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TRANSACTIONS

OF THK

ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

HALL OF THE ACADEMY OF AATUUAL
S('IENCES OF PHILADELPHIA,

L()(JAN SQUARE.

1891.

PRESS OF

P. C. STOCKHAUSEN.
PHILADELPHIA.

LIST OK KAKKRS.

PAGK

Ash MEAD, Wm. H.

A (jenenc Synopsis of the Coccidte .... 92

Dietz, Wm. G., M I).

Revision of tlie genera and species of Anthononiini in-
habiting North America ...... 177

Dyak, Harrison G. . . . . . . . . 14!»

A revision of the species of Euclea, Farasa and Fack-
ardia, with notes on Adoneta, Monoleuca and Varina
ornata Newin.

Fox, William J.

On the species of Trypoxylon inhabiting America North
of Mexico . . . . . . . .136

On a collection of Hymenoptera made in Jamaica during
April, 1891 337

Horn, George H., M.D.

A monograph of the species of Cryptohypnus of Boi-eal
America ......... 1

New Species and miscellaneous Notes .... 32

Tie species of of Boreal America . . . 277

Leng, Charles W.

Revision of the Donacise of Boreal America . .159

Robertson, Charles.

Descriptions of new species of North American Bees . 49

Smith, John B.

Notes on some Noctuidse, with descriptions of new genera
and species . . . . . . . .103

'fowNSEND, C. H. Tyler.

Notes on North American Tachinidie sens. str. with de-
scriptions of new genera and species, II . . . 349

WlLLISTON, S. W.

Catalogue of the described species of South American
Asilidse ......... 67

TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

VOLUMK NVIII.

.4 iiioiiograpli of the species of CRYPTOHYPNUS of
Boreal America.

BY GEORGE H. HORN, M. D.

In the printed and other comments which were made on Dr.
Hamilton’s paper on the distribution of many species in common
in the Arctic regions of both continents, my attention happened to
be drawn especially to this genus from the fact that several forms
had just appeared which seemed to be identical with those of Europe,
and which had not, as yet, appeared in our lists. These were made
the subject of a short note, in “ Entomological News,” which closer
study has shown me to be inaccurate in many of its statements, due
in part to the lack of types, and as much to important omissions of
details in the best European descriptions. The subsequent pages
will show that several of our forms are parallel with those of Europe,
in fact deceptively resembling them, but are readily separated by
excellent structural characters hitherto unobserved.

The number of species of Cryptohypnus known being less than
one hundred, has not made it unwieldy or difficult to handle, conse-
quently but little attempt has been made to subdivide it. C. G.
Thomson, in his Skand. Col. vi, restricts the name Cryptohypnus to
those species which have the prosternal sutures straight and Negas-
trius to those with the sutures arcuate, although he seems to place

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GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

greater reliance on other cliaracters which have far less value in a
larger number of species. He again subdivides Negastrius, sepa-
rating those s})ecies as Zorochrus which have the prosternal sutures
double and excavate. If any division of Cryptohypnus be thought
necessary, that based on the form of the prosternal sutures appears
to be the only one desirable, from the fact that, between the two
forms, the sharpest line of demarcation is observed.

The existence of the double grooved sutures in a group of small
species was first observed by Thomson, but cannot be used for generic
separation as it would remove certain species from that close approxi-
mation in which they should be placed. It has also been observed
in our species of that series that the groove is far more distinctly
defined in the female than in the male. It is in this group that very
notable sexual peculiarities exist in the form of tubercles on the first
or first two ventral segments in the males of Melsheimeri and caurimis
respectively, or in a small ])ubescent spot at the middle of the second
ventral in the female of c/radarms. In quadriguttatm (tetragraphii^)
and dermestoides of Europe, the anterior tibiae are much broader in
the male than in the female. These, too, have an elevation or tu-
bercle on the first ventral segment of the male which seems to have
escaped the notice of European students.

Another sexual character has been observed in the two species
with non-striate elytra. In the centre of the prosternum of the male
is a small, densely punctured spot, bearing, in well-preserved speci-
mens, a short brush of hair.

One species, Httoralis, is notable in having much shorter legs than
normal, the tibice beset with short, stiff, bristle-like hairs, after the
manner of many arenicolous species. The tibial spurs are also better
developed. In the species with the curved prosternal sutures the
spurs are far less distinct than in those with straight sutures.

It will be observed also that the terminal joint of the maxillary
palpus varies in form, but without that degree of difference enabling
the character to be used for systematic purposes. Illustrations will
be found on the plate, to which the reader is referred.

The species known to me seem to divide very naturally into groups,
and it is proposed so to treat them to avoid the use of a long analytical
table.

They are, therefore, divided as follows ;

Prosternal sutures straight, parallel, or very little convergent posteriorly 2.

Prosternal sutures arcuate and very evidently convergent posteriorly 3.

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2. — Tibife stouter than usual, the outer side beset with short spinules, the spurs

very distinct Group LITTORALIS.

Tibiffi slender, not spinulose externally, the spurs usually very small and
indistinct.

Depressed opaque species, thorax coarsely and closely punctate.

Group SQUALIDUS.

More or less convex and shining, thorax variably punctate, but never
opaque, the median line more or less impressed.

Hind angles of thorax slender and divergent, the basal incisure well
marked; surface not distinctly pubescent.. -Group HYPERBOREUS.

Hind angles of thorax stouter, scarcely at all divergent, basal incisures
feeble; surface pubescent Group ABBREVIATUS.

3. — Elytra with the striae entirely, or in great part obliterated ; in the latter

case, those near the suture alone evident Group PECTORALIS.

Elytra with all the striae entire 4.

4. — Depressed species, dorsum quite flat, surface opaque, densely punctulate

and pubescent; hind angles of thorax with short carina.

Group STRIATULUS.

Convex species.

Thorax coarsely granulate, usually with a smooth elevated median line.

/ Group CHORIS.

Thorax unequally sculptured, either subasperate or more densely, coarsely
punctate near apex, posteriorly smoother, median line usually smooth

Group MELSHEIMERI.

Thorax equally punctate, either sparsely or moderately closely ; elytra
ornate Group PERPLEXUS.

The groups which follow are arranged in a manner to show what
seems to be a natural sequence based on facies.

In conclusion, I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Dr.
Hamilton and Mr. Ulke for the loan and gift of specimens, and to
Mr. Blanchard for first having called my attention to the pubescent
spot in the abdomen of gradarms, thereby suggesting a new line of
investigation which has resulted profitably.

Group LITTORALIS.

Prosternal sutures straight, very nearly parallel. Maxillary palpi
moderate in length, the last joint elongate oval, obliquely truncate
at apex. Tibiae shorter than usual, the outer edge beset with short
spinules, the terminal spurs well marked. Form robust, body ap-
terous.

This group contains but one species so unlike those which follow,
as to lead to the supposition that it should be more completely sepa-
rated. There are, however, no differences of sufficient importance
to warrant generic separation.

GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

littorali!4 Escb. — Form robust, convex, brownish piceous or darker fer-
ruginous, scarcely sbining. sides of tborax (more broadly beneath) and elytra,
antenme and legs yellowish testaceous; antennae rather stout, joints 6-10 as
broad as long, eleventh oval ; bead sparsely, rather coarsely punctate ; thorax
broader at middle than long, sides arcuate, sinuate in front of the hind angles,
which are acute and feebly divergent, the carina short, hut well marked ; disc
sparsely punctate, basal margin without trace of incisure: elytra oval, humeri
obliquely rounded, disc rather deeply striate, strise, not punctate, intervals con-
vex, sparsely punctate near the base, gradually becoming granulate toward the
apex ; body beneath piceous, except the flanks of the prothorax, these finely
punctate externally, more coarsely near the inargin ; under surface punctate,
hut not closely, except on the last ventral segment, which is quite rugose.
Length 8 — 11.5 mm. ; .32 — .46 ineh.

In well preserved specimens the surface above and beneath is
sparsely fulvo-pubescent. A variety entirely yellowish is mentioned
by Mannerheim and Candeze, not the result of immaturity, as might
be suspected, but truly varietal, as has been observed in many species
living along the sea-coast.

Seems to be abundant on the Alaskan sea-coast.

Group HYPERBOREUS.

Prosternal sutures straight, very slightly convergent posteriorly.
Legs slender, tibial spurs small. Maxillary palpi not prominent,
the last joint triangular, as in the squalidus group. Thorax smooth,
sparsely punctate, median line more or less impressed, the basal in-
cisures distinct, hind angles long, slender and divergent. Surface
nearly, or quite glabrous, body winged.

This group contains but three species, as far as known to me, espe-
cially notable by their oblong, feebly convex form, nearly glabrous
surface, subsulcate thorax with slender hind angles.

The species are separated as follows :

AntenuiB entirely ferruginous.

Anteimse rather slender, the joints longer than wide g;raii(licollis.

Antenna stouter, joints triangular, as wide as long liyperboretis.

Antenna piceous, except at base, the joints longer than wide.

Elytral intervals fiat Saiiboriii.

Elytral intervals convex barbatiis.

These inhabit the more northern or elevated regions of our country,
one of them {hyperhorens) having a circum-polar distribution in both
hemispheres.

C’. graiKlicollis Lee. — Oblong, moderately convex, piceous shining, with
faint metallic lustre, elytra paler than the thorax; surface scarcely pul)escent ;
antcTina ferruginous, joints all longer than wide; front fiat, coarsely not closely

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punctate ; thorax distinctly longer than wide, sides scarcely arcuate, hind angles
very slightly divergent, distinctly carinate, carina short, disc moderately convex,
median line vaguely impressed posteriorly; surface sparsely punctate, a little
more closely in front and near the front angles; elytra a little wider than the
prothorax at their middle, humeri obtusely rounded ; disc moderately convex,
rather deeply striate, strim punctate, intervals slightly convex, sparsely punc-
tate ; prosternum moderately coarsely, but sparsely punctate, the lobe moderately
prominent, arcuate in front, limited behind by a feeble transverse line, propleura;
moderately closely coarsely punctate, with finer punctures between, not opaque;
metasternum moderately closely punctate, punctuation coarse and fine inter-
mixed ; abdomen similarly punctate, the last segment more coarsely; legs rufo-
testaceous ; entire body beneath paler than above. Length 9 mm. ; .36 inch.

A much more robust species than any of this group and with the
thorax of larger area relative to the elytra.

A specimen in the LeConte cabinet, which I have no doubt is the
male, has a rather more slender form, the sides of thorax sinuate in
front of the hind angles, which are consequently more slender and
divergent. Its color is slightly darker. These differences, in view
of the opposite sex of the specimens, seem purely sexual and not
specific.

Occurs in Canada and Oregon, S .

C. hyperboreus Gyll. — Moderately elongate, depressed, piceous brown,
moderately shining, antennsE and legs ferruginous; surface very sparsely pubes-
cent ; antennse short, joints 4-10 as wide as long ; head slightly convex at middle,
sparsely punctate; thorax as broad as long 9 > or a little longer % ; scarcely
narrowed in front, sides regularly arcuate in front of the hind angles which are
slender, divergent, and with a short carina; surface shining, sparsely punctate,
median line vaguely impressed ; elytra wider than the thorax, oblong oval,
widest at middle, humeri rounded, disc rather depressed, finely striate, strife
indistinctly punctate at middle, intervals flat, sparsely punctate; prosternum
sparsely punctate at middle, densely and finely at the sides, the lobe moderately
prominent, arcuate in front, limited behind by a transverse impression, propleurse
densely finely punctate, with coarser punctures intermixed, rather opaque, dis-
tinctly pubescent; metasteruum sparsely punctate; abdomen closely punctate
with coarse and fine punctures intermixed, and with fine brownish pubescence.
Length 6.5 — 8 mm. ; .26 — .32 inch.

This species is very nearly as depressed as those of the squalidus
group. It is paler in color than Sanborni, and without the faint
metallic lustre of that species and differing also in the color of the
antennae.

This species is known from Lapland, Siberia, Kamtschatka, and
on our own continent in Alaska.

C’. $$anborui Horn. — Oblong, moderately convex, piceous black, moder-
ately shining, sometimes with a faint bronze surface lustre, very slightly pubes-
cent; autennfe slender, feebly serrate, joints all longer than wide, iiasal joints

GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

nifo-testaceons, the outer joints piceous ; head si>arsely punctate; thorax longer
than wide, not narrowed in front, widest at middle, sides feebly arcuate, sinuate
in front of the hind angles, which are slender, acute, distinctly divergent and
carinate above, di,sc moderately curved, the median line vaguely impressed from
base to apex, basal incisures distinct; surface sparsely finely punctate: elytra
oblong oval, widest behind the middle, humeri oblique, disc striate, strise dis-
tinctly punctured, intervals flat, sparsely punctate, but more coarsely than the
thorax ; jn-osternal lobe moderately prominent, the border distinctly beaded, a
transverse impression posteriorly, coarsely punctate in front, more finely and
sparsely toward apex, punctuation at sides denser and intermixed, propleurte
rather densely punctate and more opaque, with coarser and fine punctures inter-
mixed ; epipleurre jiale; metasternum and abdomen rather densely punctulate
with coarser punctures intermixed ; legs rufo-testaceous, tarsi darker. Length
5,5 — 7 mm.; .22 — .28 inch.

The hind angles of the thorax at tip, the epipleurae of the elytra
and a narrow border of the under side of thorax are usually rufes-
cent. The median line of the thorax, although feeble, is distinctly
impressed from base to apex ; all the strite of the elytra are punctate.

Occurs in the White Mountain region of New Hampshire, where
it was first collected by Mr. F. G. Sanborn, and since by Blanchard,
Henshaw and others.

barbatiis Sahib. — Oblong, moderately convex, piceous black, moderately
shining, sparsely clothed with short, inconspicuous, brownish pubescence; an-
tenn® slender, feebly serrate, piceous, the two basal joints pale; head rather
coarsely punctate, front triangularly flattened, the middle of the triangle elevated
in an umbone; thorax longer than wide, very little narrowed in front, sides
feebly arcuate, sinuate in front of the hind angles, which are slender and slightly
divergent, carina well marked, but short; disc convex, a median impression
reaching the base and very nearly the apex ; surface moderately coarsely punc-
tate in front and at sides, smoother at middle and near base; elytra oblong-oval,
wider slightly behind the middle, humeri rounded, disc convex, deeply striate,
strire punctate, intervals convex, moderately closely punctate; prosternum trans-
versely Impressed, rather finely punctate behind the groove, very coarsely in
front, the lobe moderately prominent, subtruncate; propleurje opaque, slightly
rugulose, coarsely sparsely punctate; epipleurte pale ; abdomen closely punctate
with coarser punctures intermixed, especially near the sides; legs rufo-testace-
ous, the tarsi piceous. Length 6.5 mm. ; .26 inch.

Very close to Sanborni, and possibly only an Arctic form of it.
The pubescence of the prosternal lobe seems to have been rather
exaggerated in importance and extent, as all the species of the pres-
ent and the ahbreviatus groups have a slight pilosity in that portion
not by any means dense, and often lost by abrasion.

I owe to Dr. Sahlberg the privilege of examining a typical speci-
men. Occurs in the vicinity of St. Lawrence Bay extending to Port
( 'larence on the American coast.

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Group ABBREVIATUS.

Prosternal sutures straight, nearly parallel. Maxillary palpi
moderate in length, the last joint triangular, truncate at apex. Legs
not long, tibiie not spinulose externally, terminal spurs small. Thorax
with median line more or less impressed, the basal incisures feebly
distinct, hind angles, at most, but little everted, the carina not long.
Surface pubescent. Body winged.

The group here defined is with difficulty separated by description
from the one preceding, but the more convex form, pubescent sur-
face and less prominent hind angles seem sufficient.

The species composing the group occur in the Arctic regions of
both continents, extending southward in the more northern jiortions
of the temperate region, and along the mountain ranges in the
higher altitudes still more to the south.

In consequence of the wide distribution of the species and the
varied climatic influences to which they are subjected, a great amount
of variation has been produced. This range of distribution is from
Labrador on the east to northern California on the west, and in the
centre of the continent extending southward along the Rocky Moun-
tains to New Mexico, thence northward in every part of British
America to the extreme of the Alaskan peninsula.

In the great quantity of material examined I have not been able
to separate more than three species :

Scutellura conspicuously clothed with pale pubescence, that of the elytra some-
what scale like.

Thorax narrowed in front in its apical two-thirds, sides often obtusely suban-
gulate in front of the angular sinuation ; elytra with a denser spot of
pubescence near the apex abbreTiatiis.

Thorax arcuate near the apex only, the sides thence nearly straight ; elytra

without spot of denser pubescence near tip impressicollis.

Scutellum sparsely punctate and smooth, with scarcely any pubescence ; surface
simply sparsely pubescent; thorax usually very sparsely punctate, the
median impression very indistinct lioctiirniis.

C. abbreviatus Say. — Oblong, moderately convex, piceous, with greenish
bronze surface lustre, sparsely clothed with yellowish cinereous pubescence,
somewhat scaly in appearance, forming a conspicuous elongate space on the ely-
tral declivity ; anteun® feebly serrate, either entirely piceous, or with the basal
joints paler; head coarsely not closely punctate, the frontal margin scarcely
distinct from the clypeal ; thorax slightly broader than long, narrowed in front,
sides scarcely arcuate, but obtusely subangulate behind the middle, then sinuate
in front of the hind angles, these acute but not slender, scarcely divergent, cari-
nate ; disc convex, with a median impression usually extending from base to
apex and deeper behind, ba.sal incisures feeble, surface shining, moderately

(>EO. H, HORN, M. D,

closely, not coarsely punctate, pubescence somewhat brownish ; scutellum rather
densely clothed with paler yellowish hairs ^ elytra a little wider than the thorax,
widest one-third from base, humeri rounded, sides arcuate, gradually narrowed
in apical two-thirds, but obtuse at tip; disc convex, striate; strife all punctate,
intervals flat, moderately closely and finely punctate; body beneath piceous,
finely fulvo-pubescent, epipleurm usually paler; prosternum sparsely punctate at
middle, at sides intermixed and finely pubescent, the lobe very coarsely punc-
tate, moderately prominent; propleurm o])aque, finely and closely punctate
metiisteruum moderately closely punctate with intermixed punctures; abdomen
very finely and closely punctulate, the punctures unequal; legs rufo-testaceous,
the femora usually darker. Length 5.25—6.5 mm. ; .21 — .26 inch.

'riiis species varies in color from piceous black to brown, the elytra
being often quite pale. It may also vary in the form of the sides
of the thorax, the subangulation being scarcely evident in some
(lacmtris), but the thorax is always narrowed in its apical two-thirds.
The strife of the elytra may vary in sharpness, and their punctures
are sometimes scarcely evident on the disc.

The spot of pale pubescence near the apex is quite characteristic,
and its distinctness is not due to the abrasion of the rest of the sur-
face. In well preserved specimens the greater portion of the elytral
pubescence is finer and more brown, consequently less distinct.

No special sexual characters have been observed.

(Occurs from Nova Scotia westward through Massachusetts, New
York, Canada, Hazleton, Pa. (Dietz), to Oregon and Alaska.

C. iiiiprcssicollis Maun. — Oblong, moderately convex, piceous or brown-
ish, the elytra paler, surface slightly feneous, the pubescence sparse, pale brown-
ish, rather dense and fulvous on the scutellum; antenufe feebly serrate, piceous.
the basal joints paler ; head coarsely, moderately closely punctate, the frontal
margin scarcely elevated ; thorax scarcely wider than long, sides nearly straight,
arcuately narrowed near the front, a faint trace of a sinuation near the ungles,
these acute, scarcely at all divergent; the carina feeble, basal incisures distinct:
disc convex, the median channel distinct from base to apex ; surface moderately
closely punctate and (for this group) rather coarsely, pubescence fulvous ; scu-
tellum rather closely pubescent; elytra oblong-oval, widest near the middle, the
humeri rounded; disc convex, moderately deeply striate, strife all punctate, in-
tervals flat, rather closely punctate and posteriorly slightly asperately ; body
beneath piceous, finely pubescent and subopaque, epipleurfe paler; prosternum
sparsely punctate, more coarsely in front and more finely at the sides ; propleurte
opaque, with dense fine punctures, with coarser intermixed ; metasternum finely
indistinctly punctate, punctuation double; abdomen densely finely punctate,
with coarser punctures intermixed at the sides; legs rufo-testaceous. femora
darker. Length 5 — 6 mm. ; .20 — .24 inch.

This species superficially resembles abbreviatus, but the form of the
thorax and the absence of the spot of pubescence near the apex will

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distinguish it. It will be observed in abhreviatus that the sides of
the prosternum have a well marked, fine silken pubescence, but in
this there is no such character.

In one of the specimens before me the elytra are paler at apex.

While I have not seen a type of this species I am quite sure that
the forms examined are similar to the unique described by Manner-
heim.

Occurs in Alaska, Oregon, Hudson’s Bay Territory and Colorado
(rare).

C. noctnrnus Esch.— Oblong, moderately convex, color variable, surface
shilling and with slight aeneous lustre, sparsely pubescent; antennae feebly ser-
rate, piceous, the basal joints often paler; head coarsely, not closely punctate,
frontal border feebly elevated ; thorax as wide as long, slightly narrowed in
front, sides arcuate, widest at middle, a slight sinuation in front of the hind
angles, these feebly everted, distinctly carinate, disc moderately convex, median
impression feeble, rarely visible in front of the middle; surface finely, sparsely
punctate; elytra oblong, a little wider at middle than the thorax, humeri ob-
tusely rounded, striate, striae all punctate, intervals flat, or slightly convex near
the base, sparsely finely punctate; scutellum sparsely punctate, scarcely at all
pubescent; body beneath paler than above, the epipleurae especially so; proster-
num very sparsely punctate, even on the lobe, sparsely cinereo-pubescent at the
sides, the lobe moderately prominent; propleune opaque, closely and very finely
punctate with coarser punctures intermixed ; metasternum and abdomen with
fine, indistinct punctures, moderately closely placed, with slightly larger punc-
tures intermixed; legs rufo-testaceous, femora always darker. Length 4 — 5.5
mm. ; .16 — .22 inch.

A variable species, widely spread over the northern part of the
continent, and with an unnecessary amount of nomenclature, the
result of local or climatic variation. A few varieties seem to deserve
mention.

Var. noetvrniis Esch. — Larger in size, piceous black, with teneous
surface lustre. The double punctuation of the abdomen scarcely
evident, except at the sides. The hind angles of the thorax are not
paler than the disc. Alaska, Oregon, California, Nevada.

Var. lucidulus Mann. — Smaller than nocturnus, and with rather
paler surface and less distinct leneous surface lustre. The hind an-
gles of the thorax are usually paler. The punctuation of the under
side of body is more distinct, and its double character more evident.
Of this form fallax Mann, and vestitus Mann, are merely individual
variations. Alaska, Hudson’s Bay, New Hampshire.

Var. bicolor Esch.— Still smaller, the hind angles of the thorax
and the elytra castaneous, with very feeble metallic surface lustre.

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JANUARY, 1891.

GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

Punctuation of under side coarser, its double character very evident.
Of this scarificatus and limhatus Mann, are feeble varieties, and pi-
cescens Lee. a synonym. Alaska, Oregon, Hudson’s Bay, Dacota,
Idaho, Utah, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Lake Superior,
Canada, Labrador, New Hampshire.

On comparing these forms with abbreviatiis and impressicollis, it
will be observed that the vestiture is finer and sparser, the scutellum
nearly glabrous. The thorax is always more sparsely and finely
punctured. The form is also less convex and more elongate.

Candeze states (Mon. iii, p. 68) that riparius Fab. occurs in the
polar regions of our continent. I have not seen any specimens that
I am willing to refer to that species, although some of the forms of
iuciduhis have the dorsal striie so feebly punctured that they might
l)e considered smooth. The study of the material before me leads
to the thought that all the species from the Arctic regions of both
continents need a renewed study with a larger number of specimens
than seems to have been used.

Group SQUALIDUS.

Prosternal sutures straight and parallel, or very slightly conver-
gent posteriorly. Maxillary palpi not prominent, the terminal joint
triangular. Legs slender and moderately long, the tibiae not spinu-
lose, the terminal spurs small and inconspicuous. Form oblong,
much depressed ; surface opaque, densely punctured, sparsely pubes-
cent. Body distinctly winged.

This group is represented in our fauna by three species, and a
fourth (depres-nis) from Siberia should probably be referred here.
The flattened form and opaque surface are repeated in the driaialus
series, but these have the strongly arcuate prosternal sutures.

The three species are as follows ;

Antennfe and legs always pale; under side of body finely pubescent with longer

scale-like hairs sparsely scattered sqiialitlus.

Antennae and legs piceous, sometimes the tibije are pale; vestiture of under side
uniform.

Surface very opaque liiiiebris.

Surface slightly aeneous plaiiatus.

C’. squalidus Lee. — Oblong, piceous black, opaque, sparsely clothed with
very short brownish pubescence, with silken yellow sparsely intermixed : head
coarsely, not closely punctate : antennse not reaching the hind angles of the
thorax, feebly serrate, joints all longer than wide, the eleventh but little longer
than the tenth ; thorax longer than wide, distinctly narrowed in front, sides
regularly arcuate, sinuate in front of the hind angles, these slightly divergent,

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acute, distinctly carinate; surface moderately closely, but not densely punctate^
very evidently lonfiitudinally strigose ; disc feebly convex, a distinct basal in-
cisure opposite the fifth stria; elytra slightly wider posteriorly than the thorax,
humeri oblique, sides feebly arcuate, more so in the J ; disc sub-depressed,
striate, striae punctured, more coarsely at sides, especially near the humeri; in-
tervals flat, rather closely punctate; prosternal lobe long, its apex with a feebly
beaded edge and without a transverse impressed line posteriorly ; surface coarsely,
not closely punctured, feebly pubescent, propleurse opaque, coarsely sparsely
punctate and distinctly pubescent; metasternum and abdomen sparsely coarsely
punctate, with extremely fine punctuation closely placed between them, the
vestiture of pale brown, fine pubescence with intermixed golden scale-like hairs.
Length 7.5 — 8.5 mm. ; .30 — .34 inch.

The male is more slender and parallel than the female, but shows
110 other differences.

Occurs in California at San Jose and vicinity.

C. funebris Cand.— Oblong, depressed, black, opaque, finely pubescent;
legs piceous, sometimes with the tibise paler; head coarsely and moderately
closely punctate; antennae piceous, feebly serrate, the joints all longer than
wide; maxillary palpi not prominent, the last joint triangular; thorax a little
longer than wide, scarcely narrowed in front, widest at middle, sides regularly
feebly arcuate, sinuate in front of the hind angles, which are acute, slightly
divergent and with a short carina; disc feebly convex, a distinct incisure each
side of base; surface very densely punctured and without strigosity; elytra a
little wider than the prothorax, the sides nearly parallel, narrowed at apical
third, striate, strife punctured, intervals flat, closely punctate and quite rugous
at base; prosternal lobe moderately prolonged, its edge distinctly beaded and
with a deeply impressed marginal line and another transverse line of variable
distinctness posteriorly, coarsely and closely punctate in front of the transverse
line, more finely posteriorly; propleur® very opaque, very scabrous ; metaster-
num and abdomen closely finely punctulate, but not opaque, finely cinereo-pu-
bescent. Length 7.5 — 8.5 mm. ; .30 — .34 inch.

This species is more opaque and blacker than either of the other
species, while the punctuation of the thorax is dense and simple, not
strigose. The sculpture of the metasternum shows but few coarser
punctures and these near the middle, while the abdomen is entirely
free of them. The legs may be entirely piceous, or have the tibise
somewhat paler. There is absolutely no surface lustre in this species.
Occurs in California and western Nevada.

C. planatus Lee.— Oblong, nearly parallel, depressed, black, with faint
bronze tinge above, beneath opaque; antenufe black, a little longer than the
head and thorax, feebly serrate, joints all longer than wide; head coarsely and
moderately closely punctate; thorax distinctly longer than wide, widest slightly
behind the middle, not narrower in front, sides feebly arcuate, sinuate in front
of hind angles, which are slender, acute and slightly divergent, distinctly cari-
nate ; disc feebly convex (basal incisures distinct), coarsely, not densely punctate.

GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

except near the front angles, punctures slightly strigose; elytra scarcely wider
than the thorax, parallel or slightly wider behind 9- humeri rounded; disc
striate, strite punctured, intervals flat, transversely wrinkled, irregularly triseri-
ately, subinuricately punctate ; prosterual lobe moderately prominent, the edge
with distinct bead, a transverse impressed line posteriorly in front of which the
lobe is densely coarsely punctate, then for a short distance sparsely punctate,
followed by a coarse, denser punctuation, with finer punctures intermixed;
metasternum coarsely punctate, closely near middle, more sparsely laterally, the
intervals finely closely punctate; abdomen closely, finely punctate, with scat-
tered larger punctures more numerous in front and on the apical segment.
Length 7.5 — 10 mm. ; .30 — .40 inch.

In well preserved specimens the pubescence of the upper surface
is short and inconspicuous; beneath very fine cinereous or fulvous.
This is the only species of the group with a faint bronze surface,
consequently less opaque than squalidvs or fmiebris. AVhile closely
related to the latter the punctuation of its upper surface is less dense,
the antennae longer, and the punctuation of the under surface more
intermixed and coarser.

The name given to this species was previously made use of by
Eschscholtz, but that being identical with hyperboreus, and the name
consequently suppressed, there seems to me no great objection to its
use for the present species.

Occurs in western Pennsylvania, New York and Canada, White
Mountains (Austin).

Group STRIATULUS.

Prosterual sutures arcuate and convergent behind. Maxillary
j)alpi not prominent, the last joint elongate triangular. Thorax
densely punctured and opaque, with, at most, a smooth median line,
base without incisures, carina of hind angles short. Elytra striate,
equally at the sides. Legs slender, the tibial spurs small. Form
depressed. Body winged.

The only species composing this group resembles a diminutive
planatm, but differs from that group by the form of the prosterual
sutures. The peculiar sculpture of the thorax in the choris and
Melsheimeri groups will prevent its being placed with them, the
perplexm series is convex, shining and ornate, while the tumescens
group is convex without ornamentation.

C. striatulus Lee. — Obloug, subdepressed, piceous black, opaque, finely
cinereo-pubescent; legs pale, the femora darker; antennae slender, black, feebly
serrate; head feebly convex, densely rugosely punctate; thorax a little wider
than long, narrowed in front, sides arcuate, slightly sinuate in front of the hind

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angles, which are stout, slightly everted, and with a short carina ; disc feebly
convex, densely finely punctate, the median line usnally smooth, but not always ;
elytra as wide as the thorax, humeri obtuse, sides nearly parallel for two-thirds
then arcuate to apex ; disc rather fiat, striate, equally from middle to sides, strife
punctate, intervals feebly convex, densely and finely punctulate, the surface
opaque; prosternum moderately closely punctate, more densely and finely at the
sides, the lobe short and subtruncate, the transverse impression distinct ; pro-
pleni’se closely finely punctate, not opaque ; metasternum and abdomen densely
punctate, a little more closely than the propleurse. Length 3 — 4 mm. ; .12 — .16 inch.

An easily known species by the group characters alone. In some
specimens the basal joints of the antenne are somewhat paler, but
these specimens have the under side somewhat paler also, and are
probably less mature.

The distribution of this species is rather remarkable. Originally
described from the Lake Superior region, it extends westward to
Oregon (Wickham) and northern California, eastward to Ohio
(Dury) and Allegheny, Pa (Hamilton).

Group CHORIS.

Prosternal sutures arcuate and convergent posteriorly. Maxillary
palpi moderately prominent, the last joint elongate triangular. Form
convex. Elytra deeply striate, more or less ornate. Thorax roughly
granulate, the median line usually finely elevated and smooth ; sur-
face more shining.

The species of this group seem naturally to fall together by the
very rough sculpture of the entire surface of the thorax. In the
dermestoides group the thorax is somewhat granulate in front, but
comparatively smooth posteriorly. To this group belong pxdchelhis
and sahxdieola, probably also curtus and alysidotus of the European
fauna.

The species known to occur in our fauna may be separated in the
following manner :

Apical margin of thorax truncate at middle.

Form gibbous, strongly arched when viewed laterally; carinse of hind angles
short ; entirely pale above cleliinibis.

Form normal, not very convex; cariufe of hind angles long; color black, or-
nate with yellow.

Antennae with three basal joints pale yellowish testaceous; legs always
entirely pale clioris.

Antennse piceous, very little, if at all, paler at base; legs with the femora
at least fuscous or piceous.

Elytra gradually attenuate in their posterior third.. exiguus.

Elytra not attenuate, ape.x obtuse oriiatiis.

Apical margin of thorax arcuate at middle, slightly prolonged over the head and
somewhat elevated Cliciillatus.

GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

€. «lellinibi« n. sp.— Oblong, narrowed posteriorly, rather strongly arched,
when viewed laterally, convex ; color above ochreous, the thorax ferruginous,
the head darker, elytra with vague fuscous spaces, often absent, beneath piceous
or brown, the last ventral segment and prosternal lobe pale; antennje entirely
pale, the outer joints scarcely longer than wide; head flat, granular; thorax
disti!ictly longer than wide, sides slightly arcuately narrowed from middle to
apex, nearly straight posteriorly, angles not divergent, the carina well marked,
but short, disc convex, the median line finely elevated and smooth ; surface
closely granular, not forming strig® ; elytra acutely oval, narrowed almost from
the base, humeri obliquely rounded; disc deeply striate, stri® rather wide,
coarsely not closely punctate, intervals convex, flatter at apex ; surface submu-
ricately punctate; prosternum closely and rather roughly punctate, distinctly
transversely impressed in front, the lobe moderately prominent, but obtuse ; pro-
pleur® closely punctate; metasternum rather short, coarsely and closely punc-
tate; abdomen densely submuricately punctate, becoming granulate on the last
two segments; legs pale yellowish testaceous. Length 4 — 5 ram. ; .16 — .20 inch.

This species is remarkable in its sharply arched form when viewed
laterally, as well as by the pale color of the surface. The elytra are
usually pale ochreous, but some specimens have a fuscous space on
the declivity of broadly crescentic form extending forward by its
outer angle parallel with the margin. The carina of the hind angles
is short, i.e., extending but little in front of the angles themselves,
while in all the other species of the group it extends nearly or quite
three-fourths to the ajiex.

Specimens were sent me many years ago by Mr. F. G. Sanborn,
collected by him in some numbers at Truro, Mass., a town on the
Cape Cod peninsula. It should occur in other places on the Atlantic
coast.

C. choris Say. — Form moderately elongate, distinctly narrowed posteriorly,
moderately convex, black, opaque, sparsely clothed with cinereous or golden
hairs, each elytron with an angulate sub-basal band, which extends to the
humeri, another transverse posteriorly yellow; anteun® slender, feebly serrate,
piceotis, the three basal joints pale yellowish testaceous; head feebly convex,
coarsely and closely granulate; thoi-ax very little longer than wide, sides feebly
arcuately narrowed in front, behind the middle nearly straight, or with a very
feeble sinuation in front of hind angles, these divergent, the carina long, ex-
tending fully three-fourths to apex ; disc convex, a smooth, median, elevated
line; surface rather coarsely and closely granulate, elytra widest in front of
middle, thence gradually narrowed to apex, humeri obtuse ; disc deeply striate,
stri® punctured, intervals convex, flat near apex, roughly, not closely punctate
and somewhat wrinkled ; prosternum closely punctate, but smoother in front;
two feeble transverse grooves in front, lobe moderately prominent, obtuse; pro-
pleur® more densely punctate, but not opsique; nietasternum and abdomen
densely and moderately coarsely punctate, but somewhat shining; legs pale
rufo-testaceous, the femora rarely slightly darker. Length 3 — 5 mm.; .12 -.20
inch.

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The extent of yellow color in the bands is variable so that the
elytra may have more of that color than black, or vice versa. Speci-
mens of the former were those seen by Say. The normal style of
marking consists of a rather broad post-basal band with very sinuous
edges, crossing the suture and reaching the lateral margin ending a
broad extension to the humeri, behind the middle a transverse band
crossing the suture where it is broadest, not reaching the side margin,
with a posterior extension along the suture. The style of ornamen-
tation seems intermediate between that of exiguus and ornatus. The
elytra at tip have often a narrow pale border.

Occurs from the Middle States region westward to Indiana, and
south to District of Colundiia. A specimen collected by myself at
Fort Tejon does not appear to difler in any respect from those found
in the more eastern regions.

t-. exiguus Rand. — Moderately elongate, narrowed posteriorly, convex,
black, opaque ; elytra ornate with yellow ; antennae slender, piceous, three basal
joints fuscous, paler beneath : head flat, densely granulate, sparsely clothed with
short whitish pubescence ; thorax a little longer than wide 'J, , or as wide as long
9; sides feebly arcuately narrowing to the apex in front, posteriorly parallel
with a slight siuuation in front of the angles, which are acute and slightly di-
vergent, the Carina long, extending fully three-fourths to apex; disc convex,
closely granulate, the median line smooth and distinctly elevated ; surface
sparsely pubescent, more conspicuously at the hind angles; elytra widest a little
behind the humeri, then gradually narrowed to apex, humeri obtuse; disc rather
deeply striate, but less so near the apex, striaj punctate, intervals slightly convex
at base only, rather closely submuricately punctate, but smoother at apex,
sparsely cinereo-pubescent; prosteruum moderately closely punctate, but smoother
in front between the two transverse grooves, the lobe modeiate, but obtuse; pro-
pleurfe subopaque, densely punctate ; metasternum densely and rather coarsely
punctate; abdomen less closely and less coarsely punctate, last segment rufes-
cent; femora and tai-si piceous, the tibiae pale. Length 2.5 — 3 mm.; .10 — .12
inch.

This species has been the cause of some confusion, in which every
author who has treated of our Elateridte has had part. Described
originally by Randall, in 1838, under the above name it received a
second (guttatulus) from Mesheimer in 1845.

In 1853, Dr. LeConte, in his “ Revision of the Elateridie,” placed
exiguus and guttatulus, in part, in synonymy with imlchellus. When
the Melsheimer collection became accessible to him it was observed
that two species had been confounded, each represented by a single
poor specimen, one representing the present species, the other it was
thought might prove to be quadripustulatus of Europe accidentally
introduced in the cabinet. This latter specimen bore the typical

gp:o. h. horn, m. d.

label, ami was therefore assumed to be the type, notwithstanding the
fact that the very good description given by Melsheiiner points clearly
to exigmis. It is, therefore, without hesitation that I suppress gut-
iatnlus, absolutely, as a synonym, and for the species erroneously so
determined by LeConte the name Melsheimeri is proposed, and will
be found in its proper group.

Ur. Candeze simply followed in the lead of LeConte. A few
months ago (“ Entomological News,” 1890, p. 9) I continued the
same error through not having imldiellm for comparison. The sahu-
licola which had been sent me instead, serving alone for comparison,
led me to believe that our specimens fully met the requirements noted
by Fauvel (” Revue Ent.” 1889, p. 142).

On comparison of exiguus with puleheUus, it will be observed that
the former is more slender and convex, the elytral stride more dis-
tinct at apex and the elytra at tip piceous without the bifid space
seen in the other. The three basal joints of the antennae are pale
rufo-testaceous in pulchellus, piceous in exiguus, although paler be-
neath. The femora are also paler in the former species.

There seems to be a closer resemblance between pulchellus and
ehoris. They have similarly colored antennte and legs, but the elytra
are more roughly sculptured, the strite deeper at apex, and the bifid
spot absent in ehoris.

Occurs in the New England and Middle States; Massachusetts
(Blanchard) to District of Columbia (Ulke).

C. oriiatiis Lee. — Oblong, moderately convex, not attenuate posteriorly,
black, opaque; surface finely ciuereo-pubescent ; elytra either ornate, as in pul-
chellus, or with merely two small spots posteriorly or entirely black ; antenuse
slender, feebly serrate, entirely piceous ; front flat, densely granulately punctate ;
thorax a little variable in form, as wide as long ?, or a little longer than wide
"J, , narrowed in front, widest usually at or near the base, sides feebly arcuate in
front, behind the middle nearly straight and parallel, or with a faint sinuation
in some males, the angles not divergent, the carina extending nearly three-
fourths to apex, disc convex, the median line finely elevated and smooth ; surface
opaque granulate, the granules elongate and forming short strigae posteriorly;
elytra parallel, arcuately narrowed at apical third, humeri obtuse ; disc moder-
ately deeply striate, striae punctured, intervals flat, slightly convex, at base in
male, roughly punctate, more or less transversely wrinkled and rugulose, espe-
cially near the base; prosternura rather coarsely and closely punctate, especially
in front, two transverse impressions anteriorly, the lobe moderately prominent,
but obtuse; propleurae closely punctate, but not opaque; metasternum densely
and rather roughly punctate ; abdomen densely punctate, less coarsely than the
metasteruum. Length 3—5 mm. ; .12— .20 inch.

NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.

The males are more slender and rather more coarser than the
females, the thorax a little longer than wide and with a faint sinua-
tion in front of the hind angles, which are, however, not divergent.

There is considerable variation in color in the specimens before
me, and three varieties may he indicated.

Var. ornatus Lee. — The elytra have two yellow spaces. The an-
terior is transverse, post-basal, of irregular form, widest externally,
but not extending to the humerus nor margin. The posterior is
behind the middle, transversely oval, not reaching the side nor the
suture. The femora are piceous, the tibise and tarsi usually paler.

Var. colon Horn. — Here the elytral markings are reduced to a
small round spot on each side in the position of the posterior spot
of the jireceding variety. The legs may be as in ornatus, or entirely
piceous.

Var. rncerens. — Entirely black, without elytral markings. The
legs are nearly always piceous.

Occurs in California from San Diego northward in the central
valley, as well as along the coast region to Oregon (Blanchard).

C. ciicullatns n. sp. — Elongate oval, rather broader in proportion to its
length than usual in the genus, moderately convex, black; elytra with faint
bronze lustre; thorax cinereo-puhescent near the hind angles; elytra with ex-
tremely fine and short flavo-cinereous pubescence ; antennae slender, feebly ser-
rate, entirely piceous; head flat, closely punctate; thorax scarcely longer than
wide, sides straight posteriorly, gradually arcuately narrowed from middle to
apex, hind angles not divergent, the cariua extending in front of middle, apical
margin arcuate and prolonged over the head, deejtly sinuate near the front an-
gles; disc convex, without smooth median line; surface very coarsely granulate
but somewhat smoother on the declivity and near the hind angles ; elytra with
sides parallel, arcuately narrowed at apical third; apex obtuse, humeri obtuse;
disc moderately convex, striate, strife punctate, intervals slightly convex in their
entire extent and closely punctulate ; prosternum granulate in front, rather
finely punctate posteriorly, a faint transverse impression in front, the lobe short
and obtuse; propleurfe more finely and closely punctate than the sternum ; met-
asternuin a little more coarsely punctate; abdomen rather more finely and
densely ; legs piceous, the tibife and tarsi paler. Length 3.5 mm. ; .14 inch.

This species is easily known by the form of the apical border of
the thorax of which the middle forms a short lobe partly concealing
the head from above. On each side of this lobe is a rather deep
sinuation causing the front angles to be more acute and prominent
than usual.

Specimens have been examined from the Indian Territory ; Co-
lumbus, Texas (Schwarz), Utah (Ulke). A specimen has been seen
labeled Ohio, but the locality seems doubtful.

TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XVIII.

13)

JANUARY, 1891,

GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

Group MELSHEIMERI.

Prosternal sutures arcuate and couvergeut posteriorly. Maxillary
palpi not promiiieiit, the last joint elongate triangular, the apex
rounded. Thorax asperate, or subgranulate in front, becoming
gradually quite smooth posteriorly, the base without incisures. Ely-
tra striate ; tibiae slender, spurs small ; surface usually shining, elytra
often ornate. Body winged.

A group of small species standing naturally betw^een the choris and
perplexus series. Its essential character is in the sculpture of the
thorax, the anterior portion being quite roughly or more densely
sculptured, and the basal portion quite smooth. Some curious sexual
peculiarities have been observed in some of them, of rare occurrence
in Elateridae, but by no means rare in Eucnemidae, consisting of tu-
bercles or pubescent spots on the first two ventral segments.

The elements composing the group are by no means homogeneous,
and might be again divided as the last three species have not that
very marked difference in sculpture of the thorax so well shown in
the others. As a whole, the group is known from the striatulus series
by its more convex form and the evident inequality of the thoracic
punctuation ; from the choris series by the opaque, granular thorax
of these ; the j)erplexus series has usually a sparsely punctate thorax,
and in any event the punctures are equal and equally disposed.

The following species are known to occur in our fauna :

Prosternal sutures widely double, smooth and grooved in nearly their entire
length ; thorax simply emarginate at apex when seen from above.

Antennae and legs pale; anterior tibiae of male not broader than in female,
the first ventral 'J, with a flattened space at middle enclosing a
tubercle Melsliei meri.

Antennae piceous, tip of first and the second and third joints paler; legs j)ale,
femora darker ; anterior tibiae of male nearly twice as broad as in
the female, the first ventral 'J, scarcely flattened, but with an oval
hairy spot quad rig uttatus.

Antennae piceous, paler at base; legs pale, femora piceous; anterior tibiae of
male not broader, the first and second ventrals of male with a tu-
bercle near the posterior border vatiriiius.

Antennae as in qiiadriguttatus, legs similar; anterior tibiae of male broader
than in female, but less marked; first ventral of male gibbous be-
tween the coxae, rather suddenly declivous posteriorly and fringed

with longer hair dermestoides.

Prosternal sutures very narrowly double, not grooved.

Carina of the hind angles of thorax extending to or beyond the middle of the
thorax.

NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.

Form subdepressed; thorax distinctly rugulose iu front; posterior coxal
plates obliterated externally.

Thorax simply emarginate in front; no ventral sexual characters in either
sex dispersiis.

Thorax sinuate each side at apex, the middle somewhat elevated and pro-
longed over the head ; second ventral of 9 with oval pubescent
spot gra<lariiis.

Form convex; thorax simply a little more coarsely punctate in front; pos-
terior coxal plates not obliterated externally ; sides of thorax sinuate

in front of hind angles tuniesceiis*

Carina of hind angles of thorax very short, not extending beyond the angles.

Piceous, faintly bronzed ; sides of thorax sinuate in front of hind angles,
these distinctly divergent iniisciilus.

Brownish opaque; sides of thorax straight posteriorly, the hind angles not
divergent diibitis.

It will be observed that two European species are introduced in

the table, the names in italics. These have been the cause of much

of the trouble experienced in identifying our species. On several
occasions specimens have come to me labeled dermestoides with quad-
riguttaim as a variety- Whether that is the view generally held in
Europe is hardly my province to investigate, but there is no question
in my mind that they are two well defined species easily separated
by the sexual characters of the male. I find no mention made of
the latter in any literature examined, they have even escaped the
acute observation of C. G. Thomson.

C. Melsheiiiieri n. sp.— Oblong, moderately convex, piceous black shining,
sparsely finely pubescent, each elytron with a humeral and subapical yellow spot;
antennae slender, feebly serrate, joints all longer than wide, ferruginous, joints
2-3 paler, basal joint darker; head slightly convex, punctate, somewhat asper-
ate; thorax wider than long, narrowed in front, sides arcuate, straight for a
short distance near base, hind angles broad, but acute, at tip, the carina extend-
ing finely three-fourths to apex ; disc convex, shining, asperately punctate in
front, gradually evanescent behind and quite smooth near the base, median line
distinctly smoother in front; elytra as wide at base as the thorax, humeri ob-
tuse, sides nearly parallel, arcuately narrowed at apical third, apices obtuse, disc
striate, strise extremely finely punctate, intervals slightly convex, sparsely mi-
nutely punctulate, the humeral spot small, rhomboidal, the subapical round •
prosternum sparsely punctate, more coarsely and closely in front, the lobe mod-
erately prominent, rather obtuse, prosternal sutures widely double, smooth,
grooved nearly their entire length, propleurje feebly shining, punctures fine and
close; metasternum moderately closely punctate, the last segment more densely

and opaque; legs pale rufo-testaceous. the femora slightly darker. Leno^th 2

2.25 mm. ; .08 — .09 inch.

The first ventral segment of the male has a flattened space at
middle, in the centre of which is a slightly elevated broad tubercle.

GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

The female has simjile ventral segments, the antenme a little shorter,
and the joints, consequently, relatively broader.

Superficially this species closely resembles quadriguitatus (tetra-
graphus), but the thorax is smoother, i. e., the roughness does not
extend so far j)osteriorly, and the median smooth line is shorter.

Thomsom states (Skand. Col. vi, }). 116) that in the male of tetra-
graphus the anterior tibije are inwardly dilated near the apex. No
such structure is seen in our species.

This species is the form for which Dr. LeConte retained the Mel-
sheimer name guttatnius, but I have elsewhere shown that the de-
scription applies accurately to that described previously as exigtms
Rand.

Occurs in the District of Columbia (Ulke) ; northern Illinois.

C. caiiriiiiis n. sp. — Oblong, moderately convex, piceous, slightly shining,
surface finely ciuereo-puhescent, each elytron with a small yellow spot at hu-
merus, a second suhapical, both indistinct; antennae slender, feebly serrate, en-
tirely piceous; head convex, a slight median impression posteriorly, surface
opaque, finely asperate; thorax a little broader than long, narrowed in front,
apex emarginate, sides parallel posteriorly, then gradually arcuately narrowed
to the front, hind angles stout but acute, the carina extended two-thirds to apex,
disc convex, median line somewhat smooth in front, surface asperately punctate
in front, finely and closely posteriorly ; elytra as wide as the thorax, humeri
obtuse, sides scarcely arcuate, apical third arcuately narrowed, apex obtuse, disc
striate, striae faintly punctured at the sides, intervals feebly convex, minutely
and moderately closely punctate ; prosternum finely not closely punctulate ;
a distinct transverse impression, anterior to which the punctuation is rather
coarse and rugose; lobe prominent, obtusely rounded in front, sutures widely
double, smooth and grooved, propleurae opaque, densely and very minutely punc-
tulate; metasternum and abdomen densely finely punctulate; femora piceous,
tibiae and tarsi testaceous. Length 2 — 2.5 mm. ; .08 — .09 inch.

The males have an oval flattened space in the middle of the first
v^entral segment enclosing a small tubercle, a second tubercle near
the margin of the second segment. Females are not known to me.

In a superficial comparison this species might be supposed to be
merely a Melsheimeri with sj)ots less distinctly marked, but here the
antennte are quite black and the male sexual characters different.

Occurs in the State of Washington.

CL «lis|>ersiis n. sp. — Oblong, moderately convex, piceous black, feebly
shining, sparsely and finely cinereo-pubesceiit, each elytron with a faint humeral
and subapical yellow spot, or without any ; autenuse slender, feebly serrate, en-
tirely piceous, or with joints 2-3 pale; head convex, sparsely asperately punc-
tate; thorax a little wider than long, apex emarginate, sides parallel for a short
distance posteriorly, thence arcuately narrowed to the front, the hind angles

NORTH AMERICAN COEEOPTERA.

broad, but acute; tbe carina extending two-thirds to apex, disc convex, median
line smooth in front, surface asperately punctate in front, sparsely punctate pos-
teriorly; elytra as wide at base as the thorax, but evidently narrowed from the
obtuse humeri, disc striate, striae finely puuctate, intervals slightly convex, finely
moderately closely punctulate; prosternum not closely punctate, a feeble trans-
verse impression in front, lobe obtusely prominent, coarsely and closely punc-
tate, the sutures very narrowly double, but not at all excavate, propleune less
shining, very minutely and densely punctulate; metasternum and abdomen
densely and finely punctulate ; legs testaceous, the femora darker. Length 2.25
mm. ; .09 inch.

The two specimens before me, which seem to be male and female,
exhibit no ventral sexual characters. One % from Washington has
entirely piceous antenme, a very faint humeral spot, the subapical
more distinct ; that from Nevada has no elytral spots, and the second
and third joints of the antennse pale. A third from Nova Scotia,
probably representing a distinct species, has the elytral spots well
marked as in Mehheimeri, and the three basal joints of the antennse
pale. In the absence of a male it is for the present placed with this
species.

Occurs in Nevada, Washington (and Nova Scotia?).

C. gradariiis n. sp. — Obloug, feebly convex, piceous-black, subopaque,
faintly bronzed, surface finely cinereo-pubescent, more evidently in the depression
near the hind angles; antenme black, slender, feebly serrate; front slightly im-
pressed, rather coarsely and roughly punctured ; thorax very little wider than
long, narrowed in front, sides posteriorly straight, in front gradually arcuate to
apex, apical border sinuate, slightly elevated at middle and prolonged over the
head, hind angles broad, but acute, the carina extending two-thirds to apex, disc
convex, asperately puuctate in front, more finely and smoother posteriorly; ely-
tra as wide at base as tbe thorax, humeri obtuse, sides feebly arcuate, apex ob-
tusely rounded, disc striate, strife punctulate, intervals feebly convex, punctulate ;
prosternum sparsely punctate, shining, a feehle transverse impression in front,
lobe not prominent, obtusely rounded, coarsely puuctate. prosternal sutures
simple, without trace of excavation, propleurfe subopaque, densely finely punc-
tulate; metasternum and abdomen closely finely puuctate; legs rufo-testaceous,
femora darker. Length 2 mm. ; .08 inch.

