely punctate, the eyes being large and sepa- 

 rated by less than their own width. 



At a future time, with more material, it will be my endeavor to 

 properly define these allied forms. 



3 H. in f bis cat us n. sp. — Oblong-oval, moderately convex, polished 

 throughout, dark hrownish-piceous, the under surface and legs slightly paler, 

 rufescent ; pubescence rather long and coarse, somewhat sparse but conspicu- 

 ous. Head feebly convex, rather coarsely but feebly, sparsely punctate ; eyes 

 small, separated by two-fifths more than their own width; antennae slender, 

 the third and fourth joints slender and equal. Prothorax transverse, about 

 four-fifths wider than long, the apex broadly, feebly arcuate, three-fifths as 

 wide as the base, the sides very strongly rounded and convergent anteriorly, 

 becoming parallel and almost straight in basal half, the basal angles right and 

 narrowly rounded ; base transverse and straight laterally, broadly, roundly 

 lobed in the middle, the lobe more prominent posteriorly than the lateral por- 

 tions ; disk obsoletely impressed toward base in the middle and in the position 

 of the usual foveae, rather coarsely and sparsely punctate. Elytra four times 

 as long as the prothorax, and, behind the middle, just visibly wider than the 

 latter, acutely ogival in apical third ; sides very feebly arcuate, especially 

 behind, thence nearly straight to the base and continuous with those of the 

 prothorax ; disk with feebly impressed rows of rather small but distinct, 

 rounded punctures which, become obsolete toward apex, the intervals feebly 

 convex, finely, confusedly and rather sparsely punctate. Abdomen minutely, 

 sparsely punctate throughout. Legs slender, the basal joint of the hind tarsi 

 equal in length to the remainder. Length 5.7 mm. ; width 2.2 mm. 



California (Los Angeles). 



The single specimen before me is a male. The species does not 

 greatly resemble any other, although perhaps most closely allied to 

 niger. The pubescence is unusually long, and the prothorax short 

 and coarsely punctate. 



4 H. picipennis n. sp. — Oblong-oval, rather feebly convex, piceous- 

 black above, the elytra slightly paler, piceous ; under surface piceous-black, 

 the legs concolorous ; tarsi and antennae slightly paler, dark brown ; surface 

 highly polished throughout, the pubescence moderate in length, coarse, pale, 

 decidedly sparse. Head very sparsely, coarsely punctate, the eyes rather 

 large, separated by two-thirds to three-fourths their own width ; antennae 



