BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 
1341 
H. PiCEUS, Blanch. 
H. }nceii,s,^\i\wc\\., Cat. Coll. Ent., 1850, p. 110. 
Latior, postice levitev clilatatus ; minus nitidus ; ferrugineus 
vel brunneus, antennis palpisque testaceis ; pilis brevibus 
adpvessis sat dense vestitus ; supra crebre subbilius sat sequaliter 
(pygidio minus crebre excepto) punctulatus ; elytris ad apicem 
membrana angusta maiginatis ; abdominis segmentis 2-5 ad latera 
capillis erectis (lineatim transversim positis) instructis. 
[Long. 5-6J, lat. 2§-3f lines. 
The head scarcely differs from that of H. frontalis, except in 
having the piincturation closer behind, and the clypeal suture 
slightly angular in the middle. The prothorax is nearly twice 
as wide as its length down the middle, and its base is nearly 
twice as wide as its front, which is deeply emargiiiate with sharp 
angles ; its sides are very gently rounded, and form a I’oundly 
obtuse angle on either side with the base, which is feebly 
bisinuate, the middle lobe very wide and inconspicuous. The 
elytra have scarcely any indication of transverse wrinkling but 
have more or less faint indication (most evident in the female, 
hardly discernible in the male) of striation. The puncturation of 
the upper surface is very fine and close (though decidedly less so 
than in //. insiynis), and is very evenly distributed, except that it 
is at its closest on the clypeus, and is much more sparing on the 
pygidium than elsewhere. Apart from colour the underside and 
legs scarcely differ from those of II. towns, except in having hairs 
rather than bristles forming the lateral series of the hind body, 
and the inner apical angle of the hind femora obsolete. The 
lateral fringe of the elytra is not continued on the apical portion. 
1 have very little doubt of the correctness of my identification ; 
31. Blanchard’s descriptions of II. piceus and pilosellus do not 
specify any definite distinction between the two, but probably 
(judging by its name) pilosdlus is furnished with longer and more 
conspicuous pilosity. 