The male shows iio sexual characters on the ventral segments, the
female, however, has a finely pubescent, oval spot at the middle of
the second segment.

This species is the one I had thought identical with dermestoides,
but a closer examination shows it to be our equivalent, on this con-
tinent, of curtvs of Eurojie. The sinuation of the apical border of
the thorax, although sufficiently well marked in comparison with the
others of the group, is less distinct than in cncidlatus. The denser
silken pubescence of the hind angles of the thorax is rather a con-

gp:o. h. horn, m. d.

spicuous feature of tliis species. The two specimens before me are
precisely alike above and show no traces of pale spots.

Collected by IMr. D. W. Coquillett at Los Angeles.

tiiiuesceiis Lee. — Oblong, convex, facies robust, piceous-black, with
slight feneous surface lustre, sparsely cinereo-pubescent ; antennae either entirely
piceons, or with joints 2-3 paler; joints subtriangular from 4-10; head convex,
closely punctate ; thorax as wide as long, narrowed in front, sides rather strongly
arcuate, sinuate in front of the hind angles, which are acute, slightly divergent,
with the Carina extending nearly half to apex, disc convex, the median line
smooth, surface moderately closely punctate, a little roughened near the apex
only, gradually more finely posteriorly; elytra oval, widest a little behind the
middle, humeri obtuse, disc convex, striate, strife punctate, intervals slightly
convex near the base, sparsely punctate, more coarsely in front, the lobe obtuse,
propleurfe more closely punctate; metasteruum more coarsely punctate; abdo-
men more finely and closely punctate ; legs rufo-testaceous, the femora piceons.
Length 3 — 4 mm. ; .12 — .16 inch.

The prosteriial sutures, while doubled as usual in the group, are
very narrow, although in the female they are distinctly wider than
in the male.

The form of this species is quite that of a diminutive Cardiopho-
rus. The sculpture of the thorax does not have that marked rough-
ness seen in the preceding species. The posterior coxal plates are
not obliterated externally.

Occurs on the north shore of Lake Superior (LeConte), upper
Canada (Pettit) and New Mexico (Fuller); White Mountains
(Blanchard).

C. musculus Esch. — Oblong, convex, fscies robust, black, shining, surface
distinctly seneous, sparsely pubescent; anteniife piceous, slightly serrate ; head
convex, closely, subasperately punctate; thorax broader than long, very little
narrowed in front, sides strongly arcuate, sinuate near the hind angles, which
are acute, slightly divergent, and with a very short carina, disc convex, median
line smooth, surface closely and slightly asperate in front, gradually more finely
and s])arsely behind ; elytra oval, widest at middle, humeri rounded, disc convex,
striate, less deeply at sides, strife punctate, intervals slightly convex near the
base, moderately closely, but finely submuricately punctate, forming transverse
ridges near the base; prosternum sparsely punctate, a distinct transverse groove
in front, the lohe rather obtuse, propleurae similarly punctate; metasteruum a
little more coarsely punctate ; abdomen punctate similarly to the propleuraj, but
more densely; legs piceous, the tibife and tarsi paler. Length 2.5 — 3 mm.; .10 —
.12 inch.

The prosteriial sutures are not at all doubled in this species. The
carina of the hind angles of the thorax is here very short and in-
conspicuous, and might readily be passed unobserved. The posterior

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coxal plates are obliterated externally, the posterior edge being con-
fluent with the anterior.

Occurs in Alaska.

C. tliibius Horn. — Oblong, moderately convex, fuscous, feebly shining,
sparsely pubescent, hind angles of thorax paler; antennae slender, scarcely ser-
rate, fuscous, the three basal joints paler; head slightly flat, closely subasper-
ately punctate; thorax a little wider than long, narrowed in front, sides parallel
behind, arcuate anteriorly, the hind angles nearly rectangular, the cariua mod-
erate in length, disc convex, the median line smoother, surface closely punctate
and somewhat scabrous in front, gradually more smooth posteriorly ; elytra ob-
long, sides parallel, arcuate at apical third, humeri obtuse, disc striate, a little
less at the sides, strije relatively coarsely punctate, intervals flat, finely and
moderately closely punctate; prosternum sparsely punctate, transversely im-
pressed in front, the lobe short and obtuse, propleurfe finely and indistinctly
punctate; metasternum more coarsely punctate; abdomen very finely and mod-
erately closely punctate ; legs pale. Length 2 — 2.5 mm.; .08 — .10 inch.

The under side of body is notably paler than the upper, especially
on the sternal members and the epipleurte. The posterior coxal
plates are obliterated externally.

This species has the same general outline of body as in the Mel-
sheimeri series, but is more convex.

Occurs in Nebraska and Dakota (Ulke).

Group PERPLEXUS.

Prosternal sutures arcuate and rather strongly convergent poste-
riorly. Maxillary palpi moderately prominent, the last joint elon-
gate triangular. Elytra moderately deeply striate, ornate with yel-
lowish spaces. Form rather slender, convex. Thorax simply
punctate, not rugose, the median line not elevated nor smooth, with-
out basal incisures. Legs slender, tibial spurs very small.

Among the species with arcuate prosternal sutures, those of this
group are known by the striate and ornate elytra, with comparatively
smooth thorax. The only exotic species known to me as belonging
here is quadrijnistulatus Fab.

The species are separated as follows :

Thorax distiuctly narrowed iu front, at base as wide, or wider than at middle.

Antennfe and legs entirely piceous geiitilis.

Thorax coarctate at base and apex nearly equally, widest at middle, hind angles
slender, slightly divergent. Legs and three basal joints of the an-
tennse yellowish testaceous.

Elytral humeri obtuse, body with well developed wings, striae scarcely more
punctate than the intervals ; each elytron with two yellow spaces,
humeral and subapical sestivus.

Elytral humeri rounded, body very feebly winged, striae more coarsely punc-
tate than the intervals.

Each elytron with two yellow spots; thorax wider than long.

quadripustulatus.

Each elytron with a humeral spot only ; thorax distinctly longer than
wide perplexus.

(4KO. H. HORN, M. D.

Tlie European species is introduced in the table for the comparison
of its characters with the two in our fauna most closely allied to it.

C’. soiililis Lee.— Moderately convex, piceous, feebly shining, clothed with
tine flavo-cinereous silken pubescence, each elytron with an arcuate humeral
oblique yellow stripe and a short transverse one behind the middle; antennse
slender, ])iceous, feebly serrate, joints all longer than wide; head vaguely longi-
tudinally impressed, finely and moderately punctate, slightly scabrous; thorax
as broad as long, narrowed in front, sides anteriorly feebly arcuate, nearly
straight at basal fourth, the hind angles stout not divergent, tipped with yellow,
the Carina extending nearly to middle, but very feeble in front, disc moderately
closely finely punctate, the median smooth line very feeble, the pubescence ir-
regularly arranged, giving a holosericeous appearance; elytra as wide at base as
the thorax, humeri obtusely rounded, disc feebly arcuate, gradually narrowed
from base, disc deeply striate, striae closely punctate, intervals convex, densely
punctulate, somewhat scabrous near the base; prosternum sparsely punctate, a
little more coarsely in front, with two vague transverse impressions, the lobe
obtusely rounded with narrowly beaded margin, propleurm a little more closely
punctate than the sternum, shining ; metasternum and abdomen a little more
coarsely punctate than the prosternum, the apical segment somewhat roughened.
Length 3-4 mm.; .12— .16 inch.

In the male the form is more slender, and, contrary to what has
been noticed elsewhere in Elateridte, the elytral intervals are less
convex. The hind angles are also very slightly divergent. The
frontal impression may be vaguely triangular.

The yellow humeral lunule of the elytra is, in form, vei*y like the
same mark in Cicindela. The legs are jticeous, but sometimes the
tibite and tarsi are paler.

Frotn either of the species of this group this differs in having the
thorax broadest at base, the antenme and legs piceous.

Occurs in Nebraska (Ulke), Wyoming and Washington (Morrison)

C. sestivns Horn.— Oblong, moderately elongate and convex, piceous, basal
joints of antennse, hind angles of thorax, legs, a humeral and subapical spot on
each elytron yellowish testaceous, surface moderately shining, sparsely pubes-
cent; antennte feebly serrate, joints slender; front rather flat, head vaguely
punctate and slightly rugulose ; thorax not longer than wide, slightly narrowed
in front, widest slightly in front of middle, sides arcuate, distinctly sinuate in
front of the hind angles, which are slender, acute and distinctly divergent, the
Carina not prolonged, disc moderately convex, not closely punctate, the median
smooth line feebly evident posteriorly; elytra as wide at base as the thorax,
humeri obtuse, sides feebly arcuate, disc striate, strife punctate, intervals slightly
convex, not closely punctulate; prosternum sparsely finely punctate, vaguely
transversely impressed, the lobe short and truncate, propleur® more coarsely and
punctate than the prosternum at middle, shining; mesosternum punctured simi-
larly to the propleui-fe, the abdomen a little more finely. Length 4 — 5 mm. ;
.16 — .20 inch.

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In this species tlie elytra are colored very like gentilu. The more
striking differences between it and the others of the group are suffi-
ciently detailed in the table.

Occurs in Missouri ; collected by Dr. S. V. Summers, Ohio (Blan-
chard).

C. perplexiis Horn. — Moderately elongate and convex, piceous-black,
shining, sparsely pubescent, three basal joints of the antennse, legs and a humeral
spot reddish yellow; antennse slender, feebly serrate; front rather flat, sparsely
punctate; thorax distinctly longer than wide, nearly equally narrowed at base
and apex, widest a little in front of middle, sides arcuate, distinctly sinuate in
front of the hind angles, which are small, acute and distinctly divergent, the
Carina distinct, disc convex, sparsely but equally punctate, median smooth line
distinct; elytra elongate oval, widest at middle, humeri rounded, the disc striate,
strise rather deep and coarsely punctate, the intervals convex, shining and very
sparsely punctulate ; prosternum transversely impressed in front, the lobe short
and obtuse, surface sparsely finely punctate at middle, more distinctly at the
sides, propleura*, shining, a little more coarsely and less closely punctate than the
sternum; metasternum a little more coarsely and closely punctate; abdomen
more finely than this. Length 2.75 — 3.5 mm. ; .11 — .14 inch.

This species resembles that variety of quadripmtvlatus in which
the humeral spot alone is present, but it differs in having the thorax
very obviously longer than wide, the elytral striie more coarsely
punctate, and the intervals smoother. The hind angles of the thorax
are sometimes tipped with yellow, but this is by no means frequent.
The body is very feebly winged.

Occurs in the District of Columbia, where it has been collected
abundantly, at times, by Mr. Ulke.

Group PECTORALIS.

Prosternal sutures arcuate, convergent posteriorly, nearly twice as
widely separated at the apical angles as at the coxae. Maxillary
palpi not prominent, the last joint triangularly oval. Legs slender,
the tibial spurs minute. Form at least moderately convex, body
winged. Elytra either not at all striate, or those near the suture
alone indicated faintly. Thorax without basal incisures, a smooth
median line variably present.

This group is equivalent to the second division, A A, indicated in
the Monograph of Candeze. Those occurring in our fauna separate
very naturally from the exotic forms by having the carina of the
hind angles of the thorax short, while in those the carina is pro-
longed nearly or quite to the anterior angles.

TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XVIII.

(4)

FEBRUARY, 1891.

GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

The species known to inhabit our fauna may be separated by the
following table.

Elytra faintly striate at middle, the striae distinctly impressed in the basal de-
clivity; antennae and legs piceous; surface shining, faintly aeneous.

restrictiiliis.

Elytra absolutely without striae ; antennae and legs pale.

Surface moderately shining, the punctuation extremely indistinct; each ely-
tron with an oblique yellow band at middle, not reaching the suture and
an oval apical spot obliquatulus.

Surface subopaque, the punctuation very distinct, especially on the thorax;
color very variable, from yellowish testaceous to piceous, with intermediate
maculate forms poctoralis.

The species of this group ai’e snmll, some of the forms of pectoralis
being the smallest Elaterides in our fauna.

C. restrictulus Mann. — Oblong, moderately elongate and convex, piceous,
shining, very sparsely pubescent ; antennae piceous, longer than the head and
thorax, slender feebly serrate, joints all longer than wide ; head slightly concave,
not closely punctate ; thorax slightly longer than wide, widest at middle, slightly
narrowed in front, sides arcuate, sinuate in front of the hind angles, which are
slender, acute, divergent and carinate, disc convex, finely not closely punctate,
the median line faintly smoother ; elytra oblong oval, widest at middle, humeri
rounded, disc moderately convex, very faintly striate near the middle, the striae
impressed in the basal declivity, at the sides entirely obliterated, surface moder-
ately closely punctate, except near the apex ; prosternal lobe short, mouth ex-
posed, the sternum moderately convex, sparsely punctate at middle, more closely
near the sides, propleurse shining, moderately closely punctate; metasternuni
and abdomen similarly punctate, not (dosely nor coarsely ; legs piceous, the tibiae
and tarsi sometimes paler. Length 3.5 mm. ; .14 inch.

In the male the last ventral segment is bisinuately truncate with a
median tooth, the same segment of the female is similarly truncate,
but in a less pronounced manner.

This species is described in the Monogra])h of Candeze as musculus
Mann., but a comparison of the original descriptions will show that
Dr. Candeze had restrictulus and not the other before him. Besides,
a type of muscuhis is in the LeGonte collection from Mannerheim.
The measurement given by Candeze is also incorrect foi' either spe-
cies, while its position among the striate species is certainly mislead-
ing. The form of the last ventral segment is not found in any other
species in our fauna. In habitus the species resembles Oedostethns
femoralis, but in the latter the stride are more distinctly impressed,
although obliterated at the side, and the claws have the basal half
dilated.

Occurs in Alaska (Mannerheim, Ulke) and in the White Mountain
region of New Hampshire (Blanchard).

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obliqiiatiilus Mels. — Oblong, moderately convex, pi ceo us, thorax some-
what paler in color, very sparsely pubescent, antennfe and legs testaceous; an-
tennse slender, feebly serrate, joints all longer than wide; head sparsely punc-
tate ; thorax a little wider than long, slightly narrowed in front, widest at middle,
sides regularly arcuate, sinuate in front of the hind angles, which are small,
acute, and very slightly divergent, the carina fine, and. when seen from above,
directed nearly straight to the front, disc moderately convex, sparsely equally
punctate, the median smooth line very faint; elytra slightly wider than the
thorax, humeri very little oblique, sides regularly arcuate, widest at middle, disc
entirely without striae, more sparsely and finely punctured than the thorax, color
piceous, on each elytron an oblique yellowish band reaching the margin, but not
the suture, an oval apical spot of variable size also yellow ; prosternum sparsely
punctate, and with two transverse impressions, the lobe moderately prominent,
but obtusely rounded in front, the border finely beaded, propleurae shining, more
sparsely and finely punctate than the sternum ; metasternum minutely and in-
distinctly punctate, abdomen more densely and coarsely. Length 2.25 — 2.75 mm. ;
.09 — .11 inch.

Usually the underside of the body is much paler than the upper,
especially in the prothorax and the elytral epipleurie. The color
and markings seem to be very constant, and vary but little beyond
that caused by varying degrees of maturity.

The males have a small, densely punctured space at the middle
of the prosternum, usually more pubescent, but never as distinct as
in pectoralis.

Distributed from Canada aud the New England States southward
to Virginia and westward to Iowa.

C. pectoralis Say. — Oblong, feebly convex, subopaque, sparsely finely pu-
bescent, color variable from entirely yellow to entirely piceous ; antennte slender,
feebly serrate, joints all longer than wide, yellowish testaceous ; head moderately
closely punctate, front fiat; thorax usually as wide as long, sometimes slightly
longer, slightly narrowed in front, widest at middle, sides arcuate, scarcely
sinuate in front of the hind angles, which are S7nall, acute, but not divergent,
the carina, when viewed from above, turned externally, disc very distinctly and
rather closely punctate, the median smooth line usually evident; elytra slightly
wider than the thorax, humeri slightly oblique, sides arcuate, disc without strife,
surface less distinctly punctate than the thorax; prosternum moderately closely
punctate, transverse impression not well marked, the lobe moderately prominent,
subtruncate in front, propleurfe- punctate similarly to the sternum ; metasteruum
punctate similarly to the prosternum, the abdomen much more finely and densely.
Length 1.5 — 3 mm. ; .06 — .12 inch.

The males of this species have a small, but densely punctured
s]iot at the middle of prosternum from which arises a bunch of longer
pubescence. The pubescence is often absent, except in well preserved
specimens.

This species varies greatly in color, and has been given three
names in consequence. These varieties may be de.scribed as follows :

GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

Y nr. pectoralis iiiiy. — Entirely yellowish testaceous above and be-
neath. Specimens often occur with a transverse fuscous fascia behind
the middle of the elytra, which extends narrowly along the suture to
the apex.

This form occurs from Massachusetts to California and Texas.

Va.r.futilis Lee. — This does not differ from the preceding variety,
except in its smaller size and with apparently a slightly more rugose
thoracic sculpture. A subvariety occurs in Arizona entirely piceous.
'fhese latter are the smallest specimens seen (.06 inch).

Occurs at San Diego and Owen’s Valley in California, and also in
Arizona.

Var. inops Lee. — Piceous, elyti’a with an indefinite humeral yellow
spot, a short transverse band at middle adjacent to the lateral mar-
gin, these two sometimes united along the margin, a subapical yellow
space. Specimens often occur with a median discal space of the
thorax yellowish.

Occurs in California and Washington.

Var. . — Entirely piceous, and occasionally with the

legs darker than normal.

This is known to me from the extreme northwest, Washington,
although one from Iowa has merely slightly paler humeri.

From the localities given this seems to be the most widely dis-
tributed of our species.

Synonymy and Bibliography.

C’RYPTOHYPNIJS Eseb.

C. littoralis Esch., Tbon. Arch, ii, 1, p. 34; Cand., Mon. iii, p. 75, pi. 2, fig. 4.

§§

C. grandicollis Lee., New Species, 1863, p. 83.

C. hyperboreus Gyll., Ins. Suec., iv, p. 350; Cand., Mon. iii, p. 60.

C. Sanborni Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1871, p. 303.

C. barbatus Sahib., Vega Expeditionens, Stockholm 1885, p. 30 (separat-ah-
d riicke).

C. abbreviatus Say, Journ. Acad, iii, 1823, p. 173; edit. Lee. ii, p. 112.
silneeipes Germ., Zeitschr. v, p; 139; Cand., Mon. iii, p. 63.
lacustris Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. x, 1853, p. 486.

C. impressicollis Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1853, iii. p. 225.

NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.

C. ndcturnus Esch., Thon. Archiv. ii, 1, p. 33; Cand., Mon. iii, p. 69.

V. lucidulns Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1853, iii, p. 227.
vestitus Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1853, iii, p. 227.
fallaz Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1853, iii, p. 226.

V. bicolor Esch., Thon. Archiv. ii, 1, 33; Cand. Mon. iii, p. 65.

limbatus Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1852, ii, p. 327 ; Cand., Man. iii, p. 66.
scarificatus Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1853, iii, p. 226.
picescens Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. x, 1853, p. 486.

C. squalidus Lee., Trans. Anier. Philos. Soc. x, 18.53, p. 487.
C. funebris Cand., Mon. iii, p 62, pi. 2, fig. 2.

C. planatus Lee., New Species. 1863, p. 84.

C. striatulus Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. x, 1853, p. 488.

C. delumbis n. sp.

C. choris Say, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. vi, 1836, p. 172; edit. Lee. ii, p. 608;

Cand., Mon. iii, p. 81.

C. exiguus Rand., Bost. Journ. ii, p, 35.

guttatulus Mels., Proc. Acad, ii, p. 214 (nec Lee.).
pulchellus X Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1853, x, p. 487.

C. ornatus Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. x, 1853, p. 487 ; Cand., Mon. iii, p. 80.

V. colon Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 1871, p. 305.

C. cucullatus n, sp.

miM

C. Melsheimeri n. sp.

guttatulus J Lee.. Trans. Amei'. Philos. Soc. x, 1853, p. 487.

C. caurinus n. sp.

C. dispersus n. sp.

C. gradarius n. sp.

C. tumescens Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. x, 1853, p. 486.

C. musculus Esch., Entomog. 1, 1822, p. 72 (nec Cand.).

C. dubius Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1871, p. 305.

mum

C. g-entilis Lee., Proc. Acad. 1866, p. 389.

C. sestivus Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 1871, p. 304.

C. perplexus Horn. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1871, p. 304.
quadripustulatus j Lee., Proc. Acad. 1866, p. 389.

C. restrictulus Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1853, iii, p. 228.
musculus X Cand., Mon. iii, p. 64.

C. obliquatulus Mels., Proc. Acad, ii, p. 214; Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. x,
18.53, p. 488; Cand., Mon. iii, p. 90, pi. 2, fig. 7.

C. pectoralis Say, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. vi, p. 173; edit. Lee. ii, p. 608;
Cand., Mon. iii, p. 89.

V. futilis Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. x, 1853, p. 488; Cand., Mon. iii, p. 91.
V. inops Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. x, 1853, p. 488; Cand., Mon. iii. p. 91.

(iEO. H. HORN, M. D.

APPENDIX.

fflDOSTETHlTS Lee.

This genus does not seem to be generally known to collectors, so
that but few specimens have ever been sent me for determination. It
differs from Cryptohypnus in having the claws abruptly dilated at
basal half as shown in fig. 8, pi. 1. The prosternal sutures are
arcuate, but in a less degree than in the species of Cryptohypnus
with sutures.

Oe. femoralis Lee.. Revis. Elat. p. 489.

This is the only species known. It greatly resembles C. restrictuhis,
having the stride of elytra feebly distinct on the disc and obliterated
at the sides, the color and form being also quite similar. The max-
illary palpi are rather slender and similar to restrictulus.

It is known to me from Canada, westeim Pennsylvania and
Colorado.

.4KTHRACOPTERYX u. g.

Frontal margin not elevated, confluent with the edge of the cly-
peus. Antennte a little longer than the head and thorax, joints 3-10
feebly serrate, nearly equal in length, eleventh longer, second shorter,
first joint stout, nearly as long as the next two. Maxillary palpi
long, the last joint (of both palpi) cultriform, longer than the two
preceding joints together. Thoracic margin acute, when seen later-
ally nearly straight, terminating opposite the middle of the eye;
scutellum oval, slightly transverse. Elytra oblong, humeri obliquely
rounded, body apterous. Prosternal lobe rather short, the mouth
exposed beneath, the sutures straight, slightly convergent posteriorly,
tip of prosternum acute, flexed upward toward the body- Posterior
coxal plates abruptly dilated at inner third. Tarsi as long as the
tibije, the first four joints decreasing gradually in length and not
lobed, claws simple.

The above description briefly defines a form which it is by no
means easy to place. From the method of classification adopted by
Dr. Candeze, which assumes the form of the front as the character
of greatest primary moment, the genus should be referred to the
division Corymbitites and to the group Dirnites. From Dr. Can-
deze I have received the following note: “ For me there remains no
doubt, after a mature examination, that it can be placed in the
Dimites, where it will form a new genus related to Diadysis (of
Australia) and Asorno (of Patagonia) which I will hereafter j)lace
in the Diiuites.”

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In a sentence immediately preceding he writes: “Its head is the
head of a Corymbitite, but the coxte !” Here is the point at issue.
The form of the posterior coxal plates, whether abruptly or gradu-
ally dilated internally seems to me a character of greater stability,
and therefore more reliable as a character than the form of the head.
Therefore, I must at this time differ from that learned entomologist,
and place it among the Cryptohypnites.

In the latter group we find species with the frontal margin scarcely
distinct from the clypeal and the labial palpi exhibiting a tendency
to elongate, especially in the last joint.

From Cryptohypnus the genus may be said to differ by the form
of the long maxillary palpi terminated by a cultriform joint.

Science owes to Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell the discovery of the spe-
cies on which the genus is founded, and both the generic and specific
names are due to his suggestion. Had it not been for the necessity
of quoting the letter of Dr. Candeze in order to explain why I dif-
fered from him, I would have preferred to have elaborated the notes
sent me by Mr. Cockerell to publish them under his name.

A. liieiiialis n. sp. — Oblong, parallel, moderately convex, piceous, slightly
shining, sparsely pubescent; antenme a little longer than the head and thorax,
piceous, feebly serrate, joints all longer than wide ; head sparsely punctate, front
rather flat, the frontal ridge not continuous across the front; thorax longer than
wide, apex feebly emarginate, widest one-third from apex, sides moderately
arcuate, slightly convergent posteriorly, feebly sinuate before the hind angles,
which are acute, not long nor divergent, distinctly carinate, disc moderately
convex, median line feebly impressed posteriorly, without basal incisures, sur-
face equally punctate, moderately coarsely, but not closely; elytra not wider
than the thorax in front, oblong oval, humeri very oblique, disc striate, strije
punctured, intervals flat, irregularly biseriately punctate and somewhat wrinkled,
especially at base ; prosternal lobe not prominent, irregularly arcuate in front,
the edge not beaded, surface coarsely not closely punctate, apical mucro very
oblique, propleurse less coarsely and less closely punctate; metasternum and
abdomen still less closely punctate and more shining, the last segment more
coarsely and closely ; legs piceous, tarsi usually paler. Length 6.5 mm. ; .26 inch
PI. 1, figs. 6, 7.

Collected by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell at West Cliffe, Custer County,
Colorado, at an elevation of 7000 feet and over.

(iEO. H. HORN, M. D.

XEW SPEEIES AND MISt'EEEANEOES NOTES.

BY GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

The few new species described below are mostly of curious forms,
or of groups not previously represented in our fauna. Others have
interest in their relationship with Mexican forms, while several are
indicated as inhabitants of our fauna known previously from more
tropical regions to the south.

A few synonyms have been given which need no special comment.

PTEROSTICHUS Bon.

P. (Hyperphes) iiiaiiis n. sp.

This name is suggested for a species closely ailed to angushis, Imt
of rather less parallel form and somewhat larger size, and always of
darker color. The head is broader, and more distinctly narrowed
behind the eyes, which are larger and more convex. The thorax is
more distinctly narrowed behind from being somewhat more arcuate
in front. The basal impressions are deeper and longer, while the
basal marginal line is very short (in angustus extending across the
entire base). The elytra are more depressed, the sides more arcuate.
The under side does not present any essential differences. Length
10-12 min.; .-10-.48 inch.

In the male the hind trochanter is always two-thirds the length
of the femur, and sometimes slightly longer than that, the apex very
acute, while in angmtus the same member is rarely more than half
the length of the femur and obtuse at tip.

The essential differences from angustus are — larger size and less
parallel form, prothoracic impressions deeper and longer, basal mar-
ginal line here almost absent, except at hind angles, and finally the
form of the male hind trochanters.

Occurs in Washington, Nevada, and as far south as Placer County,
California.

P. (Hyperphes) caligaiis n. sp.

Very like angustus, but still more slender and elongate. Castane-
ous, shining, elytra very finely alutaceous ; head relatively larger,
frontal impressions moderately deep, optic prominences normally
large, the eyes very small ; thorax longer than wide, narrower at
base, sides very feebly arcuate, slightly sinuate in front of the hind
angles, which are sharply rectangular, median impression moderately
deep, extending to base and nearly to apex, basal impressions sitigle.

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moderately deep, arcuate, liasal marginal line entirely absent; elytra
oblong, nearly 2mrallel, humeri slightly dentate, surface moderately
deeply striate, strije obsoletely punctate, intervals very slightly con-
vex ; beneath similar in color, abdomen finely alutaceous, indistinctly
punctate at sides in front. Length 10-11 mm. ; .40-.44 inch.

In the male the hind trochanter is about half as long as the femur
and obtuse at tip.

Two sjiecimens have been examined, taken by Mr. L. E. Rick-
secker at ISylvania, Cal.

This species is evidently closely related to longissimus Bates (Biol.
Cent. Am. i, p. 81, pi. iv, fig. 6), although that species is said to have
non-dentate humeri. Direct comparison will be necessary to indicate
the real differences, as it can hardly be supiiosed that an almost
blind species from middle California is identical with one from
Guatemala.

The two species above described constitute, with migustus, a small
group of Pterostichus, characterized especially by a very narrow,
almost parallel form. All have small eyes, although they vary in
size in the three species. Of the three itianis has the largest eyes,
and caligans the smallest.

The characters separating them may be tabulated in the following
manner :

Thorax witli two distinct linear basal impressions, the basal marginal line entire ;
hind trochanters of 'J, longer than half the femur and very acute at tip;

scutellar stria rarely well marked, often absent inaiiis.

Thorax with two basal impressions, the outer quite short, basal marginal line
variable, sometimes entire, often visible near the angles only; hind trochan-
ters of male half as long as the femur and obtuse at tip; scutellar stria dis-
tinct august us.

Thorax with but one basal Impression, the basal marginal line entirely wanting;
hind trochanters of male as in angustus ; scutellar stria distinct. .caligaiis.

The last species resembles in a marked degree, small sj^ecimens
of Stenoraorpkus rufipes.

I*. Blaiieliardi n. sp.— Form rather robust, piceous, shining, legs and
antennfe rufo-testaceous Head smooth, frontal impressions short; thorax cor-
date, wider than long, sides strongly arcuate, rather deeply sinuate posteriorly
the hind angles rectangular, surface smooth and shining, without punctures at
base, median line fine and entire, basal impressions single, deep, straight, ex-
tending nearly a third to the front, basal marginal line entire and very distinct ;
elytra rather broadly oval, more acute behind, moderately convex, humeri not
dentate, striae rather deep, distinctly punctured, the sides of the intervals slightly

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erenate, the intervals slightly convex, a dorsal puncture on the third stria behind
the middle; body beneath smooth, shining, prosternuin not margined at tip.
Length 6 mm. ; .24 inch.

This is the smallest species outside of some in the Cryobius series
known to me in our fauna. It has the general aspect of honedus,
although less convex, and somewhat more acute posteriorly. It may
be known from that species by the following j)oints :

Thorax punctate at base, without marginal line, basal impressions arcuate; striae

not punctate lioiiestiis.

Thorax smooth at base, marginal line entire, basal impressions straight ; striae
punctate, intervals erenate ISlaiiicliardi.

The unique before me was collected by Mr. F. Blanchard at
Highland, North Carolina.

BEMBIDIUin Latr.

B. haplogonum Chd. is a variety of erosimi Motsch. {mannerheimii
Lee.), in which the elytra are pieeous with teneous surface lustre, ti
faint paler space near the humerus, and an oblique space near the
apex.

B. plagiatum Zimm. is a picipes Kby., with a faint pale spot at
apical third.

B. lacunarius Zimm. is a picipes with imperfectly colored elytra.

B. arcuatum Lee. agrees perfectly with specimens of unclulatum
St. as sent me from London.

B. planum Hald. ; the name is preoccupied, and Guexii has been
suggested by Chaudoir, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1868.

I>I$Si€ODERUI^ Lee.

D. cordicollis n. sp. — Form rather depressed, pieeous to castaneous in
color, shining, the darker specimens with a faint feneous lustre, anteunpe and
legs always paler. Head smooth, frontal impressions short, in some specimens
two punctiform fovese between the eyes; thorax rather more than half wider
than long, broadly cordate, sides arcuate and gradually narrowing to the base,
the hind angles entirely obliterated, disc feebly convex, smooth, rarely feebly
transversely wrinkled, basal impressions short, but rather broad; elytra subde-
pressed, oblong oval, strige fine not punctate, intervals slightly convex and
smooth , or flatter and feebly alutaceous 9, the usual rows of punctures on
the alternate intervals ; body beneath smooth, less shining than above, proster-
uum not margined at tip. Length 7.5 — 8.5 mm. ; .30 — .34 inch.

In both sexes there is but one anal puncture on each side. The
male is more shining than the female, and the elytral intervals more
convex. The last ventral of the male is more obtusely arcuate at

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apex, that of the female being much more acute and slightly ele-
vated in an obtuse carina near the middle. The male has a few
squamules on the anterior tarsi. Tibiie straight in both sexes.

This species is the most depressed of any in our fauna, and has
the thorax much more narrowed behind, resembling a diminutive
Polpochile capitata. There is no depression of the lateral margin of
the thorax, as is usual in our heretofore described species.

Occurs from Fort Yuma eastward to Tucson, Ariz. (Wickham.)

I>. crassicollis n. sp. — Form robust, convex, piceous, shining, without
trace of metallic surface lustre; antennae, palpi, and usually the labrum, casta-
ueous; head impunctate, frontal impressions very short; thorax quadrate, a
little wider than long, slightly narrowed at base, widest one-third from apex
sides regularly arcuate, margin not depressed, hind angles obtusely rounded, disc
convex, median impression faint and short, basal impressions broad, but shallow
and vague; surface smooth, with a few longitudinal wrinkles at base; elytra not
wider than the thorax, sides feebly arcuate, disc convex, finely striate, stri® not
punctate, intervals smooth, very feebly convex, the inner sides of 3-6-8 with
the usual punctures fine and rather indistinct; body beneath slightly paler,
shining, prosternum not margined at tip, but with two (usually) prominent bris-
tles on each side; abdomen very sparsely punctate, coarser punctures on the
intercoxal process. Length 12.5 mm. ; .50 inch.

Although reasonably certain that both sexes are before me in the
live specimens examined, no well marked sexual difierences have
been observed. The last ventral segment bears two setie on each
side. The middle tibise are not longer than the anterior, are broader
toward the tip, slightly arcuate and beset on the outer side with short
spinules. The posterior tibise are also very slightly arcuate. The
anterior tarsi are not furnished with squamules.

This species is evidently very closely allied to acmopoides Bates
(Biol. Cent. Am. Col. i, p. 63), which is described as having the
elytra cupreous and the sides of the thorax straight and not arcuately
narrowing as in the present species.

It is the most robust and convex species in our fauna, quite unlike
our others, and resembling an Acinopus more nearly than Discoderus.

Occurs in southern Arizona.

AJV.4TRICHIS Lee.

This genus has been divided by Chaudoir (Ann. Fr. 1882, p. 322)
into Anatrichis and Oodiellus, the former represented by ouv nihuita,
the latter (which Mr. Bates very properly considers a synonym of
Oodinm Mots.) typified by mexicanus Chd. (1882) = piceus Mots.
(1864). In the paper above cited Chaudoir describes three addi-

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tional species of Anatrichis, two from the East Indies, the third
Australian. Four species are referred to Oodiellns, one from Mexico
and three from Brazil. Mr. H. W. Bates describes as Anatrichis
two more from Mexico which must be referred to Oodiellns, whether
regai-ded as a section or a valid genus. The characters of the latter
genus are derived entirely from the mouth parts and do not seem to
be of sufficient moment for generic separation, as Mr. Bates has
remarked, an opinion in which I fully concur.

In his posthumous work Chaudoir fails to mention a character
of the male of Anatrichis observ'ed by LeConte (Trans. Am. Philos.
Soc. 1853, X, p. 391). The middle tibiae have on the inner side at
the lower third an emargination resembling somewhat that of the
front tibia. This character is not observed in the only male of
Oodinus examined. It would be interesting to know what value this
has, in addition to those given below, for the separation of Anatrichis
and Oodinus.

There is, however, one character more easily seen which will sepa-
rate the species of the two divisions without, to my mind, having
any greater weight than those u.sed by Chaudoir.

As far as can be gathered from descriptions the species separate
in the following manner:

Elytral strife distinctly punctate S. G. Aiiali'icliis.

Elytral strife fine and simple S. G. Oodinus.

The former is represented in our fauna by A. minuta Dej., with
shining, finely punctate surface, the basal impressions of the thorax
deep but short. The apex of the prosternum is distinctly margined.

The subgenus Oodinus is represented by two species.

Form more broadly oval than A. minuta, surface more opaque; first and second
elytral striae uniting at base, terminating together in an ocellate fovea ;

prosternum not margined at tip l>icea Mots.

Form oblong, recalling a diminutive Lachnocrepis parallela, surface shining;
strife all partly obliterated at base, an ocellate fovea near the end of the
second ; prosternum margined at tip obloiiga n. sp.

The genus Anatrichis is properly considered feminine in its termi-
nation by LeConte, Chaudoir and the Catalogus. Mr. Bates, how-
ever, appears to regard it as masculine from his specific names.

A. |>icea Mots. {Oodinus), Bull. Mosc. 1863, iv, p. 353; Bates, Biol. Cent. Am.

Col. i, p 47, pi. Hi, fig. 11.

mexicanus Chaud. {Oodiellus), Ann. Fr. 1882, p. 323 (partim).

More broadly oval than minuta. The surface is less shining, without punctua-
tion and extremely minutely aliuaceous ; the median line of the thorax is ex-

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treniely fine and the basal impressions very shallow and vague; the elytral stria-
are fine and sliarp, without punctures, the intervals flat, minutely alutaceous,
the third with the tvvo dorsal punctures behind the middle; the prosternum is
obtuse at tip and without marginal line. Length 6 mm. ; .24 inch.

The specimen before me is a male. The first four joints of the
anterior tarsi are dilated as in viinuta, but the middle tibiae are simple.

Occurs in our fauna in southern Texas and Central America to
Santarem, in Brazil.

A. obloiiga n. sp. — Oblong, piceous-hlack, somewhat shining; antennse pi-
ceous, the three basal joints and palpi rufo-testaceous ; head without frontal im-
pressions, the surface extremely minutely alutaceous: thorax about one-third
wider at base than long, sides arcuately narrowing to apex, median line very
finely impressed, the basal impressions deep but short, surface minutel.v aluta-
ceous; elytra oblong, sides feebly arcuate, strife sharply impressed but not punc-
tate, not quite reaching the base, an ocellate fovea near the base of the second,
intervals flat, verv minutely, sparsely punctate and finely alutaceous, the dorsal
punctures of the third interval indistinct; body beneath more shining than
above, the prosternum with marginal line at tip ; legs castaneous. Length 6 mm. ;
.24 inch.

This species is evidently closely related to lougula Bates, and may
even be the same, although I can hardly apply his description of the
thorax to my specimen : “ transversim quadrate, antice paullo magis
quam postice angustato.”

The surface sculpture is so minute that a moderately high power is
required to detect the alutaceous structure and the elytral punctures.

One specimen 9 » Texas near the lower Rio Grande.

OODEN Bon.

From the description given by Chaudoir, in 1882, it seems that the
species known to us as texaims Lee. is the same as mexicanus Chev.

0. duodecimstriafm Chev. According to Chaudoir, who has ex-
amined types, this name should replace 0. Lecontei did. in our lists.

STEXOC'REPIS Chd.

A specimen in my cabinet collected near the lower Rio Grande
of Texas seems to be referable to S. chalcas Bates {chalcoclirous Chd.),
Biol. Cent. Am. Col. i, )i. 47. It is nearly as elongate as Lachno-
crepis, but with a form of thorax as in our Oodes s.s. The striie
are very distinctly punctate and the sides of the intervals crenate.
The under side of the body is iridescent, the sides of the metaster-
num with coarse punctures, the first two ventral segments at the
sides with very coarse punctures. Prosternum not margined at tip.
On the elytra the seventh stria is replaced by a row of extremely
indistinct fine punctures.

(iEO. H. HORN, M. D.

If the insect before me really represents S. chalcas, and of this I
have very little doubt, the genus seems to me intermediate between
(dodes s.s. and Lachnocrepis. With the former it agrees in having
the first foxir joints of the anterior tarsi of the male dilated and
papillose beneath, although the posterior tarsi are not pubescent be-
neath. The mode of dilatation of the tarsi is the same as in Lach-
)iocre])is.

It seems to me that Chaudoir was not true to his own methods in
uniting Stenocrepis, Stenous and Crossocrepis as sections under the
first name. If it be advisable to se[)arate any of them from Oodes,
it seems to me desirable to retain Stenocrepis apart, while the other
two could be very well united.

In Oodes s.s. the entire under side of the body is comparatively
smooth, in the others above mentioned the sides of the metasternum
and the metapleurse, and usually the sides of the first two ventral
segments are very coarsely punctate.

EUPHORTIC’US Horn.

E. occitleiitalis u. sp.

This name is proposed for a species occurring near Los Angeles,
Cal., resembling jm/6escens Dej., and differing in the following manner:

Surface more brilliantly aeneous. Elytral striae very faint, the punctures fine,
ronucl and rather distant, intervals flat, punctulate. Length 4 mni. ; .16 inch.

The punctures of the elytral stripe do not extend beyond the mid-
dle in either species, but in puhescens they are large and more closely
placed than their own diameters. On the other hand the fine punc-
tures of the intervals are sparser and less distinct in occidentalis than
\\\ puhescens. In the latter species the tibipe are always jialer than
the feuKji-a, in the former they are as dark as the femora.

PCECIEOEHRUK Bouv.

To this genus should be referred the species described by me as
Htethon errans.

Poecilochrus may be distinguished from Stethon by the straight
prosternal sutures. In both genera the metasternum has a short
groove limited by an elevated line begining at the inner side of the
middle coxae and directed backward in a straight line.

Dronueolus pnsillus Horn. — This species, while very unlike our
others, has a number of related forms in the Mexican fauna. They
nearly all have the |)rosternal sutures very finely grooved and the

NORTH AMKRICAN C0LE0PTJ:RA.

propleural triangle is in absolute union with the prosternuin, or very
nearly so. In facies they more nearly resemble Thambus than
Dromseolus.

I have already called attention to the fact that in Microrhagus
(Trans. Am. Ent. 8oc. 1886, p. 35) the pubescent fovea on the last
or penultimate segment was a sexual character. While the fact is
correct, I have wrongly attributed the possession of it to the male.
Since then the same character has been elsewhere observed, Enio-
mophthalrnus americanus, where the female has the fovea and the
male a small tubercle.

In the table of Microrhagus (Mon. des Eucnemides) under “23,”
p. 528, two series of species are separated, the one with femora
scarcely darkened, the other with them decidedly brown or nearly
black. Fortunately but three species are sepai’ated under the last
<livision, otherwise confusion might result, as the color of the legs, as
above defined, has no value whatever.

CLiADUS Bonv.

While this genus of Eucnemidm is not represented in our fauna,
belonging exclusively to the central American region, I have thought
it worth while to call attention to it, as but few interested in purely
North American entomology will see the illustration of the extra-
ordinary modification of the mouth parts published by me in the
“ Biologia Centrali-Arnericana.”

The accompanying illustration is the same as used in that publi-
cation, and shows the maxilla of the
right side uncovered by the removal
of the half of the mentum and on the
right side of the cut the remaining half
of the mentum. The maxillary paljms
is transformed into two long stalks
bearing ciliate branches. The labial
palpus is ])rimarily divided into four
branches, two of which, the first and
third, are again divided ; all with ciliate
branches. The ribbon-like prolonga-
tion behind the palpar modification is
a modified ligula. The two lobes of the
maxilla are sufficiently well shown in the cut and need no explana-
tion.

GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

The Utility of this modification in a family in which the mouth-
parts are otherwise quite constant is, for me, beyond explanation.
The Eucnemida3 seem to live their short lives by the ingestion of
liquid food, the juices of decaying wood and similar matters, so that
this modification may assist capillary action, although there does not
seem any reason why Cladus should be so provided and the closely-
allied Fornax not.

PAL,.«OXEi\lJS u. g.

This new generic name is suggested for a species described by me
some years ago as Cryptosto^na Dohrnii.

At that time I had seen no specimen of Cryptostoma, and the
failure to record several important characters in the Bonvouloir de-
scription caused me to refer my specimen to that genus. Through
the kindness of Mr. Ed. Fleutiaux I have been enabled to study a
specimen of C. spmicorne, and can now indicate the differences :

Paheoxenns. — Antennfe simple in both sexes, the last two joints
shorter, the terminal joint broader than long, squarely truncate, but
chisel-shaped on its terminal edge. Mesosternum oblique, broadly
grooved. Eyes longer in their vertical diameter and without dis-
tinct supra-orbital ridge.

Cryptostoma. — Antennse with a spiniform process from the base of
third joint % , or with a spine on the posterior side near apex of
first joint 9 , the terminal joint longer than the preceding and either
slender % , or very acutely oval at tip 9 . Mesosternum prominent,
the sides elevated, forming the usual receptacle for the tip of proster-
num. Eyes oval, very little longer vertically and with distinct
supra-orbital ridge.

PHEXGODES Latr.

I*. |»icicollis n. sp. — Head piceous black, deeply, arcuately impressed be-
tween the eyes, and longitudinally toward the clypeus, in front of the transverse
groove coarsely and closely punctate, behind it coarsely longitudinally strigose
and punctate; antennie not half as long as the body, piceous-black. the branches
fuscous, the basal joint yellow: eyes relatively small ; thorax about one-half
wider than long, apex arcuate, sides arcuate near the front, then parallel to base,
lateral explanate border moderate, disc moderately convex, a round fovea each
side near the apex, a slight longitudinal impression at middle nearer the base,
surface shining, rather finely not closely punctate, more distinctly near the sides,
sparsely flavo-pubescent, color piceous, with the entire limb narrowly testaceous;
scutellum piceous; elytra yellowish testaceous, gradually fuscous toward the
apex ; abdomen yellowish testaceous, the segments piceous along their anterior
b(!rder, beneath piceous, shining, the border and last segment pale; ineso-meta-

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sternum ])iceous, sliiuing, punctate; legs yellowish testaceous, the coxse and tarsi
piceous. Length 10.5 mm. ; .42 inch.

The explamite border of tlie thorax is broader than in fiisciceps,
but less explanate than \n plnmosa, frontalis, or laticollis. It should
be associated with fasciceps mu] Sallei from the antennte being shorter
than half the body. It is the only species in our fauna with a pice-
ous thorax.

One specimen, collected in Ramsey County, Minn., and given me
by ]\Ir. Otto Lugger.

I*, pltiiuosa Oliv.

The type of this species, which is now in the British Museum, was
collected by M. Francillon in Georgia. An examination of it in
comjiarison with frontalis shows, among other characters, much
smaller eyes, i.e., the eyes when seen from above are scarcely wider
than half the distance to the median line of the head, while in fron-
talis the eyes are fully as wide as the distance to the middle.

ERG.ITKS Serv.

E. neomexicanus Casey is an absolute synonym of E. spiculatus
Lee. The characters given to separate the two are purely individual,
and are seen in specimens from Vancouver as w'ell as in those from
New Mexico.

ACOWA Casey.

The reference of this genus to the Melolonthine series is a mistake.
It is plainly a Laparostict, and, like Pleocoma, has the mouth-parts
of the male (the only sex known) much reduced, and in a manner
similar to Pleocoma. Its position in our series is after the latter
genus.

Polyphylla speciosa Casey, described from the female, is the female
of clecemlineata Say.

EEEOnES Esch.

E. Wiclihaini u. sp.— Elongate, black, shining, elytra with slight velvety
lustre; antennie a little longer than the head and thorax, the third joint de-
cidedly longer than the next two; hea<l sparsely punctate ; thorax suhquad rate,
a little wider than long, slightly narrowed behind, sides slightly arcuate in front,
oblique posteriorly, anterior angles not everted ; disc moderately convex, sparsely,
yery finely and indistinctly punctate; elytra elongate oval, attenuate posteriorly,
disc convex with rows of extremely fine, indistinct punctures; body beneath
more shining than above, the abdomen transversely wrinkled. Length 27 mm.
including cauda 33 mm. ; 1.08 inch.; 1.. 32 inch. PI. 1. fig. 12. ■

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^[ale. — Elytra prolonged in a narrow eauda, which is channeled beneath and
curved slightly downward at tip; aiiterior femora with a small tooth near the
knee, the tibia narrowed at base; middle and posterior femora simple; posterior
tibise slightly arcuate, narrow at basal half, rather abruptly dilated in apical
half, in which part the surface is quite asperate.

This species belongs in the series near E. lucoe Lee., but the males
may be easily known by the sexual characters in the front and hind
tibite of Wickhami, which do not exist in the other. The anterior
angles are quite acute forward or even faintly everted in luc(e, and
in the male the elytra are vaguely sulcate, with coai’se obsolete punc-
tures. The legs are relatively longer than in any other Eleodes
known to me.

Collected by Mr. H. F, Wickham near Tucson, Ariz., and named
as an evidence of my appreciation of his labors in that region.

E. longipilosa n. sp. — Piceous-black, moderately shining, surface sparsely
clothed with long, black, flying hairs; head coarsely not closely punctate,
smoother at middle; thorax about a fourth wider than long, sides arcuate in
front, obliquely narrowed posteriorly, disc moderately convex, coarsely sparsely
irregularly punctate, apex slightly emargiuate, anterior angles subacute, but not
everted; elytra elongate oval, more attenuate posteriorly, disc feebly convex,
very vaguely sulcate, surface irregularly sparsely muricate, the two grooves
nearest the suture coarsely punctate ; propleurse wrinkled and sparsely muricate ;
abdomen with first three segments very coarsely punctate and rugose, the last
two segments much smoother. Length 19 mm. ; with cauda, 21.5 mm. ; .76 — .86
inch. PI. 1, fig. 13.

Male. — Elytra prolonged at tip in a cauda, the apices slightly separated, beneath
grooved.

This species is related to candifera, and like it has the femoi-a not
toothed in either sex. The general form is the same as in that spe-
cies, but the elytra are much less evidently striate. It is, however,
especially remarkable in the rather long flying hairs of the surface,
which extend also on the legs even to the humeral joint of the tarsus.

Collected in Humboldt Valley, Nev., by IVIr. Krause, and kindly
given me by Mr. L. E. Ricksecker.

EPICAIITA Redt.

E. straba n. sp. — Black, subopaque, sparsely clothed with short brownish
and iiiconspicous pubescence. Antennse black, setaceous; head broadly oval,
densely punctate, occiput rather deeply impressed ; eyes obliquely oval, prolonged
in an acute angle toward the occiput, limited behind by a smooth depressed
space; thorax quadrate, narrowed near the apex, closely punctate, a median lon-
gitudinal impression, and another less distinct on each side arcuate; elytra
closely punctate scabrous, subopaque; body beneath black, shining, puuctulate;
legs black. Length 7 — 8 mm.; .28 — .32 inch. PI. 1, fig. 10.

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111 the males the anterior tibiae have two terminal spurs, the tibiae
flattened on the inner side and densely silken pubescent. In the
female the anterior tibiae are not flattened on the inner side and have
a narrow pubescent line.

This species belongs to a small group containing Rileyi and cavi-
ceps, both of which have peculiarly formed eyes limited behind by
a smooth dejiressed space. This is the only species known to me
with the eyes oblique and acute above.

Collected by Mr. W. G. Wright at San Bernardino, Cal.

E. 9Ierkeliaiia n. sp. — Form slender, piceous, subopaque, not densely
clothed with short cinereous pubescence, entire head, antenme and legs pale
rufo-ferruginous. Antenn® filiform ; head punctate, less closely along the mid-
dle and less densely than the thorax, the median line finely impressed, occiput
entire; thorax longer than wide, sides feebly arcuate, slightly narrowed at base,
apical third obliquely narrowed, median line impressed, a little deeper posteriorly,
surface densely punctulate; elytra closely luinctulate, somewhat scabrous; body
beneath more shining than above, the pubescence longer, although less dense on
the abdomen ; legs rather shining, sparsely punctate, scarcely pubescent. Length
8.5 mm. ; .34 inch.

This species belongs to the series with filiform antennjp, and in the
arrangement proposed by me (Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. 1873, p. 95)
should be placed immediately after trichrus (convolvuli), from which
it differs in its narrow thorax and pale antennae and legs. In the
last two particulars it is the only one so formed in the group.

One specimen from Arizona, probably Fort Whipple, given me
by Mr. A. Merkel.

E. lieterodera n. sp. — Oblong, piceous-black, densely clothed with fulvous
pubescence, varying to cinereous, the thorax of male entirely naked. Antennae
black, filiform; head closely punctate, median line finely impressed, occiput
slightly impressed ; thorax broader than long, rather wider in the male, base
arcuate, sides behind the middle slightly convergent in front and then abruptly
narrowed to the apex, disc rather flat, the median line distinctly imjtressed ;
elytra densely punctulate, vaguely bicostate, the pubescence a little denser along
the suture; body beneath hlack, densely punctulate, vestiture similar to the
tipper surface ; legs black, less densely pubescent. Length 7 — 9.5 mm. ; .28 — .38
inch.

Male. — Thorax smooth, glabrous, suhopaque ; anterior tibiae with two slender
terminal spurs.

FletrirtZe. —Thorax densely puhescent, the pubescence much shorter than on the
elytra, along the basal margin on each side are four puuctiform glabrous fovete,
which are, however, very indistinct in the smaller specimens.

In facies this species resembles ferruginea and sericans, although
with a broader tliorax than either. It is the only species in the
group with filiform antenme in which the thorax is decidedly broader

GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

than long. The most striking character it possesses is in the great
(lissiinihirity of the vestiture of the thorax in the two sexes.

Occurs in northern Florida. Specimens were given me by Dr.
Hamilton and Mr. Henshaw.

TK<j|{OI>EKA Lee.

T. erosa Lee.

The usual form of this species as found at San Diego and vicinity,
has the reticulations of the elytra very coarse. The color is })ale
orange-yellow, always with the tip {)iceous for a short distance. The
specimens seem about equally divided between those with a piceous
band across the middle and those without it.

There occurs in Owen’s Valley, where I collected it rather abun-
dantlv, a form which seems almost entitled to rank as a distinct
species, although I consider it merely a race.

T. erosa, race hitecincta.

Elytra with reticulations much closer than in the typical form,
piceous space at apex better indicated, at middle a rather wide, ex-
actly transverse i)iceous fascia, the edges undulating.

This form seems a little more robust, and the texture of the elytra
firmer and less coriaceous.

I»YROT.\ Lee.

|». AkliHi*»«tiaiia n. sp. — Elongate, black, surface shining, the front, a tri-
angular space at apex of thorax, the base and entire limb of the elytra narrowly
red ; antennte black ; head sparsely punctate, a vague lontritudinal impression of
the front; thorax narrow, sides parallel near base, narrowed at apical third, a
vague depression at middle of base, surface shining, sparsely punctate; elytra
vaguely bicostate, the surface nearly smooth, the punctures minute and very
indistinct; body beneath black, shining, very sparsely punctate; legs black.
Length 15 — 22 mm.; .60 — .80 inch. PI. 1, fig. 9.

IMe.— Third joint of antennfe broader at base than apex, forming a rounded
angle; terminal joint of maxillary palpus placed transversely, elongate oval,
narrower at apex, under side concave, with a sensitive surface covering half the
area; last ventral segment feebly emarginate.

Eema?e.— Third joint of antenn?e narrower at base tban at apex ; last joint of
maxillary palpus flattened cylindrical, slightly curved ; last ventral segment
with a small but acute incisure.

This species is related to dnbiiabilis (yittigera || Lee.), but differs
notably in the smoother and more shining stirftice, the costte of the
elytra are less distinct and finely, the color of the thorax and legs is
different.

Occurs in N. IMexico f Akhurst ) and at Tucson, Ariz. (Wickham).

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i»YROC'IIKOA Geoff.

I*, calif'oriiica ii. sp. — Black, subopaque, thorax and sciitelluni orange-
yellow. the former with a darker central cloud : anteniiie black, acutely serrate I
head shining, sparsely punctate, deeply transversely impressed between the eyes ;
thorax transversely oval, median line impressed, terminating in an oval depres-
sion posteriorly, surface sparsely punctate, but with an area of dense coarse
punctures each side of the oval depression, surface clothed with fine silken pu-
bescence: elytra densely punctate scabrous, vaguely striate, clothed with short
fine black pubescence ; body beneath very black, shining, moderately closely
punctate; legs and coxse black. Length 13 mm. ; .52 inch.

Very distinct from any of our species by the entirely black color,
the thorax and scutelluin alone orange-yellow.

One specimen 9 > collected by Mr. D. W. Coqnillett near Los
Angeles, Cal.

BUPRESTID.E.

Pcecilonota debilis Lee. An examination of the type of this insect
shows it to be merely a female, rather poorly developed of F. cyanipes.
In the female of the latter when of full development there is a feeble
emargination of the last ventral segment. In the debilis the segment
is nearly entire.

DYSTAXIA Lee.

The males of D. Murrayi Lee., the only species known, have the
last ventral deeply and acutely triangularly emarginate. The an-
teniue are slender and extend to a point opposite the first ventral
suture, the female has the last ventral segment broadly rounded
and entire, the antenme shorter, not i-eaching beyond the end of the
metasternum.

In mature specimens the body above is of an entirely uniform
malachite green, with but feeble trace of pubescence.

Before attaining maturity the specimens are dark bronze, with a
coppery tinge, and the gray pubescence is more consi)icuous. On a
specimen of this kind is founded D. Lecontei Thoms.

SCHIZOPITS Lee.

In the typical species of this genus, S. Icefus Lee., the sexes differ
in a more striking manner. In the male the under side of the body,
head and thorax, all the femora and the first two joints of the an-
tennie are bluish submetallic. The elytra are orange-red, with a
narrow sutural edge blue. Probably when quite recent the elytra
are brighter red. The tibise, tarsi and anteniUB, are I'ufo-testaceous.

GEO. H. HORN, M. D.

The last ventral segment is broadly triangularly eniarginate. The
antennje do not extend much beyond the hind angles of the thorax,
and are similar in the sexes.

The female is entirely of a uniform blue above and beneath, some-
times quite green, the last ventral entire.

For the opportunity of recording the sexual differences I am in-
debted to the National Museum at Washington, where numerous
specimens were received from San Diego, Cal.

tS. Sallei Horn was described from a female with scarcely any
trace of metallic siuTace color. The elytra are similar in color to
Mas % , except that there is a darker oblique vitta extending from
the humeral umbone nearly to the sutural angle. The head and
thorax are darker in color.

The oblique impression of the thorax, on which I laid some stress,
seems not to have great value, as it seems to be a variable quantity
in ketm. The claws of Sallei are, however, much less distinctly
cleft, and seem rather to be provided with a small tooth at middle
after the style of some Lachnostern^e.

This species was collected at Mariposa, Cal., by Mr. Alphonse
Thevenet.

Mr. F. Blanchard is quite correct in recording the presence of the
“ ante-coxal piece” of the metasternum in both Schizopus and Dys-
taxia. The presence of this piece seems to be quite characteristic of
the Buprestidse. In the genus Lissomus, of the Throscidse, there is
no trace of this piece, so that by the fortunate discovery by Mr.
Blanchard we have a more ready method of separating the latter
family from the Buprestidte than previously existed, Lissomus having
always been an annoying element.

While the presence of the “ ante-coxal piece” and its modification,
or entire absence, plays an important part in the Adephagous series,
it would hardly have been suspected to have similar utility in a series
so remotely separated as the Serricornia.

ACTENODES Lac.

A. ineiKlax n. sp. — Form of calcarata, but somewhat more convex, color
dark greenish bronze varying to cupreous, feebly shining; antennae short, ob-
tusely serrate ; front rather flat, coarsely and closely punctate, not longitudinally
impressed, surface rather uneven in the female; thorax more than twice as wide
as long, sides parallel, with a slight siuuation, obliquely narrowed at anterior
third, disc regularly convex, moderately coarsely and closely punctate, with a

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tendency to form transverse strigae ; elytra with rarely a trace of a costa near
the suture, the surface scabrous, with a tendency to form transverse strigae to a
slight extent, the oblique portion of the margin serrate; body beneath more
shining than above, punctate and transversely strigose. prosternum more coarsely
punctate; anterior femora toothed at outer third. Length 12 — 17 mm. ; .48 — .68
inch.

In both sexes the last ventral is truncate, squarely in the 9 >
slightly eniarginate S . The anterior tibite are serrate in the male
very distinctly, but in the female this is but faintly indicated.

This insect has been a long time in my cabinet, but I refrained
from naming it, hoj)ing that it was a known Mexican form, or that
it would be described in the “ Biologia.” This not proving the case,
and as specimens are occasionally being sent me I have thought it
well that it should be described.

Known to me from Texas to Fort Yuma. A specimen before me
is labeled Illinois, but the locality is open to doubt.

Bibliographical Reviews.

In a recently published part of the “ Biologia Centrali-Americana
(vol. iii, pt. 1),” in reviewing the Throscidje, it was observed that
Throscus, as then constituted, was clearly divisible into two genera ;

Throscus includes those in which the metasternum is simply ob-
liquely impressed, while

Aulonothroscus will receive those with a rather deep and well-
defined groove. To this division belong validus, punctatus, invisus,
condridor, convergens and pugnax, the remaining species will continue
as Throscus, all the European species belonging here, and must be
accepted as the typical forms.

In the same essay, a few pages after, it will be observed that the
name Tharops has been superceded by Isorhipis, the former name
having been previously used.

As an illustration of the rather restricted distribution of the Euc-
nemidae generally, it will be observed that but few species occur
south of our boundary which are found within it, these are Nematodes
atropos, Mirn'orhagus humeralis and Anelastes Druryi, the first being
somewhat doubtful, while the last is represented in both its races the
shining {Latreillei) and opaque (Druryi) as far south as Guatemala.

(ii:0. H. HORN, M. D.

In the Mexican fauna the species of the family Throscidje show
nothing in common. In onr fauna Throscus sens. lat. is represented
hy thirteen species, and in ^Mexico by five, while Drapetes contains
twenty-six in ^Mexico and hut four with us, in addition to which
Lissomus has twelve Mexican species, and is totally unknown in our
fauna. Pactopus makes a closer approach to the Eucnemidse without
having any parallel in Mexico.

There has recently a])peared from the able hands of Dr. Candeze
a work entitled, “ Catalogue Methodique des tllaterides connus en
1890,” which will have great value to those interested in the study
of that family. In it all impertinent synonymy has been omitted,
only such being given as has not already obtained sufficiently wide
circulation. But little has been observed worthy of correction in
reference to our species, except that Megapenthes granulosus Mels, is
on ]). 98, while its male is found on p. 190 as Ludius limbalis Hbst.
Our Betarmon higeminatus Rand, has been omitted. The results of
my studies of Cryptohypnus are included in the list, although I have
slightly modified the arrangement of the species since my communi-
cation to him.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE I.

Fig. 1. — Maxillary palpus of Cryptohypnus Uttornlis.

“ 2. — Maxillary palpus of C. plnnatus.

“ 3. — Maxillary palpus of C. restrictulus.

“ 4. — Last ventral segment of C. restrictulus.

5. — Last ventral segment 9 of C. restrictulus.

“ 6. — Anthracopteryx hiemalis.

7. — Maxillary palpus of Anthracopteryx hiemalis.

“ 8. Claw of Oedostethus femoralis.

“ 9. — .\ntenna ami maxillary paljius % of Pyrota Akhurstiana.

" 10. — Head of Epicauta straha.

" 11 — Head of Epicauta of usual form.

“ 12. El codes Wickhami.

“ 13. — Eleodes longipilosa.

Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Vol. XVIII.

PI. I.

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Desoriptioii!4 of new species of North Annericaii Bees.

BY CHARLES ROBERTSON.

ANDRENA.

In the study of the mutual relations of flowers and insects I have
found many insects which I could neither determine myself nor get
determined by others. Conspicuous among these are the species of
Andrena. In order, therefore, to get names for use in my biological
work, I have undertaken to describe as best I could the species which
occur in my neighborhood. Some of them may have been described
before, by Smith, in British Museum Cat. Hym. and in New Spec.
Hym. Brit. Mus. After careful study I have been unable to deter-
mine more than two of Smith’s species. The fact that a specimen
agrees in every detail with Smith’s description would not, to my
mind, establish the probability of its being the same as its type. His
descriptions are limited almost entirely to the colors of the pubes-
cence, which is variable and liable to fade. Thus, of the twenty-four
female specimens of A. Cressonii, only three show the normal color
of the pubescence. The color of the surface is also very variable.
The abdomen sometimes varies from entirely red to entirelv black.
Sets of specimens in which the legs are commonly black, with the
apical joints ferruginous, often show individuals having the tarsi, the
middle tibiae at tips, and the hind tibiae entirely ferruginous.

In all, or most of the species, the ground surface is minutely rough-
ened. Unless there is a distinct punctuation in addition to this, I
call the surface impunctate. One trouble with Smith’s descriptions
is that one cannot always be certain whether he refers to this minutely
roughened surface or to a distinct punctuation.

Of the twenty-six species of Andrena mentioned in this paper, I
have both sexes, except in five cases. I have taken the sexes of
eleven species in copula. These bees can best be collected by watch-
ing flowers of willows in Spring and of Composite in fall. The
females should be identified first and the males referred to them.

I submit a synopsis of all the species which occur in my neighbor-
hood (Carlinville, 111.) with notes on their time of flight and the
flowers which they visit, as well as descriptions of the new species.

Besides those given below I have ten sets of specimens which indi-
cate the presence of several additional species.

TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XVIII.

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.\PKIL, 1891.

CHARLES ROBERTSON.

Enclosure of metathorax triangular, defined by an impressed line or by absence
of pubescence, continued to a point on posterior face of meta-
tborax, rarely strongly rugous.

Face in both sexes without yellow markings.

Abdomen punctate.

Not fasciate.

Abdomen bare, strongly contrasting with the closely hairy thorax.

Pubescence 9 hlack, except thorax above, vertex, and about base of
antennse, 'J, paler, with black hairs along the eyes....bicoIor.

Pubescence fulvous, abdomen black priiiii.

Pubescence pale, abdomen mostly red

Abdomen pubescent, not strongly contrasting with thorax, at most only
thinly fasciate.

Large, wings clouded Sayi.

Smaller, wings clear erigeiiiae.

Fasc iate violse.

Abdomen impunctate, fasciate, enclosure of metathorax poorly defined.

Abdomen black salicis.

Abdomen slightly greenish, pubescent, scopa fuscous above. .erytliroiiii.

Abdomen blue gerailii.

Abdomen greenish, enclosure of metathorax narrow poleiiioiiii.

Abdomen greenish, enclosure of metathorax broad illiuoieiisis.

Clypeus of % yellowish, with a dark spot on each side.

Clypeus alone yellowish ; abdomen impunctate.

Large, stigma small, thorax densely pubescent lieliaiitlii.

Smaller, abdomen fasciate, basal process of labrum 9 bifid..soli«laginis.
Smaller, clypeus shining, impunctate, except on sides.. flavo-clypeata.

Very small (6 — 7 mm.), abdomen greenish zizise.

Clypeus and a spot on each side of face yellowish.

Abdomen impunctate.

Small, abdomen greenish zizise.

Larger, abdomen black asteris.

Abdomen punctate.

Wings clouded, basal process of labrum bifid ru«lbecl<ije.

Wings nearly hyaline, basal process of labrum small, shorL.Cressoiiii.
Face in 9 with yellow markings.

A yellow spot on each side pulcliella.

Clypeus yellow aliciap.

Enclosure of metathorax bounded by a salient rim, terminating at the edge of
the declivity, commonly truncate, strongly rugous ; second seg-
ment of abdomen bearing on each extreme side of base an
opaque depression, which in the ferruginous species [marix)
a]jpears as a black spot.

Abdomen without fasci®, or the fasci® broadly interrupted.

Thorax bare, very sparsely punctured iimla.

Thorax with fulvous pubescence, closely and strongly punctured..riigosa.

Thorax with pale pubescence, abdomen mostly red lllaria^.

Abdomen with white fasci®, interrupted on second segment.

Thorax with dark fulvous pubescence, strongly punctured Forbesii.

Thorax with pale fulvous pubescence, feebly punctured elayloiiise.

Belonging to first group, but unknown, marginal cell and beyond clouded.

iiubecaila.

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A. bicolor F. {= A. hirticeps Sm. % )

Sixteen females and eighteen males taken from March 23d to May
5th on flowers of Isopyrum biternatmn, Dentaria laciniata, Viola pu-
bescens, V. striata, Claytonia virginica, Cercis canadensis, Cluerophyl-
lum procwnbens, Erigenia bullosa, Sal.ix hwnilis, Erythronmm albidum
and Uviilaria grandiflora. I took five pairs in copula on flowers of
Erigenia, Ajiril 7th.

A. priliii 9. — Black; liead as broad as thorax, clothed with pale fulvous
pubescence; clypeus rather sparsely and strongly punctured, except a median
raised line, which is impunctate; basal process of labrum semicircular, large, not
truncate at tip; antennae with flagellum dull ferruginous beneath ; thorax closely,
not strongly punctured, the surface concealed by close fulvous pubescence; wings
yellowish hyaline, the apical margins faintly clouded, third submarginal little
longer than second, nervures, stigma and tegulse reddish testaceous; enclosure
of metathorax minutely roughened ; abdomen ovate, depressed, shining, with a
thin fulvous pubescence on the sides, segments closely punctured, except a broad,
depressed apical portion, which is rufo-piceous, apical fimbria bright fulvous;
legs clothed with pale fulvous pubescence, the tarsi, and sometimes posterior
tibiae, ferruginous. Length 11 — 12 mm.

. — Blacker, the wings and pubescence paler, antennae as long as thorax,
more ferruginous beneath. Length 10 mm.

Ten females and one male. There is a strong contrast between the
thorax and abdomen, the former being closely pubescent and fulvous,
the latter being bare and black.

I have taken it from April 23d to June 2d, on flowers Staphylea
trifolia, Claytonia virginica. Viburnum prunifolium, Prunus serotina
and Pastinaca sativa. The male and female were taken in copula
on flowers of Viburnum, April 29th.

A. I*ere*i 9- — Black, the abdomen red; clypeus flat, not very strongly
punctured, a median line impunctate; basal process of labrum broad, semicircu-
lar, truncate or emarginate at tip.; flagellum dull testaceous beneath ; thorax
sparsely and feebly punctured, thickly clothed with pale pubescence ; enclosure
of raetathorax finely roughened ; wings hyaline, apical margin faintly clouded,
nervures and stigma testaceous, tegulse piceous; legs blackish, tar.si testaceous;
abdomen shining, sparsely and very feebly punctured, red, the apical segments
often blackish at base, and with broad testaceous apical margins, fasciae wanting,
anal fimbria pale dirty yellow. Length 10 — 11 mm.

% . — Resembles the female, clypeus with a dense yellowish white beard, flagel-
lum paler beneath, pubescence a little longer and often more yellowish ; abdomen
with the segments black at base, reddish beyond, more extensively on the sides,
and with broad testaceous apical margins; sometimes the abdomen is entirely
black, on y showing a little reddish at base of testaceous apical margins and on
extreme sides. Length 8 — 10 mm.

Four females and ten males, taken iVpril 17th and 21st, on flowers
of Salix humilis and S. cordata. The sexes were taken in copula.
Dedicated to Prof J. Perez, of Bordeaux.

CHARLES ROBERTSON.

A, 9. — Black; clypeus rather strongly punctured, with a median im-

punctate elevated line; hasal process of labruin very large, semicircular, truncate
at tip; thorax with close shallow punctures anteriorly, scutellum sparsely punc-
tured, postscutellum sw’ollen, enclosure of metathorax rather coarsely reticulated,
thorax with short, thin, pale fulvous pubescence ; wings ful vo-hyaliue, apical
margin broadly clouded, nervures and stigma honey-yellow, tegulfe reddish tes-
taceous; legs dull ferruginous; abdomen shining, finely and sparsely punctured,
apical margins of segments faintly depressed, the abdomen clothed with pale
pubescence, which often forms thin apical fascise, anal fimbria fulvous. Length
13 — 15 mm.

"J, . — Eesembles the female; head suhquadrate, wider than thorax; the pubes-
cence somewhat longer, thicker, more fulvous; wings often paler. Length 9 —
12 mm.

Twelve females, twenty-three males, taken from April 8th to May
7th, on flowers of Dentaria laeiniata, Stellaria media, Claytonia vir-
ginica, Staphylea trifolia, Cercis canadensis, Prunus serotina, Amelan-
chier canadensis, Rihes gracile, Erigenia bidbosa, Antennaria plania-
gmifolia, Salix cordata and Erythronivm albidiim. The sexes were
taken in copula on flowers of Salix, April 28th.

This may be the A. valida of Say, or the A. obscuripeyinis of Smith.

A. erigenia* 9- — Black; clothed with long whitish pubescence; head as
broad as thorax ; clypeus strongly punctured ; basal process of labrum very short
and broad, sometimes slightly emarginate anteriorly; flagellum ferruginous be-
neath towards tip; thorax with large, shallow, sparse punctures, the surface not
concealed by pubescence; enclosure of metathorax longitudinally striate at base,
finely roughened beyond; wings yellowish hyaline, nervures and tegulfe dull
honey-yellow ; legs slender, scopa white, inclining to fuscous at base above, hind
tarsi with yellowish hairs; abdomen clothed with thin pubescence, which is lon-
ger and whiter towards the apex of the segments, where it forms thin fasciae,
the anal fimbria inclining to fuscous, the segments finely roughened and rather
strongly punctured at base, smoother beyond, apical margins testaceous. Length
8—9 mm.

.—Resembles the female; face subquadrate, the eyes somewhat wider apart
below than above, the clypeal region densely clothed with a long beard of white
pubescence; mandibles long, tip of one nearly reaching to base of the other,
toothed remotely from the apex and rufous from below the tooth to the tip; an-
tenufe longer, flagellum dull testaceous beneath ; wings more hyaline, nervures
pale testaceous, second submarginal cell very variable in form and size, some-
times receiving the recurrent nervure beyond the middle, sometimes far before
it; middle tibiae with a slender spine at tip exteriorly. Length 7 — 8 mm.

Seven females, ten males, taken from March 26th to May 14th, on
flowers of Claytonia virginica, Erigenia bulbosa and Hydrophyllum
appendiculahim. . This species is sometimes infested by Stylops. It
is closely allied to A. iexana Cress.

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A. violcC 9 . — Black ; head wider than thorax, clothed with pale ochraceous
pubescence; clypeus strongly produced and strongly punctured ; basal process of
labrum very large, semicircular, notched at tip; flagellum ferruginous beneath
towards tip; thorax sparsely and rather strongly punctured, clothed with thin,
pale, ochraceous pubescence; wdngs yellowish hyaline, second submarginal two-
thirds as wide as third, nervures, stigma and tegulae dull honey-yellow ; en-
closure of metathorax slightly roughened; posterior tarsi and apical joints of
anterior and middle pairs ferruginous; abdomen rather closely, strongly and
evenly punctured, margins narrowly testaceous, third and fourth broadly and
slightly depressed, 2-4 each with an even, narrow, dense apical fascia of yellowish
pubescence, anal flmbria brown. Length 10 mm.

% . — Closely resembles the female, but the pubescence is paler, flagellum more
yellowish beneath, wings more hyaline, nervures and tegulae darker. Length
8 — 9 mm.

Four females, two males, taken on flowers of Viola palmata, April
20th and 21st. The tongue of this species is remarkably long and
slender.

A. salicis 9- — Black; the pubescence fulvous; head as wide as thorax,
clypeus closely and strongly punctured, a median raised line impunctate; basal
process of labrum small, truncate; thorax with sparse shallow punctures, the
pubescence thin ; wings yellowish hyaline, faintly clouded beyond the marginal
cell, nervures and stigma honey-yellow, second submarginal one-half as wide as
third, tegulae dark with a dull testaceous spot ; enclosure of metathorax flnely
roughened ; abdomen flnely roughened, but impunctate, narrow apical margins
of segments dull testaceous, apical margins of second, third and fourth segments
with a thin fascia of fulvous pubescence, more or less interrupted on second and
third, anal flmbria fusco-fnlvous ; hind tarsi ferruginous or yellowish, the apical
joint blackish. Length 8 — 9 mm.

'Ji . — Resembles the female; the abdomen not fasciate. Length 7 mm.

Three females, one male, taken from April 10th to 20th, on flowers
of Amelanchier canadensis, Salix hwnilis and S. cordata.

A. ery tliroiiii 9 • — Black ; clypeus flat, rather rough with transvmrse rugae,
but not very closely or strongly punctured, a central longitudinal ridge impunc-
tate ; basal process of labrum triangular, truncate at tip; thorax sparsely and
feebly punctured, clothed with thin, pale fulvous pubescence, enclosure of meta-
thorax finely roughened ; wings hyaline, nervures, stigma and tegulae dull tes-
taceous; legs blackish or dull ferruginous, apical joints of tarsi paler, scopa white
beneath, fuscous above; abdomen finely roughened, impunctate, apical margins
of segments depressed, the extreme edge pale testaceous the abdomen clothed
with thin pubescence, which forms whitish fasciae on the apical margins of the
segments, anal fimbria fuscous. Length 10 — 12 mm.

'J, . — Resembles the female; mandibles long, face subquadrate, clypeus with a
thin white beard, head produced behind the eyes; abdomen sparsely and finely
punctured, more greenish than in female, testaceous, apical margins broader.
Length 8 — 9 mm.

Ten females, three males, taken from April 2d to 13th, on flowers
of Erigenia bulbosa, Salix humilis and Erythronium albidum.

CHARLES ROBERTSON.

A. goranii 9- — Blue-black; clothed with long, thin, whitish pubescence;
cl.vpeus sparsely punctured, shining, with a faint purplish reflection ; basal pro-
cess of labrum long, narrow, with a rather deep notch at tip; lateral grooves of
face filled with a dark, brownish black tomentum ; thorax sparsely punctured,
scutellum more shining and with more evident metallic reflections, enclosure of
metathorax longitudinally striate at base, smoother beyond; wings hyaline,
stigma fuscous, nervures fuscous or testaceous, second submarginal receiving the
recurrent nervure before the middle, tegulse piceous, sometimes with a large tes-
taceous spot; abdomen blue, shining, impunctate, apical margins of segments
2-4 each with a thin fascia of white pubescence, anal fimbria dirty white. Length
7 — 8 mm.

'J, . — Closely resembles female; face rounded, thinly clothed with whitish pu-
bescence, mandibles short, toothed near the tip; flagellum long, testaceous be-
neath ; middle tibia with a slender spine at apex exteriorly. Length 6 — 7 mm.

Three females, six males, taken May 3d and 11th, on flowers of
Geranium maculatum and Osmorrhiza longistylis.

A. poleinonii 9- — Robust; greenish, with bluish and purplish reflections
in certain lights, clothed with thin whitish pubescence; clypeus densely and
minutely roughened, strongly and sparsely punctured, with a strong purplish
reflection; basal process of labrum broad and truncate, flagellum testaceous be-
neath ; thorax sparsely punctured, clothed with thin pale pubescence, enclosure
of metathorax finely roughened, poorly defined ; wings hyaline, tegulae and ner-
vures testaceous, second submarginal cell large; abdomen impunctate, apical
margins of second, third and fourth segments and anal fimbria with whitish
pubescence. Length 6 — 7 min.

Tj • — Resembles the female; face thinly pubescent, antennie long, testaceous
beneath, middle tibia spined at apex. Length 6 mm.

Three females, one male, taken on flowers of Polemoninm replans,
on April 20th and 26th.

A. illiiioieiisi^ 9- — Form slender; greenish, with bluish and purplish re-
flections, clothed with thin whitish pubescence; clypeus rather clo.sely and
strongly punctured : basal process of labrum small, semicircular ; flagellum dull
testaceous beneath towards tip; thorax impunctate or nearly so, the scutellum
pur])lish, enclosure of metathorax broad, rough ; wings long, yellowish hyaline,
nervures testaceous, tegulae pale testaceous; abdomen impunctate, apical margins
of segments testaceous, second, third and fourth with short, thin fasciae of white
pubescence, anal fimbria whitish. Length 7 — 8 mm.

%. — Resembles the female; the clypeus densely bearded, flagellum beneath
and tarsi usually testaceous; thorax more strongly punctured, middle tibia with
a short spine at tip. Length 6 — 7 mm.

Thirteen females, fifteen males. This species is commonly infested
by Stylops. I have taken it from April 2d to May 3d, on flowers of
Stellaria media, Geranium maculatum, Amelanchier canadensis, Eri-
genia bidbosa, Salix cordata and S. liumilis. Three pairs were taken
in copula on flowers of Salix cordata, April 10th.

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A. heliaiithi 9.— Black, iuclining to dull ferruginous; clypeus rather
c osely and strongly punctured ; basal process of labruni short, triangular trun-
cate or notched ; thorax clothed with long, dense, ochraceous pubescence, which
conceals the surface, sparsely punctured with shallow punctures, enclosure of
luetathorax hnely roughened; wings clear, hyaline, stigma small, fuscous, ner-
vures pale testaceous, tegulm entirely pale testaceous; abdomen impunctate, or
with fine sparse punctures, broad and slightly depressed apical margins of seg-
ments rufo-piceous, apical margins of second, third and fourth segments with
thin fascim of pale pubescence, often more or less interrupted on the disc, anal
fimbna pale fulvous; legs dull ferruginous, posterior tibiie and tarsi yellowish

S.— Resembles the female: clypeus yellow, antennm longer, flagellum dull
testaceous beneath; all tibi® at apex, po.sterior tibia., exteriorly and all tarsi
yellow; abdomen more punctured, broad apical margins of segments pale testa-
ceous. Length 10—11 mm. & f .a

Twelve females, eight males, taken on flowers of Helianthn^ grosse-
serratiis, September T2th to 25th.

A. solidagiiiis 9. -Black ; clothed with thin, white pubescence • clypeus
sparsely punctured, more strongly at tip; basal proce.ss of labrum deeply'bifid
forming two teeth ; thorax sparsely and feebly punctured, thinly clothed with
whitish pubescence, enclosure of metathorax finely roughened ; wings hyaline
neryiires and stigma fuscoms, tegulfe piceous ; legs black, inclining to dull ferru-
ginous, scopa white beneath, fuscous aboye; abdomen impunctate, or with only
sparse, feeble punctures, apical margins of segments 2-4 with narrow fascia? of
white pubescence, anal fimbria fuscous. Length 8—9 mm.

% .—Resembles the female ; the clypeus pale yellow. Length 6—7 mm.

Eight females, two males. I have taken it from September 8th to
October 11th, on flowers of Solidago canadensis, S. lanceolata, Boltonia
asteroides, Aster and Polygonum hydropiper.

A. flavo-clypeata Sm. {= A. hipunctata Cress.)

^ This bee flies in Spring. I have taken it from April 5th to Mav
7th, on flowers of Stellaria media, Claytonia, virginica, Xanthoxylum
americanum, Staphylea trifolia, Prumis serotina, Amelanchier cana-
densis, Erigenia bulbosa, Saliz cordata and S. humilis. The sexes
were taken in copula on Salix, April 10th.

. *i*ise 9. -Black, with an obscure greenish reflection, thinly clothed
with pale pubescence; clypeus sparsely and feebly punctured, sometimes with a
purplish reflection; basal process of labrum small and narrow, mandibles honey-
ye ow in middle, rufo-piceous at tip, flagellum testaceous beneath ; thorax yery
thinly clothed with pale pubescence, very sparsely and feebly punctured enclo-
sure of metathorax rather strongly reticulated, unusually rough for a species of
t IS group; wings long, yellowish hyaline, nervures, stigma and tegulte testa-
ceous; legs dull ferruginous, often inclining to yellowish ; abdomen depressed
impunctate, with an obscure greenish reflection, apical margins of segments pale
testaceous segments 2-4 with apical fasciae of thin, pale pubescence, anal fimbria
dirty white. Length 6 — 7 mm.

CHARLES ROBERTSON.

. — Closely resembles the female; the clypeus whitish, sometimes there is
also a white spot on each side of the face between the upper part of the clypeus
and the eye. Length 5 — 6 mm.

Twenty females, ten males, taken from May 7th to June 4th, on
Gowers of the following Umbelliferte : Zizia aurea, Pimpinella in-
tegerrima, Sanicula marilandica and Pastinaca saliva. The sexes
were taken in cojjula on Zizia, May 7th.

A. astei'is 9 . — Black ; clypeus with sparse, feeble punctures; basal process
of labrum small, deeply notched ; thorax with sparse, feeble punctures, clothed
(at least anteriorly) with long, close, dirty white pubescence, enclosure of meta-
thorax finely roughened ; wings fusco-hyaline, nervres and stigma fuscous, teg-
ulse piceous; legs black, basal joint of middle tarsi broad, scopa yellowish white,
fuscous at base above, basal joint of posterior tarsi with fuscous pubescence;
abdomen impunctate, or with sparse feeble punctures, apical margins of segments
pale testaceous, segments 2-4 with thin fascise of white pubescence on their
broadly depressed apical margins, anal fimbria fuscous. Length 10 — 11 mm.

% . — Resembles the female; abdomen more punctate; clypeus and spot on each
side yellowish, the former with two elongate dark spots, basal process of labrum
bidentate. Length 9 mm.

Two females, one male, taken October 8th and 11th, on flowers of
Aster.

A. riKlbeckiae 9 • — Black ; clypeus closely and strongly punctured, clothed
with close, short, pale pubescence, basal proce.ss of labrum cleft, forming two
sharp teeth, palpi short, flagellum dull testaceous beneath; thorax densely and
finely punctured, densely clothed with very short, dull ochraceous pubescence,
enclosure of metathorax finely roughened; wings ful vo-hyaline. the apical mar-
gins clouded, uervures testaceous, stigma small, fuscous, tegulse ferruginous;
legs dull ferruginous, clothed with short pubescence, basal joint of middle tarsi
broad ; abdomen finely roughened, evenly punctured with large, close, shallow
punctures, apical margins of the segments depressed, reflecting golden, with a
narrow white line at extreme edge; the abdomen clothed with pale pubescence,
which forms fasciae on apical margins of all of the segments, the anal fimbria
golden-yellow. Length 13 — 14 mm.

% . — Resembles the female ; antennae short, clypeus and a large spot on each
side yellowish white. Length 12 mm.

Eleven females, one male, taken on flowers of Pudbeckia hirta,
June T2th to 23d. The depressed margins of the abdominal seg-
ments vary considerably in color, being sometimes golden, pale
yellowish, or reddish purple. The sexes were taken in copula.

.A. CresKOiiii 9- — Black; clypeus closely and rather strongly punctured,
except in median line, basal process of labrum small and very short; thorax
clothed with thin, fulvous pubescence, rather closely and strongly punctured,
scutellum sparsely punctured, enclosure of metathorax small, rough, commonly
with longitudinal ridges; wings fusco-hyaline. apical margins a little clouded,
nervures and stigma dull testaceous, teguke black, often with a dull testaceous

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spot; legs black, posterior tarsi sometimes dull ferruginous; abdomen closely,
evenly and rather strongly punctured, apical margins of segments 2-4, inter-
rupted on second, with close fascise of white pubescence, anal fimbria fuscous.
Length 9 — 10 mm.

% . — Resembles the female, process of labrum longer, concave anteriorly, cly-
peus andl arge spot on each side of face below antennae, yellow. Length 7 — 10 mm.

Twenty-four females, twenty-two males, taken from April 5th to
June 4th on flowers of Stellaria media, Claytonia virginica, Xanthoxy-
lum armerieanum, Prunm serotina, Amelanchier canadensis, Zizia aurea,
Polytceuia nuttallii, Pimpinella integerrima, Sanicula marilandica,
Pastinaca saliva, Heracleu7a lanahim, Salix coi'data and S. Jmmilis.
The sexes were taken in copula on Stelkma, April 8th. Dedicated
to Mr. E. T. Cresson.

A, pulchella 9- — Black; clypeus dull ferruginous, sometimes with an
arcuate yellow spot above, rather strongly but not very closely punctured ; basal
process of labrum broad, very short, emarginate; mandibles ferruginous in mid-
dle, black at tip; flagellum testaceous beneath, lower part of face with a large
yellow spot on each side, extending below upon each side of clypeus ; thorax
closely and rather strongly punctured, the surface concealed by thick, rather
long fulvo-ochraceous pubescence, enclosure of metathorax finely roughened :
wings hyaline, nervures and tegulse testaceous, stigma small, dark; legs dull
ferruginous, the tarsi, especially the posterior pair, inclining to yellowish ; abdo-
men closely, finely and rather strongly punctured, broad, somewhat depressed,
apical margins of the segments pale testaceous, with long pale ochraceous pu-
bescence, which forms thin fasciae, anal fimbria of the same color. Length 11—
13 mm.

Seven females, taken from August 30th to September 20th, on
flowers of Heliantlms grosse-serratus and H. rigidus.

A. alicicC 9- — Black, thinly clothed with pale pubescence; clypeus yellow,
with a dark spot on each side; basal process of labrum broad, short, slightly
emarginate. mandibles not toothed ; thorax siiarsely and feebly punctured, en-
closure of metathorax finely roughened ; wings somewhat clouded, nervures and
stigma black, tegulfe piceous; legs black, scopa pale fulvous; abdomen opaque,
finely roughened, impunctate, or with sparse, feeble punctures, apical margins
of segments having laterally narrow fascife of white pubescence, anal fimbria
fuscous. Length 12 mm.

One female, taken on flowers of Bidens chrysanthemoides, Sej)t. 20.

A. Hilda 9-— Black; clypeus strongly punctured ; basal process of labrum
large; mesothorax smooth and shining, bare, with very few large punctures,
scutellum and postscutellum closely and very strongly punctured ; tubercles, a
line over the tegulse, scutellum and postscutellum with short feathery hairs, a
row of long hairs on the posterior margin of scutellum; metathorax sharply
truncate, rough with coarse reticulations, the disc with strong longitudinal rugse ;
wings yellowish hyaline, apical margins faintly clouded, nervures, stigma and

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CHARLES ROBERTSON.

tcKulse dull testaceous; legs black, posterior tarsi inclining to ferruginous ; ah-
donien shining, finely and sparsely punctured, segments depressed to the base,
not fasciate, anal fimbria fulvous. Length 9 — 10 mm.

Eight females, taken from April 2d to .June IGtli, on flowers of
Staphylea trifolia, Primus serotiaa, Pastinaca saliva, Erigenia hulbosa
and Salix cordata.

A. rugosa J. — Black; clypeus closely and strongly punctured, basal pro-
cess of labrum broad, rather long, truncate; thorax closely and very coarsely
punctured, thickly clothed with short fulvous pubescence, enclosure of meta-
thorax bordered by a salient rim, truncate posteriorly, bearing sharp longitudinal
ridges ; wings hyaline, apical margins faintly clouded, nervures, stigma and
teguljB testaceous; legs dull ferruginous, apical joints of tarsi paler; abdomen
smooth and shining, densely and finely punctured, segments depressed nearly to
the base, the depressed portions of the segments more sparsely punctured, fascise
wanting, except on the extreme sides, anal fimbria fulvous. Length 9 — 10 mm.

%. — Eesemhles the female; less strongly punctured, thorax with the puhes-
cence longer and thinner, antennse as long as thorax, enclosure of metathorax
not so well defined, segments of abdomen not depressed beyond the middle, third
and fourth segments with continuous a])ical fasciae of pale fulvous pubescence.
Length 7 — 8 mm.

Twelve females, sixteen males, taken from April 2d to 21st, on
flowers of Dentaria laciniata, Cluytonia virginica, Xanthoxylum arner-
icamim, Amelanchier canadensis, Erigenia htdbosa, Salix cordata and
S. humilis. The sexes were taken in copula on Erigenia, April 6th.

A. luarito 9 ■ — Black, the abdomen red ; clypeus closely and sti'ongly punc-
tured, basal process of labrum long and narrow ; flagellum dull testaceous be-
neath ; thorax rather closely and strongly punctured, much more coarsely than
the clypeus, clothed with thin pale pubescence, enclosure of metathorax bounded
by a salient rim, rounded posteriorly, with sharp longitudinal ridges; wings
hyaline, apical margins faintly clouded, nervures and stigma testaceous; tegulse
piceous, with a dull testaceous spot; legs black, inclining to dull ferruginous,
apical joints of tarsi j>aler, hind tihise and tarsi sometimes testaceous; abdomen
smooth and shining, rather closely and finely punctured, segments depressed
beyond the middle, red, the apical margins of the segments and the apical seg-
ments more or less blackish, the second segment has a black spot at base on each
extreme side, the segments have an apical patch of white i)ubescence on each
extreme side, anal fimbria brownish. Length 9 — 10 mm.

'J, .—Eesemhles the female; the pubescence often more fulvous; the abdomen
is black, commonly with a little red about the ventral surface of the first and
second segments, but a male which I took in copula with the female shows no
red about the abdomen. Length 7—8 mm.

Seventeen females, eight males. One female speeimen, which I
am satisfied belongs to this s})ecies, has the abdomen black, except a
little red at the sides of the first and second segments. I have found
this bee from Aj)ril 2d to 20th on flowers of Amelanchier canadensis.

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Engenia bidbosa, Salix cordata and Erythroniimi albidum. I have
taken the sexes in copula on flowers of Salix, April 10th.

A. Forbesii 9. — Black; clypeus closely aud strongly punctured, basal
jirocess of labrum broad ; thorax rather closely and strongly punctured, like the
clypeus, thinly clothed with short fulvous pubescence, enclosure of metathorax
bordered by a strong rim, truncate posteriorly; wings hyaline, apical margins
somewhat clouded, nervures and stigma dull testaceous, tegulsB piceous, dull tes-
taceous exteriorly; legs black, apical joints of tarsi ferruginous; abdomen
closely punctured, especially on basal half of segments, segments 2-4 depressed
to the middle, bearing apically narrow fascite of white pubescence, interrupted
broadly on the second, narrowly on the third, anal fimbria dull ferruginous.
Length 10 — 11 mm.

Twenty females taken from Aj)ril 7th to June 14th, on flowers of
Stellaria media, Claytonia virginica. Pranas serotina, Amelanchier
canadensis, Pastinaca saliva, Heracleum lanatum, Erigenia bulbosa
and Salix humilis.

Dedicated to Prof. S, A. Forbes.

\. claytonise 9- — Black; clypeus closely aud strongly punctured, often
with a median impunctate line, basal process of labrum rather long and narrow,
emarginate or notched at tip ; thorax rather sparsely punctured with rather fine,
shallow punctures, thinly clothed with short, pale fulvous pubescence, enclosure
of metatborax rough with strong longitudinal rugfe, with a poorly defined bor-
der; wings hyaline, nervures and stigma honey-yellow, tegulse dull testaceous
exteriorly, second submarginal cell receiving the first recurrent uervure near its
apex ; legs black, inclining to dull ferruginous, the tarsi more or less yellowish,
the hind tarsi and sometimes the hind tibise yellowish ; abdomen finely and
rather sparsely puuctured, the apical one-third of each segment depressed, seg-
ments 2-4 with apical fasciae of w'hitish pubescence, interrupted on the second,
anal fimbria pale fulvous. Length 8 — 10 mm.

'J, .— Resembles the female; the tarsi, and often the posterior tibiae, yellowish
testaceous. Length 7 — 8 mm.

Twenty females, eleven males, taken from April 10th to June 4th,
on flowers of Claytonia virginica, Cercis canadensis, Amelanchier
canadensis, Zizia aurea, Heracleum lanatum, Antennaria plantagiiii-
folia and Salix cordata.

Two female specimens have the wings with two submarginal cells.
One male is infested by Stylops.

A. nubecula Sm.

One female, taken October 9th, on flowers of Aster.

CHARLES ROBERTSON.

€OL,L,ETES.

C. spiiio.sa 9- — Black; head short, broad; clypeiis longitudinally striate,
strongly punctured ; labruni with a small median pit and lateral strife; flagellum
dull testaceous beneath ; protborax with large, strong, conspicuous lateral spines;
mesotborax closely and coarsely punctured anteriorly, more sparsely on the disc,
anteriorly the pubescence is thick and pale, more posteriorly mixed with black,
thin and black on the disc; metathorax with a single series of subquadrate pits
on the disc, lateral faces of posterior plate coarsely reticulated ; wings hyaline,
nervures, stigma and tegulse dull blackish testaceous; legs slender; abdomen
rather closely and finely punctured, sometimes the punctures appear feeble, basal
and apical margins of succeeding segments, with fasciae of white pubescence.
Length 10 — 11 mm.

% Resembles the female, pubescence longer, prothoracic spine variable, less
conspicuous than in female, often short, base of second segment not fasciate.
Length 8 — 9 mm.

Five females, fourteen males, taken on flowers of Solidago cana-
densis, S. laneeolata and Polygonum hydropiy^er, August 30th to Oc-
tober 7 th.

C. latilarsis 9. — Black, clothed with whitish pubescence; clypeus bare,
or nearly so, strongly punctured, with a median longitudinal depression ; labrum
with a large central depression, striate on the sides ; flagellum testaceous beneath ;
prothorax with lateral spines evident ; mesothorax closely and strongly punc-
tured, clothed with short feathery hairs, which are mostly black on the disc,
whiter around the edges; scutellum with a posterior border of black hairs, which
are followed behind by white ones; a patch of hairs on the pleura behind the
tubercles and a few hairs on the vertex also black ; metathorax sharply truncate,
with a single transverse series of subquadrate pits on the disc; wings hyaline,
faintly clouded beyoud the marginal cell, nervures dull testaceous, stigma black,
tegulse black, dull testaceous exteriorly ; legs stout, clothed with pale pubescence,
mixed with fuscous, especially on the scopse exteriorly; abdomen densely and
finely punctured, especially on the second segment, third segment more finely
and sparsely punctured, segments 1-4 with narrow apical fascim of white pubes-
cence, fifth not fasciate. Length 11 — 12 mm.

'J, .—Closely resembles the female ; labrum usually not so depressed medially,
flagellum darker, pubescence longer and paler, punctures a little less dense, an-
terdor femoi-a ciliate with long white pubescence, basal joint of hind tarsi re-
markably broad. Length 10 — 11 mm.

Five females, five males, taken from July 9tli to September 20th,
on flowers of Asclepias incarnata, Physalis virginana and Polygonum
hydropiper. It is very abundant on flowers of Physalis.

Willistoiii 9. — Clypeus rough, with rather sparse, shallow punctures,
with a median longitudinal depression ; labrum with five deep grooves; flagellum
dull testaceous beneath; jn-othoracic spine evident, sharp; mesothorax closely
and strongly punctured, clothed with thin, pale pubescence, which is strongly
mixed with blackish on the disc; scutellum with coarse punctures; disc of meta-
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plate not reticulated; wings hyaline, nerviires, stigma and tegulse piceous; legs
rather stout, apical joints of tarsi ferruginous; first segment of abdomen closely
and rather finely punctured, second with the punctures finer and more dense,
depressed at base and apex, third and following segments finely and feebly punc-
tured, especially towards apex, appearing impuuctate, apical margins of segments
1-5 with narrow fasciae of white pubescence. Length 10 mm.

One female, taken June 11th, on flowers of Physalis.

Dedicated to Dr. S. W. Williston.

C'. Iieuclierse 9- — Black, shining; clypeus rough with coarse punctures;
lahrum smooth, with a faint impression on each side and commonly one in the
middle; mandibles rufo-piceous at tips, flagellum black, .sometimes dull testa-
ceous beneath ; thorax ratlier finely and closely punctured, sparsely on the disc,
clothed with short, thin, pale fulvous pubescence; scutellum shining and im-
puuctate anteriorly. strongly punctured behind, enclosure of metathorax shining)
with single transverse series of coarse reticulations, which are sometimes nearly
obliterated ; sides of posterior face of metathorax sparsely punctured with coarse,
shallow imuctures ; wings hyaline, nervures and stigma dull testaceous, second
submargiual cell narrowed one-half to marginal; tegulse black, punctured; legs
slender, black, clothed with pale pubescence, apical joints of tarsi ferruginous,
claws equally cleft; abdomen closely and rather finely punctured, base with thin
pale pubescence, apical margins of segments 1-5 each with a rather close fascia
of white pubescence; segments 2-5 have blackish pubescence on the disc, the
sixth with appressed brownish hairs. Length 9-11 mm.

% . — A little longer, more pubescent, clypeus finely punctured, lahrum smooth,
or with only a faiut median depression ; thorax more closely, and abdomen more
finely punctured, tarsi paler, abdominal fascim thinner, second submarginal cell
narrowing more strongly to marginal. Length 10-12 mm.

Thirty-five females, twelve males, taken May 18th and 31st, and
June 11th, on flowers of Heucliera hispida, Zhia aurea and Poly-
tmiia nuttallii. On the first named plant it is very abundant, being
the exclusive pollinator of the flower. The female comes for honey
and pollen, the red grains commonly filling her scopie. The male
visits the flower for honey, but is generally seen flying about the
flowers in search of the female.

C. eiiloplii 9 -“Black; clypeus rough, strongly punctured, with a median
longitudinal depression; labrum with a small pit on basal middle and one or two
faint depressions on each side; flagellum dull ferruginous at tip; prothoracic
spine concealed by pubescence ; mesothorax closely and rather strongly puuc-
tui’ed, except on the disc, which is sparsely punctured, smooth and shining, the
thorax above clothed with short, rather thick fulvous pubescence, except on the
di.sc, which is bare; disc of metathorax with a single transverse series of suh-
quadrate pits, lateral faces of posterior plate reticulated with fine lines; wings
hyaline, nervures, stigma and tegulm piceous; legs slender, posterior tarsi dull
ferruginous, first segment of abdomen rather sparsely and finely punctured,
second more closely and finely jniuctured, third and following segments with
minute, feeble punctures, making them appear almost impuuctate; base and

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apex of second and apical margins of following segments depressed, base of second
and apical margins of 1-5 with narrow fascife of white pubescence. Length
11 mm.

% . — Resembles the female, pubescence longer, dense and yellow on face, base
of second segment not fasciate. Length 8 — 10 mm.

One female, ten males, taken from June 11th to September 20th,
on flowers of Psoralea onobrychis, PasUnaca saliva, Ealophus ameri-
eanus, Siam cicutoefolium and Polyyonum hydropiper.

C. illiiioieiisis 9. — Black; clypeus rough, with a median longitudinal
depression ; labrum bearing a tubercle, with a rounded pit on basal middle and
faint depressions on the sides; mandibles black, rufo-piceous at tips; antenme
black, prothoracic spines concealed by pubescence; thorax strongly, densely and
evenly punctured, clothed with short, thick fulvous pubescence; metathorax
with a transverse series of subquadrate pits on the disc, lateral faces of posterior
plate reticulated ; wings hyaline, nervures and stigma black, tegulae dull testa-
ceous; legs slender; abdomen rather sparsely and finely punctured on first and
second segments, third and following segments more finely punctured, apical
margins of segments depressed and bearing rather narrow' fascite of white pu-
bescence. Length 10 mm.

One female, taken September 6th, on flowers of Cnicus discolor.

C. speciosa 9 . — Black ; clypeus finely and closely punctured, clothed with
short pale pubescence ; labrum with a large median eminence bearing a deep pit,
a shallow dej)ression on each side; mandibles rufous; flagellum testaceous be-
neath ; thorax clothed with short, fine, dense, fulvo-ochraceous pubescence con-
cealing the surface, disc of metathorax concealed by pubescence, lateral faces
of posterior plate not reticulated ; wings hyaline, nervures, stigma and tegulfe
pale testaceous; legs slender, clothed with pale pubescence, black, tarsi inclining
to dull ferruginous; abdomen opaque, closely and very finely punctured, base of
first segment with rather short, pale, fulvous pubescence, segments 1-5 with
dense, even, apical fasciae of appressed yellowish white pubescence, sixth segment
vvith black pubescence. Length 10 mm.

One female, taken August 8th, on flowers of Eryngiuvi yuccrefolium.

punctata — Black; labrum with a median groove and a shallow de-

pression on each side, mandibles rufous, flagellum dull ferruginous beneath, the
prothorax with a short spine on each side ; mesothorax closely and coarsely punc-
tured, disc of metathorax with a series of large pits, lateral faces of posterior
plate densely and coarsely punctured ; wings fulvo-hyaline, nervures, stigma and
tegulse piceous; legs slender, dull ferruginous, tarsi pale; abdomen sbining, all
of the segments closely and coarsely punctured, apical margins very strongly
depressed, bearing fasciae of white pubescence. Length 11 mm.

One male, taken July 6th, on flow'ers of Petalostemon violaceus.

C. prodiicta 9 • — Black, clothed with pale pubescence; clypeus closely and
strongly punctured, except at apex, which is shining and almost impunctate;
labrum smooth and shining, without depressions; mandibles rufous, widely sepa-
rated from eye; flagellum black; prothoracic spines short, mesothorax smooth

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and shilling, sparsely and finely punctured, clothed with long, thin, dirty white
pubescence; scutellum very coarsely punctured in comparison with mesothorax;
metathorax with a single series of suhquadrate pits, lateral faces of posterior
plate shining, hardly reticulated ; wings hyaline, nervures and stigma dull
honey-yellow, tegulte hlack; legs slender, tarsi dull ferruginous; abdomen shin-
ing. sparsely and very finely punctured, more closely on second segment, base
of first segment with rather long pale pubescence, apical margins of segments
1-5 with fascise of thin whitish pubescence. Length 7 mm.

One male, taken June 21st, on flowers of Apocymmi ccmnabinum.

SPHECODES.

S. itutoiiiiariie 9. — Black, clothed with thin pale hairs; head broader
than thorax, closely and minutely punctured ; mandibles unarmed, honey-yellow,
rufous at tips; aiitenn® dull ferruginous, flagellum paler beneath, mesothorax
shining, with a slight greenish reflection, sparsely and finely punctured ; disc of
metathorax with several elevated longitudinal lines reaching nearly to apex,
which, with the posterior face, is smooth and shining; wings hyaline, nervures
dull ferruginous, only two submarginal cells, but there is a faint indication of a
small second submarginal, tegulse pale testaceous; legs dull ferruginous, growing
paler towadrs the claws ; abdomen shining, entirely ferruginous yellow. Length
5 mm.

Two females, taken April 18th, on flowers of Antennaria planta-
gimfolia.

In the left wing of each specimen the first transverso-cubital ner-
vure is represented by a stump of a vein, and specimens may yet be
found in which that nervure is entire, making the normal three sub-
marginal cells. I have two specimens of S. mandihularis Cress,
whose wings show only two submarginal cells. In one the first
transverse cubital is represented by stumps, while the other specimen
shows no trace of it.

MACROPIS.

steiroiiematis 9 • — Coarsely and closely punctured, a raised line from
anterior ocellus terminates in a carina between base of antenufe; base of meta-
thorax extending narrowly on hind plate to insertion of abdomen, and trunca-
tion of abdomen, smooth, shining and impunctate; hind plate of metathorax
sparsely punctured; abdominal segments depressed at base and apex. Black;
flagellum dull testaceous beneath; tegulse piceous; wniigs somewhat dusky,
nervures black ; pubescence on face, vertex, cheeks, pleurte, scutellum, sides of
metathorax, femora beneath, base and apical margin of second, apical margins
of succeeding, and sides of all segments of abdomen, rather long and white, the
pubescence of fifth segment is more abundant and interrupted with blackish in
middle; disc of mesothorax with rather thin blackish pubescence; the tibife
with pale pubescence, most dense and whitest on hind pair; pubescence of tarsi
brownish, most dense and blackest on hind pair. Length 9 mm.

. — Resembles the female, but is more strongly pubescent, the pubescence of
legs more uniformly whitish, the tarsi fulvous beneath ; the face below antennse.

CHARLES ROBERTSON.

spot on mandibles, and on anterior and middle knees, yellow ; flagellum testa-
ceous beneath, anterior tibise with more or less of rufous in front. Length
8 — 9 mm.

Twenty-four males and two female specimens. I have taken it
June 21st to 26th, on flowers of Steironema lanceolatvm, Apocynum
cannabinnm and Ceanotkns americamis.

The posterior tibite of male are unarmed, except a short blunt
process between the spurs.

FHILEREillUS.

P. illiiioieiisi^ 9 . — Black, closely and strongly punctured ; middle of face,
cheeks, sides of prothorax, pleurte, sides of metathorax, two short lines on an-
terior middle of mesothorax, and line encircling scutellum with short, white,
feathery, or scale-like pubescence; head not broader than thorax, clypeus at
apex, sometimes, and mandibles ferruginous ; autennm dull ferruginous, flagellum
paler beneath; scutellum slightly bilobed ; legs inclining to dull ferruginous,
especially at the joints, clothed with short pale glittering hairs; wings hyaline,
faintly clouded at apex and in marginal cell, nervures fuscous; second submar-
ginal not greatly shorter than first, narrowed about one half towards marginal,
receiving the second recurrent nervure near its apex, first submarginal receiving
the first recurrent near its apex; tegulse pale testaceous exteriorly ; abdomen
fulvo-ferruginous, depressed apical margins of segments golden, sometimes the
disc is more or less blackish, densely and confluently punctured, segments 2-4
depressed at base, 1-4 with interrupted basal fasciae of short white hairs, on first
forming rounded patches, segments 2-4 with patches of pubescence on each ex-
treme side of apical margin, fifth segment depressed laterally, elevated on the
disc, the elevated portion and the apex clothed with white pubescence. Length
.5 mm.

% . — Resembles the female, antennae blacker, flagellum paler beneath, apical
margins of fifth and sixth segments with fasciae of white pubescence. Length
4 — 5 mm.

The segments of the abdomen are eommonly ferruginous, with
golden apical margins and a little black on the disc. Often the
black is wanting. In one male specimen the segments are entirely
black, except the golden apical margins.

Three females, nine males, taken August 14th and 23d, on flowers
of Lespedeza procumbem.

1IERI4DEK.

II. pliilsKlelplii 9- — Black, form slender, closely and finely punctured;
head broader than thorax, long ; clypeus short, labrum long, somewhat surpassing
the open mandibles, its sides parallel, apex three toothed, the middle tooth longer
and strongly elevated, mandibles long and narrow; ])leura with a little thin,
pale pubescence, enclosure of metathorax crescentic, rough ; wings hyaline, faintly
clouded at apex and in the submargiual cell, stigma black, nervures and tegnlse

NORTH AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.

piceous ; legs black, clothed with thin pale pubescence, apical joints of tarsi tes-
taceous; abdomen slender, sides parallel, fascim wanting, a little thin pale pubes-
cence on the sides at apex, ventral scopa white. Length 6 — 8 inm.

.—Resembles the female; the head very much shorter and smaller, as also
the mandibles and labrum; antenme longer, reaching to metathorax, flagellum
dull testaceous beneath ; seventh segment of abdomen with two long spines in
middle and a short blunt one on each side. Length 5—7 mm.

Twenty-seven females, twenty-eight males, taken on May 29th, on
flowers of Philadelphus grandiflor^is.

MEGACHIL,E.

rufinianiis 9.— Form as in M. pugnata and M. inimica ; head large
long, strongly produced hehiud eyes, form much as in M. pugnata, but without a
spine under cheek ; clypeus very broadly and deeply emarginate ; labrum as long
as mandibles, broad and three lohed at apex, strongly produced at tip above into
a pyramidal process; mandibles long and very slender, three toothed at tips-
mesothorax closely, coarsely and strongly punctured, clothed with short thin’
black pubescence, bearing anteriorly two short lines of white pubescence lying
about 1 mm. apart: scutellum more coarsely and sparsely punctured - wines
fusco-hyahne. the marginal cell clouded along the costal margin - legs’ black
slender, tibiae spiued at apex exteriorly; abdomen coarsely and strongly punc-
tured, more closely at base, sides and apex, more sparsely on disc, triangular
patch on each side of first segment, apical margins of segments 2-4 and base of
sixth with white pubescence, ventral scopa white, except on sixth segment where
it is black. Length 11 — 13 mm.

% .-Resembles the female; the head is much smaller, the face closely clothed
with white pubescence; the mandibles and labrum are shorter, the latter more
rounded at tip and not strongly produced above; the auterior legs simple, the
coxfe unarmed ; anterior femora and tibi® rufous in front, the carina of sixth
segment emarginate in the middle ; wings more hyaline than in female Lensth
9 — 11 mm. ^

Five females, eleven males, taken from June 26th to July 19th,

on flowers of Pnoralea onobrychis, Lobelia leptostachjs and ‘ Nepeta
cataria.

XE.\OGEO!i$S4.

X. ipoiiicea-: 9.— Black, the face, vertex, thorax above, and base of first
segment of abdomen clothed with bright fulvous pubescence; clypeus thinly
clothed with appressed, glittering yellow pubescence, rough, with shallow punc-
tures, apex with a broad shallow emargiuatiou on each side : mandibles orano-e-
.vellow, black at base and at extreme tip; flagellum dull ferruginous; cheeks and
thorax beneath with pale pubescence ; thorax above with very dense, bright
fulvous pubescence; wings fusco-hyaline, nervures black, tegul® reddish testa-
ceous; legs black, apical joints of tarsi dull ferruginous, tips of claws black
tooth of hind claw small, short; hairs on front legs paler, on middle and hind
pairs more fuscous, scopa thin, with the hairs black at base, pale at tips; abdo-
men black, opaque, with shallow punctures, first segment at base with pubescence

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APRIL, 1891.

CHARLES ROBERTSON.

like that of thorax, but a little paler, black beyond, second at base with short,
dense, grayish pubescence, black beyond, third and fourth black at base, grayish
beyond, with pruiuous toinentum towards apex, fifth similar, but with long fus-
cous pubescence towards apex, sixth with fuscous pubescence. Length 13 — 16 lum.

— Resembles the female; apex of clypeus with the lateral emarginations
narrower, deeper and more rounded, making the clypeus three lobed, middle
lobe concave above, slightly emargiuate at tip; transverse band near apex of
clypeus, labrum and base of mandibles pale yellowish ; middle of mandibles
toothed exteriorly ; antennae reaching to scutellum, flagellum testaceous beneath,
black at tip ; pubescence of legs pale, hind tarsi slender, front and middle claws
nearly ec£ually cleft, hind claw with a short triangular tooth at extreme base ;
segments 3-6 of abdomen with pruinous tomentum. Length 13 — 16 mm.

Three females, four males, taken from July 22d to August 20tli,
on flowers of Ipomoea pand^irata.

SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.

CATAI.OGIIE OF THE HE^CRIBED SPEC’IES OF
SOUTH AMERICAN ASIEID.E.

BY S. W. WILLISTON.

'File following preliminary catalogue of the described species of
South American Asilidse is offered in the hope that it may lighten
the labors of students of the South American Dipterous fauna. It
was originally prejiared, two years ago, as a preliminary to the study
of a Brazilian collection in this family, and has been recently sub-
jected to a careful revision. It will be strange if, among so many
references, some errors, both of omission and commission, are not
found. I can only say in extenuation of such, that the entire paper
has been repeatedly written and the references as often compared.
Schiller’s list of specific names of the Asilidie of the world, which
seems to be very complete to 1860, has been of material service, as
also Lynch’s partial catalogue. The distribution of the genera is
chiefly that of Schiner ; some few changes have been made in ac-
cordance with Lynch’s, Osteu Sackeu’s, or my own views. A very
few of the less important works have been inaccessible to me, and it
is in them that additional references may be found. The references
thus taken at second hand will be found preceded by an asterisk.
No references later than 1889 are included.

I.— DASYPOGONIN.B.

DASYPOGON.

Sensu, latissimo.

aberrans Wiedemann, Dipt. E.xot. i, 223; Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 389.— South America,
aurarius Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 229; Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 410. — Brazil,
caiennensis Fabricins, Mant. Ins. ii, 360 {AsUus); Ent. Syst. iv, 386 (id.); Syst.

Anti. 162 (Laphrin) ; Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 220; Auss. Ins. i, 383. —
Cayenne.

coriaceus Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 2.30; Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 411. — Brazil. [Hol-
cocephala T\

hirtuosus Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 227 ; Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 402. — Brazil,
’■leptog-ast Perty, Delectus, etc., 130, pi. xxxvi, fig. 2 (Laphria); Walker,
List, vi, 504. — Bahia.

mundatus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 569. — Brazil.

reticulatus Fabricins, Syst. .\ntl. i, 160 (Lnphria) \ Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot.
i, 212; Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 378. — South America.

S. W. WILLISTOX.

splendens Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 690. — Chili.

testaceus Fabriciu.s, Syst. Autl. i, 167; Wiedeniami, Dipt. Exot. i, 222; Auss.

Zw. Ins. i, 386; Scbiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 677.— South
America. [Plesiomma f Scbiuer.]

A. — Tibise anticse non calcaratss.

DASYPOGON.

Sensn latiori.

atratus Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 687. — Chili,
carbonarius Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 687. — Chili,
chilensis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 46; Blanchard, Gay’s Hist. fis. ypol.de
Chile, vii, 365. — Chili.

dorsalis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iii, 20, pi. i, fig. 12. — Rio Negro,
fasciatus Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 295. — Cayenne,
fenestrata Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 58 (Senobasis). — Brazil,
fuscipennis Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 294. — Cayenne,
insertus Walker, Dipt. Saund. 94. — Para,
latus Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 686. — Chili,
lugrens Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 689. — Chili,
micans Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 690. — Chili.

Phalna Walker, List, etc., ii, 331 ; vi, 486. — Para.

punctipennis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 46; Blanchard, Gay’s Hist. fis. y pol.
de Chile, vii, 365.— Chili.

rubiginnipennis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 45. — Brazil,
rufipes Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 691.— Chili,
sericeus Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 691. — Chili,
tripartitus Walker, List, etc... vi, 437. — Brazil,
venustus Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 689. — Chili.

LEPTOGASTER.

Meigeu, Hliger’s Magaz. 1803; Gonypes Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust, etc., 1804.

Audouinii Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 155 (Gonypes) \ Scbiner, Verb, zool.-bot.

Gesellsch. xvii, 357. — Brazil. [Scbiner],
annulipes Walker, List, etc., vii, 772. — Para,
basalts Walker, List, etc., vii, 770. — Amazon.

bicolor Macquart, Dipt. Exot. 3 Suppl. 31, pi. iii, fig. 6 (Gonypes). — Rio Negro,
■■■breviventris Roiidani, Studi Eiitom. ( Gonypes). — Brazil,
cingulipes Walker, Trans. Entom. Soc. iv, 130. — Amazon.

*clavistylus Roudani, Studi Entom. (Gonypes).— Brazil,
distincta Scbiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 357. — Brazil,
ferruginea Walker, List, etc., vii, 771. — Para,
gracillima Walker, List, etc., vii, 771. — Para.

Kamerlocberi Scbiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 350. — Brazil,
multicincta Walker, Dipt. Saund. 155. — South America.

nigra Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 533; Scbiner, Verb, zol.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi,
694, xvii, 356. — Brazil.

nubeculosa Bigot, Auu. Soc. Ent. France 1878, 445. — Colombia.

SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.

rubida Wiedeniaun, Dipt. Exot. i, 242; Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 533; Schiuer, Verb.

zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi. 694. — South America.

■*tenuipes Loew (Schiuer).

-varipes Loew (Schiuer).

vitripennis Schiuer, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 358. — Brazil.

LASIOCNEMIS.

Loew, Bemerk. ueber d. Fam. Asil. 1851.
calceolatus Bigot, Ann. Soc. Eiit. Fr. 1878, 430. — Amazon.

EUSCELIDEA.

Westwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1850.
fascipennis Schiuer, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 359. — Brazil.

DIOCTRIA.

Meigen, Illiger’s Magaz. 1803.

nigrita Fabricius, Syst. Anti. 152; Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 180; Auss. Zw.

Ins. i, 366; Walker, List, etc., vi, 497 {Discocephala) — South America,
tenuis Walker, Dipt. Saund., 86. — South America.

vicina Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 26 ; Walker, List, etc., vi, 387. — Brazil.

PLESIOMMA.

Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 54, 1838.

caedens Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 584 {Dasypogon) ; Schiuer, Verb, zool.-bot.
Gesellsch. xvi, 681. — Brazil.

caminarius Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 585 (Dasypogon); Schiner, Verb,
zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 681.— Brazil.

fuliginosus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 380 (Dasypogon) ; Dipt. Exot. i, 218
(id.); Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi. 677; Jaeunicke. Neue
exot. Dipt. 359. — Brazil.

nigra Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 55. — Brazil. [Schiner, Jaennicke].
jungens Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 375. — Brazil,
semirufa Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 393 (Dasypogon); Schiner, Verb, zool.-
bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 678; v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Entom. xxv, 96; E.
Lynch A., An. Soc. Ent. Arg. x, sep. 94. — Brazil, Argentina.

DIZONIAS.

Loew, Ceutur. vii, 53, 1866.

tristis Walker, Dipt. Saund. 93 (Dasypogon). — United States, Central and South
America.

Dasypogon quadrimaculatus Bellardii, Saggio, ii, 80, pi. i, fig. 8. — Mexico. [Osteu
Sacken].

Dizonias bicinctus Loew, Centur. vii, 54 ; v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Entom. xxv,
96; Osteu Sacken, Cat. Dipt. 230; Biol. Ceutrali-Americaua, 169.

PHILAMOSIUS.

Rondani, Prodr. 1856 ; Dipt. Aliq. Exot. 1863.
ocrealis Eondaui, Dipt. Aliq. Exot. Arch, per la Zool. 45, 1863. — Chili.

S. W. WILLISTON.

PROLEPSIS.

Walker, Dipt. Saund. 101, 1851 ; Cacodsemon, Schiner, Yerh. zool.-bot.

Gesellsch. xvi, 671, 1866.

lucifer Wiedemann, Anss. Zw. Ins. i, 388 (Dasypogon) ; Walker, List, etc., vi,
432 ( id.) ; Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 672 { Cacodsemon) ; Bigot,
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5), viii, 431 (id.); v. d. Wiilp, Tijdschr. v. Entom.
xxii. 21 (id.): E. Lynch A., ,\n. Soc. Cient. Arg. viii, 1.52 (8), xi, 26. —
Montevideo. Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Buenos Aires.

Dasypogon satanas Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 401; Loew, Bemerk. Fam.
Asil. 13; Walker, List, etc., vi, 441, 442; Schiner, Verh, zool.-bot. Ge-
sellsch. xvi, 702 (Cacodsemon) \ v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Entom. xxii, 21
(id.).

? Dasypogon rufipennis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 45; Walker, List, etc., vi,
438 (E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. ix, 29).

Prolepsis famijlamma Walker, Dipt. Saund. 100. pi. iii, fig. 6; List, etc., vi, 437.

crabroniformis Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 375 (Cacodsemon).

quadrinotata Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 431 (Cacodsemon). — Chili.

TOLMEROLESTES.

E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. xi, 27 (Asilides Argentines), 1881.

fax E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. xi, 30. — Buenos Aires.

Pluto E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. xi, 112. — Buenos Aires.

rubripes E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. xi, 114. — San Luis.

CYLICOMERA.

E Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient, Arg. xi, 11.5, 1881.

fraterna E. Lynch An. Soc. Cient. Arg. xi, 117. — Buenos Aires.

rubrofasciata E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. xi, 119. — Buenos Aires.

MICROSTYLUM.

Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i. 2, 26, 1838.

longipes Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 30, j)!. ii, fig. 4. — Brazil.

DICRANUS.

Loew, Bemerk. Fam. Asil. 13, 1851; Macronix Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1857,549.

longiungulatus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Supj)l. iv, 67, pi. vi, fig. 14 {Dasypogon)'.
Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 676. — Brazil.

rutilus Wiedemann, Dii>t. Exot. i, 231 ; Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 370 (Dasypogon) ; ®Loew,
Bemerk. Fam. Asil. ; Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 676. --Brazil.

Tucma E. Lynch A., .4n. Soc. Cient. Arg. ix, 26 (9), xi, 124; v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr.
V. Entom. xxv, 98. — Argentina.

OBELOPHORUS.

Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 672, 1866; Novara Exped. 167, 1868.

Landbeckii Philippi, Verh. zool -bot. Gesellsch. xv, 686, pi. xxv, fig. 24. — Chili.

terebratus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Su])pl. iv, 66, pi. vi, fig. 11 (Dasypogon)-,
Blanchard, Gay’s Hist. fis. y pol. de Chile, vii, .366 (id.) ; Schiner, Novara
Exped. 168.- -Chili.

SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.

ARCHILESTRIS.

Loew, Berl. Ent. Zeit. xviii, 377, 1874; Archilestes Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Ge-
sellsch. xvi, 672, 1866 [preoc.] ; PseudarcMlestes Bigot, Bullet. Soc. Eiit. Fr.
1889, p. 183.

captnopterus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 376 (Dasypogon) ; Walker, List, etc.,
vi, 441, 442 (id.); Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 672, xvii, 377
{Archilestes) \ E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. 28; Williston, Psyche,
255, 1889. — Montevideo, Brazil.

Dasypogon albitarsis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 66, pi. vii, fig. 7 ; Walker,
List, etc., vi, 441, 444; Bigot, Bullet. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1889, 183 {Pseudar-
chilestes). [Schiner],

magniflcus Walker, List, etc., vi, 427 [Dasypogon) ; Bellardii, Saggio, 79, pi. i,
fig. 19 (Microstylnm)\ Schiner, Novara Exped. 168; Osten Sacken, Biol.
Centr.-Amer. 169. — Mexico, South America.

DOLICHODES.

Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 49, 1838.
ferruginea Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 49, pi. iv, fig. 1.- -Brazil.

HOLOPOGON.

Loew, Linn. Ent. ii, 473, 1847.

bullatus V d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Entom. xxv, 100. — Argentina,
tenerus Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 437. — Chili.

HYPENETES.

Loew, Ofvers. af. k. vet. Akad. Forhandl. 1857 ; Diptf. Siidafrikas, 89, 1860 ;
Clavator Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 699, 1865.

asiliformis v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Entom. xxv, 101. — Argentina,
brevicornis Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 700 [Clavator). — Chili,
fulvicornis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 67, pi. vii, fig. 11 [Dasypogon) ; Schiner,
Novara Exped. 159. — Chili, Brazil.

nigribarbis Philippi, Verb., zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 700 (Clavator). — Chili,
punctipennis Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 699. pi. xxvi, fig. 31
[Clavator I ; Schiner, Novara Exped. 159. — Chili,
rufescens Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 700 [Clavator). — Chili,
rubricornis Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 700 {Clavator). — Chili.

DASYCYRTON.

Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv.

gibbosus Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 701, pi. xxvi, fig. 30. — Chili.

BATHYPOGON.

Loew, Bemerk. u. d. Fam. Asilidre, 1851.

cinereus Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 432. — Colombia,
claripennis Schiner, Novara Exped. 160. — Chili.

hirtipes Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 46 {Dasypogon): Blanchard, Gay’s Hist.

Chile, vii, 368 (id.) ; Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 686 (id.). —
Chili. [Schiner].

S. W. WILLISTON.

hirtuosus Schiner, Xovara Exped. 160.— Chili,
parvus Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 432. — Chili.

DASYPECUS.

Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 692, 1865.

heteroneurus Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 692, pi. xxviii, fig. 24. —
Chili.

HOLOCBPHALA.

Jaennicke, Neue Exot. Dipt. 51, Abb. Senckenb. Gesellsch. vii, 359, 1867; Disco-
cephala Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i. 2, 50, 1838 [preoc ].

abdominalis Say, ,T. Acad. Phil, iii, 50; Conipl. Wr. ii, 64 (Dasypogon) ; Wiede-
mann, Auss. Zvv. Ins. i, 412 (id). — North America.

Discocephnla rnfiventris Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, .50, pi. iv, fig. 2. — Carolina.
Brazil.

Dasypogon xta Walker, List, etc., ii, 362. — North .America.

Dasypogon latic.eps v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. (2), ii, 137, pi. iii, figs. 10-15. —
North America.

alboatra Walker, Dipt. Saund. 100, pi. iii, fig. 8. — Brazil.

analis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 68 (Discocep/mfa).— Columbia, Africa.

[Comp. Loew, Diptf. Siidafrikas, p. 96].
apicalis Walker, List, etc., vi, 497 {Discocephala).— West coast of America
unornata Rondani, Stndi Entom. (Discocephala). — Brazil.

^macula Rondani, Stndi Entom. (Discocephala). — Brazil.

oculata Fabricius, Syst. Anti. 151 (Dioctria) ; Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot i, 230
(Dasypogon)- Anss. Zw. Ins. i, 412 (id.); Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Ge-
sellsch. xvi, 681 (Discocephala). — Brazil.

Discocephala agalla Walker, List, ii, 361. — Brazil. [Walker, List, vi, 497],
pullata Bnrmeister, *Reise, etc., ii, 170 (iPoZocepfirtht) ; E. Lynch A., \sil. Arg.
96. — Tucoman [Noinen nudum],

ruflthorax Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 410 {Dasypogon) ; Schiner. Verb, zool.-
bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 680 (Discocephala) ; Walker, List, vi, 496 (id). — Brazil,
scopifer Schiner, Novara Exped. 161 (Discocephala). — South America,
uruguayensis E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. sep. — Uruguay.

DAMALIS.

Fabricius, Syst. Anti. 1805.

? divisa Walker, List, vii, 762. — Brazil.

TRIG LIS.

Loew, Bemerk. Fam. Asil. 1851; Gastrichelius Rondani, Prodrome, 1856
tricolor Schiner, Novara Exped. 162. — Chili.

SCYLATICUS.

Loew, Ofvers. af. K. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. 1857, 349; Diptf. Siidafrikas, 84, 1860;

Euthrix Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 690, 1865.
fulvicornis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 68, jd. vi, fig. 12 (Dasypogon) ; Blan-
chard, Gay’s Hist. Chile, vii, 366 (id); Schiner, Novara Exped. 163;
Brauer, Syst. Zool. .Studien, .Sitzenh. d. k. Akad. d. Wissensch. xci 385,
sei). 149, pi. figs. 7, 7a, 7b, 7c. — Chili.

SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.

nitidigaster Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 69 (Danypoqon) ; Blanchard, Guy’s
Hist. Chile, vii, 367 (id.); Philippi, Verb, zool.-hot. Gesellsch. xv, 686
(id.) ; Schiuer, Novara Exped. 163. — Chili.

Philipii Schiuer, Novara Exped. 163. — Chili,
rubripes Bigot, .Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 435. — Chili.

tricolor Philippi, Verb, zool.-hot. Gesellsch. xv, 690 (Dasypogon). — Chili.
[Schiner].

B. — Tibix antiex calcaratx.

THEROMYIA noni. nov.

Cylindrophora Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 704, 1865 (preoc.) ; Lynchia
Williston, Psyche 1889, 255; Myiothera (id.) ibid. 259 (both preoc.).
breviventris Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iii, 21, pi. i, tig. 13 {Dasypogon).—
Rio Negro.

calopyg-a Schiuer, Novara Exped. 166 {Cylindrophora). — Chili.

murina Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 704 {Cylindrophora). — Chili.

APHAMARTANIA.

Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xvi, 671, 1866.

Frauenfeldi Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 372. — Venezuela.

LASTAURUS.

Loew, Beinerk. v. d. Fain. Asil. 11, 1851; Morimna Walker, Dipt. Saund. 104, ’.56.

ardens Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 391 {Dasypogon) Walker, Li.st, etc., vi,
441, 446 (id.) ; Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi. 678; E. Lynch A.,
An. Soc. Cieut. Arg. viii, 151 (7). — Brazil, Buenos Aires, Misiones.
fallax Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 63, pi. vii, fig. 5 {Dasypogon) ; Schiner,
Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, .373; Osten Sackeu, Biol. Ceutr.-Amer.
180. — Venezuela, Mexico.

f L. mutabilis Loew, *Bernerk. Fani. Asil. 12. [Schiner].
fenestratus Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 424. — Colombia,
lugubris Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 64 {Dasypogon); Schiner, Verb, zool.-
bot. Gesellsch. xvii. 373. — Venezuela.

L. anthracinus Loew, *Bemerk. Fam. Asil. 12. [Schiner].

? Dasypogon fallax Maccjuart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 63, pi. vii, tig. 5. — Colombia
[Schiner].

mallophoroides Walker, Dipt. Saund. 104, pi. iv, tig. 2 {Morimna). — Columbia.

f L. lugahris .Macquart. [Schiner, verb. -zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 574].
transiens Walker, List, ii, .364 {Dasypogon) ; vi, 429 {Morimna). — Venezuela.

ALLOPOGON.

Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xvi, 670, 1866.
ferrugineus E. Lynch A., Asilides Arg. 63. — Argentina.

Heydenii .Taennicke, Neue Exot. Dipt. 48, pi. ii, tig. 1 {Dasypogon) ; E. Lynch
A., All. Soc. Cieut. Arg. ix, 29 (id.) ; x, 189. — Corrieiites.
infumatus E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. x, 183, 44 : xi. 17.— Argentina,
necans Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 392 {Dasypogon) ; Walker, List, etc., vi,
446 (id.) ; Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 678. — Brazil.

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MAY, 1891.

S. W. WILLISTON.

tessellatus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 390 (Dasypogon) Walker, List, etc.,

vi, 447 (id.) ; Schiner, Yerh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, G78 : E. Lynch A.,
An. Soc. Cient. Arg. viii, 147.— Montevideo.

vittatus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 389 (Dasypogon) \ Walker, List, etc., vi.

446 (id.); Schiner. Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 678; E. Lynch A., An.
Soc. Cient. Arg. viii, 146: x, 181 — Montevideo, Urngnay.

Dasypogon longiungulatus Macqnart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 36, pi. iii, fig. 6; Walker,
List, etc., vi, 436 : Bigot, An. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1857, 549 (Macronix). [Lynch].
Dasypogon annuUtarsis Eondani, Dipt. Aliqua, etc., 9, 24; E. Lynch A., An.

Soc. Cient. Arg. ix, 20. [Lynch].

AUopogon gracile Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 418. [Lynch].

■C^NOROLIA.

Thomson, Eugenics Resa, 470, 1868.
longripennis Thomson, Eugenics Resa, 471. — Brazil.

Miles Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 393 {Dasypogon)-, Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot.
Gesellsch. xvi, 678 (id.); Thomson, Eugenics, Resa, 471. — Brazil.

SARAPOGON.

Loew, Linn. Ent. ii, 439, 1847.

argyrocinctus Schiner, Yerh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 370.
cyanogaster Loew, Bemerk. Fain. Asil. — Chili,
fratermis Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 414. — Chili.

Gayi Macqnart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 37 (Dasypogon) ; Blanchard, Gay’s Hist. Chili,

vii, 365, pi. iii, fig- 1 (id.) ; Philippi, Yerh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 685
(id.). — Chili.

8. chalybeiventris Loew, Bemerk. Fam. Asil. — Chili. [Schiner].
hyacinttius Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 413. — Chili,
nigronasutus Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 414. — Chili,
pictus Philippi, Yerh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 681 (Dasypogon).— ChiU.
perniger Schiner, Novara Exped. 166. — Chili.

CYRTOPHRYS.

Loew, Bemerk. Fam. Asil. 1851.

*attennatus Loew, Bemerk. Fam. Asil. — Chill.

NEOLAP ARUS.

Williston, Psyche, 255, 1889; Laparus Loew, Bemerk. Fam. Asil. 1851, non Bill-
berg, 1820.

argentinus v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv, 95 (Lapar«s).— Argentina,
tabidus Loew, Bemerk. Fam. Asil. 4; Diptf. Siidafrikas, 67 (Laparus). Cape
of Good Hope? Brazil?

SENOBASIS.

Macqnart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 52, 1838 ; Lochites Schiner, Yerh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch.
xvi, 671, 1866: Novara Exped. 163, 1868. non Cabauis, 1859, nec Foerster.
1857. [Williston, Psyche, 1889, 255].

analis Macqnart. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 53, pi. v, fig. 1. — Brazil.

SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTEKA.

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apicalis Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xvii, 370 (Lochites). — Brazil,
asiloides Bio;ot, An. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 426 {Lochites). — Brazil,
claripennis Scbiiier, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xvii, 369 (Lochites). — Brazil,
fenestrata Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2. 53. — Brazil. [“Tibias anterieures sans
ergot.”]

fulvus Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 426 (Lochites). — Amazon,
g-yrophorus Schiner, Novara Exped. 164, pi. ii, fig. 10 (Lochites). — Brazil,
modestus Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 427. — Amazon,
nigriventris Bigot, Ann. Soc. ?>ut. Fr. 1878, 427 (Loc/iites). — Chili,
ornatus Wiedemann, Zool. Mag. iii, 49 (Laphria) ; Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 22 (Dasypogon)\
.4nss. Z\v. Ins. i, 386, 585 (id.); Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xvi.
677 (Lochites) ; xvii, 369 (id.). — Brazil,
staurophorus Schiner, Novara Exped. 165 (Lochites). — Colombia.

DBROMYIA.

Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xv, 705, 1865; Digomites Loew, Centnr. ii, 36,
1866.

atrata Bigot, Ann. .Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878. 415 ( Diogmites). — Brazil.

brunnea Fabricins, (Slant. Ins. ii, 359 (.4 sib/.s) ; Ent. Syst. iv, 382 (id.); Syst.

Anti. 165 (Drtsi/popo/i) ; Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 219 (id.); Auss. zw.
Ins. i, 383 (id.) ; (Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 34 (id.) ; Schiner, Verb, zool.-
bot. Gesellscb. xvi, 677 (id.) ; Walker, List, etc., vi, 421 (id.) ; Bellardi, Sag-
gio, ii, 67 { Snrapogo7i) . — Mexico (Bell.), Philadelphia (Macq.), Cayenne.
Duillius Walker, Li.st, ii, 340 (Dasypogon) \ Osten Sacken, Biol. Centr.-Amer.

178 (Diogmites). — Honduras, South ,\merica.
fascipennis Blanchard, Gay’s Hist fis. y pol. de Chile, vii, 371, pi. i, fig. 6
(Go)iypns) ; Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xv, 705. — Chili,
fulvipes Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xv, 706. — Chili,
gracilis Philippi. Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xv, 706, pi. xxvi, fig. 29.- -Chili.
Lindig'ii Schiner, Novara Exped. 165 (Dasypogon); Osten Sacken, Biol. Centr.-
Amer. 174 (Diogmites). — Panama, South America.

? notata Bigot. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 416 (Diogmites). — Amazon,
placida v. d. Wulp, Tijdschi-. v. Ent. xxv, 94. — Argentina,
rufltarsis Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 416 (Diogmites). — Brazil.
Weyenberg-bii v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv, 93. — Argentina.

Win^hemi Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 223; Auss. zw. Ins. i, 387 (Dasypogon) \
Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xvi, 678 (id.); v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr.
V. Eut. xxv, 93. — South America.

? Diogmites misellm Loew, Centnr. ; Williston, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xi, 24. —
North America.

BLEPHAREPIUM .

Rondani, Studi Entom. i, 89, 1848; Planetolestes E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient.
Arg. xi, 22, 72. 1881.

auricinctum Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb xvi, 371 (Senobasis). — Brazil,
Surinam.

coarctatum Perty, *Delectus, etc., 181, pi. xxxvi, fig. 4 (Laphria) ; Walker, List,
etc., vi, .504 (Dasypogon) ; E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. viii, 147
(Planetolestes), xi, 24; v. d. Wulp. Tijdschr. v. Eut. xxv, 88. — Brazil,
Buenos Aires, Cuba, Mexico.

S. W. WILLISTON.

7()

Ddsyiwgon Bonarievsis Macquavt, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 194; Walker, List, vi, 439.
[Lynch].

f BJephnrephim Inridum Eondani, Studi Entoin. 89.

Dasypoyon suhcontructns Walker, Dipt. Sauiid. 455. — Amazon.

Senohasis annulatus BiRot, La Sagra’s Hist. Cuba, 789, pi. xx. Hr. 3; Osten
Sacken, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. 1874, 184; Cat Dipt. 72 (Diogmites).
Dasypogon secabilis Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. (2), v, 276; Bellardi, SaRRio, ii,
63, pi. i, fiR. 4; Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xvi, 701 {Senobasis) :
Osten Sacken, Biol. Centr.-Amer. 171 {Planetolestes). [Lynch].

PHONICOCLEPTES.

E. Lynch An. Soc. Cient. Arg. xi, 18, 1881.

Busiris E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Air. xi. 21. — Buenos Aires.

DASYPOGON.

Meigen, Class. Beschr. 1804.

Sensit late.

Aedon Walker, List, ii, 343. — Venezuela,
castaneus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2. 35. — Brazil,
castigans Walker, Dipt. Saund. 89.— South America,
costalis E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Ai-r. ix, 29 {12). — ArReutiua.
coffeatus Wiedemann, Zool. Mag. iii. 49; Dipt. Exot. i, 217; Auss. zw. Ins. i,
374 ; Schiner, Verb. zool. hot. Gesellscb. xvi, 676. — Brazil,
crassitarsis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 33. — Brazil.

equestris Wiedemann, Auss. Ins. i, 392; Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb.
xvi, 678. — Brazil.

examinans Walker, Dipt. Saund. 90. — Para,
eburnus Walker, List, iii, 332.— Para.

flavipennis Wiedemann, Auss. zw. Ins. i, 376; Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Ge-
sellsch. xvi, 676. — Brazil. Colombia.

flavipennis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 64, pi. vii, fig. 4. — Colombia,
fraternus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 63. — Brazil,
grandis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Sup}»l. i, 63, pi. vi, fig. 8. — Brazil,
inclusus Walker, Dipt. Saund. 95. — Para,
insertus Walker, Dipt. Saund. 94. — South America.

intactus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 371; Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb.

xvi, 676. — South America.

Lebasii Macquart, Dipt. Exot i, 2, 38. — Colombia,
maculipennis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 37, pi. iii, fig. 8. — Brazil,
melaleucus Schiner, Novara Exped. 165.— South America,
melanogaster Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 215; Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 368; Macquart,
Hist. Nat. ].)ipt. i, 294 ; Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 85; Walker, List, vi, 450 ; Schiner,
Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xvi, 675. — Brazil,
miser Walker, Ijist, vi, 433. — Brazil.

princeps Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iii, 19, i>l. i, fig. 14. — Brazil,
pumilus Macquart, Dii>t. Exot. i, 2, 37. — Brazil,
rapax Walker, Dipt. Saund. 88. — South America,
ruflpalpis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 38, pi. iii, fig. 2.— Cayenne?
ruflventris Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 223; Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 388; Schiner,
Verb. zool. hot. Gesell. xvi, 678; Walker, List, vi, 503 (“ var.”). — Para.

SOUTH AMEEICAN DIPTERA.

i i

II.— LAPHRIN.E.

A. — Tibise anticse calcaratx.

PSEUDORUS.

Walker, Dipt. Sauiicl. 103, 1850.

piceus Walker, Dipt. Saund. 103. pi. iv, fig. 5; Willistoii, Psyche, 1889, 256.—
South America.

DORYCLUS.

Jaeiinicke, Neue Exot. Dipt. 58; Abhand. Senck. Gesellsch. vi, 366, 1867; Ampyx
Walker, List, etc., 564, 1855 (preoc.).

distendens Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 571 {Asilus)\ Jaennicke, Neue Exot.

Dipt. 366, pi. xliv. fig. 3 ; Eoeder, Berl. Entom. Zeit. xxxi, 77; Willistou,
Psyche, 1889, 256. — Brazil, Mexico.

Megapoda crassitarsis Macquart, Dij)t. Exot. Suppl. i, 70, pi. vii. fig. 11 (male).
— Brazil. [Eoeder.]

Megapoda cyaneivenfris Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 71, pi. vii, fig. 12 (fe-
male).— Mexico. [Eoeder.]

Ampyx varipennis Walker, List, etc., vii, 564 ; Osten Sackeu, Biol. Centr.-Anier.
182 (male). — Brazil, Mexico.

Doryclus latipes v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Eut. (2) v, 215, pi. ix, figs. 7-12 (fe-
male).— Surinam. [Eoeder.]

MEGAPODA.

Macquart, Hist. Nat. des. Ins. i, 288, 1834.

Guentherii E. Lynch A., Asil. Arg. 98 {Doryclus). — Buenos Aires. [Doryclus ?]
labiata Fabricius, Syst. Anti. 160 (Laphria) ; Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 232 (id.) ;

Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 499 (id.); Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt, i; Dipt. Exot. i,
2, 59, pi. V, fig. 3; Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 690; Eoeder,
Berl. Ent. Zeit. xxxi, 689, 78. — Brazil.

■f’Dasypogon rufimanus Perty, Del. Anim. Art. 181, pi. xxxvi, fig. 6. [Walker.]
ill. cyanea Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 288. — Brazil,
ruflventris Eoeder, Berl. Ent. Zeit. xxxi, 78. — Amazon.

B. — Tibix anticx non caJcaratx.

a. — Venulx exteriores cellularum disc(dis et posterioris quartx conjunctx et
rectx aut parallelx.

EUMECOSOMA.

Schiner, Yerh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 673, 1866.
dichroma Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 236. — Brazil,
metallescens Schiner, Novara Exped. 171. — South America,
pleuritica Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 527 {Laphria) \ Walker, List, vii, 568
{Atomosia) \ Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 673, 693. — Brazil,
staurophora Schiner, Novara Exped. 172. — South America.

ATOMOSIA.

Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 73, 1838; Cormansis Walker, Dipt. Saund. 154. 1851.
afBnis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Sni)pl. iv, 75. — Brazil.

appendiculata Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 76, pi. viii, fig. 1. — Cayenne.

S. W. WILLISTON.

ancylocera Schiner, Xov. Exped. 170. — South America. [Atonia .?].
annulipes Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 74. — Brazil,
argrycopliora Schiner, Novara Exped. 1(59. — Brazil.

Beckeri Jaennicke. Nene Exot. Dipt. 51 (3.59) ; E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Ciejit.

Arg. ix. 52, sep. 19. — Mexico, Buenos Aires?
brevicornis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i. 2, 76. — Brazil.

*cyanescens Rondani, Studi, Entom. — Brazil.

cyanescens Big:ot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 2.35 [Cormansis). — Chili,
dispar Walker, List, etc., vii, 570. — Santarem.

g’eniculata Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, ,528 (Laphria) ; Dipt. Exot. i, 241
(Laphrin) \ Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 693; Novara Exped.
169: V. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv, 10-5. — Brazil, Argentina,
limbata Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 287 [Laphria). — Cayenne,
limbiventris Thomson, Eugenies Resa, 466.— Montevideo,
modesta Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 685 (Laphria). — Chili,
nigripes Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 74. — Brazil,
nigrosenea Walker. Dipt. Saund. 1,54. — Columbia.

pilipes Thomson, Eugenics Resa, 465 ; E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. ix, .52,
sep. 19; V. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv. 105. — Buenos Aires,
tibialis Macquart. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 76; v. d. Wulp. Tijdsch. v. Ent xxv, 105.
— Yucatan, Columbia.

unicolor Macquart, Dijit. Exot. i, 2, 74 ; pi. vii. figs. 2, 3. — Brazil,
venustula E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. ix, .50. sep. 17 ; v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr.
V. Ent. xxv, 106. — Argentina.

viduata Wiedemann, Zool. Mag. iii, 50; Dipt. Exot. i, 241; Auss. Zw. Itis. i.

528 (Laphria)-. Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch xvii, 378. — Brazil,
xanthopus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, .529 (Laphria) ; Schiner, Verb, zool.-
bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 693; v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv, 105.— Brazil.
Guanaxuata.

RHATHITHOMYIA.

E. Lynch A., Asil. Arg. 104, An. Soc. Cient. Arg. xi, 1881.
nitidula E. Lynch A., Asil. Arg. 106. — Argentina.

APHBSTIA.

Schiner, Verb, zol.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 673, 1866.

brasiliensis Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 378. — Brazil,
calceata Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 379. — Brazil.

ATONIA.

Williston, Psyche, 1889, 257.

? ancylocera Schiner, Novara Exped. 170 (Atomosia). — South America.

CEBOTAINIA.

Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 673, 1866 ; Ceratotxnia E. Lynch A.,
,\n. Soc. Cient. .\rg. ix, .52, sep. 19, 1880.

arg'yropus Schiner, Novara Exped. 170. — Colombia.

aurata Schiner. Novara Exped. 171. — Colombia.

bella Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, ,380. — Brazil.

SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.

brasiliensis Schiiier. Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 379, — Brazil,
propinqua Schiner, Novara Exped. 171. — Colombia

rhopaiocera E. Lyncb A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. ix, sep. 101. — Argentina,
violaceithorax E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. ix, 52, sep. 19, — Bneiios Aires.

CYPHOTOMYIA.

Williston, Psyche, 1889, 257.

Lynchii Williston, Psyche, 1889, 258. — Brazil.

LAMPROZONA.

Loew, Bemerk. Fain. Asil. 1851.

auricincta Loew, Bemerk. Fam. Asil. 18; Schiner, Novara Exped. 171. — Chili,
casta.neipes Bigot, An. Soc. Eut. Fr. 1878, 234, — Chili.

h.— Venas exteriores cellular um discalis et posteriori^ quartse
nec conjunctm nec pnrallelae.

DASYLLIS.

Loew, Bemerk. Fam. Asil. 20, 1851.

albicollis Bigot, An. Soc. Eut. Fr. 1878, 229. — South America,
croceiventris Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 2ZA (Laphria)\ Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 503
(id.); Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 691. — Brazil,
fascipennis Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 284 (Lap/tria). — Central America.
Cayenne.

Laphria praepotens Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 74, jil. vii, fig. 17 ; Schiner,
Novara Exped. 172 [Loew, in Osten Sacken, Cat. Dipt, 75.]
lasemorrhoa Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. ii, 645 (Laphria) ; Schiner, Verb, zool.-
bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 694. — Bahia.

LAPHRIA.

Meigen, Illiger’s Magaz. ii, 1803; Chaerades Walker, Dipt. Saund. 109, 1856.

Sensu lat.

albolineata Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 74. — Bolivia,
albitibia Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Sup))!. iii, 25, pi. ii. fig. 6. — Brazil,
albitibialis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 38.— Brazil. [= albitibia; fide
Walker, List, etc., vii, 535.]

antica Wiedemann, Auss. Ins. i, 530. — Brazil. [Atomosiaf]
bimaculata Walker. List, etc., vii, 531, 534, 550. — Amazon,
bipars Walker. [Schiner.]

calogastra Philippi Verb, zool.-hot. Gesellsch. xv, 684. — Chili,
contusa Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 587. — Brazil.

dasypus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 527; Walker, List, vii, 568. — Brazil.
[,4<onios;« f Atractia ?]

dichroa Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 526. — Brazil,
dentipes Fabricius. [Schiner.]
laticornis Walker, List, vii, 535. — Para.

melanura Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 508; Macquart. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 67;

Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 691. — Brazil,
mellipes Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 526. — Brazil.

S. W. WILLISTOX.

«()

minuta Wiwleinaini. Aiiss. Z\v. Ins. i, 530. — Brazil. [Atract'm? Atomosia?'\.
Olbus Walk('r, List, ii, .37.5, vii, .530; Maoquart, Di])t. Exot. Siippl. v, 53; Scliiner,
Novara Exped. 173. — Guatemala, Honduras, South America. “Not a
Laphrin,” Osten Sacken, Biol. Centr.-Amer. 186.
pilipes ^lacquart. Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 282. — Brazil,
proxima Walker. List, vii, 537. — Paia.
pusilla Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 532. — Brazil.

ruflpennis Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, .522; Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i,
73, iii. 24; Scliiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscli. xvi, 692; xvii, 380. — Ca-
yenne, Brazil.

scoriacea Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i. ,529. — Brazil. [Atomosia? Atractiaf]
transatlantica Scliiner, Novara Exped. 173. — South America,
venezuelensis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 74, pi. vii, tig. 15. — Colombia-
Venezuela.

violacea Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 74. — Colombia.

LAMPRIA.

Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 60, 1838.

bicolor Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. i. 522 {Lnphria); Scliiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Ge-
.sellscb. xvi, 692, 709; Williston, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. xi, 32. — North
America. Brazil. [Scliiner.]
bitincta Walker, Trans. Entom. Soc. v, 276. — .Amazon.

clavipes Fabricius, Syst. .Anti. 162 (Li^phria); Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i. 237
(id.); Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 513 (id.); Scliiner, Novara Exped. 174; Verb,
zool.-bot. Gesellscli. xvi, 691; Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 61, non Suppl.
iii, 22; Walker, List, vii, 510; v. d. Wulp, Tijdscbr. v. Ent. xxv, 104;
Osten Sacken, Biol. Ceutr.-.Amer. 186; non Bellardi, Saggio. — Brazil,
Panama.

cilipes Walker, Trans. Entom. Soc. iv, 127. — .Amazon.

dives Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, .524 (Laphria) ; Scliiner, Verb, zool.-bot.

Gesellscli. xvi, 692. — Brazil,
fulgida Scliiner. Novara Exped. 174. — Brazil.

Macquartii Perty, ^Delectus {Laphria) ; Walker, List, vii, 511. — Brazil,
parvula Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 237. — Brazil,
pusilla Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 68 (Laphria). — Brazil,
scapularis Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, 237. — Para.

spinipes Fabricius, Syst. Anti. 162 (lAiphria) ; Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 240
(id.) ; Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 525 (id.) ; Scliiner, Verb, zool.-bot, Gesellsch. xvi,
692; Osten Sacken, Biol. Centr.-Anier. 187. — Brazil, Central America.

Laphria affinis Fabricius Syst. Anti. 163.

Tolmides Walker, List, ii, 377 (Laphria). — South America.

MAIRA.

Scliiner, V^erb. zool.-bot. Gesellscli. xvi, 673, 1866.

splendens Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 286 (Laphria) ; Scliiner, Novara Exped.
157. —Surinam.

ANDRENOSOMA.

Rondani, Dipt. Ital. Prodr. i, 160, 1856; Nasa Walker, Dipt. Saund. 108, 1854.
Amandus Walker, List, ii, 373 (Laphria). — Brazil.

SOUTH AMERICAN BIPTERA.

appendiculata Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i. 75, pi. vii, fig. 18 (Lnphria). —
Cayen iie.

clausicella Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 74, pi. vii, fig. 7 (Laphria). — Guiaua
erythrog-aster Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, .523 {Laphrin) \ Scliiner, Verb,
zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xvii, 382. — Brazil.

erythropyga Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 609 {Laphria} ■, Scbiner, Verb, zool.-
bot. Gesellscb. xvi, 691; v. d. Wulp, Tijdscbr. v. Ent. xxv, 104, — Brazil,
fulvicauda Say, J. Acad. Pbil. Hi, 53, pi. vi, Compl. Wr. i, 12 {Lnphria); Wil-
liston, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. xi, 33. — North and Soutb America.

Laphria pyrrhacra Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 517 ; Scbiner, Novara Exped.
175.

laticornis Walker, List, vii, 535 {Lnphria). — Para.

maculipennis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 73. pi. vii, fig. 14 {Lnphria). —
Guiana.

mesoxantha Wiedemann, Auss Zw. Ins. i, 513 ^ Laphria) ; Macquart, Dipt. Exot.

i, 2, 67 (id.); Scbiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xvi, 691. — Brazil,
pygophora Scbiner, Novara Exped. 175. — Soutb America.

pyrrhopyga Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 515 {Laphria) ; Scbiner, Verb., zool.-
bot. Gesellscb. xvi, 691. — Brazil,
purpurascens Walker, Dipt. Saund. 457 {Laphria. —Amazon,
ruflventris Blanchard, Gay, Hist. Nat. y pol. de Chile, vii, 364, pi. i, fig. 5 {La
phria) ; Scbiner, Novara Exped. 176. — Chili,
xanthocnema Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i. .509 (Laphria); Macquart, Dipt.

Exot. i, 2, 67 (id.); Scbiner, Verb, zuol.-bot. Gesellscb. xvi, 691; v. d.
Wulp, Tijdscbr. v. Ent. xxv, 104. — Brazil, West Indies. [Macquart.]

ASICYA.

E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. ix, 224, sep. 24, 1880.
fasciata E. Lynch A.. An. Soc. Cient. Arg. ix, 227, sep. 27. — Buenos Aires.

DASYTHRIX.

Loew, Bemerk. Earn. Asil. 21, 1851.

heteroneura Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 70, pi. vi, fig. 3. — “Arabia? Brazil?”
*inornata Loew, Bemerk. Earn. Asil. — Soutb America.

leucophsea E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. ix, 55, sep. 22. — Buenos Aires.

LYCOMYIA.

Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (3), v, 298, 1857.

Germainii Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (3), v, 290, pi. vi, fig. 3; Philippi, Verb,
zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xv, 694; Scbiner, Novara Exped. 169. — Chili.

RHOPALOGASTER.

Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 279, 18.34.

longicornis Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 519 {Laphria); Macquart, Hist. Nat.

Dipt, i, 279 ; Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 72 ; Scbiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xvi,
693. — Brazil.

LAPHYSTIA.

Loew, Linn. Ent. iii, 538, 1847.
columbina Scbiner, Novara Exped. 175. — Colombia.

TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XVIII.

(11)

MAY, 1891.

S. W. WILLISTON.

NEOPHONEUS.

VVilliston, Psyche, 1889, 2;"); Phoneus Maeqnart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 79, 1838 (preoc.).
Servillei Maeqnart, Diyit. Exot. i, 2, 79, pi. vii, fiy;. 3. — Brazil.

III.— ASILIN.E,

MALLOPHORA.

Maeqnart, Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 301, 1834.
afBnis Schiner, Novara Exped. 176. — Rio Negro,
albifrons Walker, Zool. iii, App. xcviii.— South America.

■•'•alecto Rondaui, Stndi Trngiu. — Brazil,
argentipes Maeqnart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 88. — Guinea,
atra Maeqnart, Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 302.--Brazil.

auromystacea Maeqnart, Dipt. Exot. Siipy)!. v, 55. — South America,
aurotestacea Maeqnart.

barbipes Wiedemann, Zool. Mag. iii, 48 {Laphria) \ Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 39 (i<l.);

Anss. Zw. Ins. i, 481 ; Schiner, Verb. zool. -hot. Gesellsch. xvi, 688. —
Brazil. [Promachns?]

Belzebul Schiner, Verh. zool. -hot. Gesellsch. xvii, 385. — Brazil.

Bergii E. Lynch A., Asil. Arg. .35. — Urngnay.

Bigotii E. Lynch A., Cat. 146. — -Buenos Aires.

M. soccata (Thoms)., E. Lynch A., Asil. Arg. 35.
breviventris Maeqnart, Dijit. Exot. Snytpl. iv, 77, pi. viii, fig. 7. — Brazil,
calceata Schiner, Verh. zool -hot. Gesellsch. xvi, 711. — Brazil. [Nomen nudum?]
calida Fabricins, Ent. Syst. iv, 380 (Asilus): Syst. Anti. 159 (Laphria)-, Wiede-
mann, Dipt. Exot. i, 210 [Asilus)-, Anss. Zw. Ins. i, 482 (id.); Schiner,
Verh. zool. -hot. Gesellsch xvi, 688; xvii, 384. — Brazil, Cayenne,
candens Walker, Dipt. Sannd. 117 (Trupanea) -, List, vii, 583. — Para,
ciliata Walker, Dipt. Sannd. 112. — ? South America,
cinerascens Walker, List, vii, 581.--Para.
ccBruleiventris Thomson, Eugenies Resa, 467. — Callao,
contraria Walker, Dipl. Sannd. 113. — South America,
cruralis Rondani, Arch, per la zool. etc., 1863, 46. — Guiana.

Mallophora tibialis Maeqnart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 77, pi. viii, fig. 3. [Nomen
bis lectum.]

fascipennis Maeqnart, Dipt. Exot. Snppl. iv, 75. — Brazil.

Freycinetii Maeqnart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 85, Snj)y)l. i, 77. — Brazil, Colombia,
geniculata Maeqnart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 87; Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch.
xvii, 384. — South America.

infernalis Wiedemann, Diy)t. Exot. i, 202 (Asilus) ; Anss. Zw. Ins. i, 475 (Asilus) ;

Perty, Delectus, etc., 181 (id.); Maeqnart, Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 301, pi. vii,
fig. 7; Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 687; ?Bellardi, Saggio,
ii, 21 ; ? Osten Sackeu, Biol. Ceutr.-Amer. 189. — Brazil, ? Mexico.
Lampon Walker, List, ii, 388. — Brazil.

laphroides Wiedemann, Anss. Zw. Ins. i, 403 (Asilus); Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent.

Fr. 1857, 542 (Megaphorus) ; Willistoii, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. xi, jd. ii,
fig. 11, xii, 59. — North America.

M. heteroptera Maeqnart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 90, pi. viii, fig. 3; Bigot, Ann. Soc.
Ent. Fr. 1857, 542 (Megaphorus); Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch.
xvii, 387. — Brazil.

SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.

Leschenaultii Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 86. — Laniaiia.
lugubris E. Lynch A., Asil. Arg. 30. — Misiones.

minos Wiedeniaini, Auss. Arg. Ins. i, 478 {Asilus) ; v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent.
XXV. 106. — Argentina.

nigrifemorata Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 90. — ‘ Probablenient le Bresil.”
nigritarsis Fahriciiis, Syst. Anti. 168 (Dasypogon) \ Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i,
20S {Asilus) \ Auss. Zw. Ins. i. 479 (id.); Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 86;
V. d. Wulp, Notes from the Leyden Museum, iv, 77; Tijdschr. v. Ent.
XXV, 107; Schiller, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 688, xvii, 386. — Brazil,
Surinam.

? M. nigrifemorata Macquart, [vide supra.]
nigriventris Jaenuicke, Neue Exot. Dipt. 53; E. Lynch A., Asil. Arg. 32. —
Paraguay.

opposita Walker, Dipt. Saund. 112;Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii,
385. — Brazil.

pluto Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 477 (Asilus); Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Ge-
sellscb. xvi, 688; Novara Exped. 176; v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv,
106; Osten Sackeu, Biol. Centr.-Amer. 190. — Argentina, Guatemala,
purpurea Walker, Zool. viii, App. xcviii {Trupaiiea) ; List, vii, 584. — Para.
San tar.

pusilla Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 88. — Brazil.

robusta Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 478 (Asilus) ; Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl.

i, 78; V. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv, 106. — Yucatan, Brazil,
ruflpes Macquart, Dipt, Exot. Suppl. iv, 76.— Brazil.

ruflcauda Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 476 (Asilus); Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot.

Gesellsch. xvi, 687 ; xvii, 386; E. Lynch A., Asil. Arg. .30 ; v. d. Wulp.
Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv, 106. — Argentina.

AT. soccata Thomson, Eugenies Resa, i, 467. [E. I,ynch A., Cat. 146 (38).]

ruflventris Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 91.— “Patrie inconnue.”
scopipeda Rondani, Arch, per la Zool. 1863, 46. — Brazil. Cuba.

Mallopliora scopifer Macquart (non Wiedemann), Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 89.

M. Macquartii Loew in Osten Sacken, Cat. Dipt. 78.
scopifer Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 478 (Asilus); Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot.

Gesellsch. xvi, 688; Novara, Exped. 176. — Colombia,
scopitarsis Rondani, Arch, per la Zool. 1863, 46. — Brazil,
scutellaris E. Lynch A., Asil. Arg. -33. — Misiones.

®semiviolacea Rondani, Studi Entom. — Brazil.

singularis Macquart, Di]it. Exot. i, 2, 87, pi. viii, fig. 4; Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot.

Gesellsch. xvii. 387. — Guaratuba, Brazil.

“socculata Rondani, Studi Entom. — Brazil.

Sylveirii Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 86. — Brazil,
testaceipes Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 76. — South America,
testaceitarsis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 54.— South America,
tibialis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i. 2, 85; v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv, 107. —
Brazil, Guiana, Cayenne.

31. fascipennis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 75. — Brazil.

M. fasciata Walker, List, vii, 583; Dipt. Saund. 112. [Walker.]
tisiphones Rondani, Studi Ent. 1848; Arch, per la Zool. 1863, 47.

3f. rufipes Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suiipl. iv, 76.— Brazil (nom. preoc.).
tricolor Walker, Zool. viii, App. xcviii.— Para. [“ AL Amphinome var. ?”]

S. W. WILLISTON.

ventralis MacHitiart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 91. — “ Patrie iiicomiiie.'’
xylocopides Walker. Dipt. Sauiul. 111. — Para.

PROMACHUS.*-

Liiew, Linn. Ent. iii, 390, 1848; Trnpanea Macqnait, Dipt. Exot. i, 2. 1838. non
Schrank. 1803.

breviuscula Walker. List, vii, 391. — Amazon region,
captans Walker, Dipt. Sannd. 117. — South America.

flavifasciatus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 102. pi. ix. fig. 1 {Trnpanea). — Brazil,
fuscipennis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Siipj)!. i, 81 (Trnpanea)-, Schiner. Novara
Exped. 177 : Bellardi, Saggio, ii, 24, pi. ii, fig. 1. — Mexico, South America,
gracilis Macquart. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 102 {Trtipanea). — BrAz\\.
hirtiventris Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 79, pi. viii, fig. 1 {Trnpanea). —
South America.

incisuralis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2. 107, Suppl. i, 80 {Trnpanea). — Brazil,
mitescens Walker, Dipt. Saund. 118. — South America,
nigripes Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2. 101 {Trnpanea). — Brazil,
nigripes Fabricius, Eut. Syst. iv, 385 {Asilns)\ Syst. Anti. 171 { Dasypogon)
Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 209 {Asilns); Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 480 (id.);
Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 688; xvii, 388. — Brazil,
perfecta Walker. Dipt. Saund. 120. — South America.

^purpurea Walker, Newman. Zool. Append, xcviii {Trnpanea). — Para,
quatourlineata Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 102 {Trnpanea).— 'B.io Negro,
substitutus Walker, Dipt. Saund. 119. — South America,
spissibarbis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, SO {Trnpanea). — Chili,
tricbonotus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 490, 97 (Asi/ws) ; Loew, Linn. Ent.

iii, 407; Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 689: xvii, 387; v. d.
Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv, 108.

Wiedemanni Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 388. — Brazil.

PROCTOPHORUS.

Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 674, 1866.

connexus Wiedemann. Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 497 {Asilns); Schiner, Verh. zool. -hot.

Gesellsch. xvi, 689; E. Lynch A.. Asil. Arg. 54. — Montevideo,
melaleucus Wiedemann, Auss. Ins. i, 498 {Asilns); Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot.
Gesellsch. xvi, 690.

pyrrhomystax Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 497 {Asilns) ; Schiner, Verh. zool.-
bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 674, 690; xvii, 391. — Brazil.

ERAX.

Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 107, 1838.

abdominalis Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 185 {Asilns) ; Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 432 (id.) ;

Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 683. — South America,
sestuans Wiedemann (non Linne), Dipt. Exot. i, 200 (Asilns); Auss. Zw. Ins. i,
467 (id.): Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 115; Bigot, in La Sagra, Hist, etc.,
791; Williston, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. xii, 72. — North America, Brazil.
[Macquart.]

* ScHsa Trnpaneie Macq., i.e., Alcima, Philodicns et Promaclins, s. stv. includentnr-

SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.

auribarbis Wiedemann, Dipt. E.'cot. i, 186 (Asilus); Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 437 (id.; ;

Schiner, Veih. zo(d.-hot. Geseilscli. xvi. 683; v. d. Wul]), Tijdsclir. v.
Ent. XXV, 110. — Baliia.

albescens Schiner, Novara Exped. 180.^ — Chili.

albispinosus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Sujqil. iv. 84, i>l. viii fig,. 7. — Sontli America.
Amphissa Walker, List, ii, 406. — Brazil.

annulipes Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Snppl. i. 83, pi. viii. fig. 8; Bigot, Ann. Soc.

Ent. Fr. (3), v, ,545 {Paehychseta}. — Brazil.

Bardyllis Walker, List, ii. — Brazil.

Bellardi Schiner, Novara Exped. 182.— South America.

Eristicus nigripes Bellardi, Saggio, i, 48 (preoc.). — Mexico,
bilineatus v. d. Wulp, Tijdsclir. v. Ent. xxv, 115. — Argentina,
bimaculatus Bellardi, Saggio, ii, 45, pi. x, fig. 11 : Schiner, Novara Exped. 182.
— Mexico, Columbia.

cellatus Schiner, Novara Exped. 181. — South America.

cbiliensis Macquart. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 85. pi. viii, fig. 5; Blanchard, Gay’s
Hist. Chile, vii, 369.- Chili, Bolivia,
cinereus Philippi. Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 693. — Chili,
commiles Walker, Dipt. Saund. 132. — South America.

copulatus Wiedemann, Zool. Mag. iii, 48 ; Dipt. Exot. i, 192 {Asilus) ; Auss. Zw.

Ins. i, 457 (id.); Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 394. — Brazil,
costatus Schiner. Novara Exped. 181. — Colombia,
culiciformis Walker, Li.st, vii, 632. — Brazil,
demifasciatus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 86.— Guiana,
dilectus Walker. List, vii, 632. — Brazil.

flavianalis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Snppl. iii, 26. pi. ii, fig. 13; Bigot, Ann. Soc.

Ent. Fr. 1855, 543 {Eichoichemus). — Brazil,
flavidus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 114; Walker, List, etc., vii, 625, 637 ; Schiner.

Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 713; E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. x,
119 (50). — Uruguay.

flavofasciatus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 470 (Asilus) ; Walker, List, ii, 400:
v. d Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv, 113. — Brazil, Honduras. [Walker.]
fulvithorax Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 113. — Brazil, Guiana,
fuscanipennis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 86. —Guiana,
fuscipennis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 40. — Brazil.

fuscus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 465 (Asilus); Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2,
112; Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi. 686. — Brazil,
griseus Guerin, *Zool. Voy. de la Coquille, ii. 2 (Asilus) ; Blanchard, Gay’s Hist.

Chile, vii, 369, pi. v, fig. 2 ; Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 115; Philippi,
Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 692; Schiner, Novara Exped. 182.- -Chili,
heteropterus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 83, pi. viii, fig. 6; Schiner, Novara
Exped. 182. — New Granada,
hyalipennis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 114. — Brazil,
hyalinus Macquart.

impendens Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 587 (Asilus); Schiner. Verb, zool.-bot.

Gesellsch. xvi, 690; Jaennicke, Abh. Senck. Gesellsch. vi, 366 (Seno-
prosopis).

lapidophorus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 459 (Asilus); Macquart, Dipt. Exot.

i, 2, 110; Schinpr, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesell. xvi, 686; v. d. Wulp, Tijdsclir.
V. Ent. xxv, 113. — Brazil.

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Lades Walker, List, ii, 40.3 (Asilus)\ Schiner, Verb. zool. -hot. Gesellsch. xvii,
374. — Brazil.

lascivus Wieclenjanii, Aiiss. Zw. Ins. i, 474 (.4s?7?ts) ; Schiner, Verb. zool. -hot.
Gesellsch. xvi, 687 ; xvii, .394. — Brazil.

Asilus amnryncns Walker, List, ii, 400, vii. 6.37. — Honduras. [Walker, vii,
637.]

leucopygus Wiedemann. Anss. Zw. Ins. i, .786 (Asilus) \ Schiner, Verb. zool. -
hot. Gesellsch. xvi, 690. — Brazil.

Asihis sestuans Linne. [Schiner.]

longiterebratus Macquart. Dipt. Exot. Siippl. iv, 83, pi. viii, 6g. 7 ; Schiner,
Verb. zool. -hot. Gesellsch. xvi, 713; E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Gient. Arg. x,
120. — Arfientina.

maculatus Macquart. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 111, pi. ix, ti<r. 6; Schiner. Verb. zool. -hot.
Gesellsch. xvii. 392; Osten Sacken, Biol. Centr.- Ainer. 200. — United
States, Mexico, Guatemala, Guadalupe, Columbia, Guiana, Brazil.

E. lateralis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2. 116; Williston, Trans. Amer. Ent.
Soc. xii, 70. [Williston.]

E. ambiguus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Supid i, 84. [Osten Sacken.]

Asilus interruptus Macqnart, Hi.st. Nat. Dii>t. i, 310. [Osten Sacken.]

E. {Eristicns) villosus Bellardi, Saggio, etc., ii, 49. [Osten Sacken.]
macularis Wiedejnann, Dipt. Exot. i, 193 (Asilus) \ .\uss. Zw. Ins. i, 447 (id.);

Macquart. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 147, i)l. xii, fig. 5 (id.) ; Schiner, Verb, zool.-
bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 684; Novara Exped. 180: v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v.
Ent. XXV, 112. — Brazil.

medianus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 473 (Asilus) ; Schiner, Verb. zool. -hot.
Gesellsch. xvi, 687. — Bi'azil.

mellinus WiedemaTin, .\uss. Zw. Ins. i, 46.5 (Asilus): Walker, List, vi ; Schiner,
' Verb. zool. -hot. Gesellsch. xvi, 686: xvii, 393; E. Lynch A., An. Soc.
Client. Arg. x, 119 (,53). — Montevideo,
minor Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 41, ]>1. i. fig. 8. — Brazil,
murinus Philippi, Verb. zool. -hot. Gesellsch. xv, 694. — Chili.

Mygdon Walker, Dipt. Saund. 127. — South America.

nigrinus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 462 (Asilus): Dipt. Exot. i. 197 (id.):
Schiner, Verb. zool. -hot. Gesellsch. xvi, 686. — Brazil,
nigripes Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Siipj)!. iv, 85, pi. viii. fig. 6. — Bolivia,
notabilis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 110. — ,\inerica.
obscurus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 112. — Brazil.

Parphorus Walker, Dipt. Saund. 127. — Columbia,
parvus Walker, List, vii. 639. — Brazil.

patagoniensis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 80; Schiner, Verb. zool. -hot.

Gesellsch. xvi. 714; E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. x, 111, 114 (48). —
Patagonia, Argentina.

perniger Schiner, Novara Exped. 180. — Chili,
pictipennis Schiner. Novara Exped. 182. — Sonth America.

Potamon Walker, Dipt. Saund. 128. — South America.

pumilus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 85, pi. viii, fig. 9. — South America,
pyrrhogonus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i. 472 (Asilus): Schiner, Verb, zool.-
hot. Gesellsch. xvi, 687. — Brazil,
rubidiventris Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl, iv. 84. — Brazil.

SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.

rufinus Wiedemann, Zool. Mag. iii, 47 (Asilus); Dipt. E.vot. i, 189 (id.) ; Anss.

Zw. Ins. i, 441 (id.); Scliiner, Verb. zool. -hot. Gesellscb. xvi, 681; xvii,
.39.3; V. d. Wnlp, Notes from tlie Leyden Museum, iv, 78; Tijdscbr. v.
Ent. XXV, 113. — Brazil.

ruflpes Macquart. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 112. — Eio Janeiro,
ruflthorax Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i. 82. — Brazil.

rufitibia Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iii, 27, pi. ii, fig. 11; Boeder, Stett. Ent.

Zeit. 1885, 339. — Eio Negro (Macq.), St. Domingo (Walker), Porto Eico
( Boeder,!.

senilis Wiedemann, .Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 471 (Asilus)-, S.jliiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Ge-
sellscb. xvi, 687; Walker, List, ii, 400; E. Lyucb A., An. Soc. Cient.
Arg. X, 110, 113 (47) ; v. d. Wulp, Tijdscbr. v. Ent. xxv, 115. — Argentina,
Montevideo.

Sicyon Walker. List, ii, 399. — Brazil.

simplex Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iii, 27. pi. ii, fig. 14: Bigot, An. Soc. Cient.

Arg. Ent. Fr. 1857. 545 (Eicherax). — Eio Negro,
singularis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 111, pi. ix, fig. 10; Walker, List, vii, 634;

Scbiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xvi. 713; E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient.
Arg. X. 110 (45). — Argentina. Brazil.

Stimicon Walker, Dipt. Saund. 129. — Colombia.

striola Fabricius, Syst. Anti. 172 (Dasypogon) \ Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 199
{Asilus) \ Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 464 (id.) ; Scbiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb.
xvi, 686, xvii, 392; Walker, List, vii, 625; Burmeister, Eeise, etc., ii,
171 {Eristicus) ; E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. x. 111, 117 (51).—
Brazil, Argentina.

stylatus Fabricius, Syst. Ent. iv, 795 (Asilus) ; Ent. Syst. iv, 384 (id.) ; Syst. Anti.

171 (Dasypogon) ; Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 198 (Asilus,-, Auss. Zw. Ins.
i, 465 (id.) : V. d. Wulp, Tijdscbr. v. Ent. xxv, 112; Scbiner, Verb, zool.-
bot. Gesellscb. xvi, 686.— Eio Janeiro, Wisconsin. [Wulp.]
subappendiculatus Macquart, Dipt. Exot i, 2, 114. — Brazil,
tibialis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 118. — tlayenne, St. Domingo, Pennsylvania,
vicinus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 85; Scbiner, Novara Exped. 183. — South
America, Texas.

virillis Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i. ■iQS (Asilus) Macquart, Di])t. Exot. i, 2.

113; Scbiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscb. xvi, 687. — Brazil,
velox Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 468 (Asilus). — Pernambuco.

Zellerstedtii Jaeuuicke, Neue Exot. Dipt. 49 (362). — Venezuela.

PEDIOPHONEUS.

E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. xv, 87, 1883.

(No species described or referred to the genus.)

PROCTACANTHUS.

Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 120, 1838.

Acanthodelphia Bigot, An. Soc. Ent. Fr. (3) v, 545, 1857.

Antidomus Walker, List, ii, 408.— Brazil.

aurolineatus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 86, pi. viii, fig. 9. — New Granada,
basifascia Walker, List, vii. 654. — Brazil.

brevipennis Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 431 (.4si?«s); v. d. Wulp, Tijdscbr.
V. Ent. xxv, 108.— United States, ? Argentina. [Wulp.]

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brevistylatus v. d. VVulp, Tijdsclir. v. Ent. xxv, 111. — Argentina.

Coprates Walker, List, ii, 409. — Brazil.

cruentus E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Clent. Arg. ix, 264, sep. 42. — Misiones.

Daraps Walker, List, ii, 416 {Asiliis) ; vii, 653. — Brazil,
flavipennis Macqnart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 85. — Colnnibia.

Hagno Walker, List, ii, 417 (Asilus); vii, 653. — Brazil.

long-us Wiedemann, Dipt Exot. i, 183 (Asi/ns); Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 426 (id.): Mac-
quart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 123; Walker. List, vii, 648; Schiner, Verh. zool.-
hot. Gesellsch. xvii, 396. — North America, Brazil. [Macqnart.]
leucopog’on Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 430 (Asilus)-, Schiner. Verh. zool.-
bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 683; xvii, 395: E. Lynch A., Asil. Arg. 39.— .Monte-
video.

macrotelus Walker, Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii, 340 (Asilus) ; List, ii, 420 (id.) ; vii,
653; Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 714; E. Lynch A., An. Soc.
Cient. .\rg. ix, 260 (39). — Uruguay,
mystaceus Macqnart! Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 86. --New Granada,
rubricornis Macqnart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 122. — Brazil.

rubriventris Macqnart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 87, ))1. viii, fig. 3; Schiner, Verh.

zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 714; E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. ix, 259,
sep. 37. — Brazil, Chili, Argentina. Buenos Aires, Montevideo.

Asiliis {Proctacanthus) xanthopogon Burineister, *Reise, etc., i, 317, ii, 171.
[Lynch.]

Erax speciosus Philippi. Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 693, pi. xxvi, fig. 28. —
Chili. [Lynch.]

senectus v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv, 110. — Argentina,
tibialis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 88. --South America,
xanthopterus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 427 (Asilus) ; Schiner, Verh. zool.-
bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 682. — Brazil.

vetustus Walker, Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii, 340 i Asilus) \ List, ii, 420 (id.) ; vii,
653: Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 714; E. Lynch A., An. Soc.
Cient. Arg. ix, 260 (38). — Uruguay.

vittatus E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. ix, 261, sep. 39. — Misiones.

ECCRITOSIA.

Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 674.

barbatus Fabricius, Entom. Syst. iv, 379 (Asilus) ; Syst. Anti. 155 (id.) ; Wiede-
mann, Dipt. Exot. i, 187 (id.); Aus.s. Zw. Ins. i, 439 (id.); Macquart.
Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 122 (Proctacanthus) ; SchiTier, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch.
xvi, 684; v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv, 112. — Guiana, Cayenne,
Brazil.

THRENIA.

Schiner, Verh zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 674, 1866.

carbonaria Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 454 (Asilus) ; Schiner, Verli. zool.-bot.

Gesellsch. xvi, 685; Novara Exped. 184. pi. ii, fig. 11. — Brazil,
longipennis Schiner, Novara Exped. 185. — South America,
lugrens Schiner, Novara Exped. 185. — South America.

SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.

ANARMOSTUS.

Loew, Diptf. Siidafrikas, 142, 1860.

iopterus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i. 438 (Asilus) ; Loew, Diptf. Siidafrikas,
142 ; Schiner. Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvi, 684 ; Osten Sacken, Biologia
Ceutr.- Amer. 211. — Brazil, Honduras.

LOPHONOTUS.

Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i. 2, 125, 1838.

americanus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 87.— Brazil. [Dysmachus?]

DYSMACHUS.

Loew, Diptf. Siidafrikas, 143. 1860.

Gayi Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2. 148 (Asilus)-, Suppl. iv, 95; Blanchard, Gay’s
Hist. Chile, vii, 270, pi. ii, fig. 12 (id.) ; Philippi, xv, 695 (id.).— Chili.

GLAPHYROPYGA.

Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Ge,sellsch. xvi, 674, 1866.

himantocerus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 447 (Asilus) ; Schiner, verb, zool.-
bot. Gesellsch. xvi. — Brazil.

SENOPROSOPIS.

Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt. 1834; Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 130, 1838.

Brasiliensis Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 404. — Brazil,
tenuis Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 448 (Asilus) ; Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Ge-
sellsch. xvi. — Brazil.

varipes Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 405.— Brazil.

LECANIA.

Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 131, 1838.

femorata Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 132. — “ Patrie incounue.”
ruflpes Macquart. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 1.30, pi. xi, fig. 2; Walker, List, vii, 761.—
Brazil.

BPITRIPTUS.

Loew, Linn. Ent. iv, 108, 1849.

albisetosus v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. xxv, 116. — Argentina.

ATRACTIA.

Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 151, 1838.

coronata Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 412.— Brazil,
psilogaster Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 456 (.4si7«s) ; Schiner. Verb, zool.-bot.

Gesellsch. xvii, 412; Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 152.— Brazil,
pulverulenta Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii. 412. — Brazil.

HELIGMONEURA.

Bigot, Thoms. Arc. Ent. ii, 352, 1858 ; Moctherus Loew, Linn. Ent. iv, 58, 1849
fpreoc.) ; Neomoctherus Osten Sacken, Cat. N. A. Dipt. 82, 1878.

ruflpalpis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 146 (Asilus)-, Walker, List, vii, 705" E
Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. x, 174, sep. 56 (Moctherus).— Uruguay,
Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Brazil.

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S. W. WILLISTON.

LEPTOH ARP A.CTICUS .

E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arj;. x, 178, sep. 59, 1880.

Mucius Walker, List, ii. 463, vii, 707 {Asilus) ; E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient.
Arg. X, 180, sep. 61. — Montevideo.

OMMATIUS.

Wiedemann, Anss. Zw. Ins. i, 418, 1828.
apicalis Schiner, Novara Exped. 194. — South America.

erythropus Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 411. — South America,
holosericeus Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xvii, 411. — Brazil,
marg-inellus Falmicius, Spec. Ins. ii, 464 I Asilus)-, Ent. Syst. iv, 384 (id.) ; Sy.st.

Anti. 170 (Dasypogon) Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, 213; Anss. Zw. Ins.
i, 431 ; Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dii>t. i, 314; Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 134, pi. xi, fig.
4. — Brazil, Porto Rico. [Roeder. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1885, 339.]
ruflpes Macquart. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 88. — Colombia,
scopifer Schiner, Novara Exped. 194. — Colombia.

ASILUS.

liinne. Fauna Suec. 308, 1746.

albipilosus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 92 — Brazil, Bogotia.
annularis Fabricius, Syst. Anti. 171 { Dasypogon) \ Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i,
211 ; Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 491. — South America.

Antiphus Walker, List, ii, 443 — Brazil.

brachypterus Philipin, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 698.— Chili.

Baletus Walker, List, ii, 427. — Venezuela.

Calatinus Walker, Li.st, ii, 4.36.— Brazil.

clavatus Macquart, Di]it. Exot. i, 2, 147, pi. xii, fig. 3.— Brazil,
coeruleiventris Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 93.— Colombia.

Columbiee Macquart. Dipt Exot. i, 2, 148. — Columbia.

Ctesicles Walker, Dipt. Saund. 149. — South America,
cuyanus (Eutolnms) E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. x, 175. — Mendoza,
erit'ichus Philippi, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 698. — Chili,
eurylabis Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i. 469. — Brazil. [Eraxf]

Eupa’or Walker, Dipt. Saund. 147. — Brazil.

Gavius Walker. Dipt. Saund. 151. — Brazil.

Gerion Walker, List, ii, 433. — Brazil.

Gamaxus Walker, Dipt. Saund. 142. — Colombia.

Hebes Walker, List, vii, 704. — Brazil.

Herdonius Walker, Dipt. Saund. 140.— South America.

Hilarii Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 147.- -Brazil.

Heydenii Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 490. — Brazil.

imitator E. Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg. xvi, 79. — Argentina. [“Genus
novum ?”]

incomptus Philippi, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 697. — Chili.

Lebasii Macquart. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 148; Suppl. i, 93. — Colombia.

Leonides Walker, Dipt. Saund. 1.50. — Rio de Janeiro,
longiusculus Walker. List, vii, 706.-- Brazil,
luctuosus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i. 2. 146.— Brazil,
lutipes Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 454. — Brazil.

Lycorius Walker, Dipt. Saund. 143.— South America.

SOUTH AMERICAN IHPTERA.

meastylus Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscli. xv, 697. — Chili,
melanacrus Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 472. — Brazil,
mellipes Wiedemann, Auss. Zvv. Ins. i. 452. — Brazil,
mucidus Walker, Tr. Linn. Soc. xvii, 340. — Patattonia.
nigrinus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iii, 30, pi. iii, fig. 5. — Brazil,
nigriventris Pliilippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 696. — Chili,
nodicornis Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 469; Bigot, An. Soc. Ent. Fr. (3) v,
532, 543 iCerozodus). — Brazil. [Eraxf\
occidentalis Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 696. — Chili.

Peticus Walker, List, ii, 434. — Brazil.

pcBcilopus Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 697. — Chili,
sericans Walker, Trans. Entom. Soc. iv, 129. — Amazon.

Servillea Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 313. — Brazil,
sexmaculatus Walker. List, vii, 707. — Brazil.

Saulcyi Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 1.50. — .San Lorenzo Isles,
spectabilis Philippi. Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 695. — Chili.

Tatius Walker, Dipt. Saund. 148. — Colombia.

tenuiventris Macquart. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 66. — South America.
Therimachus Walker, Dipt. Saund. 137. — Brazil,
tristis Wiedemann, .Auss. Zw. Ins. i, 470. — Brazil. \_Eraxf'\
valdivianus Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv, 696. — Chili,
consang-uineus Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suiipl. i, 93.— Cayenne.

Acanthodelphia, see Proctacanthus.
Alcima, see Promachus.

Archilestes, see Archilestris.
Ampyx, see Doryclus.

Cacodaemon, .see Prolepsis.
Ceratotaenia, see Cerotainia.
Cbaerades, see Laphria.

Clavator, see Hypenetes.

Cormansis, see A omosia.
Cylindropbora, see Theromyia.
Discocepbala, see Holocephala.
Diogmites, see Deromyia.

Euthrix, see Scylaticus.
Gastrichelius, see Triclis.

Gonypes, see Leptogaster.

Laparus, see Neolaparus.

Lochites, see Senobasis.

Lynchia, see Theromyia.

Macronyx, see Dicranus.

Moctherus, see Heligmoneura.
Morimna, see Listaurus.
Neomoctherus, see Heligmoneura.
Phoneus, see Neophoneus.
Planetolestes, see Blepharepium.
Pseudarchilestes, see Archilestris.
Trupanea, see Promachus.

W. H. ASHMEAI).

A GKIVERIC' SYl^OPSIS OF THE €OC'< IIEE.

BY WILLIAM H. ASHMEAD.

Family X. — COCCIDtE.

Soft liodied insects of the smallest size. The females and the
young larvse, of both sexes, are degraded, mite-like in appearance,
oval or elli))tical in shape, with the head not distinctly sej)arable
from the thoracic segment, apjiearing merely as a segment with
rounded eyes placed toward the sides, the short, subsetaceous, 5- to
11-jointed antenme being situated just a little in advance. Ocelli
usually present. Beak usually 1 -jointed, and seldom with more than
2 joints, enclosing 4 long, delicate setae. Legs usually short ; tarsi
1 -jointed and usually with digitules. The adult males, in this anom-
alous family, present a very different appearance from the females
and young larvie ; they are elongate ovate, with a well developed
thorax, a large scutellum, a distinct, small, rounded or quadrately
shaped head, with the eyes quite large, either smooth or facetted,
while the antenme are long, filiform, and composed of from 9 to 11
joints, usually ])ubescent, but occasionally with whorls of hairs.
The beak, in this sex, is wanting ; where it should be, are two large,
shining ocelli. The legs are of moderate length, never greatly thick-
ened ; the tibiae sometimes as thick, or thicker than the femora;
tarsi 1 -jointed, stout, ending in a single claw, and usually furnished
with knobbed digitules. Most of the males known in this family
have two wings, the venation consisting of a single longitudinal vein
with a simple, oblique, discoidal branch, the hind wings being aborted,
and in their place is a pair of halters, as in the Diptera. Some few
males in the genus Lecaniwn have been discovered recently to be
entirely wingless, and it is quite probable that with closer study wing-
less males in other genera will be found. Subapterous males are
not uncommon. The abdomen in the male is simple, or terminates
in two long caudal setse, a brush of filamentous down, or then armed
with a long stylus, with oi‘ without caudal setse.

The habits of this anomalous family are quite interesting; the
vast majority of the species becoming quiescent and stationary upon
their food-plants, cover themselves with a waxy or calcareous sub-
stance, which, together with their castings or moults, affords a jiro-
tection for their soft bodies, termed a scale, shield, test, sac or en-
venope. The name, therefore, popularly given to them — “Scale
insect” — is very appropriate, although some of them do not become

GENERA OF COCCID^.

quiescent and form the scaly covering, but are capable of moving
freely about on their food-j)lant, entirely unprotected, oi- then only
covered with a filamentous, floccnlent or pulverulent substance,
whilst a few species have been discovered in Australia living in galls
or excrescences, on the leaves of the Eucalyptus tree. I also know
of a gall-rnaking species in Florida.

ihe family may be divided conveniently into five subfamilies,
apparently natural groups, based upon the studies of Signoret, Tar-
gione, Low, Masked, Comstock, Atkinson and others, recognizable
by the aid of the following table ;

Table of Subfamilies.

Species not livinji in tubes or galls, naked, or covered with a waxy, calcareous,
or cottony secretion.

Lower lip 2- or 3-jointed ; anal extremity not, or but slightly cleft, tubercular .
no lobes or plates. ’

Adult 9 with 10-11-joiuted antenufe; "J, with 10-jointed anteniife; eyes
facetted ; ocelli absent; abdomen never terminating iu two long caudal

filaments Subfamily I.--MONOPHLEBIN.E.

Adult 9 with 8-9-jointed auteunte; with 10-jointed antennae; ocelli
present; eyes usually smooth ; abdomen always with two long caudal

filaments Subfamily II.— COGGING.

Lower lip 1-jointed ; anal extremity distinctly cleft, or tubercular.

Anal extremity cleft with two triangular lobes or plates above; adult
with 9-10-jointed antennae; abdomen terminating in a long caudal

stylus and two long caudal filaments Subfamily III. — LEGANIIN^,

Anal extremity not, or but slightly cleft, strongly tuberculous, no plates
above; with 10-jointed antennte ; abdomen terminating in a caudal

stylus, but the caudal filaments absent Subfamily IV. — DIASPIN.®.

Species living iu tubes or galls, apodous, or with atrophied legs.

Subfamily V.— BRAGHYSGELIN^.

Subfamily I. — Monophlebina;.

Table of Genera.

Females.

Antennae in adult 11-joiuted o

Antennae in adult 10-jointed, second and tenth joints of equal length and longest ;

body normally covered with numerous yellow hairs mingled with
a white calcareous, lamellar secretion; skin with rows of spin-
nerets; claws stout, with a hair on each face; tarsi one-third as
long as tibiae, the latter longer than the femora; at the anal ex-
tremity of the abdomen, before the margin, the genital ring is

surrounded by a ma.ss of hairs G. 1. Walkeria.na Signoret.

2. — With a rostrum ^

Without a rostrum.

Anal tubercles wanting or obsolete ; claws with numerous knobbed digitules.

G. 2. <loeloKtoiiia Maskell.
Anal tubercles present G. 3. 1‘orphyropliora Brandt.

W. H. ASH MEAD.

3. — Feet witli knobbed diffitiiles 4.

Feet without knobl)ed ditritules.

Species covered with a cottony secretion.

.A.ntennfe pyriform, with two knobbed hairs on last joint; body with

very lonpr pubescence G. 4. (jiiieriiiia Sig.

Antennre conical-inonilifonn. witli short pubescence.

Abdomen with appendages more or less large and fringed ; larva with
7-jointed antennie, the third and seventh joints long.

G. 5. IVIoiioplilebii!^ Leach.
Abdomen with rotund spinnerets mingled with some hairs and clear,
translucent .spots ; larva with (?) 6-jointed antenme.

G. 6, Orton ia Sig,

Species covered with a white secretion.

Antenme very long; eyes reticulated ; anal ring simple, without hairs.

G. 7. Learliia Sig-

4. — Feet with horn-shaped digitules, two on the tarsus and two on the claw.

Genital apparatus ending in a tube, externally with a reticulated
ring like a sphineter, and with hairs at its extremity.

G. 8. leery a Sig.

Males.

Feet with numerous knobbed digitules; halters with four terminal setse.

G. 2. CceloMtoiiia Maskell.

Feet without knobbed digitules, only simple hairs.

Abdomen with rounded, tubercles, hairy appendages; genital organ not
long 2.

Abdomen slightly lobed at sides; genital organ very long, twisted; legs
lotig, tarsi one-third shorter than tibije. with a small supplemen-
tary articulation at tip, a single claw with a hair on the inner and
outer face; autennte 10 jointed, the joints gradually increasing
in length apically ; eyes facetted.

G. 3. Porpliyropliora Brandt.

2. — Abdominal tubercular appendages with three long hairs; antennal joints 3-
10 nearly of equal length, each with two whorls of hairs.

G. 5. .Moiiuplilobiis Leach.

Abdominal tubercular appendages with four long hairs. ...G. 8. Ic«*i*ya Sig.

Abdomen without appendages ; antennal joints 3-10 nearly of equal length,
with two nodosities and two whorls of hairs on each joint.

G. 7. Lieacbia Sig.

Subfainilj II. — CocciNyE.

Table of Tribes.

Species not enclosed in a hard, calcareous substance, oval, not quiescent, but
moving freely about, naked or covered with a cottony or tloccu-
lent substance, some transforming to the adult state in waxy sacs
or envelopes; young larva in f with (J-jointed anteniiie, in 'J, 5-
7 joints; in adult 9 7, 8 or 9 joints, in % 9- or 10-jointed.

GENERA OF COCCID^.

Species in which tlie adult 9 has 7, 8 or 9-jointed anlennpp ; in % 10 jointed
with ocelli.

Elongate forms, more or less puhescent, young larva with 6-7 jointed an-
tennae : adult 'J, with an indistinct prothorax.

Tribe I. — Acanthococcini.

Oval or broadly oval forms naked or covered with a cottony matter; tarsi
and claws with or without digitizes ; extremity of abdomen with
2-4 filamentary processes; adult % with a distinct lobed prothorax.

Tribe II.— Dactylopiini.

Species in which the adult 9 has 7-jointed antennae, larva with but 6 joints-
% adult 10-jointed without ocelli (?) larva with 5 joints.

Tribe III — Coccini.

Species enclo.sed in a hard, calcareous substance, of a more or le.ss globular shai)e,
quiescent and stationary, young larva with 6-7-jointed antennae;
in adult 9 7-8, in "J, 10-jointed ; lateral lobes strongly spined, or
with long hairs ; 'J, enclosed in a felted sac.

Tribe IV. — Kermesini.

T ri be I. — Acanthococcini.

Table of Genera.

Females.

Adult with legs and antennae 3-

Adult without legs and usually without antennae.

Rostrum notarising from a curious tubercle, or protuberance on the head. .2.

Rostrum arising from a curious tubercle, or protuberance on the head.

Body resting on a cottony mass, which extends beyond and covers its
margins; larva with 6-jointcd antennae ; the adult has the dorsum
covered with a transparent, waxy and knobbed secretion.

G. 1. Nidiilaria Targione.

2. — Body globular, rounded, abdomen not visible, enclosed in a dense white, cot-
tony matter secreted by the in.sect; adult with only the last pair
of legs visible; antennae visible G. 2. Clapiiliiia Sig.

Body elongate, cylindrical, thrice longer than broad ; rostrum in young with
a 2-jointed under lip; anal ring large, in form of a broad circle,
finely punctated and striated transversely, with six haiis not e.x-
tending beyond the abdomen.,. G. 3. Aiitoiiina Signoret.

(= Laboulbenia Licht. )

Body elliptical, enclosed in an elliptical sac, formed of a continuous waxy
secretion, very convex above; two anal tubercles, the anal ring
with eight spines G. 4. <'eroeo<*«*us Comstock.

Body xiear-shaped, not depre.ssed. covered with a waxy envelope ; anal .seg-
ment semiglohose, rest of the body more firm and furnished with
an anal chitiiious cone emitting a long hollow filament formed
from the secretion ; larva with 6-joiuted antenna;.

G. 5. Xylococoiis Low.

AV. H. ASITMEAD.

3. — Eostrum not jointed, arising from tlie usual place between the first pair of
coxse, without a tubercle; body surrounded with a white, cottony
substance covering all except the dorsal disc; antennje 6-jointed ;
tihife shorter than tarsus G. 6. (liossypiirm Sig.

Rostrum jointed, species enclosed in a sac or envelope.

Species enclosed in a sini))le felted envelope, larva and adult with 6-jointed
antennae, the third joint the longest; tibia as long as the tarsus.

G. 7. Eriococciis Targione.

Species enclosed in an envelope, which is pointed at both ends; larva with
6-jointed antennae, the third and sixth joints the longest; adult
with 6 or 7 joints, the third joint usually longer than the three
following; anal ring with 6 hairs ; tibia much shorter than tarsus.

G. 8. Aeanlliococciit^ Sig.

Species naked until fully grown ; the J forms a dense sac of waxy matter
with which the eggs are laid ; adult and larva with 7-jointed
antennae G. 9 Rliizococciis Sig.

Adult with 9-jointed antennae, the terminal joint ending in 2 knobbed
hairs; larva wMth 6-jointed antennae, the last joint enlarged,
stout G. 10. Callipappiix Guerin.

Ma/es.

Species undergoing their transformations in a small cottony, or felted sac.

Adult with 10-jointed antennae, larva with 6; wings with a small lobe near
the insertion; halters with a single bristle; head with 4-6 ocelli.

G. 1. IVidiilaria Sig.

Adult with 10-jointed antennae, with some knobbed hairs, and usually with a
tubercle at base; wings normal; halters with a simple bristle;
larva with 7-jointed antennae ; stylus very short.

G. 7. Eriocoecus Targ.

Adult with 11-joiuted antennae, the joints gradually increasing in length api-
cally; wings normal; halters with one hook; stylus very long;
abdomen with lateral lobes G. 10. Calli pappiiM Guer.

Adult with 10-jointed antennae, moniliform, pube.scent, with some knobbed
hairs on each joint and several on the last ; the third joint the
longest, the last the shortest ; occasionally wingless.

G. 6. (i>o.S!«yparia Sig.

Tribe II. — Dactylopiini.

Table of Genera.

Females.

.Antennae in adult with 9 joints 3.

.Antennae in adult with le.ss than 9 joints.

.An anal ring with 6 or 8 hairs and spinnerets secreting a cottony substance,
with 2 or 4 filamentary processes at the extremity.

Without clubbed digitules 2.

With clubbed digitules; adult with 8-jointed antennae, larva with 6.

Anal genital ring with 8 hairs: tarsi with 4 digitules; lower lip and
rostral filaments not very short G. 1. l>»etylopiii!4 Sig.

.Anal genital ring with 6 hairs: tarsi with digitules, lower lip and
rostral filaments very short G. 2. Westwooflisi Sig.

(tENERA of COCCID.E.

2. — Adult :ind l;u'va with d-joiiited antennae G. 3. Itiperia. Sig.

3. -Adult with 9-jointed antennae, larva with 6.

Eyes prominent; anal KfU'tiil ring with 8 Itairs; tarsi without clubbed

digitules G. 4. l*ufo Signoret.

(= Putonia Sig.)

Eyes not prominent; anal genital ring with (?) 6 hairs; tarsi with two

digitules G. 5. l**«eiido<‘OCCiiN VVestw.

(?) G. (J. Tetriiria Licht.

Males.

Antennae in adult 10-jointed.

Larva with 7-jointed antennae.

With four digitules G. 1. l>actylopiii$i Sig.

With two digitules G. 5. l*i$eii<loooccii»« Westw.

Without digitules G. 3. KiperiaSig.

Larva with 8-jointed antennae.

Without digitules ; halters with two bristles ; adult with four eyes and

eight ocelli G. 4. l*iito Sig.

With four digitules G. 2. We.stwoodia Sig.

Tribe III. — Coccini.

Table of Genera.

Females.

Adult with 7-jointed antennae, four basal joints thick; larva with six; body
covered with a mealy powder; genital anal ring notciliate; legs
slender G. 1. Clocou!^ Linn.

Males.

Adult with 10-jointed antennae, larva with five; extremity of the abdomen \vith
the lateral lobes with a protuberance, covered with many spin-
nerets and with three hairs at the end; stylus large, curved;
halters without bristles; eyes smooth G. 1. Coct'iis Linn.

Tribe IV. — Kermesini.

Table of Genera.

Females.

Abdominal segments in adult with a single transverse row of spines; larva with-
out abdominal lobes, and with 7-jointed antennm; adult with 8-
jointed antennae G. 1. Kei*mo<i4 Linn.

-Abdominal segments in adult without a transverse row of spines; larva with 0
adult with 7-jointed antennae G. 2. Mar$;arocle!« Guilding.

Males.

.Antennaj 10-jointed, apical joint terminating in 4 knobbed hairs; eyes 4, ocelli
0; tibia very much longer than tarsus, 4 digitules.

G. 1. Kenner Linn.

TK.\NS. .yM. ENT. SOC. XVIII.

(1.3)

MAY, 1891.

W. H. ASH MEAD.

Subfamily III. — Lecaniina5.

Table of Tribes.

Species enclosed in a felted or cottony sac. the legs and antennae being present
in the adult 9 ; % transforming in a cottony sac.

Tribe I. — Signoretiini.

Species forming a corneous scale, but on reaching maturity secreting a dense
cottony filamentary mass, forcing it from the twig or leaf, and in
which the eggs are laid, the scale having a peculiar transversely
ridged appearance; adult losing antennae and legs: 'J, transform-
ing under an oval scale Tribe II. — Pulvinariini.

Species always secreting a waxy scale, often of great thickness, under which
they undergo their transformations; the adult 9 usually losing
both legs and antennae, hut secrets no cottony mass at maturity ;
■J, transforming under a scale.

Scale of various forms, flattened oval, semiglobose or globular, more or less
smooth, rugose or tessellated ; the 9 central, not shriveling up
towards the head Tribe III. — Lecaniini.

Scale formed like the Diaspinae; the 9 after laying her eggs shriveling up
towards the head Tribe IV.— Lecaniodiaspini.

Tribe I. — Signoretiini.

Table of Genera.

Females.

Adult with 8-jointed antennae, larva with 6.

Enclosed in a felted sac ; first antennal joint !iot greatly lengthened.

G. 1. Signore! ia Targ.

Enclosed in waxy laminae; first antennal joint greatly lengthened.

G. 2. Ortliezia Bose.

Adult with 7-jointed antennae; legs and antennae retained in adult state; en-
closed in a felted sac. G. 3. Eriocliitoii Maskell.

.Adult and larva with 6-jointed antennae.

Adult not lying in a cottony mass: legs and antennae not atrophied ; anal ring
rounded with a groove in front and behind ; genital anal ring
with 8 hairs G. 4. Pliillipia Targ.

Adult lying in a cottony mass; legs and antennae atrophied ; antennae in larva
thick and short, the joints scarcely visible, third joint longest:
tibiae twice as long as the tarsi ; genital anal ring with 6 hairs.

G. ,A. Eriopelti^i Sig.

Males.

Antennae 9-jointed ; joints long, with partial whorls of hairs: eyes multiple; no

knobbed digitules on feet G. 2. Orlliezia Bose.

Antennae 10-jointed.

Antennae very long, joints 3-8 much lengthened, the two terminal joints
shortened, tibiae thrice longer than tarsi; ocelli 6.

G. 5. Eriopellis Sig.

GENEKA OF COCCIDA5.

Tribe II. — Fulvinariin i.

Table of Genera.

Females.

Adult with 8-jointed anteuufe. larva with 6; tarsi with 4 digitules.

Tibiae more than twice as long as tarsi ; genital anal ring with 8 hairs.

G. 1. Liicfeiisia Sig.

Tibiae two-thirds the length of tarsi ; genital anal ring with 6 hairs.

G. 2. Piilviiiaria Targ.

Males.

Antennae 10-jointed ; the third abdominal segment with lateral tubercles or lobes,
four eyes and four ocelli.

Antennal joints 3, 4, 5 and 6 longest, the terminal joint with 3 knobbed hairs.

G. 1. Liicteiisia Sig.

Antennal joint 4 the longest, the terminal joint with 4 knobbed hairs.

G. 2. Piilviiiaria Targ.

Tribe III. — Lecaniini.

Table of Genera.

Females.

Scale flattened oval, elliptic, or more or less globular, or rugose with dorsal

keels 2

Scale not flat, high, waxy and tessellated.

Scale waxy, with single fringe of broad segments; larva with 6-jointed

antenme, adult with 6 or 7 ..G. 1. Cteiiocliitoii Maskell.

Scale horny, partly formed of the second pellicle; larva with 6-jointed
antennae, adult short, thick, atrophied, 7-jointed.

G 2. L,ecaiiocliitoii Mask.
Scale glassy, conical or elongated, elevated, striated with air cells; larva

with 6-jointed antennm, adult with 7 G. 3. Iiiglisia' Mask

Scale of a waxy appearance, corneous, transparent, forming on its disc a
tortoise-like tessellation and having seven rays or arms, one to
the head and three on each side, corresponding to the stigmata,
and a short one to the arms; antenme 6-jointed, third joint equal
to the last three combined, the sixth is longer than fourth and
fifth and hairy; legs slender, short, tibia as long as the tarsus.

t! , . , . , Visoiiia Sig.

scale ot a thick, waxy substance, free from the insect, formed of lavers of
secretions from the spinnerets ; the dorsum is covered usually with
tubercles or tumescences, which disappear more or less as the in-
sect reaches maturity ; antennae 6-jointed, the third joint the
longest, nearly as long as all the rest together; claws with 4 digi-
tules, the shorter pair stout and horn-shaped.

G. 5. Ceroplasfes Gray.

Adult scale divided into two equal parts by a film formed of the skin of the
abdomen, which remains stationary, whilst the insect continues
to increase on its dorsal surface until the lateral margins thereof
meet and a ball-like form is produced, on the underside of which
traces of a fissure may be seen ; larva with 6-jointed antenna;'.

G. 6. Pliy!iiokeriiie.<« Targ.

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W. H. ASH MEAD.

Adult scale uot so formed.

Scale flat, hemispherical or spherical, smooth or roug:h.

Scale couvexly flattened, oval, rough or highly convex, always with a
deep anal emargination.

Adult with 7, larva with 6-jointed anteniife; tarsi with 4 digitules ;
genital anal ring with 8 hairs G. 7. Linn.

Adult with 8, larv'a with 6-jointed antennae; tarsi wMth 4 digitules;
genital anal ring with 6 hairs G. 8. Beriiardia n. g.

Scale hemispherical, or spherical waxy.

.\nterior tibiae not grooved for the reception of the tarsi 3.

Anterior tibiae grooved for the reception of the tarsi.

Antennae conical, 6-jointed G. 9. L.e<*aiiO|>si** Targ.

3. —Adult with legs and antennae 4.

Adult without legs and antennae.

Larva elongate with parallel side.s, margins fimbriate; legs very long, tibiae
slightly longer than tarsi; antennae 6 jointed.

G. 10. Aclerda Sig.

Larva oval, sides not parallel, margins not fimbriate ; legs normal, the tibiae
and tarsi of equal length, claw long ; larva with 6-jointed antennae ;
the third joint the longest ; anal genital ring with numerous hairs.

G. 11. <’artoi'ia Sig.

4. — Adult with 6-jointed antennae, larva the same, with the last joint the longest ;

tarsi as long as the tibiae, claws very long, the digitules not
knobbed G. 12. Erioeriis Guerin.

Adult with 8-joiuted antennae, the third and eighth joints the longest, larva
with 6; the tibiae are one-third longer than the tarsi, with short,
thick digitules G. 13. Fairiiiaii'ia Sig.

T ribe IV. — Lecaiiiodiaspini.

Table of Genera.

Females.

Scale opaque, couvexly flat or globular, not fringed 2.

Scale nearly smooth, compact, spherical above, flat beneath, felted with a well
developed fringe.

Adult without legs, antennae completely atrophied, their place occupied
only by circular rings; anal tubercles always present.

G. 1. I’laiiclioiiia Sig.

Adult without legs, but the antennae present ; anal extremity emarginated
with two lobes ; larva with 6 jointed antennae; genital anal ring
with long hairs G. 2. Iieeaiiiodia»«i>i!ii Targ.

Adult without legs or antenna*; anal emargination complete.

G. 3. Asterodiaspis Sig.

Scale more or less flattened convex, firm.

Adult surrounded with a regular double fringe, and on the dorsum a nuin-
l)er of tubiform spinnerets secreting a substance isolated like the
tubes, but together forming a complete sac; larva with 6-jointed
antennae with two anal lobes terminating in hairs.

G. 4. .AKteroleraiiiiiiii Targ.

2. — Adult apodous, free, in a firm, globular, irregular shell; larva with anal
tubercles G. 5. l*olliiiiii Targ.

GENERA OF COCCIDA2.

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Siil)family IV. — DiaspinvE.

Table of Tribes.

Adult 9 not enclosed in the second larval skiti, which forms a portion of the
scale, and which itself is smaller than the perfect scale, and has a
secretional appendage, on its border Tribe I.— Aspidiotini.

Adult 9 enclosed in the second larval skin, which forms a portion of the scale,
and which is itself as large, or nearly as large as the perfect scale
and without a secretional appendage Tribe II. — Leucaspini.

Tribe I. — Aspidiotini.

Table of Genera.

Females.

Scale of adult produced ovally. or mussel-shell shaped, i e., narrowed in front
and gradually widened posteriorly; first larval skin at the apex,
or very near it o_

Scale of adult circular, or broadly oval ; first larval skin placed in or near
the middle.

Scale flat, plate-shaped, not enclosed beneath.

Last abdominal segment with five groups of spinnerets; apex not dis-
tinctly emarginate G. 1. .\s|>i(liotiis Bouche.

Last abdominal segment with five groups of spinnerets; apex distinctly
emarginate G. 2. DiHspis Costa.

Scale highly convex, hemispherical, closed beneath by a secretional layer
or plate G. 3. Targionia Sig.

2.— Scale long, oval, or elliptical ; larval skin placed at the parallel sides.

Last abdominal segment with four groups of spinnerets.

G. 4. I*arlatoria Sig.

Scale narrowed at apex, gradually widened posteriorly, mussel-shell shaped ;
larval skin placed at the apex.

Scale brown, convex; last abdominal segment with five groups of spin-
nerets G. .5. Lepido««aplieii> Shinier.

(= Mytilaspis Sig.)

Scale white, opaque, more or less convex; last abdominal segment with
five groups of spinnerets G. 6. C'liioiiaspis Sig.

Males.

Scale but slightly elongated, with the exuviae placed always somewhat away
from the middle G. 1. .4spidiotiis Bouche.

Scale elongated, with the exuviae at the apex, or near it.

With median and lateral keels G 2. Diaspis Costa.

With lateral keels, but no median G. 4. l*arlatoria Sis;.

Scale narrow elongated, convex, brown, like that of the 9-

G. 5. Lepido<i$aplies Shinier.

Scale long, narrow, with nearly parallel sides and with lateral keels.

G. t). C'liioiiaspis Sig.

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Tribe II. — Leucaspmi.

Table of Genera.

Females.

Scale ovally produced, white; the first larval skin yellowish or brownish, the
second pitch or red-brown.

Edge of abdomen with a fringe of spiny hairs G. 1. Sig.

Edge of abdomen without a fringe of spiny hairs G. 2. Polia$i|>i!« Mask.

Scale narrow at the apex, then abruptly widened and produced with almost
parallel sides, delicate, brownish yellow; second larval skin cov-
ered by a secretion G. 3. Pioriiiia Targ.

(= Uhleria Comst. )

Scale circular, or broadly oval, rather flat; first larval skin oval, or almost cir-
cular. placed in the middle, or slightly away from it.

G. 4. Aoiiidia Sig-

Males.

Scale much elongated, narrow, pure white, very convex behind the larval skin,
somewhat flattened posteriorly.

Terminal antennal joint with knobbed hairs G. 1. Sig.

Terminal antennal joint without knobbed hairs G. 2. Poliaspis Mask.

Scale narrow at the apex, much widened and produced behind, with almost par-
allel sides, usually carinated G. 3. Fiorinia Targ.

Scale oval, with the larval skin away from the middle G. 4. Aoiiidia Sig.

Subfamily V. — Brachyscelin.e.

Table of Genera.

Females.

Species with six legs, but short and unfit for use.

G. 1. Bracliyscelis Schrader.

Species with two long posterior legs G. 2. Opisf lioseelis Schr.

Species entirely without legs G. 3. Ascelis Schr.

Males.

Antenna* 10-jointed ; abdomen long, slender, gradually enlarged towards apex
and terminating in a stylus and two caudal filaments ; eyes promi-
nent G. 1. Bracliyscelis Schr.

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KOTES OX SOME X0CTEI03E, WITH DESCRIPTIOXS
OF XEW^ OEXERA AXD SPECIES.

BY JOHN B. SMITH.

Cernia olivacea n. sp. — Ground color an olivaceous gray, with bluish
green and white powderings. Head and thorax irregularly mottled, with a con-
siderable admixture of black scales. Basal line distinct, black, followed by a
white line. T. a. line black, preceded by a white line with long outward teeth
on the subcostal and median veins, an incurve in submedian interspace, with
another long tooth on the internal vein. T. p. line is irregular, rivulous, in gen-
eral course a rather even outcurve. S. t. line indefinite, the space between t. p.
line and outer margin being irregularly blotchy; an even dusky terminal line.
Fringes pale, cut with fuscous. Claviform concolorous, defined by a black semi-
circle below the orbicular and a vague black pow’dering from the horns of this
to the t. a. line. Orbicular moderate in size, round, concolorous, defined by a
greenish annulus edged with black scales, and with a whitish central dot. Reni-
form large, somewhat constricted medially very incompletely defined in black,
with greenish powderings which extend to the costal margin. Secondaries
smoky fuscous, somewhat paler basally, with a small discal lunule and a faint
extra median line. Beneath, primaries blackish powdery, paler along inner
margin ; secondaries whitish, with a dark discal lunule and a powdery outer
margin. Expands 1.20 — 1.28 inches; 30 — 32 mm.

Hab. — Colorado ; Sierra Nevada, Cal.

I have seen three specimens of this very distinct species, all males.
Two are from Mr. Edwards, one of them rather rubbed, the third is
from ]\Ir. Bruce’s collecting, sent several years ago to Mr. Cramer,
now in collection United States National Museum. In this specimen
the green has faded to the sordid yellow so commonly assumed by
this color in the noctuids, but in maculation there is absolutely no
difference. It is much larger than the eastern C- cora, and the de-
tails of maculation differ quite widely while the pattern remains
similar. It is fully congeneric with our eastern species, without
meaning to assert its distinctness from Bryophila.

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Pacliiiobia ciiieraseens ii. sp. — Pale luteous gray ; sometimes with a
slight reddish suffusion, sometimes quite well powdered with black scales. Head
and thorax concolorous. Basal line distinct, rigid, single. T. a. line single,
blackish, oblique, outwardly angulated below the costa, nearly straight through
the cell, outcurved in the submedian and marginal interspace. T. p. line single,
blackish, distinct, only a little outcurved over the cell, finely crenulated. S. t.
line concolorous, marked by a defined blackish preceding shade, which fades into
the ground color before the t. p. line. A broken brown terminal line, followed
by a faint yellowish line at base of fringes. Claviform wanting; orbicular round

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or oval, hlackisb. without defining line. Ecniforin large, upright, ohlong, hlackish,
without distinct defining line. Secondaries smoky gray, uniform, with a fairly
distinct yellowish line at base of fringes. Beneatli gray, primaries vaiying to
smoky brown, secondaries ))owdery. A common, varialily complete outer line
and a distinct large discal spot sometimes obscured on the primaries. E.xpands
1.20 — 1.40 inch. ; 30 — 3.5 mm.

Hub. — Alameda County, Cal., September and October.

Four male specimens are in the museum collection (through C. V.
Uiley) hearing the red number 339.

This species is aberrant in color for the genus, hut in wing form
and in pattern of ornamentation it is allied to carnea. Its luteous
gray color, single median lines, and contrasting black ordinary spots,
render it easily recognizable. The antennae are “ brush like,’’ l.e.,
the joints slightly produced laterally and furnished with bristly
tufts. The thoracic vestiture forms an indefinite dorsal crest. The
male genitalia have the harpes ohliijue at tip, forming a little pro-
jecting tooth interiorly. The clasper is a single, stout, straight,
pointed, corneous spur.

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l*acliiiobisi elevata u. sp. — Ground color of the reddish gray usual in
this genus. Head and thorax immaculate. Primaries with the ordinary lines
single. Basal line interrupted, rather indefinite. T. a. line incomplete, ap-
jiarently upright and rather even to internal vein, below which it makes an
outcurve. T. p. line complete, even, exserted over the cell, and somewhat ir-
regularly ohliipie below to margin. A paler, more grayish shade through the
s. t. space, in which a series of interspaceal brown dashes indicate the s. t. line.
.\u interrupted terminal line. Claviform a yellowish streak from base to near
middle of median space, outlined beyond t. a. line by a narrow black line. Or-
bicular elongate, the angles drawn out toward base and apex. Eeiiiform small,
lunate. Both spots are a somewhat paler gray and outlined by black scales.
Secondaries whitish, smoky toward apices. Beneath whitish, powdery, with a
diffuse common outer line and a moderate discal spot on all wings. Expands
1.40 inches; .35 mm.

Hab. — Colorado (Bruce).

A single good male from Mr. Neumoegen’s collection. The speci-
men has the antenine serrate and bristled, and is therefore allied to
C'lrnea, than which it has .somewhat more pointed wings and entirely
diflerent markings. The cell is not black-filled around the ordinary
spots, and the character of the transverse lines is entirely different.
The genitalia consist of a broad harpe with obtusely rounded tip,
inwardly fringed with spinules. From the centre of this arises a
broad, excavated, corneous process, with an irregular outline, form-
ing the clasper.

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Ciii'iiesMleM f'lii^iiiiaciila n. sp. — Head and thorax mouse-gray, collar with
a blackish central line. Primaries dull red-brown, subcostal and median vein
white i)owdered. Basal line geminate, well defined, included space with white
powderings. T. a. line geminate, interrupted below costa, a long inward angle
on cell, then evenly oblique outwardly to hind margin. Below the median vein
the defining lines are well written, the included space concolorous. T. p. line
even, outcurved over cell, thence parallel with outer margin. The inner de-
fining line is a series of blackish lunules, the outer a vague, diffn.se line, the in-
cluded space very slightly paler than ground color. S. t. line marked only by
the slight difference in shade between s. t. and terminal spaces; an interrupted,
sublimate terminal black line, followed by a narrow yellow line at base of fringes.
Apical spot powdered by a few white scales; a black basal dash below median
vein, joining to the moderate, black margined claviform. A black filling to the
cell before orbicular, and between the ordinary spots. The latter are fused, the
orbicular oblong, oblique, merging interiorly into the reniform, which is some-
what extended outwardly from its lower angle. The combined spot narrowly
black ringed with a white interior line and a few white scales relieving the other-
wise concolorous spots. Secondaries even, smoky fuscous, with paler, interlined
fringes. Beneath smoky fuscous, powdery, with an incomplete outer line and
somewhat indefinite discal lunule. Expands 1.28 inches; 32 mm.

Hab. — California.

A single male specimen iti good condition. The characters of the
tessellata group are well marked, and the sjtecies is intertuediate
between divergens and redhnicula, differing amply from both in the
fused ordinary spots. The white marked veins are like divergens,
while the s. t. line is like redimieula. The male characters agree
with those of the allied species, and figure 64 of my Revision of
Agrotis will answer for this species equally well.

I*erig<*a piilveriileiita n. sp.— fTi-ound color a vague, powdery reddish
gray, varying in tint according to the relative ju-edominence of red, white, or
blackish scales. All the noiinal maculation present, hut obscured by the pow-
dery ba.se. Basal line geminate, concolorous, defining lines fuscous or blackish,
twice augulated. T. a. line somewhat paler, with fuscous or black defining
lines, not always complete and sometimes vague; outwardly oblique, somewhat
curved, inwardly angulate on the median and submedian veins. T. p. line ob-
soletely geminate, the inner line lunulate, the outer vague and even, sometimes
wanting, its course evenly bisinuate without the usual long outcurve from the
costa over reniform. S. t. space palei- than median and usually also than terminal
space; s. t. line pale, diffuse, sinuate, marked by the difierence in shade between
s. t. and terminal space, and also djy a more or less obvious preceding shade,
h'ringes interlined with fuscou.s, feebly scalloped: median space, as a whole,
somewhat darker than the rest of the wing; a dusky or blackish median shade
which in the submedian interspace sometimes forms a complete connection be-
tween the median lines. Claviform small, though quite wide, concolorous, in-
completely outlined in black. Orbicular round or oval, oblique, pale ringed with
dusky centre. Reniform uiiright, quite large, somewhat constricted centrally,
pale ringed with concolorous or paler center. A dusky costal iritch in the s. t.

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space and a paler apical patch in terminal space. Secondaries fuscous, with a
broad black outer margin, a narrow preceding dusky line and a dusky discal
lunule. Fringes pale, interlined with fuscous. Beneath powdery, primaries
darker, both wings with a discal spot, narrow outer line and broad dark outer
margin, all variable in distinctness. Expands 1.00--1.08 inches; 25 — 27 mm.

Hub. — Colorado (Bruce); Las Vegas, N. Mex. (Meeske); New
Mexico (Show); Arizona (Edwards).

This little species has long puzzled me, and I refer it to Perirjea,
rather because it is congeneric with P. pei'plexa Grt., than because
it strictly belongs here.

Four of the specimens collected by Mr. Bruce are in the collection
of the United States National IMuseum, two of them labeled simply
“ Colorado,” the others labeled “ Foot-hills.” There is little or no
variation, and the species once generically [ilaced, is easily recogniz-
able.

l*oliit pul VPrnloiita n. sp — Ground color a powdery ashen gray, the
markings indefinite, vague. Basal Hue black, interrupted, apparently single.
T. a. line single, black, rather diffuse, outwardly oblique and somewhat outcurved
between the veins. T. p. line crenulate. outcurved over the cell and parallel
with outer margin below that point, blackish, interrupted, almost lunulated, and
nearly obsolete toward costa. This line is quite well removed toward margin,
widening the median space and narrowing the space beyond to the outer margin.
A series of somewhat diffuse iuterspaceal black marks indicates the s. t. line: a
series of small terminal lunules. Fringes gray. Claviform vaguely indicated
by a blackish shade. Ordinary spots vague, indefinite, concolorous, incompletely
outlined, apparently of the usual shape and proportionate in size. An oblique,
diffuse blackish shade from costa, outwardly over the reniform and darkening
it interiorly; continued as a vague fuscous shading through the median space.
Secondaries dirty white, powdery, veins soiled, a dusky lunate marginal line and
discal spot and extra discal line of under side showing through. Beneath
whitish, powdery, with a common extra discal line and a discal spot on all wings.
The hind angle of primaries is somewhat retracted ; thorax with a small, divided
anterior crest, and a more distinct posterior tuft ; abdominal tufts small. Ex-
pands 1.88 — 2.08 inches; 47 — 52 mm.

Hab. — Colorado.

Two male specimens with serrate and tufted (brush-like) tintenna.
This species, though referred to Polia, jirobably cannot remain in
this genus. It is referred there because it is quite close to and per-
fectly congeneric with Polia contacta Wlk., which it resembles both
in size, color and general habitus, differing abundantly in many re-
spects. The species liears a very decided resemblance to Mamestra
discalis, and a specimen in the Museum collection (from the Meske
collection) bears Mr. Grote’s label, Mamestra discalis. The specimen

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was collected by Snow, and I feel assured there are others of this
species so misnamed. The other specimen was sent me by Mr.
Bruce.

The genus Folia contains quite diverse material, and the species
will probably be distributed among other genera, some mayhap to
Hadena. Indeed, Mr. Grote has described the same species as a
Hadenu (diversilineata), and again as a Folia (illepida).

€AL,OPHASIA Steph.

Head not retracted. Thorax with fine, smooth vestiture. Abdo-
men without dorsal tufts. Antenme of male with short, rather dense
cilire, at base with a feeble tuft, thorax posteriorly with a truncate
tuft. Primaries short, widening outwardly, more strongly rounded
at internal angle, outer margin and fringes entire. The above char-
acterization is from von Heinemann (Schmett. Deutsch. 391), and
with it agrees fairly well a species which does not seem to fall in
naturally with any American genus known to me. In wing form
the species agrees well with opalina ; in type of maculation it is more
like platyptera, the latter being wider Avinged than its congener.

PalopliHSia strigata n. sp. — Head, thorax and primaries ash-gray. Head
marked with fuscous, collar paler at base. Thorax with an admixture of fus-
cous scales. Primaries with a dusky shade through the cell and terminally, the
transverse lines obsolete; the veins are ail black marked, and the wing has
therefore, a strigate appearance. Claviform long, extending from the base to
beyond the middle of the wing, with narrow black defining lines, filled with a
reddish sulfusion. A faint reddish tinge beyond the reniform, which is white
ringed, narrow, upright, with an inferior spur projecting inwardly toward the
orbicular. The latter is narrow, clavate, oblique, white ringed. On veins 3 and
4 the dusky terminal shade is cut by a white shade accompan.ying the veins- a
row of small, dusky terminal lunules. Fringes cut with fuscous, and rather lout^
Secondaries whitish basally, soiled fuscous outwardly, the veins dusky. Beueatl:
whitish, pow’dery.. Expands 1.20 inches ; 30 mm.

Flab. — Colorado (Bruce).

Two female specimens are before me, neither of them entirely
perfect, but yet in excellent condition. The species has the appear-
ance of Oncocnemis without its structure. One of the sjiecimens is
in the United States National Museum.

I>KY0I50TA Lederer.

Eyes lashed. Tongue strong. Thorax arched, with distinct an-
terior lateral angles. Anterior femora not dilated, tibicT unarmed.
Of median size, head and thorax with short, coarse vestiture, the hit-

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ter mostly flattened scales, collar not crested. The palpi with coarse
vestiture and small terminal joint. Antenme at base with a tiift of
hair, serrated in the males, with bristle tuftings. The thorax quad-
rate, laterally produced at the angles, with smooth anterior and pos-
terior tufts, abdomen untufted. Primaries short, not greatly widen-
ing, apices not acute, margin evenly rounded, fringes scalloped.

This is von Heinemann’s definition, and it agrees well with the
European species, but not at all with the American species referred
to the genus. Dryobata opina Mr. Grote now refers to Valeri)i, while
stiymaia is utterly unlike the European species. The wing form is
alisolutely different, the fringes are only feebly sinuate and not scal-
loped, and the abdomen is prominently tufted ; but I know at
jiresent no other genus to which stigmata could be better referred, and
as I believe it has congeners in other genera I will simply call atten-
tion to the fact, here, preliminary to the description of three species
agreeing better with the description of the genus, but very unlike
stigmata in every respect, and, though themselves congeneric, and
with the same habitus, differing quite strongly in antennal structure.

The species are ash-gray, with a reddish or brownish suffusion,
])owdery, all the maculation well marked. The ordinary spots are
well sized, and as a whole the species have a very decided resem-
blance to Litholomia napee in type of maculation, emphasized by the
more or less prominent, rigid, dark, median shade or line, which
forms the most obvious ornamental feature. One of the species
which I had dubbed Hadena latifascia, perhaps in one or two collec-
tions, I find is Prof. French’s Homohadena elda. It has nothing,
whatever, in common with Homohadena, and this species is perhaps
nearest of all to tyjiical form of the genus.

I>i\yobata elda French.

1887 Can. Ent. xix, 5, Homohndena.

The male autennge are di.stiuctly and well pectinated; in the female the joints
are marked. A broad brown shade with blackish defining lines fills the space
between the ordinary spots, and below the median vein its outer border extends
along the t. p. line.

Four specimens in the National Museum collection (through C.
V. Riley) are from Nevada County, Cal., Septemher, collected by
Koebele, and Mr. Edwards has also sent it to me labeled Sierra
Nevada, Cal.

I>ryobata rectiTai^icia u. sp. — Eather dark bluish ashen. Collar with a
broad median black line. Basal half line distinct, pale, obsoletely geminate; a
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space paler and with a brick-red tinge. T. a. line upright, or a little outwardly
oblique, geminate, outer defining line usually very distinct and touching the
orbicular in its course. T. p. line geminate, inner line darker, included space
paler; in course it is very even, widely outcurved over the reniform, altogether
what might be termed S-shaped, with most of lower extension lopped ofl’. The
s. t. si)ace is pale, except costally, darkening to form a continuous dusky shade
before tbe s. t. line, which is pale and irregularly sinuate. Tliere is an admix-
ture of reddish scales in this preceding shade which is most obvious at anal
angle. A prominent, rigid black line from the costa, forming the inner margin
of reniform and continued thence to the hind margin at t. p. line. Claviform
small, indefinite, marked only by a vague brick-red shade. Reniform large,
kidney-shaped, suffused with brick-red : a black line at base of fringes, which
have a dusky interline. Secondaries soiled white, veins and terminal line dusky.
Beneath whitish powdery, with a more or less complete outei' line and discal
spot. Expands 1.24 — 1.40 inches; 31 — 3.5 mm.

Hab. — Sierra Nevada, Cal. (Edwards).

The anteimte of the male have the joints but feebly marked and
ciliated, not at all serrate, much less pectinated. The transverse
median line corresponds to the outer defining line of the median
shade in elda, but is more prominent. The differences in details need
not be pointed out where structural characters declare the species
difierent.

An incomplete specimen is in the United States National Museum ;
the wings and antennm are, however, perfect, and the specimen is
one of my types.

Dryobota. ciirvitascia n. sp. — Asheu-gray or darker, with or without
an admixture of hiick-red scales, the black maculatiou consisting generally of
elevated scales, giving the species a rough or “squammose” appearance. Collar
inferiorly pale, a vague reddish median line, surmounted by an equally vague
blackish one. Primaries, basal line geminate, blackish, vague, reaching to the
short black basal dash, along which a brick-red shade is more or less marked.
T. a. Hue geminate, incomplete, outwardly oblique and slightly curved between
the veins. T. p. line vague, scarcely definable, obsoletely geminate, evenly out-
curved over cell, and incurved beneath. The s. t. space is outwardly a little
paler, a partial series of black or blackish lunules, becoming more distinct toward
inner margin ; an admixture of reddish in these lunules also increases toward
anal angle. Terminal space dusky; a blackish terminal line and a narrow pale
line at base of fringes. Claviform apparently obsolete. Orbicular oblong, ob-
lique, concolorous, with a narrow black margin and a very narrow white annulus.
Reniform narrow, quite long, lunate, shot with reddish, defined by black and
white scales rather than lines. A dusky median shade, feebly Insinuate, touch-
ing neither of the spots and reaching margin between the ordinary lines. Sec-
ondaries soiled white or smoky, with a blackish terminal line. Beneath pow-
dery, pale, with a variably distinct discal spot and outer line. Expands 1.12 —
1.20 inches ; 28—30 mm.

Hab. — Sierra Nevada, Cal. (Edwards), September ; Placer County,
C'al., through C. V. Riley.

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The Placer County specimen in the United States National Mu-
seum is the smallest of the three, and is also most obscurely marked.
It lacks the brick-red shades altogether, the gray is more sordid and
even, and the maculation is less definite than in the other specimens.

The male antemue are rather lengthily serrated, almost pectinated,
differing from both the j)receding species in this character as well as
in the median shade, which is here not at all prominent, narrow and
sinuate, not touching either of the ordinary s[)Ots nor the t. p. line.

Apainea liiiiata u. sp. — Ground color a powdery reddish ocher. Head
and thorax innuaculate. Primaries with basal line apparently wanting. T. a.
line narrow, vvhitish, evenly outcurved. T. p. narrow, whitish, even, but little
outcurved over cell and rigidly oblique below. S. t. line marked by a j)receding
costal shade and a series of interspaceal black dots; a brown line at base of
fringes. Claviform and orbicular obsolete. Reniform a narrow white lunule,
margined by black scales at the end of the cell. The veins, through the median
space, are more or less evidently black powdered Secondaries very pale cop-
pery, somewhat more dusky outwardly. Beneath pale, with reddish powderings.
Expands l.Ol — 1.12 inches; 26 — 28 mm.

Hab. — Alameda, Cal., iu June; Mt. Shasta District, Cal. (Ed-
wards).

15oth sexes are before me. The species is allied to parpnripennis
Grt., but the ground color is entirely different, and there is not the
least chance of confusing the species. The male antennae are later-
ally tufted with short bristly hair, but not serrate.

Orthosia disUeha Morr. has hairy eyes, and is an Ulolonche Smith.
Tt comes close to U. fasciata in type of maculation as ivell as wing
form ; but besides the difference in color the contrasts are nowhere as
defined, and the reniform is not discolorous, though it is well defined
and of the .same form.

The male genitalia agree perfectly in type with the species which
I have already included in this genus (pnodesta, fascuda, niveignttata) .

This seems to be oue of the cases where the sexual structure is of
generic, rather than specific importance, the agreement being close
in type and in details, while the ornamental characters are widely
variant.

Telesilla carneola n. sp. — Head and thorax a carueous or vinous gray,
powdery, apparently without distinctive ornamentation, but the specimen is
imperfect iu this respect. Primaries with a fine vinous red ground color, more
or less evidently gray powdered, median space with a deep, blackish brown
shading. Terminal space deep umber-brown. Basal line very indistinct, nar-
row. composed of whitish atoms. T. a. line narrow, thread like, [lowdery, gray,
slightly outcurved. T. }i. hue vague, powdery, defined rather by the difference

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in shade between the median and subterminal space, and by short black lines on
the veins, followed by minute white dots; a whitish powdering through the s. t.
space, which becomes darker outwardly, shading into the deep brown terminal
space. S. t. line very indistinct, broken, barely traceable, its course irregular.
Fringes dark, with a grayish central line. Orbicular small, round, concolorous
outlined in pale gray. Eeniform slightly constricted medially, concoloroms, out-
lined by a narrow gray line. Secondaries yellow fuscous at base, becoming
smoky outwardly, a pale line at base of fringes. Beneath brown, powdery, with
a median line and vague discal spot on primaries. Secondaries pale basally, a
broad dark extra median line and a small discal dot. Expands 1 inch ; 25 mm.

Hub. — Las Vegas, N. Mex. (H. Meeskej.

A single specimen from Mr. IS'eumoegen’s collection, taken by Mr.
Meeske in 1889.

Compared with the eastern cinereola, the present species is stouter
in body, with narrower wings. The general scheme of maculation
is identical, but the contrasts are much greater. While there is an
evident resemblance there can be no danger of confusion with the
eastern form.

Dr. Harvey’s navia has a tuberculated front and anned fore tibiai,
and belongs, therefore, with the Stiriin^. It may be best referred
to Stibadium for the present.

As Mr. Grote has recently avowed his responsibility for Dr. Har-
vey’s species, the failure to see the obvious structural characters
separating this species generically from cinereola, is chargeable to
the former.

I*liisia augiilidens n. sp.— Head, thorax and primaries bluish gray in
ground color, with fuscous powderings. Collar with a median and subterminal
fuscous line, and the patagise have also two rather diffuse transverse lines. Tho-
racic tuft brown, basal abdominal tuft almost black, but with a white margin.
Primaries with the basal line distinct, black, geminate, inwardly oblique from
the costa. T. a. line inwardly oblique, with three feeble outcurves, outer line
black, inner vague, and marked on the costa principally, though also traceable
below internal vein ; the line is interrupted on the median vein, where, at the
origin of vein 2, the greenish silver u is attached, much as in ou. A very small
silver dot follows, but is completely and even widely separated. The median
space is vaguely and irregularly fuscous shaded. T. p. line oblique, almost par-
allel with the outer margin, irregularly aiid feebly angulate outwardly ; the line
is whitish centered, the geminate defining lines fuscous. S. t. line prominent,
black, irregularly and widely angulated and dentate, shading off by a fuscous
tinge into the s. t. space, hut sharply contrasted against the bluish gray terminal
space. This character forms the most obvious feature in the ornamentation. A
fuscous shading near outer margin, forming irregular patches snbapically.
Fringes gray, cut with fuscous. Orbicular a very vague, oval, oblique spot.
Reniform narrow, upright concolorous, very imperfectly defined by narrow black
lines. Secondaries yellowish fuscous basally, with a broad smoky brown outer

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iiiarsjin. Fringes white, cut witli fuscous. Beneath, l)otli wings yellowish, pow-
<lery, with wliitisli fringes, cut with black, with a broad, vague, outer line and
equally vague discal spot. Expands 1.36 inches; 34 nun.

Hab. —Colorado ( Bruce).

The species is allied to P. viridislc/nata Grt., or yet more cliKsely to
celsa Itdw., of the latter of which iNIr. Neumoegen has the type. It
differs from both iu the greater prominence and angulation of the
s. t. line, and from the latter in the less distinct transverse macula-
tion, and the want of the black shadings described by Mr. Edwards.
The underside of the new species does not agree at all with what
that of cebsa, next to which, however, it must probably stand. Sev-
eral specimens were taken by Mr. Bruce, who has also taken F.
snowi in .some numbers.

Cirrhophiiiies diiplicatiis n. sp. — Ground color pale ocher yellow, with
the niaculation deeper, orange yellow. Head and thorax immaculate, the tho-
racic tuftings orange tipped. Primaries with a coppery flush over costal region
to middle of wing, and in discal cell. Ordinary lines single. Basal line l)avely
visible. T. a. line widely angulated on subcostal vein, in submediau interspace,
and again to the hind margin. T. p. line even or very feebly lunate, widely
outcurved over cell, then very obliquely inward to the middle of the hind mar-
gin. S. t. line very di.stinct, broader than the others, even, parallel with outer
margin. A rich orange line at base of fringes. A somewhat deeper shading
through the terminal space. All the veins orange marked. Ordinary spots ob-
solete. Secondaries ocherous, paler at base, and with an orange terminal line.
Beneath, primaries reddish ocberou.s, secondaries pale, powdery. Expands 1.16
inches ; 29 mm.

Hab. — Platte Canon, Col., 6500 feet.

This species, collected by Mr. Bruce, is before me in one female
specimen only. It is somewhat smaller than triangulifer, and lacks
altogether the rich tinting of that species. In niaculation the two
are very much alike. The frontal jtrotuberance of the new sjiecies
consists of a simple nipple-like dilation, differing quite strongly from
trianc/u lifer, and the fore tibite seem unarmed. The specimen is im-
perfect iu leg structure — most of the legs wanting — and the claw
may have been broken off. In thoracic tufting, wing form and gen-
eral habitus, this species is the close ally of its congener.

The specimen is in the United States National Museum.

Ori'liodia Ciilitorniea u. sp.— Head, thorax and primaries a deep, rather
sordid luteous brown, with clo.se, black powderings beyoud the t. p. line, dark-
ening the primaries terminally. Head and thorax immaculate. Basal line
scarcely traceable. T. a. line geminate, defining lines a series of black scales,
included space pale: in course the line is outwardly oblique and outcurved be-
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even, its general course bisinuate, outcurved over, incurved below tbe cell.
Througb the dusky outer portion of the wing the veins are pale, and the irregu-
lar, indefinite concolorous s. t. line is rather indistinctly traceable. A row of
black terminal lunules. Fringes with a pale line at base. Claviform vaguely
indicated by fuscous brown scales. Orbicular upright oblong, pale ringed and
dusky powdered; reniforin large, slightly constricted centrally, pale ringed and
black powdered. Secondaries even, fuscous brown. Beneath fawn gray, pow-
dery ; secondaries paler basally ; both wings with an outer line and dusky discal
lunule. Expands 1.36 inches ; 34 min.

Hab. — Sierra Nevada, Cal.

A single male from Mr. Edwards’ collection with “ brush-like”
antenme. In habitus and appearance this species resembles a Tcenio-
campa, but the eyes are naked and strongly lashed. It is congeneric
with the European 0. silene, and seems distinct from our species of
Gkea and allies.

In introducing the term Orrhodia into our fauna I do it not to
replace any term now in use, but because it seems as though it really
refers to a tyjie different from the others heretofore noted. The Eu-
ropean species .seem very unlike each other and may not be held
together. On the other hand additional material of the species
before me may indicate another genus. The type is perfect, exce|)t
that one antenna is missing.

l*LEROMA 11. geu.

Eyes naked, with long hairy lashes. Head retracted, moderate in
size, with divergent hairy vestiture, palpi short, scarcely e.xceediug
the frontal vestiture, divergently clothed. Tongue moderate, spiral.
Thorax quadrate, heavy, vestiture long, somewhat flattened hair;
collar somewhat [iroduced in front, forming a central crest ; an in-
definite loose posterior tuft. Breast densely clothed with long woolly
hair. Legs unarmed, short, stout, with dense, long woolly hair on
femora and tibise. Abdomen with dorsal tuftings, short, stout, conic
in the female and scarcely exceeding hind angles of the secondaries
in either sex. Antenme simple in both sexes. Primaries trigonate,
comparatively short and broad, with produced apices and a verv ob-
lique, evenly curved outer margin, joining with the inner margin at
a very obtusely rounded angle. Secondaries proportionate, fringes
long.

I could not satisfactorily refer the species with the above comliina-
tion of characters to any of the described genera. It is evidently
related to Xylhia without the depressed form and narrow wings.

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while the type of oriiainentation is different from any other species
of this series wliich is known to me, approaching that of Cucul/ia.

I*, obliqiiata n. sp. — Bluish ash-gray, varying in depth of tint from whitish
to very deep, almost blackish. Collar with a central white line between two
black lines, which in a pale specimen is reduced to a central black line and a
fuscous upper line. Thorax with black hair intermixed, but forming no distinct
ornamentation. Primaries with all the veins black marked. T. a. line single,
quite broad, outcurved, but distinct only into the submedian interspace and not
attaining the inner margin. T. p. line single, fuscous to black, almost parallel
with outer margin, followed by a narrow pale shade. An oblique, broad, dusky
shade, sometimes broken up into spots from the apex to the hind margin near
the t. p. line. S. t. line vague, broken, in pale specimens marked only by pre-
ceding black interspaceal marks. A dusky line at base of fringes, which alter-
nate in two very slightly different shades of gray and have a pale central line.
The ordinary spots are wanting, only the reniform being vagviely indicated by
a dusky shade, more evident in pale specimens. Secondaries pale fuscous to
smoky brown, with darker veins and a dusky discal spot. Fringes pale, with a
du.sky interline. Beneath, primaries blackish or smoky, white powdered out-
wardly; secondaries paler, more powdery, with an outer dark line and dusky
discal spot. Expands 1.28 — 1.32 inches; 32 — 33 mm.

H(tb. — Sierra Nevada, Cal. ; Colorado.

Both sexes are before me, the California specimen frotn Mr. Ed-
wards, the others collected by Mr. Bruce. The California specimen
is a much paler gray and the maculation is more distinct, but there
does not seem to be any other difference, and I can scarcely think
them distinct. I consider the Colorado specimens represented in the
National Museum collection yyjiical of the species and the Califor-
nian as a race.

AIVOKTHOI>ES n. gen.

Eyes naked, large, globose, scarcely prominent. Head moderate,
frontal vestitnre scaly, projecting, but forming a smoothly rounded
sui’face. No frontal modification. Tongue moderate, corneous;
palpi stout, normally noctuidous in form, reaching to the middle of
front in the male, a little shorter in the female. Antenme simple in
both sexes, finely ciliated laterally. Thorax small, convex, vestitnre
flattened hair and scales, smooth, forming no tuftings. Abdomen
smoothly scaled, untufted. Legs stout, with rather thick scaly ves-
titure, tibiie not spinose, anterior unarmed. The primaries are large,
l)road, with arched costa and rounded apices and outer margin. The
inner margin is nearly as long as the costa. Secondaries propor-
tionate.

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This genus has a very decided hahital resemblance to Orfhodes,
but differs at once by the naked eyes. The species u]jon which tlie
genus is based has been known to me for .several years. It is in the
collection of the United States National iNluseum, taken as far back
as 1882, and I have received it for name several times. I have tried
to identify it with all genera or species to which it could have been
reasonably referred, but cannot find any description to cover it, nor
do I find it named in any collection thus far examined. It may be
confused under Orthodes cxjnica, to which it bears some resemblance.
I have named the form.

Aiiorf liodes prima n. sp. — General color a soft, even mouse gray. Head
and tliorax immaculate. Primaries with all the lines evident, the basal, t. a.
and t. p. single, line, blackish, the s. t. broader, pale. Basal line nearly strait^ht.
T. a. line with a decided inward angle on the cell, irregularly oblique below.
T. p. line outcurved over cell, somewhat incurved below; it is even or sli<Thtlv
crenulated. S. t. line yellowish, irregular, as a whole closely parallel to the outer
margin. A vague blackish median shade line, often ditfuse, obtusely angulate
on the reniform, quite rigid below to the hind margin. Claviform wautino-.
Orbicular punctiform blackish. Keniform an indefinite blackish lunule. some-
times not distinct, marked with a few whitish scales. A very faint, yellowish
terminal line. Secondaries very faint smoky gray, shining. A vague discal
lunule and a very distinct yellow line at the ba.se of the somewhat paler fringes.
Beneath, glistening gray, powdery, somewhat darker on primaries, both wings
with a variably complete and distinct outer line and discal lunule. Expands
1.12—1.20 inches. 28—30 mm.

Hah. — Archer, Flu., May 24th ; Washington, D. C., IMay loth,
September 2d and 12th (U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; Columbus, O. (Tallant).

Under the number 3503, bred specimens are in the biological col-
lection (coll. C. V. R.) and the life-history has been made out.

There should be no difficulty in recognizing this species by the
soft color and single, line median lines. The harpes are broad, up-
curved at tip, a small corneous process at inferior angle, where also
the surface is set with acute teeth ; a stouter and longer corneous
spur from below the middle of the harpe inclined upward and in-
ward, or exactly opposite the other spur.

Triclioelea po*$tica n. sp. — Pale, somewhat creamy white, with a faiut
luteous admixture, powdery. Primaries with all the maculation faintly written,
blackish. Basal line marked on costa by a geminate black spot, and again faintly
below the median vein. T. a. line upright, geminate on costa only, lunulate,
preceded by a variably obvious pale shade. T. ]). line also marked by costal
dots, thence single, crenulated, outcurved over reniform, rather evenly oblique,
or with but a slight incurve below. This line is also accompanied by a somewhat
paler shade, and a series of pale venular dots outwardly. S. t. line marked on

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costa, but very vaguely below, becoming in one case scarcely traceable, in the
other fairly detined by a dusky preceding shade. A series of blackish terminal
lunules. Claviform small, imperfectl.v outlined, concolorous. Orl)icular want-
ing, or but faintly indicated, then oval, rather small. Reniform large, upright,
kidney-shaped, laterally only defined, with a central fuscous lunule, which
expands somewhat inferiorly. A vague median shade through the outer part of
median sjiace. Secondaries in the male white, veins fuscous marked ; a narrow
dusky outer margin ; a distinct discal lunule. Secondaries in the female dusky,
smoky brown, somewhat paler basally, fringes white. Beneath white, powdery,
with a variably distinct crenulate outer line and discal spot. Expands 1.40 in-
ches; 35 mm.

Hab. — Denver, Col. (Bruce).

Male ami female are before me, the former from the coll. U. S.
Nat. Museum (two specimens), the latter from Mr. Neumoegen. The
frontal jirotuberance is quite prominent, the armature of the fore
tarsi much as in decepta rather than edwardsil. The male genitalia
are similar to those of the other species, and best described by a
reference to figure 5 on PI. II, with which should be compared also
PI. XXII, figs. 18 and 19, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. vol. xii.

Triclioclea aiitica n. sp.

Every word of the description of postica will apply as well to this
species, save that the secondaries of the male are less soiled, more
purely white, and in the female the .secondaries ax'e like those of the
male postica; otherwise the maculation is the same, and I should
have considered the specimens identical, but for the fact that the
frontal protuberance is much smaller, less prominent, the tarsal ar-
mature weaker even than in edwardsii, and finally the male struc-
tures differ quite strongly, first in absolute size, those of the ])resent
species being fully one-third larger from the same sized male and
also in the arrangement of the corneous claspers, which differs from
all of the other species, and is figured on PI. II, fig. 4. Expanse
as in postica.

Hab. — Los Angeles County, Cal., April 10th ; good specimens are
in the National Museum collection (through C. V. Riley).

Tteniocaiiipa orobia Haw.

This insect I could not find in the INIeske collection, from which
it was described, when I wrote my Revision (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.
xii, 455-496, 1889). The completed incorporation of the collection
into the regular museum series has bi’ought to light the typical Texas
specimen, and it turns out to be exactly like specimens of oviduca,

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to which it must be cited as a synonym. Mr. Grote claims credit
for Dr. Harvey’s descriptions, and he must be charged with this
synonym.

T. pacifica Harv.

The museum has received, tlirough Dr. Riley, four specimens of
this species from Alameda County, Cal., January, February and
March, and with the red number 334. The specimens are all males,
and confirm the opinion that we have to do with a good species and
not a variety of the eastern form. The characters pointed out by
me hold good, save that the orbicular may be as dark as the reui-
form. As the whole the specimens look more robust and are darker,
more powdery.

Ta^iiiocainpa aiiutiliinaciila n. sp.— Ground color pale fawn gray; a
fine soft tint. Head and thorax immaculate. Primaries with basal and t. a.
lines wanting. T. p. Hue a curved series of small venular dots. S. t. line rather
irregular, concolorous or slightly paler, marked by a somewhat darker preceding
shade (rarely the line will be entirely wanting). A narrow median shade line,
bent on the reniform, also sometimes wanting. Orbicular concolorous, usually
obsolete, sometimes outlined by ferruginous scales, moderate, round. Eeniform
large, upright, concolorous, more or less completely defined by a rusty red-brown
annulus, always distinct at the outer side at least, and forming the only obvious
bit of maculation on the entire wing. Secondaries very pale powdery fawn gray,
with a faint, darker, discal lunule. Beneath pale, powdery fawn gray ; primaries
with a discal dot and a more or less evident, sometimes obsolete outer line. Sec-
ondaries with a distinct discal spot. Expands 1.68 inches ; 39 — 42 mm.

Hab. — Texas, February 17th, 19th and 25th (Belfrage).

Five good specimens are in the National Museum collection ('coll.
C. V. R.). The antennae of the male are lengthily bipectinated, the
habitus and wing form as in my pectinata, to which this species is
allied. The very pale fawn gray color, the lack of all prominent
maculation, save the rusty ring to the reniform, and the plump, woolly
thorax, will readily identify this form. It bears a casual resemblance
in habitus to Copipanolis, and the assignment of the specimens to
that series by the collector caused me to overlook them in my studies
on the Museum material previously.

The male characters are distinctive. The harpes narrow toward
tijh which is somewhat drawn out superiorly into an acute point. A
stout, curved, corneous process frojn the middle of the outer third, a
smaller process at its base inferiorly and a longer stouter curved pro-
cess from behind the middle of upper margin.

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Tioiiiooaiiipst lrifas<*ia n. sp. — Head and collar pale, whitish ocheroiis,
this ])ale tint extending along the costa of primaries. Color else a powdery red-
dish ocher. Primaries more or less dusted with black scales. Basal line pale,
mostly lost in the pale costal region. T. a. line broad, ]iale regularly outcurved,
even. T. p. line broad, pale, even, outcurved on costa, then inwardly very ob-
li(iue and only very slightly incurved. S. t. line broad, pale, outwardly diffuse,
inwardly defined by a powdering of dark or black scales. A series of small
terminal lunules. Fringes with a series of black points. A broad, variably
distinct shade of black scales through the outer part of median space. A series
of black venular dots through s. t. space. Claviform wanting. Orbicular round
or oval, small or moderate, pale ringed and dusky centered. Eeniform upright
oval, more or less evidently black powdered. Secondaries white. Beneath white,
with a faint ocherous tinge. Expands 1.08 — 1.20 inches; 27—30 mm.

Hab. — Foot-hills, Col. (Bruce).

Three specimens (two males one female) are before me. The an-
tenme iu the male are very feebly serrate, the wings are narrower
ami longer than usual, and the nearest ally is

I notice that, by some accident, group palilis is omitted in my
Revision of Tteniocampa, though the characters of the group are
given.

One pair is in the coll. U. S. Nat. Museum ; others are in Mr.
Bruce’s hands.

Tieiiioeampa pectiiiata Smith.

When I described this species, from scant material, there was a
rubbed and faded male s])ecimen in the coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., which
I identified with this form, and from which the figure of the sexual
characters was made. Since that time new material has been re-
ceived, and I have described the genus Perigonica, to which I find,
on renewed study, the supposed T. pectlnata belongs. A number of
fresh, clean specimens of the latter enable me to give a correct figure
of the sexual characters, and for comparison I add the figures of
Perigonica angulata and P. falminans, all from typical specimens.
See PI. II, figs. 7, 10 and 11.

PERIGR.iFHA Led.

This genus, among others, was monographed, our American species
alone considered, in the Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum xii, 490, and I
there called attention to the fact that our species did not in all re-
spects agree with the European tyjies. I have since received a speci-
men which fills all the requirements of the generic description, and
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.4cemf, must therefore be used for the species heretofore referred to
Perigrapha .

The genus Perigrapha will he re])resented in our fauna by

I*, priina ti. sp. — Deep bluish asli-gray, with a fuscous powdering. Front of
head and base of collar discolorous yellow fuscous; patagise obscurely black mar-
gined B;isal line obscurely marked, scarcely traceable. T. a. line geminate,
fuscous, evenly oblique outwardly. T. p. line geminate fuscous, interrupted,
quite faint, evenly bisinuate. A vague, narrow fuscous shade through the centre
of the median space. Costal half of basal space paler ash-gray. Claviform
wanting. Ordinary spots large, subequal, oblong, oblique, touching, but not quite
confluent inferiorly, narrowly fuscous margined, filled with paler gray, reniform
somewhat stained with reddish. Beyond the middle of the s. t. space the wing
is much paler gray, contrasting asiainst the bluish of the rest of the wing; the
irregular faint s. t. line traceable by a powdering of black scales. A series of
blackish terminal lunules. Secondaries even, smoky fuscous. Beneath, smoky
brown, secondaries pale powdered, both wings with an outer line and discal spot.
Expands 1.20 inches; 30 mm.

Hah. — Sierra Nevada, Cal.

A single female specimen from Mr. Hy. Edwards in which the
antennte are lengthily serrate or very shortly pectinated.

The large ordinarv spots and discolorous pale terminal space,
combined with the generic characters, will render this species easily
recognizable. \ \

Strotcliia variabilis n. 'sp. -Ground color dark ash-gray with black
powderings. Head and front of collar umber brown, collar wdiite tipped, with a
crested black line. The small thoracic tuftiugs and the abdominal tufts blackish
brown to black. Abdomen dark fuscous. Basal line geminate black, evident.
T. a. line pale, geminate on costa, obliquely and regularly outcurved to vein 1,
and agaiT) outcurved below that vein. T. p. line rather indefinite, inw'ai’dly de-
fined by a variably distinct lunate black line, wddely outcurved over cell, and as
deeply incurved below, so that the median space on inner margin is only half
the width through the cell. This median space may be coucolorous, only slightly
darker, bright umber-brown, or almost black. The claviform is w'anting. Or-
bicular large, rather irregularly oval, oblique. Reniform large, kidney-shaped,
both the spots narrowiy black ringed, almost coucolorous, suffused with reddish,
or nearly white, contrasting. S. t. line powdery gray, irregular, vague, marked
opjiosite the anal angle with a more evident blackish lunule, follow'ed by ocher-
ous or paler yellow scales. S. t. space slightly darker costally. A series of small
terminal dots, beyond wiiich the fringes are cut with pale gray. There is a short,
curved basal black Hue which does not extend to the t. a. line, and the veins are
all black marked. Secondaries whitish, quite heavily black powdered, with
.soiled veins, a blackish discal lunule, and a blackish marginal line. Beneath
pale, with black powderings, the primaries darker, both wings with a dusky
outer line and discal lunule; secondaries also with a marginal line. On the pri-
maries the outer line is not complete and may be entirely wanting, and the discal
spot varies in size and distinctness. Expands 1..52 — 1.(10 inches ; 38 — 40 mm.
Hah. — Colorado (Bruce).

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Several specimens are before me from Mr. Jseumoegen and Mr.
Bruce, and n<) two of them are alike. One male bears a deceptive
resemblance in maculation to Valeria grotei, the dark color and con-
trasting white ordinary spots causing the likeness, others have a very
decided reddish suffusion through the median space and some are
entirely concolorous, even, blackish gray.

The ordinary spots are sometimes well separated, usually quite
close together, rarely confluent inferiorly. The vestiture is scaly,
and in appearance the species is associated with my first group in
which the ordinary spots are usually fused. It is readily distinguished
from all. The male genitalia are unlike the others of the genus.
The harpes are narrow, the tip somewhat produced superiorly. The
clasper consists of a corneous hook with a basal short s])ui\
belirensisina Grt.

This species, unknown to me in 1889, I have identified in speci-
mens sent me by Mr. Edwards for name. It agrees well with the
description, but varies excessively in distinctness of maculation, in
ground color and in the amount of black powdering. The sexual
characters are unlike any figured in my Revision (Proc. U. S. Nat.
Museum xii, pi. xxii, figs. 1-5), but resemble most nearly those of
normalis, save that the clasper is double.

In the Verb. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesell. in Wien, 1872, p. 502, Zeller
describes Sedenia (cavifrous) blundulalis, a Pyralid. He says of it:
“ Frans conica, superne cornea, excavata," using this character to ally
it with cervalis. The specific diagnosis is short and characteristic :
■■ Alls albis, anterioribus serieeis, strigis duabus crassis, undulatis, nigris
$ .” The description is full and careful, and, in connection with
the figure given on pi. iii, fig. 1-f, leaves no doubt that the s])ecies
before me is really that intended by Zeller. The locality, Texas, is
also identical. Mr. Grote has omitted the genus, and apparently the
species as well, in his List of 1882. A few days ago Mr. Hulst
handed me the insect, with the remark that Prof. Feruald said it
was a uoctuid. A glance at the habitus convinced me that this was
so, and that I had a close relative to some forms which had been in
my hands for name for some time. Zeller’s description points so
convincingly to a Pyralid that it could leave no feeling of doubt on
the reader. He says, among other matters, that the maxillary palpi
are small, brown, resting on the labial pal[)i. An examination of
my specimen shows a curious error, induced probably by the con-

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viction that the species must have maxillary palpi. As a matter of
fact the supposed palpi are merely the projecting and somewhat
thickened edges of a Hat, plate-like clypeal process, arising below
the frontal tubercle. The single ? possessed by Zeller must also
have been rather imperfect, since he failed to note the fact that the
fore-tibipe were armed at tip with a long inner and shorter outer
spine or claw, though the color and structure are otherwise accurately
described.

Referred to the Noctuidie the relation to Antaplarja sexseriata Grt.
is at once obvious, and to this genus Zeller’s species must be referred,
as A. biundulata Zell. It differs from the described species in the
presence of the clypeal plate below the tubercle, but this will scarcely
warrant generic separation. From A. sexseriata, which it closely
resembles in maculation, it differs in the somewhat heavier bands,
and in the absence of the subterminal black dots.

THYREIOK n. geu.

Body plump, robust, thorax with thin hairy vestiture. Head re-
tracted, front flat; palpi short and weak, scarcely exceeding the
front; tongue moderate in length ; antennae of % stout, rather short,
with short, thick lateral teeth. Tibiie spinose, clothed with i-ather
long thin hair ; anterior pair abbreviated, broad at tips, with a single
long inner claw, and a series of two or more along the outer edge.
Primaries proportionately short and small, the co.sta concave, apices
somewhat drawn out, outer margin oblique, scarcely convex out-
wardly.

d'his genus is to replace Aedophron as used by Mr. Grote. I
pointed out eight years ago that Mr. Grote’s species snowi could not
be referred to Lederer’s genus, but as I had no specimens I made no
change in the reference. Mr. Grote, in his List of 1890, has made
no change in the generic location of the species, though he has based
a number of new genera on characters pointed out for him by others.
The occurrence of a new species, close to snowi, enables me to give
the above description. The genus Aedophron retains as its single
American representative, Tepper, differing from the European
representative as already pointed out by me.

Th. rosea .sp. nov. — Head and thorax a rather sordid pale lemon-yellow;
abdomen deep blackish gray. Primaries above, yellow to the s. t. space, thence
rosy red to the outer margin, receiving an admixture of yellow outwardly;
fringes pink ; a ray of rosy red extends through the cell, joining the marginal

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shade, and a similar ray from the same point extends through the submedian
interspace, also joining the marginal hand. Secondaries above, a deep blackish
gray, with pale rosy fringes. Beneath, primaries deep blackish gray; seconda-
ries paler, flushed with pink aloiig the costa, and a very decided rosy shade ex-
tending from the apex along the outer margin nearly to the anal angle. Expands
1 inch : 25 mm.

Hab. — Colorado (Bruce).

The single male from which this description is made is from Mr.
Neumoegen’s collection, hut I think I have seen others, also of Mr.
Bruce’s collecting, from the same locality. The species should not
he difficult to identify.

XAMTHODES Gn.

A somewhat peculiar genus, resembling in its form and habitus
Chariclea and Aedophron, but didering in venation, form of palpi,
etc. Of medium size, slender, the entire insect somewhat depressed ;
front with a smooth, horizontally [irojecting conic tuft; tongue spiral.
Eyes large and naked, anteniue thin, bristle-form, in the male with
short fine ciliie. Palpi slender, apparently, from the smooth close
vestiture, of equal thickness, converging, somewhat upcurved, then
projecting in the form of a snout beyond the palpi. Collar convex
close to the dorsum and through the fine hairy vestiture scarcely to
be distinguished from it. Abdomen smooth, with thin vestiture.
Legs strong, unarmed and closely scaled, only the outside of the
tibiie with dense, woolly, thick hair. Primaries without accessory
cell, 6, 7-8 and 9-10 out of the tip of the median cell ; broad, with
feebly arcuate outer margin. Secondaries with vein 5 weak.

The above is a close translation of Lederer’s description of the
genus which has been introduced into our fauna by Mr. Grote for
his species Schinia buxea; the genus Trileuca being [iroposed for
Schinia rectifascia and S. gnluare Strk. In the “ Revised Check
List” S. gubuire is referred to Lygranthcecia, to which it does not
belong, while buxea and redifacla go into Trileuca and are refei’red
to the Acontiiiue. S. gulnare Mr. Grote did not know, and was, of
course, justified in leaving it where its author put it. Trileuca may
be a good genus, but it does not belong to the Acontiiiue. Its rela-
tions are with Calynuiia. and Cosinia, or perhaps very near to Atethmia.
Xanthodes, as based on the Eui’opean type, is unlike either of the
species associated with it by IMr. Grote, and I do not know of any
American species that could be properly referred to it.

Mr. G rote makes a very touching plea for his genus Lygranthcecia
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that it has any right at all under the laws of priority. Mr. Grote
has always been a strict Hiibnerian, but now, when one of his genera
is to be superseded, it becomes “ unjust and against the usual comity
and practice !”

But even suppose Hiibner’s genus should not be adopted, how can
we get over Guenee’s genus Tamila proposed in 1852 with nundnia
as the type? One of the very species which Mr. Grote now includes
under Lygraathoecia ! and why, if “comity” is to be shown, should
Boisduval’s Anthcecia be sacrificed, the very first sjiecies being Mr.
Grote’ s present type of Lygranihcecia. To be sure the designated
types of Anthcecia and Melicleptria are the same, but “ comity” would
seem to re<juire that Anthcecia should be retained for some species if
possible. And why should Hiibner be enforced against Boisduval
and not against Grote?

For the present I cannot see my way to the use of Lygranthcecia
in preference to Schlnia or Tamila.

Before describing the species of Schinia before me, an ally of
Schinia (Trileuca) buxea merits attention.

Trileiica, deiitalis n. sp. — Head, thorax ami primaries a bright glistenins
lemon-yellow; transverse lines of primaries hrown. Basal half line faint. T. a.
line well removed from base, with a long outward angle on median vein. T. p.
line acutely angulate outwardly, the spur reaching the outer margin below the
apex. S. t. line also with an outward angle, reaching the outer margin at the
same point with the t. p. line. A small, geminate black dot on costa, just before
the apex. Between the point at which the angulation of the outer lines touches
the margin and the anal angle, a metallic coppery brown shade fills the space
beyond the s. t. line. Secondaries pale yellow, ocherous, more whitish basally.
Beneath yellow, powdery, immaculate, the secondaries whitish towards inner
margin. Expands 1.40 inches; 35 mm.

Hab. — Southern Texas

A single sjtecimen from Mr. Neumoegen’s collection is before me.
It has much the same color as buxea, but is larger, the course of the
lines is different, and there is the cojipery brown outer shade, -which
is distinctive. In maculatioii and color this is remarkably close to
Guenee’s Xanthodes traiisversa from India, so close, indeed, that had
the species been described from America I had considered the differ-
ences within the range of specific variation.

Lys;raiithcecia pariiieliana Hy. Edw.

To the kindness of Mr. Schoenborn I owe a sight of the type. It
has the wing form, and exactly the macnlatioii of nundina, but the
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are umber-brown, with an olivaceous slieen. The secondaries are
yellowish at base, with a broad blackish outer margin. The tibial
armature consists of two long inner and three shorter outer claws or
spines, referring to constricta, brevis, errans and the small species near
the foot of my series, with which this form has nothing in common.
It is undoubtedly a good and quite remarkable species.

I.<ygraiitliceeia roseitiiicta Harvey.

1875 Bull. Bull’. Soc. N. Sci. ii, 278.

Melicleptria exallata Hy. Eclw.

1884 Papilio iv, 124.

This species is now represented in the Museum collection by sev-
eral specimens. It was not known to me in 1883, when I published
my revision of the Heliothini, but was found in the Belfrage material
which came to the Museum. Mr. Edwards kindly gave me a speci-
men of his species, now also in the Museum, and this enabled me to
make the above synonymical reference.

The sjiecies has the structural features of Schinia lynx and its type
of maculation, replacing the yellow by bright red throughout.

]\Ir. Edwards’ species is not referred to in Mr. Giote’s list of 1890,
nor, indeed, any of the following species: Anthcecia petnlcms Edw.,
Tamila arefacta Edw., Acopa pacijica Edw., Melicleptria septentrional is
Edw., Heliothis siiavis Edw., — all described in 1884!

]\Ir. Grote seems to think, as he said of Boisduval about twenty
years ago, that no work has been done since his last descriptive
papers.

^icliiiiia sexplagirtts* m sp. — Head and thorax dark olivaceous greenish
gray. Primaries pale, powdery greenish gray, basal space and costal and mar-
ginal patches in s t. space dark, olivaceous, of the same tint as thorax. Basal
line marked on costa only. T. a. line pale, well marked, forming a very even
and regular outcurve. T. p. line even, i)ale, narrower than t. a. line, evenlj’
outcurved over the cell, and as evenly though less prominently incurved below.
S. t. line pale, not so well mai-ked as the median lines, a little irregular and
holding a middle between t. p. line and outer margin in course. A pale line at
base of fringes, which are concolorous, interlined with pale. The s. t. space is
slightly dai’Ker than ground color, except on costa and internal margin, where it
is of the same color as the basal sjiace. A vague, dusky, median shade over the
reniform, bringing this spot into view as an u])right dusky patch not definitely
margined. There is a vague suggestion of an orbicular. Secondaries white,
with a blackish discal lunule and outer margin, the latter with a white central
shade, more prominent toward anal angle; fringes white. Beneath whitish,
tinged with faint olivaceous, both wings with a narrow outer line; primaries
with black, contrasting reniform and orbicular. Expands 1.04 inches; 26 mm.

Hab. — Foot-hills near Denver, Col. (Bruce).

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The front is globose, bulging; fore tibije with a long inner and
two shorter outer s])inules. This species is allied to hiundnlata in
general appearance, but differs widely in details. The wdiite secon-
daries, the contrasting shades of primaries, and conspicuous ordinary
spots of the under side, are all good distinctive features. A single
good male is in the collection U. S. Nat. Museum, from INIr. BiTice,
and this is the type.

KcliiiiiR brucei Smith. — Ground color of head, thorax and primaries, a
pale luteous, varying in intensity, the maculation varying from ocheronsto rusty
yellow. Basal line marked on costa, the basal space deepening in color outwardly
to tlie t. a. line, where it is of the richest tint found on the wing. T. a. line
pale, whitish inwardly sharply defined by black scales, outwardly diffuse, shading
into the ground color of the median space. T. p. line pale, whitish, regularly
Insinuate, crenulate and very narrow, sometimes even interrupted opposite the
cell ; outwardly marked with black scales. S. t. space ocher or rusty yellow
brown, sometimes even of an olivaceous tinge. S. t. line pale, broad, diffuse,
either evenly parallel to outer margin, or indented opposite the cell, .sometimes
almost cutting the s. t, space. Terminal space slightly darker than ground color.
A series of small, terminal, blackish dots. Fringes concolorous, with dusky
terminal dots. A deeper shade of ground color through outer part of median
space, narrowed to a line at the hind margin. Reniform large, dusky, with
blackish lateral margins, not completely defined; no orbicular. Secondaries
whitish, with dusky outer margin, interrupted by an irregular whitish shade
behind middle, a moderate discal s]iot and white fringes. Beneath whitish, with
maculation of upper side incompletely reproduced, powdery; primaries with
orbicular and reniform usually very distinct. Expands 1.00— 1.20 inches ; 25 —
.30 mm.

Hab. — Colorado (Bruce).

[ have seen quite a number of this s[)ecies, and four g(tod speci-
mens are in tbe (Museum collection. It is larger tban crenilinea,
tbougb similarly marked, but tbe armature of tbe tibise allies it to
.•separata. From all tbe forms of that species tbe cbaracter of tbe
median lines will serve to separate it, tbe color sometimes being very
similar.

Tbe species is named after its collector wbo bas found more new
species tban any other recent field worker in Lepidoptera, and wbo
is as liberal as be is skillful in preparing bis specimens.

Schiiiia n. sp. — Head, thorax and primaries a vague reddish gray,

of a faded, washed-out hue, the maculation on primaries scarcely traceable.
Basal and s. t. spaces a shade deeper in color, and thus rendered visible. T. a.
line narrow, thread-like, paler, outwardly augulated in the submedian interspace.
T. p. line narrow, crenulate, evenly curved to thesubmedian interspace and there
somewhat abruptly incurved. S. t. line faintly marked only at costa, else not
traceable. Reniform an indefinite, vague, dusky blotch. Secondaries whitish,

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witli a faint reddish or yellowish suffusion. Beneath, much as the secondaries
above, reddish powdered toward the outer margins. Expands .96 — 1.08 inches;
24 — 27 miu.

Hah. — Colorado (Bruce).

Three specimens, male and female, from the collection U. S. Nat.
Museum, others in INIr. Neumoegen’s collection. The species is
allied to saturata in tibial armature, and somewhat also in habitus,
but the course of the t. a. line is entirely dilferent, and the fade<l,
washed-out appearance is peculiar to this species.

^(cliiiiia ocUreifsiscia n. sp. — Head and thorax overlaid by a thick layer
of ocherous .scales on a white base, the white appearing at tips of collar, patagise
and thoracic tuftiugs generally. Primaries white, banded with brownish ocher
or tan color. A well defined, moderately broad, even band at basal fourth, the
outer margin at about the place usually occupied by the t. a. line. A broader,
less definite median fascia, the color less intense, the band broadest at its middle,
narrower at inner than at costal margin. A moderately broad fascia of even
width, its course slightly sinuate, occupies w’hat is ordinarily the s. t. space. A
half band starts from costa at apex and tapers out at about the middle of outer
margin. A darker line at base of tbe white fringes. Claviform and orbicular
wanting. Reniform consists of a brown lunule at end of cell, followed by a
small spot of the same color just beyond. Secondaries white, shading to ocher-
ous outwardly. Beneath yellowish white, jirimaries with a suhmarginal deeper
fascia, leaving marginal space somewhat contrasting white. Expands .92 inch.;
23 mm.

H((b. — “July, Keru County, Cal.;” “August, Alameda County,
Cal. In dowers of Proximma callfornicum.”

Two specimens in the National Museum collection (through C. V.
Riley), neither of them in good condition, hut together making a
very perfect whole. The species has the ground color of cuniatilis,
and the ocherous fascite of chrysellus, hut is utterly unlike either in
type of maculation. The front is protuberant, bulging, but not
rough, and the armature of the fore tibiie is comparatively weak
and consists of a long inner spine, and a series of shorter outer spines,
much as in cumatilis, but less claw like.

One specimen has a red ink number 181, which indicates a biolog-
ical note on the species, in Dr. Riley’s posse.ssion.

Kcliiiiia uni macula n. sp. — Head, thorax and primaries white, markings
of the latter of a faint olivaceous clay yellow. Primaries with a broad, curved,
sub-basal band, the outer margin limiting the t. a. line, which is followed by a
few .scales of the same color as the hand, indicating its outer margin. Outer
portion of median space and all of s. t. space of the same faint olivaceous tint,
through which the white t. p. line is evident, starting in a broad costal patch,
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obvious on the incurve and at the inner niarfiiji. S. t. line marked only hy the
difl'erence in shade between terminal and s. t. space. This difference is very
strongly marked at the costa, then the s. t. space is almost divided by the white,
and thence the dark color again widens with an outward curve the division not
sharjily marked. A row of black terminal dots. Base of fringes olivaceous.
Eeniform upright, dark, constricted inferiorly, black marked, and more dilated
than superiorly ; no trace of orbicular. Secondaries white, with a dusky discal
•spot and indefinite outer border, in which is an ovate white spot. Beneath white,
with the maculation of the upper side faintly reproduced. Expands 1.04 inches;
26 mm.

Hab. — Colorado (Bruce).

Tills is a close ally of <S'. vanella, which it resembles completely in
habitus and structure. It differs obviously in the entire lack of the
orbicular and claviform in the much smaller reniform and in a gen-
eral softness of tint and maculation not noted in its eastern congener.
The type is from Mr. Neumoegen’s collection, and there are three
handsome examples in the collection U. S. Nat. INIuseum, all of Mr.
Bruce’s collecting.

biciispida n. sp. — Head, thorax and primaries luteous. Prima-
ries with maculation darker, more olivaceous, and with an admixture of black i.sh
scales. The transverse lines are all of the palest shade of the ground color, and
defined by the difference in shade between tbe adjoining spaces. T. a. line with
a long outward cusp on the median vein, and a deep incurve below the internal
vein. Basal space dark, with a pale cusp on the costa, and with a strong admix-
ture of black scales along inner margin, tbe internal vein pale. S. t. line regu-
larly bisinuate, even, oblique, well defined tbroughout. S. t. space quite strongly
speckled with black scales, especially along the outer margin defining the s. t.
line. This latter is deeply and suddenly incurved opposite the cell, then ap-
proaches quite close to the outer margin, again indented nearly opposite the anal
angle. A row of small blackish terminal spots, from which proceed blackish
shades cutting the fringes. Orbicular wanting. Reniform moderate, blackish,
quite indefinite; median s])ace crossed by a diffuse dusky shade, faint through
the centre, but spreading out and occupying nearly the entire width of the me-
dian space inferiorly. Secondaries black, with a broad yellow median band,
divided by a large black discal spot; fringes yellow. Beneath, primaries pale
yellow, with a broad basal shade, a large discal spot, and a broad subterminal
baud black ; secondaries white, with an incomplete outer band and discal lunule
black. Expands .96 inch. ; 24 mm.

Hub. — Southern Texas.

The anterior tibia has two stout inner and five stout outer claws,
and it is therefore related to pucku7'dii, morhia and nobills. From
all of these it difiers in the course of the transverse lines, and the
more decided contrasts in maculation. A single specimen from Mr.
Neumoegen’s collection is before me.

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Kchiilia eonc*iiiiia u. sp. — Head, thorax and ground color of luiniaries a
rather deep luteons, with an olivaceous tint. Primaries maculate with a rather
deep, almost chocolate-brown. Basal space brown, deepest at the t. a. line, and
merging into the ground color at the extreme base. T. a. line white, prominent,
outwardly oblique in two curves to median vein, then inwardly oblique in two
further curves to hind mai-gin. T. p. line white, rather strongly and quite
evenly bisinuate, well marked, excejit over the cell, where it is interru]>ted and
imnctiform; outwardly it is marked with black scales. S. t. space darkest at
1. p. line, lightening somewhat to s. t. line, which is very irregular and marked
only by the contrast between the dark s. t. space and the terminal space, which
is of the ground color. Fringes of ground color with a series of darker terminal
dots. Orbicular wanting ; reniform large, dark, somewhat indefinite, obscured
by a dusky shade, which crosses the median space and merges into the ground
color at either margin. Secondaries obscurely tawny at base, becoming black at
outer margin. Fringes pale luteons, almost dirty white. Beneath tawny, prima-
ries with disc black, sending up an ante-apical si>ot of same color ; a black discal
spot. Secondaries with a large discal spot and a deejier, brownish black outer
margin. Expands .9(1 inch. ; 24 mm.

Hdb. — Southern Texas.

This s])ecies has two inner and three outer claws to the fore-tibia
and is most nearl}^ related to brevis Grt. The contrasting white
lines, the olivaceous luteons ground color and the course of the lines
are difierent ; brevis seems not to have the broad median shade. A
single specimen from Mr. Neumoegen.

Scliiiiia digitalis n. sp. — Hesd, thorax and primaries a itowdery luteons
gray. Primaries with basal and s. t. space darker, with an admixture of blackish
scales; median lines narrow, pale. T. a. line evenly oulcurved, the curve greatest
in the cell. T. p. line very narrow, and but very little sinuate, almost rigidly
oblique. S. t. line marked by the diflereuce in shade between s. t. and terminal
space, strictly parallel with the outer margin. Fringes dusky. Secondaries a
pale yellowish gray with a more blacki.sh outer margin and very faint discal
blotch Beneath, primaries dirty gray, with a faint reproduction of the outer
lines of upper side, and a dusky discal spot; secondaries much as above. Ex-
pands 1.20 inch. ; 30 mm.

Hab. — Dallas, Texas.

This species has heavy inner and four heavy outer claws to the
anterior tibia, and is therefore related to thoreaui and rivulosa, from
which it differs radically in the coloration. It is the only species
with the heavy armature which has this luteons gray, almost greenish
tinge. It hears a deceptive resemblance to gracilenta, and the mark-
ings, indeed, are almost exactly like it.

A single specimen only at hand, hut I feel (juite certain that it is
in other collections as a faded gracilenta.

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Sohinia biiiiKliilata n. sp. — Head white, with a faint olivaceous tinge,
much more marked on the thorax ; abdomen fuscous. Primaries a faintly green
luteous or olivaceous, the terminal space slightly paler, else almost uniform in
tint. The median lines are very distinct, broad and white; the t. a. outwardly
curved and inwardly marked by a few black scales ; t. p. S-shaped, or strongly
hisinuate, outwardly relieved by a few black scales. Fringes whitish, uniform
in color. Secondaries faintly olivaceous, pale, with an indefinite dark outer
hand, and a dusky discal spot. Beneath, primaries silver-gray, with the costal
and outer margin narrowly yellowish. Secondaries white, with a faint discal
spot. Expands .92 inch. ; 23 mm.

Hab. — Colorado (Bruce).

This haudsoiiie and strongly marked species is allied in structural
characters to trifascia or cumatiiis, and is very distinct from anything
I have seen.

The single specimen before me is from Mr. Nenmoegen’s collec-
tion, and I do not remember having had others.

Scliiiiia simple.^ n. sp. — Head, thorax and primaries of a glistening, pale
green color; immaculate. Secondaries a very faint ocher yellow, with an in-
definite dusky discal spot, and a dusky outer margin, not extending more than
two-thirds from apex to anal angle. Beneath, a glistening, pale yellowish white,
with an indefinite blackish discal spot on all wings. Expands 1.20 — 1.28 inch. ;
30 — 32 ram.

Hab. — Colorado.

This species has a single long inner and three feebler outer, claw-
like spines to the fore tibia, and it belongs to the series with trifascia
and gracilenta, from all of which it differs in the immaculate prima-
ries. The specimens were collected by Mr. Bruce, and are distributed
in a number of collections, including that of the U. 8. Nat. Mus.
The specimen before me is marked “ Denver, Light, July 21, 1887.”

In the two specimens in the Museum collection, one, marked
“ Foot-hills, Colo.” has entirely immaculate secondaries; the other
specimen is much deeper in color throughout, and the marginal black
band is much more distinct, and is complete, extending also along
the costa.

Scliiiiia ci'Oiiilinea. u. sp.— Head and thorax yellowish white, the thorax
with an admixture of ouherous scales. Primaries whitish, with a strong ad
mixture of ocherous, the maculation with a brown admixture to the ocher. A
broad sub-basal, dusky band, outwardly limited by the white t. a. line, which is
outwardly curved and irregularly denticulate on the veins, the widest outcurve
in the submedian interspace. Inwardly this line is marked by a few black scales,
outwardly it is indefinite. T. p. line white, outwardly defined by black scales,
crenate, with distinct outward spurs on the veins, its general course feebly bi-
sinuate. S. t. line marked by the difierence between the brownish s. t. space

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and the even faintly oclieroiis white of the terminal space. S. t. space strongly
constricted opposite cell, less so in the s. in. interspace. A row of very faint
terminal dots. An upright dusky median shade, fading gradually to the ground
color in each direction. Reniform an indefinite, upright, dusky line. Seconda-
ries pale with a faint reddish tint deepening to a coppery red outer border. Be-
neath, quite uniform co]>pery red, the secondaries paler basally, primaries im-
maculate. Expands .92 inch. ;23 mm.

Hab. — Southern Texas.

This, in its structural characters, resembles spinosce, and in appear-
ance is allied to sejicirata and saturata, the latter of which it resem-
bles in the crenulate median lines and general tendency of maculation.
I presume this would be a Eupanychh according to Mr. Grote, if its
relation to spinosce be a generic character.

Heliophaiia obliquata n. sp. — Head and thorax a rather deep clay-
yellow, with an olivaceous tinge, alinost tawny; abdomen blackish. Primaries
above an olivaceous, dark luteous, marked with a somewhat rusty red-brown.
There is no distinct t. a. line. An oblique brown shade band extends from the
inner margin near base to the end of the median cell, joining the upright some-
what indefinite reniform. From this band a spur of the same color is sent to
the base along the internal vein, and another along the median vein. A narrow
streak runs also through the cell to the reniform. T. p. line concolorous, even,
entirely parallel with the outer margin, marked by a very narrow, indefinite.
l)recediug brown line, and followed and defined by the brown s. t. space. S. t.
space uniformly brown, marking the s. t. line by the contrast between it and the
terminal space. This line of contrast is irregularly bisinuate. A brown terminal
line at the base of the concolorous fringes. Secondaries black, mingled with the
tawny yellow basally, the fringes tawny. Beneath, primaries black, costal and
outer margin tawny, the former allowing part of a black discal mark to be visible.
Secondaries with co.stal third and centre tawny, else black. A large black discal
spot. Expands .75 inch. ; 19 mm.

Hab. — Texas (Neumoegeii).

I have had several examples of this little species for determinatiou,
some of them I thiuk from Colorado, but have not named it any-
where. The characters agree well with those of the genus as given
by me (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. x, 240). It is not impossible that this
is an extreme variety of Mr. Grote’s species, but both upper and
under side differ from the description and from the specimens I have
seen. In mitis the ground color is dark, while in the jiresent species
it is pale ; but this reversal does not necessarily indicate absolute
difference.

Ileliopliaiia amaryllis n. sp. — Head, thorax and abdomen black, with
fine, thin, loose, divergent, pale yellowish vestiture. Primaries a dirty grayish
brown, median sjiace a dirty yellowish white. Basal line distinct, whitish, mar-
gined by black. T. a. line whitish, i)receded by a black, and followed by a dark

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gray shade ; in course it is obtusely angulate on the median vein, and in the
slight convexity in the cell, the round orbicular rests on the line. T. p. line
whitish, even, widely outcurved over the cell and incurved beneath: defined
outwardly l>y the dark ground color, inwardly by a narrow gray-brown line.
The reniform is large, black, filling the entire width of the cell and resting on
the incurve of the t. p. line. A narrow dusky shade from the reniform to hind
margin close to t. p line. Beyond the t. p. line the wing is uniform in color,
somewhat white marked on the veins and crossed by the narrow whitish s. t.
line, which is twice outcurved and with three acute inward teeth. Secondaries
black, with a broad whitish hand, almost divided by the large black discal spot,
Beneath, primaries white, with a broad, irregular, black outer border, a broad
black basal dash, and a large black reniform. orbicular and subapical spot. Sec-
ondaries much as above, but median white band broader. Expands .80 inches ;
•20 mm.

Hah. — Colton, Cal.

I have seen but a single specimen of this curious insect, received
from INIr. W. N. Tallant, Columbus, Ohio, marked collected by G.
R. Pilate. It has the habitus of Melieleptria, but the structure of
the genus to which I have referred it.

STYLOPODA n gen.

Eyes narrowed, ovate, naked. Head small, not retracted, front
somewhat protuberant, conical, but not roughened. Tongue strong,
moderate in length. Palpi reaching to middle of frf)Ut, stout, the
terminal joint small, the parts so held as to make the front seem
pointed. Anteniue moderate in length, in the S finely ciliated.
Thorax plump, robust, vestiture scaly, smooth, forming an indefinite
posterior tuft. Legs short and stout, tibiie not spinose, the spurs
long, clothed with long, divergent vestiture, anterior sho)-t, broad,
flattened and corneous at tip, with a long inner and short outer claw-
like spur or process. Abdomen short, conic, nntufted. Primaries
short, broad, costa somewhat de|)ressed, making the apices prominent.

This genus resembles Pseudotamila in structure, save that the tibiie
are not spinose, and the primaries have the costa de|)ressed. Its
characters are also like F.^eudacontla, save that the eyes are narrow,
ovate. The genus is recognizable, and unlike any other of our
Heliothid foi'ins known to me.

Ktylopoilsi eeplialica !i. sp. — Head, thorax and abdomen deep piir])li.^h
blaek. Primaries purplish hlack to t. p. line, then an irregular white shade
fading into the black ground color beyond. The macnlation on the inirjtlish
ground is picked out by deep black scales. Basal line single, complete. T. a.
line .single, fine, upright or slightly oblique, very regularly tridentate. T. p. line
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UHTrowine; the median space by fully one-half below vein 2. This line is em-
phasized by the pure white following shade, which is broadest in the suhmedian
interspace, white scales — seeming bluish on the back ground — extending through
the subterrainal space and on costa, vaguely indicating the s. t. line. An inter-
rupted black terminal line. Claviform apparently wanting. Orbicular moderate,
concolorous, round, black-ringed. Eeniform incomplete, apparently only the
inner margin defined, the outer merged in the white shade. Secondaries black,
with white fringes. Beneath black, primaries with an interrupted white baud.
Expands .68 — .72 inches; 17 — 13 mm.

Hab. — California.

Two specimens ( 9 ) are in the National Mnsenm, one from my
old collection, the other “ through C. V. Riley, 1888," collected by
Coquillet. The latter is perfect so far as maculation goes, but the
legs are deficient. The former is somewhat rubbed, and has no legs
at all.

This is a strongly marked form which there should not be any
difficulty in recognizing.

There is a single male specimen from my collection in the Museum,
also from California, which is congeneric, but which is almost too
poor to serve as a ty]>e. The [)rimaries above have been rubbed
almost bare of scales, and no maculation is traceable. The secon-
daries are black. Beneath, the primaries are carmine-red, the secon-
daries black. If this is in any collection, I should like to get good
specimens.

l*seii<lacoiitia cru»itaria Morr.

A specimen of what 1 take to be a form of this species is in the
National Museum collection, from Mr. Bruce. It is like the type in
)>attern of maculation, but the black is replaced by an ocherous
brown on primaries, and the median white band of secondaries
broadens and becoming inwardly diffuse, lightens the base. The
type is from Nebraska, and I have seen no other specimens. It may
be we have to do here with another species, but without more ma-
terial I prefer to leave it as a geographical race or form.

Mefopoiiia macula sp. nov. — Head, thorax and primaries orange-yel-
low. Head and collar with an admixture of brown. Primaries with a purplish
blotch filling the base of discal cell, and narrowly connected along the median
vein with a darker, irregular blotch, whose outer margin is about where the t.
p. line should be were it present; a small, irregular spot, marks the location of
the accessory cell. The inception of the s. t. line is marked by a small, some-
what ferruginous preceding patch, and below that by a series of four or five
irregularly separated venular dots. Two dots below the basal purple blotch mark
the t. a. line. Fringes cut with purplish. Ordinary spots entirely obsolete.

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Secondaries uniform blackish with yellow fringes. Beneath, primaries blackish,
costa and fringes yellow; secondaries yellowish, with an outer darker line-
Expands 1 inch ; 25 mm.

Hab. — Las Vegas, N. Mex.

Oltviously distinct, from the described species by the black secon-
daries with contrasting yellow fringes. The clypeal structure is a
cup-shaped depression, from which rises a cylindrical projection also
cupped at tip. Specimens taken by Mr. Meeske are in the collections
of Neumoegen and Hulst.

ACJROTirHII.A Grt.

This genus was proposed by Mr. Grote (Ann. Lyc. 1875, xi, 107)
for Mr. Morrison’s Agrotis montuna, and the genus is, in my opinion,
a good one, diflering from Agrotis in the narrow, reniform eyes, the
retracted head and anartijorm habitus. To this must come FacJmobia
alaske Grt., of which there is a specimen in the U. S. Museum,
easily recognizable by the discolorous claviform.

Among the species never recognized by Mr. Grote is Moeschler’s
Agrotis stanclingeri (Wien. Eut. Monatsch. vi, 132, pi. 1, fig. 4, May,
1862). To the courtesy of Mr. Moeschler I owed a chance to ex-
amine his type, and found it to be in all respects like Morrison s
species. The figure is accurate, and there is no doubt at all that
staudingeri must replace montana in the lists.

INIorrison described his species from Colorado, July 22d to August
12th, 12,000 feet. Afterward the species was received from Mt.
Washington, and Labrador is now added to the distribution. In
the collections made by Mr. Bruce there is a species which I at first
considered the same as that described by Morrison, but which offers
a number of constant points of difference, which I think justify a
new species fully congeneric with staudingeri.

Agrotipliila. colora*lo n. sp. — Ground color of head, thorax and prima-
ries an olivaceous luteous, or ocherous brown, the variation being quite consid-
erable. Front with a strong admixture of white hair, forming a white margin
to the eyes. Collar black centred with a whitish basal and terminal margin.
Patagife white margined. Abdomen blackish, wdth fine w-hite or pale yellow
hair. Basal line black, single, outwardly margined with white. A curved black
streak crossing the basal space on the internal vein, margined above with white,
and this with the white inner margin to the t. a. line makes a quadrate space at
base, the angles all extended. T. a. line incurved, the lower curve long and
reaching nearly to the middle of the inner margin. T. p. line with an even
outcurve, nearly parallel with outer margin ; inner line composed of connected,
black lunules, outer Hue a broad whitish shade. S. t. line white, ditluse, pre-

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ceded by a series of more or less confluent sagittate l)lack spots, broadly inter-
ruiited sut)apically. A dusky line at base of fringes. .\ll the veins white marked ;
a mere trace of claviform. Orl)icular large, irregularly ov'al, black margined,
inwardly white ringed, centre pale. Eeniform large, kidney-shaped, narrowly
black ringed, inwardly white margined, centre pale. The space between these
ordinary spots is blackish, and there is a black spur from reniform to t. p. line.
Secondaries blackish fuscous to blackish, with white fringes. Beneath whitish,
both wings with narrow dusky margins and linear discal spots. Breast blackish,
legs with fine, thin, white hair. Antennte of male with whitish cilise. Expands
1.16 — 1.24 inches: 29—31 mm.

Hah. — Colorado, Bruce.

Both sexes of this species are before me from i\Ir. Bruce’s collec-
tions. There is considerable difference in the general appearance of
the sexes, though not in details of maculation. The male is the
smaller, and is sordid, more pale and less definitely marked ; in the
female the ground color is deeper, richer, and the white contrasts
very much more distinctly.

Comjiared with staudingeri, this species is larger, the claviform is
barely marked, and the orbicular is different in shape, large and
irregularly oval in this species, small and round in stemdingeri. The
species is in Mr. Neumoegen’s collection, and I have seen others from
Mr. Bruce. A good pair in the National Museum collection among
others.

.\grotipliila rigida n. sp. — Head, thorax and primaries dull fuscous
brown, with a yellowish admixture in the hasal and s. t. spaces. Front with
pale scales intermixed. Basal line evident, black, followed by a white shade.
T. a. line rigid, slightly oblique outwardly, white inwardly, margined outwardly
by black, which is a little extended on the veins. T. p. line outcurved over
cell, thence nearly parallel with outer margin ; inner line black, a little out-
wardly denticulate on the veins, followed by a rather diffuse whitish shade.
The veins are pale marked through the s. t. space, and aid in defining the series
of dusky, sagittate spots before the s. t. line. This latter is whitish yellow,
rather broad, distinct, very even, a little outwardly bent only on veins 3 and 4,
a blackish, interrupted terminal line. Claviform rather obscure, incompletely
outlined, concolorous. followed by a distinct yellowish shade, which extends to
the t. p. line. Orbicular small, oval, slightly oblique, black margined, pale
ringed, and wifli concolorous centre. Eeniform moderate, kidney-shaped, pale
ringed, with narrow black margin and concolorous centre. Secondaries smoky
fuscous, somewhat paler basally, with a dusky discal lunule. Beneath whitish,
powdery, with a common, broad, blackish, e.xtra median band : a discal spot on
all wings; primaries with a faint, dusky, submarginal band and secondaries,
with a dusky outer margin. Exi)ands 1 inch ; 2.5 mm.

llab. — Colorado ( Bruce).

A single specimen of this species, from ]\Ir. Neumoegen’s collection,
is before me, and is in good condition.

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This is one of the most interesting species I have studied, and will
not remain in the genus in which I have placed it despite its strong
habital resemblance to both standingeri and Colorado. The eyes,
while narrowed, are scarcely as constricted as in the type of the
genus, the fore tibiie are somewhat flattened and very heavily armed,
with longer sjiines at tip, and, finally, the front shows quite a long,
conic, corneous |)rojection, which is evident in neither of the other
species. It really agrees better with my genus Chorizagrotis, but
the form is not depressed, the eyes are narrowed, and the fi’ontal
jirotuberance is quite different. It has little or no habital resem-
blance with Chorizagrotis, and I think it best referi-ed for the j)resent
to the genus which in appearance it most resembles.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE II.

1. — Harpe and clasper of Pachnobia cinerascens.

2. “

“ Pachnobia elevata. ''

3.— “

“ Anorthodes prima. ^

4.- “

“ Trichoclea antica. ''

F>.— “

“ Trichoclea postica. ^

“

“ Teeniocampa annulimacula.y'

7. — “

“ TscHiocampa pectinata. /

8.— “

'■ Stretchia. variabUis. ^

9.— “

“ Stretchia behrensiana.

10— “

“ Perigonica fuhnmans.y'

11.— “

“ Perigonica angulata.

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On the species of TRYPOX V1.01V inliabitiiig
America Xortli of Mexico.

BY WILLIAM J. FOX.

Through the kindness of Mr. E. T. Cresson, I have had the op-
portunity of working over this interesting genus of Fossorial Hy-
inenoptera. I do not offer any suggestion as to the proper position
of this genus, which has been placed in the Larridse by most Euro-
pean authors. Mr. Cresson has placed it in the Crabronidie, where
I prefer to leave it for the present at least. Herein eight new species
have been described, also two from Cuba and Mexico, res|)ectively,
have been added to our fauna. The species are, as a rule, easily
distinguished, presenting characters which are readily seen. The
types of all the species herein described as new, with the exception
of T. Johmotii (which is from my collection), and several of Pack-
ard’s, will be found in the collection of the American Entomological
Society.

The species are distinguished as follows :

Females.

Metanotum not trisulcate.

Abrloiiieii entirely black.

Metanotum punctured.

Wings blue-black; thorax clothed with black pile albilarse.

Wings with the anterior pair only fuscous, the posterior ones hyaline,
except apical margin; thorax witli pale pubescence.

albipilo>«niu.

Wings hyaline, their apical margin and the marginal cell fuscous; thorax
and abdomen with silvery pile excavafiini.

Metanotum with an enclosed space.

Anterior portion of clypeus without a carina; wings, except apical margin,
hyaline ; posterior tarsi, except base and ape.x, whitish. .olavaluill.

Anterior portion of clypeus with a strong polished carina ; wings fuscous;
posterior tarsi black project uiii.

Metanotum without enclosed space.

Metathorax sulcate its entire length, more deeply so posteriorly, the fur-
row- somewhat interrupted at apex of metanotum.

Clypeus with a hroad, quadrate, tooth medially (fig. 10) apicaliN.

Clypeus bidentate (fig. 9) bi<leiitatiiiii.

Metathorax sulcate on its posterior face only; metanotum rugose; clypeus
unidentate frigi<Iiiiii .

Metanotum with a raised disc, which is transversely striated ; clypeus armed
with a tooth medially ; wings entirely hyaline cariiiifroiiS.

Abdomen banded with reddish.

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Metanotum punctate; clypeus emarginate; base of second abdominal seg-
ment reddish riibrociiictiiiii.

Metanotum striated.

Front with a strong projection ; anterior half of clypeus strongly carinated.

trideiitatiini.

Front with a longitudinal carina above the anteuufe.

Antennm entirely black.

Abdomen with the second segment above only reddish ; posterior tarsi
whitish medially riirozoiialif^.

Abdomen with the apex of first segment, the second entirely and the
base of the third reddish arizoiieiise.

Antennse, except apical portion, reddish fulvous.

Thorax black, with golden pubescence; dorsnlum finely punctured.

fexeiise.

Collar and metanotum rufous; the dorsulum very strongly punctured.

collin am.

Metanotum trisulcate; tarsi whitish, the joints of the median and posterior
pair, at apex ringed with black Johiii^oiii.

Males.

Metanotum not trisulcate.

.\bdomen not banded with reddish.

Metanotum punctate.

Wings blue-black ; second abdominal segment beneath with a strong hook
or spine iieglectiiiii.

Wings with the anterior pair only fuscous, the posterior pair hyaline ex-
cept apical margin ; thorax with pale pubescence. .albipilosuiii.

Metanotum with an enclosed space; posterior trochanters armed with a
spine; posterior tarsi whitish claTatniii.

Metanotum on each side with a strong carina, which ends in a stout projec-
tion l>i*oj e«*t 11 111 .

Metanotum vvith a raised disc, which is transversely striated.

cariiiifVoiis.

Metanotum with a median furrow.

Legs, except tibial spurs, black ; last joint of the antennse as long as the
three preceding ones united fi*ig;i(liiiii.

Metanotum not, or but slightly silicate ; last joint of the autenme shorter

than the three preceding ones united bideiitat.iiiii.

Abdomen banded with reddish.

Posterior trochanters unarmed.

Metanotum ininctate; base of second segment reddish. .riibroeiiiotiiiii.

Metanotum transversely striated, with two strong converging cariiue,

which end in two stout projections triileiitatiiiii.

Posterior trochanters armed with a spine.

Antennae entirely black.

Clypeus emarginate medially; legs entirely black, the posterior tarsi
whitish medially rufbzoiialis.

Clypeus broadly incurved medially, with a tooth in the middle (see fig.
5) ; the base of the tibiae and the posterior tarsi medially, reddish.

$«l>iiio*«iiiii.

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xintennse, except apical portion, reddish fulvous.

Thorax black, with golden pubescence, the dorsulum finely punctured.

texeiise.

Thorax with the collar and the metanotum rufous, the dorsulum very
strongly punctured eolliiiiilli.

Metanotum trisulcate.

Fourth joint of the flagellum beneath, excavated at base, and strongly pro-
duced at apex ; front with two strong diverging carinse, originating
near the base of the antennse cariiiatuui.

Fourth joint of the flagellum normal ; front with a slight projection above the
antennae oruatipes.

TRYPOXYL.ON Latr.

Trypoxylon Latr., Free. Car. Gen. Ins. 1796.

Apius Jur. Nouv. Meth. de Class. Hym. t. i, Hym. p. 140. 1807.

1. Tr.vpoxyloii albitarse Fab.

T. albitarse Fab., Syst. Piez. p. 180. Nr. 1, 1804.

T. politus Say, Post. Jour, i, p. 373, Nr. 4, 1837.

7'. albitarse Dhlb., Hym. Eur. i, pp. 286 and 509, , 1845.

? T. albitarse Lep. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. iii, p. 288, Nr. 1, PI. xxvii, fig. 3,
9 % , 1845.

T. politum Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. vi, p. 413, 1867.

T. albitarse Sa.uss., Reise d. “Novara” Zool. ii, Hym. p. 76, Nr. 1, 9
(var. mexicana), 1867.

— Black, shining; head and thorax clothed with black pubescence; front
strongly and closely punctured, with a rather deep excavation on each side, before
the emargination of the eyes, and medially with a somewhat Y-shaped carina;
the vertex separated from the posterior ocelli by a furrow or excavation ; clypeus
strongly produced, with a strong medial carina, finely punctured, the anterior
margin having three distinct sides, the medial side slightly incurved, with a
very feeble tooth at its lateral angles ; the space between the eyes, at top and
below, about equal ; antenuse reaching to the post-scutellum ; thorax finely punc-
tured, more finely so on the sides and beneath ; collar deeply and transversely
silicate ; the suture between the collar and dorsulum broad and deep ; metanotum
with a faint medial impressed line, on the posterior face of the metathorax
transversely striated, very deeply and broadly channeled medially; wings black,
with a violaceous reflection ; posterior tarsi, except base and apex whitish.
Abdomen smooth, before the apex of the first and second segments above with a
transverse impressed line; the venter with sparse long hairs. Length .75—1.00
inch.

unknown to me.

Occurs from Massachusetts to Central America ; Brazil (Smith).

2. Trypoxylon iiegleetuiii Kohl., PI. iii, figs. 1, 12.

T. neglectmn Kohl., Verb. zool. -hot. Ges. Wien, xxxiii. p. 340, pi. 18, fig.

% . — Black, shining; front subopaque, with rather strong and close punctures ;
clypeus strongly carinated, with fine separated punctures, the anterior margin
strongly sinuate laterally, in the middle with a rounded projection ; antenna

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subclavate, the first joint of the flagellum doable the length of the following
joint, the apical joint as long as the four preceding ones united ; space between
the eyes at top equal to the length of the first two joints of the flagellum united-
beneath the distance is distinctly less. Thorax finely punctured ; collar deeifiy
and transversely sulcate ; suture between the collar and dorsulum not widely
separated; dorsulum with a longitudinal, impressed line on each side near the
tegulae : scutellum with a strong medial impression, the postscutellum feebly so.
metathorax as in the preceding species, except that the posterior face is rugose :
wings brownish black, without violaceous reflection, hyaline at base: posterior
femora beneath, before the apex, with a strong lamina or swelling, the posterior
tarsi whitish medially ; the medial and posterior coxse are excavated above.
Abdomen smooth, the first segment as long as the two following ones united
much broadened at apex, beneath it is armed with a long hook or curved spine
(see fig. 12), before the apex above with a transverse impression ; the base of the
third segment beneath depressed; the second to seventh segment beneath with
a few long stifiT hairs. Length .60 —.80 inch.

Occurs in Pennsylvania, South Carolina (Kohl) ; Georgia, Florida,
Iowa.

This species closely resembles the preceding, but can be distin-
guished by the strongly sinuated clypeus and the posterior face of
metathorax being rugose.

3. Trypoxyloii albopiloisiiiii n. sp. PI. iii, fig. 2.

9. — Black; head and thorax clothed with cinereous pubescence; front con-
vex, subopaque, with strong, close punctures, or being slightly subrugose; vertex,
when seen from the front, notched medially, with two lunate tubercles, which
connect between the posterior ocelli ; the ocelli connected by a furrow, which
extends down to a slight projection above the antennae. ; eyes from the emar-
gination to the vertex with a distinct margin ; face, cheeks and clypeus with
bright silvery pubescence; clypeus anteriorly strongly carinated, the anterior
margin medially slightly incurved (see fi«.) ; first joint of flagellum not double
the length of tlie succeeding one, the second and third joint about equal. Thorax
finely punctured ; collar not transversely sulcate ; dorsulum with an impressed
line near the tegulae ; scutellum and postscutellum impressed medially: meta-
thorax above and on the sides finely punctured, the posterior face with strong
transverse striations, strongly sulcate medially, the metanotum before the apex
with a shallow depression, which is finely and transversely striated ; legs sparsely
clothed with sericeous pile, the posterior tarsi whitish, except at base and apex;
anterior win^s fuliginous, except extreme bnse, which is hyaline, the posterior
wings hyaline, except their apical margin, which is fuscous. Abdomen smooth,
shining, with sericeous pile, first segment nearly as long as the two following
combined, with two transverse tubercles near the base above, second segment
when seen from the side, with the upper surface bent inward and strono-lv
raised or swollen at l>ase; last segment above with as light carina, medially,
clothed sparsely with long brownish hairs. Length .75 inch.

Space between the eyes at top equal to the length of the first joint of
flagellum, beneath it is only but slightly wider than the length of the second
joint; clypeus not or but slightly produced, the anterior margin medially in-

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curved; face, clypeus, inner orbits to the eye einargination, cheeks, and a line
extending from the tegulje downward, hriglit silvery; second segment of ab-
domen more strongly bent inward above, but not so strongly raised at base, tlie
sixth and seventh segment slightly (marinated. Length .50 — .75 inch.

Occurs in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, Texas,
Illinois, Kentucky.

This species can be at once <listinguished from either of the two
preceding ones by its smaller size, and the thorax being clothed with
])ale pubescence, and from clavatum Say, by not having the enclosed
space on metanotum. It also agrees well with the figure of T. albi-
tnrse Fab. given by Lepelitior de St. Fargeau in his Hist. Nat. Ins.
Ilym. iii, PI. 27, fig. 3.

4. Trypoxyloii e.x<‘avatiiiu Sm.

T. excavatum Sin., Cat. Hyin. Brit. Mus. iv, p. 380, 1856, 9 'J, .

9 . — Head and thorax clothed with silvery pube.scence, more dense and bright
from the eye emarginations downward, cheeks, the sutures of the thorax, and
the posterior face of the metathorax, laterally; front convex, opaque, subrugose,
with a distinct medial impressed line extending from the lower ocellus to a
strong projection above the antennie ; vertex not raised or depressed ; the ante-
rior and posterior ocelli connected by a strong furrow ; eyes from the emargina-
tioii upward with a distinct margin ; clypeus emarginate medially ; space between
the eyes at top and bottom about equal to the length of the first joint of flagel-
lum ; antennae reaching to the apex of scutellum. Thorax finely and sparsely
juinctured, the prothorax bispinose beneath ; dorsulum with a slight medial im-
pression extending from base to apex ; scutellum medially impressed ; meranotum
with a shallow excavation, which becomes deeper towards the apex, and forms
into a deep sulcus on the posterior face of metathora.x, the excavation with very
fine transverse striations at its apex; wings hyaline, except their apical margin
and the marginal cell, which are fuscous; legs entirely black, covered with
.sericeous pile. Abdomen smooth, shining, clothed with sericeous pile, which is
more obvious and silvery on the basal half of the segments ; first segment scarcely
tumid at apex, about one-third longer than the succeeding one; the third seg-
ment slightly concave beneath. Length .45 inch.

% . — Differs from the 9 '’J its smaller size ; the narrower front, the space be-
tween the eyes being less beneath than above ; the clypeus being more strongly
emarginate, and the third segment being bituberculate beneath. Length .38
inch.

Occurs in Ckiba, Jamaica {Smith, Fox), New York and Illinois.
This species can be distinguished by the silvery ornamentation of
the head and thorax.

.5. Trypo.xyIoii clavatum Say. PI. iii, fig. 13.

T. clavatus Say, Bost. Jour, i, p. 374, 9 'S - 1837.

T. clavatum Pack.. I'roc. Ent. Soc. Phila. vi, p. 414, 9-

9. — Front convex, strongly ])unctured, with a medial impression extending
from lower ocellus to a projection above the antennae; anterior and posterior

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ocelli connected by a furrow: vertex with two smooth, polished tubercles; eyes
from the emarsination upward with a distinct margin; clypeus emarginate;
space between the eyes at top equal to the length of the second and third an-
tennal Joints united, beneath it is about equal to the length of the first joint
of the flagellum ; from the emargination (»f the eyes downward, the cheeks,
sutures of the thorax, and posterior face of metathorax, silvery. Thorax shin-
ing, finely punctured, sparsely clothed with pale pubescence; scutellum and
postscutellum not im])ressed medially; metathorax above wdth an irregularly
striated, enclosed space, the posterior face strongly furrowed medially, strongly
rugose; wings hyaline, apical margin fuscous; legs with sericeous pile, the pos-
terior tarsi whitish, except base and apex ; first segment of abdomen about one-
third longer than the following one, the apex strongly raised above the base of
second segment, the second segment at apex slightly raised above the base of the
following segment. Length .45 — .50 inch.

'J, . — Differs from the 9 '’7 narrower front, the length of the last Joint of
antennfe is equal to the three preceding Joints united, and by the posterior tro-
chanters being armed with a spine. Length .45 — .50 inch.

Occurs from Canadti (Provcmcher) to Texas.

0. Trypoxylon projeetiiin n. sp.

9 . — Front with strong, separated punctures, with a medial impression, very
strongly produced above the antenna? into a projection ; eyes from the emar-
gination upward with a distinct margin; space between the eyes at the vertex
equal to the length of the second and third Joints of the flagellum united, be-
neath it is slightly less; the second Joint of the flagellum more than half as long
as the preceding one; clypeus, except at base, with a strong medial carina, the
anterior margin acutely emarginate, with a slight tooth on each side of the
emargination ; from the emargination of the eyes downward, the posterior orbits,
sutures of the thorax and posterior face of metathorax, laterally, with silvery
pubescence. Thorax finely and sparsely i)unctured, clothed with short, pale
pubescence; dorsulum with a lateral impressed line near the tegulte ; metauotum
transversely striated, with a strong, curved carina on each side, a deep sulcus
begins between the apices of the carinse and extends down on the posterior face,
which is rugose, to the apex; wings fusco-hyaline, with darker apical margins;
posterior tarsi whitish medially. Abdomen with the first segment strongly
tumid at apex, not much longer than the following segment ; the third segment
slightly raised at base above. Length .60 inch.

— Differs from the 9 having the clypeus more broadly emarginate, the
first Joint of the flagellum being slightly longer than the two following ones
united and the apical Joint being as long as the three preceding ones together;
space between the eyes at vertex equal to the length of the first and second
Joints of the flagellum united, beneath it is slightly less; the carina of the
metauotum end in two stout projections, the posterior face of metathorax coarsely
and transversely striated; the tarsi all more or less whitish. Length .50 inch.

Occurs in Louisiana; Florida (C. W. Johnson).

Differs from the preceding species by its stouter legs, carinated
metanotuin and the stout frontal projection.

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7. Ti\> |>o.\yloii (*arinifi'OEi»« ii. sp.

9 •• — Black : front coriaceous, convex, with a short, distinct, longitudinal carina
V above the antennae : the anterior ocellus situated in a rather deej) ])it, from which
originates a strong impressed line, which extends down to the frontal carina:
clypeus with a slight mesial tooth : space between the eyes at the vertex equal to
the length of the first, seconil and third joints of the flatrellum united, beneath is
equal to the length of the second and third joints of the antennae united ; an-
tennae clavate, second joint of the flagellum more than half as long as the pre-
ceding joint, the apical joint nearly as long as the two ]ireceding ones united :
mandibles reddish ; verte.x finely i)unctured ; from the emargination of the eyes
downwards, the cheeks, suture between collar and dorsuliim, sides of thorax and
the metathorax, posteriorly, with bright silvery pubescence. Thorax finely
punctured, the dorsulum shining, with a short, oblique, deep, impressed line on
each side near the tegulfe ; scutellum not impressed medially, shining: meta-
notum with a shield-shaped, somewhat elevated disc, which covers almost its
entire surface, the disc finely and transversely striated, sulcate medially, the
])osterior face of metathorax with a medial sulcns, which is much deeper at the
base, subrugoso-striate : wings hyaline throughout, the stigma and nervures
brownish, except at base, where, together with the tegulse, they are yellowish.
Legs black, the tarsi fuscous, the tibial spurs slightly whitish. Abdomen smooth,
the base of the second to fifth segment with sericeous pile: first and second
segments of nearly equal length, the first tlie longest. Length .25 inch.

Dift’ei's from the 9 tl'© antennje being very strongly thickened from
the ninth joint, the apical one being acute at tip and as long as the four ])ieced-
ing ones together : the clypeus is more strongly dentate : the legs are brownish,
with the tarsi slightly marked with whitish. Length .25 inch.

Occurs in Texas.

Closely allied to T. chichimecinn Saiiss. from Mexico, but the cly-
peus is not euiarginate, as in that species.

8. Ti\v|»o.v.vloii apiealist u. sj). PI. iii, fig. 10.

9. — Front subopaque, slightly roughened, with a distint, medial, inqiressed,
glabrous line extending from lower ocellus to a slight projection above tlie an-
tennie: the anterior ocellus situated in a slight jut, the vertex excavated or de-
pressed behind the ])osterior ocelli: clypeus rather broadly produced medially,
the production somewhat incurved: antennae not clavate, tiie first joint of the
flagellum about one-third longer than the second one: face, clypeus, cheeks,
thorax on the sides and beneath, with silvery pubescence. Thorax very finely
punctured: collar with a transverse sulcus : dorsulum without lateral impressed
lines: scutellum impressed medially, tlie postscutellum feebly so; metanotum
sulcate medially, obliquely striate ; tlie posterior face finely punctured, sulcate
medially, the sulcus being much broader and deejier at the base; wings hyaline,
their apical margin fuscous, tegulm and mandibles ferruginous ; legs black, the
femora and tibiaj sparsely clothed with silvery pile, the spines of the tibife fer-
ruginous or brownish ; tarsi fuscous. .■Midomen smooth, shining; first segment
strongly sulcate above, on its basal half, and is about one-third longer than the
following segment; the last segment clothed beneath with sparse long hairs.
Length .48 inch.

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Occurs ill Ciuiada, and at Beverly, Mass. It is larger than eitliei
of the two following sjiecies, to which it is related.

9. Ti*.v|»oxyI«m IVigitliini Sm.

T.fngidum Sm.. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mas. iv, p. 381. 1856, ?.

T.frUjidnm Pack.. Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phila. vi, p. 415, 1867, %.

9. — Front coriaceous, sliglitly rouglienert, with an impre.ssed line extending
from lower ocellus, which is situated in a pit, to a strong frontal projection above
the antennje: clypeus with a large quadrate tooth medially; first and second

joints of the flagellum about equal ; space between the eyes at the top equal to
the length of the first and second joint of the flagellum united ; beneath, it is a
little less: face, clypeus, cheeks and the thorax on the sides and beneath with
silvery pubescence. Thorax with exceedingly fine imnctures; the collai with a
transverse sulcus, which is interrupted medially ; dorsulum with an impressed
line on each side near the tegulm ; scutelluin and postscutellum not impressed ;
metanotum with strong, slightly oblique striations, wuth a slight medial ini])ies-
siou ; posterior face of metathorax with a strong sulcus, which is very broad and
dee]i at the base; w’ings hyaline, their apical margin slightly fuscous, tegula"
and mandibles ferruginous; legs black, with sparse silvery pile, the tarsi fuscous,
the tibial spurs reddish brown or whitish. Abdomen smooth, shining, the fiist
segment strongly sulcate above, on its basal half, and is about one-thiid longei
than the succeeding segment. Length .30 inch.

^ ^ Oitfers from the 9 bv having the last joint ot the antennai as long as the

three preceding ones united ; the clypeal tooth is indistinct, and the wings are
strongly iridescent. Length .30 inch.

Occui’s front Hudson’s Bay (feniitli) to ^ irginia, wostwaid to ^It.
Hood, Oregon.

10. Try poxy Ion bidentatiiiii n. sp. PI. iii, fig. 9.

j .—Closely resembles the preceding species, hut is distinct by having the cly-
peus bidentate medially ; the second joint of the flagellum shorter than the first ;
the metathorax strongly sulcate above and on its posterior face ; the tihial spins
black ; the wings are strongly iridescent, fusco-hyaline. Length .25 .30 inch.

. The apical joint of the antennm as long as the four ]ireceding joints

united ; the first segment is more linear than in the 9 ■ clypeal teeth not

.so distinct. Len,gth .25 inch.

Occur.s with the preceding.

11. Trypoxylon rubrocinrtuni Pack. PI. iii, fig. 7.

T. rubrocinctum Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. vi, p. 416, 9 • 1867.

Front convex, rugosely punctured, with a medial impressed line extend-
ing from lower ocellus to a strong projection above the anteuiiie; vertex de-
pressed medially; clypeus strongly emarginate ; first joint of flagellum a little
more than one-third longer than the second joint; space between thee.ves at the
vertex equal to the length of the first joint of the flagellum, beneath it is a little
less; eyes from the emargination upward with a distinct margin ; mandibles,
tegulie' femora at apex, the tarsi at base, and the basal half of the second seg-
ment above, and beneath entirely reddish fulvous; from the emargination of the

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eyes downwards, clieeks, sutures Iietween collar and dorsuluin, line on pleuruin
and the metathorax posteriorly, with silvery puhescence. Thorax shining, with
fine separated punctures; scutelluin and postscutellum medially impressed;
metanotnm finely punctured, with a strong excavation posteriorly, from which
begins a deep sulcus, extending down to the apex of metathorax, the posterior
face strongly rugose; wings hyaline, the apical margin slightly fuscous, tuhial
si)urs whitish. Abdomen shining, the first and second segments petioliform, the
first segment about one-third longer than the second, with two transverse tuber-
cles near the base above. Length .40 inch.

'J, . — Differs from the 9 follows: Antenme thickened toward the apex, the
first joint of the flagellum nearly twice the length of the following joint ; space
between the eyes at top equal to the length of the second and third joints of the
autenuffi united, beneath it is less than the length of the first joint of the fla-
gellum. Length .3.5 — .40 inch.

Occurs from New York to Florida.

Can be at once distinguished from trklentation by liaving tlie met-
anotnm punctured.

12. Trypoxylon tri<leiitatiiiii Pack. PI. iii, fig. 4.

T. tridentatum Pack., Proc. Eut. Soc. Phila. vi, ]). 417, 9i 1867.

9. — Front with strongly separated imuctures, rather deeply impre.ssed me-
dially, the impression extending from the lower ocellus to a very strong pro-
jection above the an ten nffi ; vertex impressed medially; clypeus very strongly
carinated on its anterior half, emarginate luedinlly, the sides of the emargination
produced into a slight tooth; mandibles obscurely rufous; the second joint of
the flagellum more than half the length of the pireceding joint, the second and
third joint nearly equal ; space between the eyes at vertex less than the length
of first and second joints of the flagellum united, beneath it is about equal to
the length of the second and third joints of the flagellum ; eyes from the emai-
gination to the vertex with a strong margin ; from the emargination of the eye
downwards, thorax on the sides and beneath, and the sutures of the thorax with
silvery pubescence. Thorax shining, finely and distinctly punctured ; dorsuluin
very slightly impressed laterally; scutelluin and postscutellum not impressed
medially; metathorax transversely striated, above with two strong, curved,
converging carinse, with a medial impression, the furrow extending down to the
apex of, and is much stronger on, the posterior face; wings hyaline, the apiical
margin fuscous, the nervures blackish; legs with sericeous pile, the posterior
tarsi whitish medially, the anterior tibiie rufous at base; first and second seg
meuts reddish, the former black above, and about one-fifth longer than the
second, which is very slightly raised at base; the remaining segments above
with silvery jiile in certain lights. Length .45 — .55 inch.

. — First joint of the flagellum more than twice the length of the succeeding
one, the apical joint slightly longer than the three pireceding ones united ; front
scarcely impressed; the carinse on the metathorax strongly projecting. Length
.50— .55 inch.

Occurs throughout the United States. Speciineiis from New York,
Te.xas, Montana, California.

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13. Try po.Ny Ion riifozoiialis n. sp. PI. iii, fig. 3.

9.- Black, shining; front strongly and rngosely punctured, strongly im-
pressed medially, with a short longitudinal carina above theantennse; clypens
fine punctured, roundly emarginate mediall.v, slightly carinated anteriorly;
vertex depressed medially; space between the eyes at vertex and beneath, equal
to the length of the second and third antennal joints united ; head and thorax
in the usual places with silvery pubescence. Thorax finely punctured ; dorsulum
with a strong, short, impre.ssed line on each side; postscutellum slightly im-
pressed medially ; metathorax above with an enclosed space, wdiich is transversely
and obliquely striated, the posterior face rugose, strongly channeled medially;
legs black, the posterior tarsi whitish medially ; wings hyaline, apical margin
fuscous, the nervures bi-ownish ; first segmentof abdomen about one-third longer
than the second, the latter strongly raised at base; first segment black, reddish
along the sides, the second segment entirely reddish, the rest of the abdomen
black, the third segment has a reddish spot on the sides. Length .55 inch.

"J, . — First joint of flagellum more than twice the length of the following
joint, the apical joint as long as the three preceding ones united ; clypeus more
broadly emarginate than in the 9- not carinated; posterior trochanters armed
with a spine, the posterior tarsi whitish, except at base and apex ; first segment
of abdomen more than one-third longer than the following one, which is not
raised at base. Length .55 inch.

Occurs ill Colorado.

14. Trypo-xyloii arizoiieiise n. sp. PI. iii, fig. 13.

9. — Front strongly punctured, medially impressed, with a short longitudinal
carina above the antennte; vertex not or but slightly depres.sed medially; eyes
from the emarginatiou to the vertex with a distinct margin ; clyjieus emarginate
medially, not carinated ; fir.st joint of the flagellum nearly twice the length of
following joint; space between the eyes at vertex the same as in the preceding
species, beneath it is a little less; mandibles rufous; head and thorax with sil-
very pubescence, more obvious from the emarginatiou of the eyes downwards,
cheeks, sutures of the thorax, on the sides and beneath and the metathorax.
Thorax finely punctured, shining; metathorax with fine transverse striations;
the metanotum with a strong depression, from which begins a strong medial
channel, wdiich extends to the apex of metathorax; wdngs hyaline, apical mar-
gin fnscou.s, the nervures brown ; legs black, the tibite and tarsi clothed wdth
sericeous pile, more strongly so on the tarsi; tegulte fulvous ; the first, second
and base of the third segment reddish, the first segment on the basal two-thirds
above, black ; second segment strongly raised at base. Length .55 inch.

(Occurs ill Arizona.

15. Trypoxylon spiiio*«um Cam. PI. iii, figs. .5, 6.

T. spinosa Cameron, Biol. Cent. Am. Hym. ii, j>. 46. PI. iv, figs. 8, 8a. 86, "J, .

"J, . — Black, shining; front coarsely punctured, medially impressed, above the
antennae wdth a short longitudinal caidna; space hetw'een the eyes at vertex a
little broader than the first joint of the flagellum is long, beneath it is equal to
the length of the second and third joints of the flagellum united ; first joint of
the flagellum twdce the length of the following joint, slightly longer than the
second and third joints united, last joint a little longer than the two ])receding
ones united ; clypeus broadly incurved medially, wdth a tooth in the middle of
the incurvation ; from the emarginatiou of the eyes dowmvards the cheeks and
sutures of the thorax and the metathorax wdth golden pubescence, the thorax
on sides and beneath wdth silvery pubescence. Thorax finely punctured ; meta-

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thorax above liiiely iniuctiired. excavated toward the truncation, a strong furrow
extends from the apex of the excavation to the apex of inetathorax ; posterior
trochanters armed with a spine; posterior tarsi wliitish medially; wings ful-
vous, the ajiical margin darker. Abdomen clothed with golden pile, the first
segment one-third longer than the second, which has the basal half reddish,
and not raised at base. Length .52 inch.

Occurs in Texas and INIexico.

lb. Ti\y|M»x'yloii Sauss. PI. iii, fig. 8.

7'. texense Sauss., Eeise d. “Novara.” Zool. ii, Hym. p. 77, ?, 1867.

9 . —Front strongly punctured, medially impressed, with a cariiim above the
antennae; first joint of flagellum almost twice the length of the following joint ;
■space between the eyes at the top equal to the length of the .second and third
joints of the antennae united, beneath it is slightly less; clypeus as in the ju-e-
ceding species; vertex depressed medially; first five joints of the antennae,
mandibles, tegulae, the anterior atid medial femora at apex, the coxae and tro-
chanters at apex, tibiae, tarsi and first two segments of the abdomen, reddish
brown; the first segment above with a brownish stain on basal portion; from
the eye emargination downward, cheeks, sutures of the thorax, on the sides and
beneath and the metathorax with golden pubescence. Thorax shining, finely
punctured, the dorsulum with an impressed line on each side; metanotum with
a V-shaped enclosure, which is finely and transversely striated, the enclosure
open at apex, from which begins a strong sulcus, which extends to the apex of
metathorax, the latter on the sides and posteriorly, rugose; wings golden, ner-
vures yellowish ; legs with golden pile; first segment silicate above, on its basal
half, about one-third longer than the following segment, which is not raised at
base; the apical margins of segments 3-6 golden ; all the segments clothed with
golden pile. Length .52 inch.

. — Front very finely and closely punctured, clypeus armed with three teeth,
the outer one acute, the medial one rounded (see fig.) ; first joint of the flagellum
as long as the two following ones united ; scutellum with a distinct medial ini-
juessed line; the apex of the metanotum laterally, strongly produced or cari-
nated ; posterior trochanters armed with a spine; first and second segments of
the abdomen about equal in length, the first at apex scarcely raised above the
base of the second, which has a transverse impressed line before its apex. Length
.58 inch.

Occurs ill Texas. I may be mistaken in regard to the S of this
species, as the specimens described herein as the S are much larger,
and the characters so much different from those of the 9 .

17. Tryi»o.xyloii colliiiiiin Sm.

T. coUinum Sm., Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. iv, p. 381, 9 t 1856.

T. collinum Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. vi, p. 415, 9 'E > 1867.

9 . — Front strongly punctured, medially impressed, with a slight carinse above
the antennse; vertex depressed medially; space between the eyes at vertex equal
to the length of the second and third joints of the anteunse united, beneath it
is equal to the length of the first joint of the flagellum; clypeus emarginate
medially; first eight joints of the antenme, anterior portion of clypeus, except
the margin, mandibles, except apex, prothorax, tegulfe, metanotum, legs and the
first two segments of the abdomen, reddish ; face, clypeus, suture between the
collar and dor.sulum, and the thorax beneath sparsely clothed with golden pubes-

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ceiice. the cheeks and a line beneath the te.gnlie, silvery. Thorax strono;ly punc-
tured ; scutelluin slightly impressed mediHlly; inetanotum with a V-shaped en-
closure, which is strongly rugose, the posterior face strongly channeled medially ;
wings strongly fuscous, hyaline at their extreme base; first segment of the ab-
domen about one-third longer than the second, which is strongly raised at base.
Length .o.u— .60 inch.

. — Differs from the 9 by having the first Joint of the flagellum slightly
longer than the two following ones united, the apical joint as long as the three
preceding joints together; the enclosed space on the inetanotum is strongly and
transversely striated, and the posterior trochanters are armed with a spine.
Length .55 inch.

Occurs in Florida. Easily distinguished by red collar and ineta-
notuni.

18. Trypoxylou cariiiatuiii Say.

T. carinatus Say, Bost. Journ. i, p. .374, % .

%. — Front coriaceous, very flnely imnctured, slightly concave, with a medial
impressed line, extending from lower ocellus to the angle of sharp diverging
Carina, situated above the antenuge; the ocelli situated in slight depressions or
pits, the pit in which the anterior ocellus is situated much more distinct; when
seen from above the front has the appearance of being produced into a very acute
angle ; clypeus slightly incurved medially or subtruncate; first and second joints
of the flagellum about equal, the fourth joint beneath, at the apex, excavated,
the apex strongly produced ; the apical joint as long as the two preceding ones
united ; space between the eyes at the top equal to the length of the three basal
joints of the flagellum united, beneath it is distinctly less: face, clypeus, cheeks,
suture between collar and dorsulum, the thorax beneath and the metathorax
posteriorly sparsely so, with silvery pubescence. Thorax finely punctured ; the
scutelluin and postscutellum not impressed medially; metanotum trisulcate
above, the lateral furrows oblique, on the posterior face with a deep medial chan-
nel above with exceedingly fine, slightly oblique strise ; wings hyaline, nervures
and stigma dark brown; outer margin of tegulse, the anterior femora in part,
the tibige and tarsi entirely, the posterior and medial tibige at the base and the
medial tarsi, whitish ; the greater part of the tegulge and the mandibles ferru-
ginous. Abdomen shining, the first segment but slightly longer than the follow-
ing one, and deeply sulcate on the basal half above, the sulcus broader and
deeper at the base. Length .30 inch.

(Occurs in “ Indiana” (8ay). A specimen before me without lo-
cality. Probably from Illinois.

19. Trypoxylou JoliiiM>iii n. sp.

9. — Front convex, flattened medially, without medial impressed line, sub-
rugose, with a strong carina above the antennge; the ocelli situated in depres-
sions, the anterior one most distinct ; clypeus incurved medially; first joint of
the flagellum about one-fifth longer than the following joint ; space between
the eyes at the vertex equal to the length of the second and third joints of the
antennge united, beneath it is equal to the length of the second joint of the
flagellum; inner orbits from the emargination of the eyes downwards, the face,
clypeus, cheeks, suture between the collar and dorsulum, sides of thorax and the
metathorax on the sides with silvery iiubescence ; scape anteriorly, the mandi-
bles, the anterior femora in part, and the base of the second and third segments
of the abdomen reddish fulvous; the tegulge, the anterior tibige and tarsi entirely,
the base of the medial and posterior femora and the joints of the tarsi, except
apex, whitish, the rest of the anterior and posterior legs reddish brown, the

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posterior pair tilack. Thorax finely punctured, the dorsuluni with a short im-
pressed line on each side; nietanotuni with fine transverse .striations, trisulcate,
the median snlcns longest and broadest, the posterior face’deeply silicate medially ;
win<;a hyaline, nerviires and stigma black. Abdomen shining, the first segment
silicate above on its basal lialf, about one-third longer than the following seg-
ment. Length .38 inch.

Occurs ill Florida. Collected by C. ^y. Johnson.

20. Trypoxylon oriiatipew n. .sp.

'J, .—Front suhopaqiie, convex, with a medial imiiressed line extending from
lower ocellus to a slight longitudinal cariua above the antenme; the anterior
ocellus placed in a deep pit; clypeus with a small quadrate tooth medially; the
lust joint of the anteunse equal to the four preceding joints united ; the scape
in front, the tegulse, the anterior and posterior legs and the basal portion of
second segment on the sides and beneath fulvous, the base of the posterior femora
and the joints of the tarsi at base whitish, the rest of the legs black or brownish.
Thorax finely punctured ; metathorax trisulcate above, the medial furrow
broader than the lateral ones, which are somewhat indistinct and much shorter
than the medial one, the mesonotum shining, transversely striated, the iiosterior
face very deeply and broadly channeled medially; wings hyaline, iridescent.
Abdomen shining; the first segment at least one-third longer than the following
segment, above strongly sulcate medially, the sulcus interrupted between the
middle and apex. Length ,28 inch.

Occurs in the District of Columbia.

The cocoon of this species is cylindrical, rounded at each end,
and about .40 inch, in length. This may be the % of T. Johnsoni.

Unidentified Species.

T. californicum Saiiss.. Eeise d. Novara. Zool. ii, Hym. p. 78, J, 1867. Cal.
T. pennsylvanicum Sauss., ibid. p. 82, J. Penn.

T. striatum Prov., Add. Hym. Queb. p. 283, J. (Pub. in Le Nat. Canadien.)
Can.

T. sulcus La Muiiyon, Proc. Nebr. Asso. Ad. Sc. March, ’77 ( = texensef). Nehr.
T. unicolor Bob, Ins. Afr. et Amer. p. 116, Hym. PI. iii, fig. 3. This probably
does not belong to this genus. Car.

T. xantianum Sauss.. 1. c. p. 78, 'J, J, 1867. L. Cal.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE III.

Fig. 1. — Head, showing clypeus of T. neglectnm.

" 2. — Head of T. albipilosum.

" 3. — Head, from above, of T. rufozonalis and T. arisnnense.

4. — Head, from above, of T. tridentnUim.

" 5. — Head, showing clypeus of T. spinosam.

“ 6. — Abdomen from the side, of T. spinosum.

“ 7. — Abdomen, from the side, of 'T. riibrocmctum.

“ 8. — Anterior margin of clypeus of T. texense, % .

“ 9. — Anterior margin of clypeus of T. bidentatum.

“ 10. — Anterior margin of clypeus of T. apicalis.

‘‘ 11. — Posterior leg of T. clavutum , showing spined trochanter.

“ 12.— First abdominal segment of T. neglectnm, from the side.

“ 13.— First two abdominal segments of T. arizonense, and rufozonalis. 9 , from

the side.

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A revision oftlie species oT l^iielea, I*arasa aiiil PaekaiMlia.
witli notes on Adonefa, 3Ionolenea and
Varina ornatta Neuni.

BY HARRISON G. DYAR.

Genus ElK'I^EA Hiib.

lS16.-—Euelea Hiib.. Yerz. bek. Schinett., 149.

1860. — Noclielia Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., 160.

1864.— Euclea Packard, Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phil, ill, 336,

Genus I'AKASA Moore.

1854. — Her.-Sch.. Samml. An.sser. Scbmett., 176.

1859.— Parasa Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. East India Co., 413.

1864. — Callochlora Pack., Proc Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, 339.

These genera are separable liy the following characters. In Enclea
the second subcostal venule arises just beyond the end of the discal
cell, remote from the origin of the first subcostal, w'bile tbe first and
second median venules arise as far apart as the second and third ;
in Parasa the second subcostal venule arises just within the cell,
close to the first subcostal, and the first and second median venules
ari.se almost from a common point. Otherwise the venation is the
same. In the fore wings the s.-c. vein is remote from the costa and
the costal arises from its base; five s.-c. nervules, tbe origins of the
third and fifth approximately trisecting the vein beyond the cell;
discal cross-vein twice angulated, the independent vein arising from
its upper third ; a bifid false discal vein ; median four-branched ;
submedian present ; internal bifid at base. The hind wings have the
same venation in both genera.

Mr. E. L. Graef has very kindly loaned me his specimens of these
genera which comprise nearly all the species, and, from an examina-
tion of them, I have been enabled to complete this paper. The
species mav be separated in the following manner:

Thorax l>rown Genus Eiiclea.

Green of primaries not covering cell.

Spots rounded, discal dot round liana Dyar.

.Spots angular, discal dot elongated.

A ferruginous patch beyond subterminal line I’orriigiiiea Pack.

No such patch eippiis Cram.

Green confined to small basal and subapical spots. ..var. llelpliiiiii Bd.

Basal patch larger, bifid var, quertieti H.-S.

Patches connected by a row of dots var. iiiterjocta Dyar.

Green forming continuous band var. monitor Pack.

Green of primaries covering cell.

Sinus above internal margin distinct, filled in with rust-red.

Discal dot present elliotii Pears.

Discal dot absent pjriiulata Clem.

Sinus obsolescent, not discolored inoi^ia Harv.

Thorax green Genus Parasa.

Breadth of green liand over one-third the length of costa viriilns Beak.

Less than one-third ciiloris H.-S.

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Euclea iiaiia n. sj). (Plate iv, fig. 15).

Primaries: costa sti’aiglit, ape.x subacute, outer margin convex, inner margin
nearly straight, then rounded to base. Dark glossy vval nut-brown, darker than
cippus (of the same color as some Florida examjiles of cippus), a very small round
black discal dot in the cell, not elongated as in cippus. Tw'o pea-green patches
of considerable size, both rouTided and edged outwardly and below with silvery
white and black. The larger patch occupies the space below the cell, not reach-
ing the base of the wing and narrowly sejtarated from the internal margin, rect-
angularly excavated op))Osite the outer third of the margin, the sinus partly
filled in with a patch of orange ferruginous scales that tends to be bisected on
the snbmedian vein. The patch extends beyond the end of the green patch,
reaqhing the obsolete subterminal line, which is lost in the ground color. The
other green patch is almost circular, in one example produced inwardly a little
above the discal dot. It is very narrowly separated from the fir.st jiatch and
almost reaches the costa. It represents the snbapical patch of cippus. Imt shows
no tendency to become divided. It is follow’ed by the usual orange ferniginons
patch, trisected by the uervnies and reaching the obsolete subterniinal line.
Fringes concolorous with primaries, interlined with paler at the base. Secondaries
scarcely paler than primaries, concolorous. Below, concolorous tvith secondaries
above, paler along internal margin of primaries and base of fringe The thorax
is dark like the fore wings, as in the basal tuft and tij) of abdomen. Expanse
of wings 18—20 mm.

Hab. — Florida. Ty[)es, two males, in the collection of Mr. Graef.

I cannot find that this sjiecies has been figured or described before.
1 have seen it in collections labeled querceti and qaercicola, but it
does not correspond at all with Herrich-Schtlfier’s figure of the.se
forms. It difiers from E. cippus var. moidtor in its smaller size,
round, minute, discal dot ; the green spots being rounded and not
triangular, the lower elliptical, less deeply excavated than in cippus,
the upper almost circular, not divided. The red patches are smaller
than in cippus, and are distinctly divided by the veins.

Euclea ferruginea Packard.

1864. — Pack. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. Hi, 338.

This species is fnarked like E. vur. delphinii, but has in addition
a ferruginous patch beyond the suhterminal band. It is closely allied
to E. cippus.

The following is Dr. Packard’s descriittion :

"% more reddish than the other species. . . . Basal green spot small, slightly
indented externally. Middle snbai)ical spot” [of the three snbapical green spots
which are very variable, often confluent] “large; lower one obsolete, with a few
scales connecting it with the reddish discal spot, which is margined above with
brown. Beyond the green spots the wing is suffused with rust-red. of a lighter
blue than any of the other species. Outer edge darker, like the costa. Beneath
both wings are alike, almost testaceous. Fringe brown.” Habitat, Canada.
Expanse 30 mm.

The larvii is unknown.

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Kuolesi <*i|»|>iis Cramer (Plate iv, figs. 1-11).

1779. — Cram., Pap. Exot. i, 84. pi. liii. fig. E. delphmii Boisduval.

1832.— Bel.. Cuvier’s An. King. (Griffith) pi. ciii, fig. fi, strigata Boisduval.

1332.— Bd., Cuvier’s An. King. (Griffith) pi. ciii. fig. 7 (larva) querceti Her.-Sch.

1854. — Her.-Sch., Saminl. Aiiss. Schmett. fig. 174, qnercicola Herrich-Schaffer.

1S54. — Her.-Sch., Samnil. Auss. Schmett, fig. 175, tardigrada Clemens.

18(50. — Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. IGO, Nochelm^ monitor Packard.

1864.— Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, 327.

1881. — French. Papilio i, 145 (larva), bifida Packard.

1864. — Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, ,338.

Thoi-MX and primaries dark hrown (burnt nmher), occasionally russet or dark
glossy walnut-hrown (the latter color is exemplified in a specimen from Florida
before me), with an elongated elliptical black spot of raised scales in the centre
of the discal cell. .\n oblique green hand, more or less interrujited, occupies the
basal third of the wing below the cell and runs narrowly around the cell, widen-
ing centrally and suhapically, but nowhere reaching the base or margin of the
wing. It is deeply excavated opposite the middle of the internal margin, the
sinus filled in with a large rust-red spot; another similarly colored, hut smaller
spot succeeds the suhapi' al portion of the band. Both these spots precede the
obscure, purplish, subterminal line. The green is narrowly bordered outwardly
and below with silvery white and narrowly surrounded by black. Abdomen
and secondaries colored like the thorax or paler. Below, concolorous with sec-
ondaries above. Expanse 'J, , 20 — 26 mm. ; ^,23 — 30 mm.

Var. delpliiiiii Boisd (Plate iv, figs. 1-3).
qnercicola H.-S.
tardigrada Clem.

The wreen is contiiied to a small triangular patch at the base below
median vein, often slightly excavated externally, and a still smaller
subapical patch.

Var. querceti H.-S. (Plate iv, figs. 4-6).
bifida Pack.

The green patches are larger than in the above, and the basal one
is bifid, sending out a narrow line of green above the rust-red spot.

Var. interjecta W. Var. (Plate iv, figs. 7, 8).

1 propose this name for the specimens connecting var. querceti with
var. monitor, in which a line of two or more little green dots connects
the outer part of the basal green patch with the subapical one. These
dots become larger and run together in specimens that are near
monitor.

* This is Clemens’ description: “ . — Body and fore wings rather dark red-

dish brown, with a small, nearly triangular pea-green patch, narrowly bordered
with dark brown, at the base of the wing beneath the median nervure, slightly
excavated behind, where it joins a bright brown i>atch. Toward the hind end
of the disc [cell], in its middle, is a minute, oval, dark brown streak ; two small,
pea-green, subapical spots, the one neare.st the costa minute.” It evidently re-
fers to the var. deJphinii. Clemens also describes the genus and the larva of his
species, hut the characters are all borne ont by specimens of Euclea cippus.

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Var. inoiiitor Pack.- (Plate iv, tigs. 9-11).

In tins the green foi’ins a complete band, e.Ycavated aliove the
middle of the internal margin. Harris gives a good figure of it in
“ Insects Injurious to Vegetation,” page 420.

The above varieties are all connected by intergrading forms.

The larva is elongate, rounded, the dorsal i-egion Hat, nearly level,
of uniform width, rounded at the extremities; sides nearly jierpen-
dicular. Head whitish, labrum and sutures of clypeus yellowish ;
ocelli black ; jaws dark brown ; retracted beneath joint 2. Along
the subdorsal ridge of the body on each side is a row of elongated
spinose tubercles, on joints 3 to 18 inclusive; those on joints 3, 4,
5, 1 1, 12 and 13, about three times as long as the others. The spines
are short, black, and arise from conical bases. Another lateral row
of spinous tubercles beginning on joint 3, those on joints G to 12
situated above the spiracles (none on joint 5) the one on joint 4
about as long as the subdorsal one, the others of uniform length,
longer and rather slenderer than the short subdoi-sal ones. A ro'w
of dorsal and lateral elliptical dej)re.ssions, each containing two ir-
regular wdiitish dots, only appearing distinctly when the body is
retracted. The body is covered wdth very minute transparent granu-
lations. Spiracles very small, circular, projecting, yellowish.

The larva varies much in color, from sordid ])urplish to green;
there is a subdorsal band covering the row of tubercles which varies
from ferruginous through yellow to gi’een (it may be concolorous
with the body) sometimes narrowly and irregularly edged with black
or crimson, but always thrice interrupted by a subquadrate spot of
red or dark brown, viz., between joints 6 and 7, 9 and 10, 11 and 12.
Length, 12 mm. ; width, 6 mm. ; height, 4 mm.

Hub. — Atlantic States to Mississippi Valley, South America (?).

EiicleH elliotii Pearsall (Plate iv, figs. 12, 13).

1887. — Pearsall, Ent. Anier. ii, 209.

Closely allied to E. pcenulata, from which it differs only in the
jtresence of the discal dot and the somewdiat smaller size of the green
patch which does not reach quite .so near to the costa, nor exactly to

* This variety comes nearest to Cramer’s figure of cippns. I have had some
doubt about referring the species to at all, as I have never seen a specimen

that exactly corresponds to Cramer’s figui-e in which the greeTi band is broken
into three triangular spots: but this may occur. The figure is too poor to base
critical remarks upon, but it seems extremely ju’obable that it is the present
species that was intended. However, if this should not prove satisfactory, there
are plenty of other names, as may be seen from the above .synonymy. There is
no doubt about the figure of delphinii.

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the suhterminal line. The mirrow space between the obscure sub-
terminal line and the green patch is filled in with a rust-red shade.

The larva, as described by Mr. Pearsall, does not seem to differ
from Prof French’s description of E. pceaulatn more than is the case
in many examples oi' clppus, and I expect that a good series of moths
will show that we have to do with but one species. I have been
able to examine but one specimen of pcenulata and four of elUotii,
among the latter the type of the species by the kindness of Mr.
Pearsall.

Hab. — Middle States.

The specimens figured in the plate I owe to the kindness of Dr.
Packard.

Kiiclea pieiiiilata Clemens (Plate iv, fig. 14).

1860. —Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 159.

1881. — French, Papilio i, 144.

Thorax and primaries dark brown, the green patch on the wings similar to
that of cippns in its exterior and interior outline, but extending outwardly to
the subterminal line and much fui'ther basally over the cell, reaching the base
of the wing, but not extending on to the costa. It is edged with silvery white
outwardly and below, and narrowly with black, and the sinus above the middle
of the interior margin contains a large rust-red spot as in cippns. The brown
space along the costa widens toward the base. Secondaries paler brown ; under-
side still paler, concolorons. Expanse 28 mm.

Hub. — Illinois.

Prof. French describes the larva, which is very similar to that of
cippm, but lacks the subquadrate spots, which internutt the subdorsal
bands of that species.

Eiiclea iiicis^a Harvey (Plate iv, fig. 16 , 17 ? ).

1876. — Harv., Can. Ent. viii, 5, Pnrasa.

1877. — Grote, Can. Ent. ix, 85. Euclea.

Primaries wood-brown, nearly covered by a large green patch more extensive
than in psennlntn Clem., slightly waved opposite the cell, and rectangularly exca-
vated opposite the outer third of the internal margin, much more distinctly in
the male than in the female. The patch is edged outwardly and below with a
darker line, and is but very narrowly separated from the costa and internal
margin, more broadly just at the base of the costa. Secondaries pale testaceous,
unicolorous. Below concolorons with secondaries above. The thorax is dark
brown, the abdomen pale. Expanse % 26 mm. ; 9 nim.

Hub. — Texas.

Mr. Grote carefully separates this species from Euclea poemdata
Clem.

I know of no description of the larva. The species seems, in some
resitects, intermediate between the genera Euclea and Parasa, and it
will be very piteresting to observe the affinities of the larva when
found, as the larva} of these genera difier decidedly.

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I*ara!>*a viritliis Reakirt® (Plate iv, fig. 18).

1864. — Reak., Proc. Eut. Soc. Phil, iii, 251, Limacodes.
vernata Packard.

1864. — Pack., Proc. Eut. Soc. Phil, iii, 339, Calloclilora.

Primaries wood-hrown, the pea-green patch smaller than in incisa Harv. It
is separated by a brown line from the costa and reaches the internal margin, but
is not excavated, being only slightly waved above the internal margin. It
reaches the base of the wing only along the margin, being replaced by a trian-
gular patch of the ground color which rests upon the costa. The green is bor-
dered with a narrow brown line, and the veins in the terminal space are marked
with brown. A blackish brown shade along the center of the outer margin.
Secondaries yellowish testaceous, the fringe shaded with brown. Thorax pea-
green : abdomen yellowish testaceous. Below, concolorons with the secondaries
above, the fringe brown. Expanse about 25 mm.

Hab — Middle States.

A number of references to descriptions of the larva may be found
in Ml. Henry Edward’s catalogue of transformations of N. A. Le-
pido])tera under “ Parasa chloris."

I*ara$i$a cliloris Herrich-Schaffer (Plate iv, fig. 19).

1854. — Her.-Sch., Samml. Ansser. fig. 176.
fmterna Grote.

1881. — Grote, Papilio i. 5.

1887 ~Hy. Edwards, Ent. Amer. iii, 169.

Very similar to P. viridus Reak., but the green baud is still narrower. Prima-
ries wood brown, crossed by an oblique pea -green baud that is separated by a
brown line from the costa, and is continued along the internal margin to the
base of the wing. The band is edged with brown, but there is no blackish
shading in the terminal space, though the veins are marked with brown. Sec-
ondaries pale yellowish at base the outer half wood-brown. Below, yellowish
testaceous ; costa, outer third of primaries and fringes, brown. Thorax pea-
green ; abdomen largely tinged with brown. Expanse about 20 mm.

Hub. — Middle States.

The larva is somewhat ovate in outline as seen from above, the
last segment being produced into a little pointed tail. The dorsal
region is flat, highest at joint 5, and diminishes to the extremities.
The subdorsal ridges bear each a row of large round warts covered
with spines, those on joints 3, 4, 5, 11 and 12 the largest, the rest
much smaller; a similar row above the spiracles, all small. The
head is retracted within joint 2, and this in turn under joint 3.
There is a double row of blackish impressed spots in the dorsal
region and elliptical depressions on the sides, but the skin is nearly
uniform, soft and smooth. Color greenish brown, lighter, more red-
dish posteriorly, shaded on the dorsum with dark orange ; a number
of indistinct, brighter waved lines. Below colorless, bordered by a
salmon colored band.

® Mr. Henry Edwards has called my attention to a fact which I have recently
verified, viz., that Herrich-Schafler’s figure of chloris represents the species known
as Parasa fraterna Grote. Hence the synonymy will have to be altered as above.

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Closely related to Euclea is the genus Adoneta Clem., but in our
lists it has not been associated with its allies. It differs from Euclea
in the shorter pectinations of the autenme of the male and the more
slender body. The shape of the wings and pattern of maculation
are the same, but the venation diffei’s in that Adoneta has but four
subcostal venules, while Euclea has five in the fore wings, and the
subcostal vein in the hind wings divides nearer the tip of the wing
in Adoneta. These are all weak characters.

The larvse are of the same structural type in both genera, but
that of Adoneta is more highly colored.

From a consideration of characters, drawn principally from the
larva, I would arrange the genera of the Cochlidiie somewhat as
follows, omitting the genera of which I do not know the larva ;

L. flexuosa and L. coesonia of Grote, do not belong to Lhnacodes,
and will probably have to be referred to Heterogenea or an allied
genus, as, indeed, Mr. Grote has himself suggested.*

Varina ornata Neum., in my opinion, does not belong to the Coch-
lidiie.f I have examined a 9 specimen which Mr. Graef has kindly
loaned me, and a % from Prof Smith. If the moth is a bombycid
at all, it will have to be referred to the Dasychirie as its characters
exclude it from the other subfamilies. I wmuld add the following
characters to Mr. Neumoegen’s description of the genus :

Primaries 12-veiued ; internal vein not furcate at base; median 4-branclied,
vein 5 nearer to 4 than 4 to 3 at base ; cell open ; 6 arising from cross-vein near
the subcostal; a small, narrow accessory cell; 7 from 8 immediately beyond
accessory cell ; 8 and 10 together from end of accessory cell ; 9 from 8. rather
more than half as long as 8. In the secondaries 3 and 4 arise together from the
end of the median ; cell open ; 5 absent, represented by a fold ; 7 from 6 beyond
the end of cell ; 8 touches the subcostal at about one-sixth the length of cell from
base

Tongue present, but weak ; ocelli small. The thorax is covered
with scales and hair, and not hair alone, as Mr. Neumoegen states.

A knowledge of the larva of V- ornata is much to be desired.

* New Check List, page 63. I think that csesonia may prove to be synonymous
with Heterogenea shurtleffii Pack. Flexuosa is congeneric, and may be only a
form of csesonia.

t See Mrs. Slossou, Ent. .Amer. vi, 136.

Parasa

Phobetron

Isa

f Lithacodes
1 Tortricidia

Empretia

Limacodes

Packardia

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Artaxa imjenita Hy. Edwards does not belong in tlie Cochlidia?,
but is also referable to the Dasychirie.*

.Moiioloii<>a snlMlciito$«a u. sp (Plate iv, fig. 21)

Allied to M. semifascia (fig. 20). Thorax and primaries dark waliuit-hrown ;
abdomen, secondaries and under side paler. A narrow, upright, zigzag, white
line extends from the middle of internal margin to median vein, l>ut does not
cross the vein nor extend on to the fringe as does the corresponding mark in
semifascia. It is twice regularly augulated, more sharply externally. The space
between this mark and the base of the wing is of a ferruginous brown, paler
than the rest of the wing and narrowly separated from the white mark by the
ground color. Expanse 22 mm.

Type, one 9 > the collection of Mr. Graef

The species of Monoleuca may be separated as follows :

Transverse band upright.

Baud white.

Baud narrow, preceded by a ferruginous shade osa Dyar.

Wider; wing coucolorous semifascia Walk.

Band yellow siiltiirea Grote.

Transverse baud oblique obliqiia Hy. Edw.

Genus 1*AC'KARI>I.4 G. and R.

This genus was characterized by Dr. Packard, in 1864, f as Cyrtosiu,
but this name, being preoccupied, was sub.sequently changed by
Grote and Robinson.

The species are subject to considerable variation, and are usually
rare. I have examined the male genitalia of three species and I
cannot find that they offer any characters to afibrd specific separa-
tion. The supra-anal plate in all narrows ra]fidly, and is extended
backward in a long, evTii, narrow prolongation that slopes downward
without curving, being pilose beneath. It resembles the same part
in Datana, but is much less strongly bent down. The side pieces
are simple, concave inwardly, slightly tapering, the ends rounded.
The larvie are small green Limacodes, much resembling Parasa fra-
terna in general shape, but lacking the spinose subdorsal tubercles,
'fhe end of the body is ])roduced into a little “ tail” as in Parasa,
which is often marked with red above, and this constitutes the only
colored marking. They feed on the leaves of any deciduous tree,
usually frequenting the central or more shaded parts of the woods.
Only one brood occurs each year in New York, the larv’je maturing
in September.

Dr. Packard has kindly allowed me to see his material in this
genus, and I believe the following arrangement of species corresponds
with his opinion.

*• See Butler, Ann. Mag. N. H. 1884, p. 200.

t Proc. Eut. Soc. Phil, iii, 342.

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l*a(‘kardia ologaiis Packard (Plate iv, fig. 22).

1864.— Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. Hi, 342, Cyrtosia.
nigripunctata Goodell.

1881. — Good . Can. Ent. xiii, 30. Pncknrdia.

Priinarie.s blackish or bronzy brown, with two parallel, oblique, white bands,
the inner from the basal third of the inner margin to near the center of the
costa, shaded outwardly with black ; the outer from basal two-thirds of inner
margin to opposite the end of median vein, where it is joined by a third curved
white band that runs from the costa just beyond the end of the first band to the
internal angle, where it becomes faint, obsoletely enclosing two round, super-
posed black spots Both bands are faintly shaded inwardly with black. Secon-
daries whitish, strongly tinged with bronzy brown. Expanse of wings 19 mm.

The inner white band is fainter than the two outer ones (while its
bordering black shade is more distinct j, and i\Ir. Goodell’s nigripune-
tata is founded on examples in which it is obsolete.

Curiously enough this species has been omitted from both the
Brooklyn Check List ami Mr. Grote’s New Check List, as well as
from Mr. Hy. Edwards’ additions to the same (Ent. Amer. vol. iiij.

I*ack:ir<lia fus<*a Packard.

1864. —Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. Hi, 343, Cyrtosia.

Primaries whitish bull’, consisting of a dull white ground “dusted with ocher-
ous brown scales, thickest at the base of the wing.” The markings are exactly
as in elegans, but much more obscure, in some examples hardly discernible. The
white bands are scarcely paler than the ground color being defined by theocher-
ous scales; the outer dark shade of the inner band and the round superposed
spots at the internal angle are ocherous brown, in one example quite well de-
fined. Secondaries very pale, darker along the outer margin. Expanse of wings
16 — 19 mm.

l*aoksir<lia $;oiiiiiiata Packard (Plate iv, fig. 23).

1864. — Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. Hi, 343, Cyrtosia.

Primaries chalky white, irrorate with chocolate-brown scales and thickly
duste<l with ocherous brown scales at the base of the wing and internal angle.
Two parallel, oblique, cbocolate-brown bands, the inner somewhat undulate,
reaching from the basal third of the inner margin to near the center of costa,
the outer from the basal two-thirds of inner margin till it joins a third curved
baud, which extends from the costa just beyond the end of the first band to
just above the internal angle, where are three superposed, rounded, triangular
white spots, the lower one very small, all narrowly surrounded by chocolate-
brown. In the single example before me the space between the first two bauds
is strongly filled in with chocolate-brown, especially on the costal half of the
wing, and this shade spreads outward diti'usely beyond the third band in the
center of the wing. Secondaries even paler than the primaries, dusted with
brown scales. All the fringes are narrowly lined at base and near tip with
chocolate-brown. Expanse of wings 26 mm.

Larva.— Vi\\Q, or whitish green with four longitudinal slight ele-
vations or ridges, viz. : one suhdorsal and one su[)ra-stigmatal on
each side; the body terminating in a short tail. The sultdorsal ridge
is darker green than the body, and is Itordered below with whitish.

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Cocoon. — As in the other species of Cochlidipe, subspherical, hard
and brown, the end opening as a little circular lid.

I*a<*kar<lia albipiinctata Packard (Plate iv, figs. 24, 25).

1864. — Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. 344, Cyrtosia.

ocellata Grote.

1865. — Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, 322, Cyrtosia.

The ground color of the primaries is the same as in geminata, the lines and
superposed white spots are the same (though in one example there is a trace of a
fourth white spot), but the ocherous brown or sable brown and chocolate-brown
shadings are more extensive, w'hile the secondaries are pulverulent dark blackish
brown. A male example befoi’e me (fig. 25) has the basal space filled in with
sable brown, the rest of the wing chocolate-brown, obscuring the lines, except a
subquadrate apical space, where the white ground color prevails, irrorate with
brown scales. Fringe paler at base. The female (fig. 24) has a basal ocherous
brown shading, but the chocolate-brown shade is confined to the space enclosed
by the second and third bands at the internal angle, leaving the ground color to
appear on the rest of the wing. Fringe ocherous. Expanse 23 — 27 mm.

Mr. Grote’s ocellata was apparently founded on examples similar
to the female I have described above.

Larva. — Extremely similar to that of geminata. I have not noted
any differences.

Cocoon. — Not different from that of geminata.

Packardia gooclellii Grote.

1880. — Grote, Can. Ent. xii, 242, Packardia.

It seems probable that this species is only a very dark variety of
P. albipunctata, but I have not seen enough specimens to be able to
decide. Mr. Grote’s description is substantially as follows, and well
characterizes this form :

“Entirely blackish, with a faint brown shading about internal angle, where
are two white, unequal spots. Fritige blackish, concolorous. interlined with pale
and with a distinct white fleck below apices. The usual lines on the primaries
are lost in the ground color; the outer may be made out, followed by a whitish
shade on costa. The costal edge at apices is whitish. Secondaries concolorous,
blackish, paler beneath ; the fringe is paler outwardly. Expanse 20 — 22 mm.”

The species of Packardia may be separated by the following table:

Spots above internal angle of primaries black or blackish.

Fore wings bronzy brown elegaiis Pack.

Fore wings whitish buff . fiisca Pack.

Spots above internal angle of primaries white.

Secondaries white geiiiiiiata Pack.

Secondaries black.

Fore wings partly obscured by dark chocolate-brown shadings.

albipunctata Pack,
goodellii Grote.

Fore wings entirely dark brown

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REVISIO]^ OF THE DOXACT.E OF BOREAE AMERIC A.

BY CHARLES W. LENG, B. S.

Donacia was established by Fabricius, in 1775, for a European
species allied to our mbtilis, and the name, derived from the Greek
donax — a reed, — is indicative of the habits of that and the other
species comprised ; all are subaquatic, the larvie feeding in, the im-
agines being found about reeds, pond lilies, Sagittaria and other
water plants. The earliest descriptions of our species are by foreign
authors, Ahrens and Kunze, in 1810 and 1818 respectively. Thomas
Say described five in 1823 and 1827, Newman added others, and
Kirby still more. In 18-15 there was published a “ Monographie”
by Lacordaire, which swelled the number considerably. In 1851,
Dr. LeConte reviewed the described species, noting many synonyms,
and in 1873 Crotch made a Synopsis, on which the names now in use
are based. In all, about 70 names have been proposed, and over
100 pages printed in descriptions.

Some confusion still existing, I have attempted in the following
pages to give the characters by which the really distinct species may
be recognized. Unassisted, this would have been both presumptuous
and impossible; but in advice and material I have received so much
help, that I hope the result may be found satisfactory. To Dr. Geo.
H. Horn I owe the free use of a collection representing all the de-
scribed species, each one specially compared with the types of Dr.
LeConte’s s[>ecies in the Cambridge Museum ; as well as the results
of his observations on the genus for many years back. Through
the favor of Prof. C. V. Riley, I have been entrusted with the col-
lection of the National Museum. To Mr. Frederick Blanchard I
owe many valuable suggestions and sets of the species living on the
Concord River. To Messrs. Roberts, Liebeck, Westcott, Wickham,
Hulbert and Sherman, my thanks are due for specimens. Finally,
my friends on Staten Island, William T. Davis and J. C. Thompson,
have freely given me the use of their collections and time.

Before using the synopsis, the reader should observe the following
explanation of the terms employed.

“ Elytra truncate at tip, or subtruncate.” Under this head are
included all the forms that are in the least truncate, or even doubt-

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fully SO, and the only form excluded is that in which the tip is evi-
dently rounded. In such the sutural margin is sinuate.

“ Mesosternum narrower than the coxa.” By this is meant that
the portion of the under surface seen between the middle coxjb is
narrower than those coxre separately. It is used as a convenient
measure of the width of the insect, being narrowest in the conspicu-
ously slender species, and may be inferred where it is difficult to see,
as when the insect is pasted on a point.

“ Sutural margin sinuate posteriorly.” In many Donacite the
elytra are declivous at the apex ; the elytra are closely joined at the
suture in repose, but the margins on the declivous portion appear
double, and although they truly meet, there is a second apparent mar-
gin within the true one. This second margin, starting not more than
one-fourth the length from the tip — often less — is sinuate, or curved
more or less, away from the suture. Thus a space somewhat ellip-
tical in shape is formed, sometimes depressed, sometimes in the same
plane with the rest of the elytron, and always destitute of punctua-
tion. This sinuation might also be described as a sinuate displace-
ment of the sutural stria.

“ Posterior femora elliptical.” In all Donacise but ru/a, the j)os-
terior femora are decidedly pedunculate. In that species the neck
is not evident, and I have followed Dr. LeConte’s use of the term
elliptical to describe them, though they are actually much broader
at the apex.

Certain characters are subject to great individual variation. These
are the color, the relative length of the antennal joints, the number
and size of the femoral teeth or spines, and the punctuation and
sculpture of the upper surface. While diherences in these respects
are, to an extent, indicative of specific rank, it is important that
they be not carried too far, and I have endeavored to mark their
limits in the descriptions which follow the synopsis.

The dilation or extension into spinous ])rocesses of the tibiae is
very evident in some species. In pis^eatrix and jKilmata this is esj)e-
cially true of the middle tibiae, ami a spinule may also be seen beneath
the dilation. In certain of the convex species the dilation is more
apparent on the front tibiae. The character, however, varies greatly
in individuals of the same species, and I have not made use of it in
the synojLsis.

The sexes in most Donaciae are widely differentiated. As a rule
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with fewer and weaker spines than the male, and the last dorsal
segment is rounded at ajiex and more or less elongate. The males
besides being narrower and more strongly armed on the femora, have
the pygidium shorter and either truncate, arcuately emarginate, or
acutely triangularly emarginate, but never rounded. The males of
palmata have the anterior tarsi dilated, and the same sex of piscatrix
has the first ventral segment excavated.

All the species of Donacia are subaquatic in habit, frequenting
either the pond lilies, on the broad leaves of which they may be seen
from A{)ril to Septendier, or the rushes and sedges that grow in danqi
places.

In the following synoptic table several new names will be noted ;
these are :

cmcticornis Newn., which was formerly called lucida Lac., or in
the check lists rugifrons Newn.

pusilla Say, which antedates and replaces cuprea Ky.

rufa Say, which antedates and replaces Kirbyi Lac.

The scheme proposed is as follows :

Head and thorax evidently pubescent above Group A.

Head occasionally, thorax never pubescent.

Elytra truncate at tip, or subtruncate.

Form decidedly flattened ; mesosternum about as broad as each coxa.

Group B.

Form more convex; mesosternum narrower than the coxa Group C.

Elytra rounded at tip, the sutural marsin sinuate posteriorly; form convex;
mesosternum narrow Group D.

Group A.

Three species fall into this group which are not otherwise at all
similar. It will be noted puhes^cens is the only species with pu-
bescent elytra, and puhicollis the only one with the femora destitute
of teeth or spines in both sexes. A badly rubbed specimen of hir-
ticollis might be placed in the next group, from all the species of
which it may be distinguished by the very small tooth of the femora,
which is often reduced to a mere lump. The species are separated
thus :

Elytra without pubescence; posterior femora with a small tooth. ..liirticolli;S.

Elytra without pubescence; posterior femora simple ptibicollis.

Elytra evidently pubescent; posterior femora toothed |>iibesceii$$.

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Group B.

The s]iecies comprised in this grou]) are similar in appearance, all
being evidently flattened above ; the first ventral segment is not only
flattened, but longer than all the others combined ; the color is
frequently testaceous ; the middle tibite are expanded at tip and are
armed beneath with a spinule ; the mesosternum is conspicuously
broad in all excej)t piscatrix male. These are the species which
frequent the pond lilies, and Mr. Blanchard has suggested that their
great breadth of beam indicates an adaptation to their particularly
aquatic existence, in which connection it is worthy of note that the
])ubescence of the under surface, characteristic of the tribe, is in
them especially develojied. The species are :

Thorax narrowed in front; posterior femora plnridentate male, simple female.

floridte.

Thorax quadrate, or wider in front; posterior femora dentate in both sexes, the

male often hi- or tridentate.

Auteunffi with second and third joints nearly equal ciiicticoriiis.

Auteuuffi with third joint much longer than second.

Elytra truncate.

Anterior tarsi of male dilated palinata.

.Anterior tarsi simple liypoleiica.

Elytra subtruucate, form more convex; first ventral segment of % exca-
vated piscatri.x.

The specimens which I include under the name cincUcornis may
be divided into three species or varieties or races as follows:

Prothorax not coarsely punctate.

Posterior femora male very large and strongly dentate, posterior tibiae curved

and serrate lucida.

Posterior femora less developed unnamed.

Prothorax punctate at base and apex only; posterior femora less developed.

tibiae straight, or nearly so proxima.

Prothorax coarsely punctate over its entire surface ; femora and tibiai as in pre-
ceding magnifica.

From the number of specimens before me, showing all gradations
in the thoracic sculpture and femoral armature, I do not think these
forms can be recognized as species, and I suggest that they be placed
in our lists as varieties.

Group C.

'fhis group includes subtilis, of which the female might, with equal
propriety, be placed in the preceding group, though the male is de-
cidedly more convex ; and several species which, by their convex
form, are associated with the last group, l)ut differ in the truncate

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elytral tip. Two species, Harrisu and distincta, present also the
peculiar sinuation of the sutural margin of the elytra which charac-
terizes that group. This consists in the displacement of the margin
for a space equal to one-fourth the length of the elytron, whereby,
wdien the elytra are closed in i-epose, an elliptical space is formed
hounded by the displaced margins. In Harrisii the margin appears
double, and the inner sinuate portion is in a higher plane than the
outer straight portion. In most of the species the material which
fills the sinuation is in the same plane.

Eyes of normal size; sutural margin of elytra straight, except in distincta.

Thorax punctate, not or scarcely tuberculate.

Thoracic punctures coarse, uniform siiblilis.

Thoracic punctures uneven, finer punctures mixed through the coarser.

poroi^ioollis.

Thorax uneven on the disc, tuberculate on the sides.

Sutural margin of elytra straight.

Elytra with two transverse indentations cPqiialis.

Elytra not indented ; posterior femora male dentate, female simple.

t II bore II lata.

Sutural margin of elytra sinuate distincta.

Eyes small; thorax tuberculate; sutural margin of elytra sinuate.... Harrisii.

Of these species, porosicolUs seems rare ; the specimens I have are
far more slender than any other, and there is an appearance of an
abrupt demarkation on the sides of the elytra. Inasmuch as siibtilis,
its nearest ally, is constant in the style of its punctuation, I have
preferred to use that character for the separation of the two species.
1'he specimens under subiilis may be separated thus :

Thorax straight on the sides; second and third antennal joints subequal.

Thorax constricted at middle ; third joint of antennse longer than second,..r!tgos«.

but on account of the variations observed in these characters in other
species, I doubt rugosa being a distinct species ; torosa Lee. is included
with distincta.

Group D.

The species here included are readily distinguished by the convex
form, rounded elytra and sinuate sutural margin. They may be
se])arated as follows :

Thorax depre.ssed without basal and medial groove.

Posterior femora dentate in both sexes piisilla.

Posterior femora dentate in male only Icinoralis.

Thorax convex, punctured, and with an evident basal and more or less evident
medial groove.

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Posterior femora pednncnlate ; thorax closely punctulate.

Legs (lark ; posterior femora deiitate in both sexes eiimi’siiiata.

Legs (lark ; posterior femora dentate in male only iiiof allica.

Legs rufo-testaceous ; posterior femora dentate in both sexes flavipoN.

Posterior femora elliptical ; dentate in both sexes; thorax sparsely punctured ;
legs rufo-testaceous riifa.

Tlie species contained in this group may be arranged in jtairs as
placed above ; the differences, however, between pudlla and /(?Hior«^hs,
emcirginata and metallica, jiavi2)es and rufa, are feeble. The first
pair are readily isolated by the depressed thorax, the second by the
dark legs, the third by the yellow legs and more convex thorax. It
must be observed that the femoral tooth is less developed in the
females throughout the genus, and is particularly weak in this group ;
femora are subject to some variation in form and the punctuation is
inconstant in many of the preceding species, so that, while the con-
siderable number of specimens before me are separable by the char-
acters given, the reader must be prepared to find some which, in
these respects, will vary from the tyj)ical form.

Descriptions and Notes.

In the following pages I propose to copy either the original de-
scription, or that of Dr. LeConte’s paper, su})plementing each with
descriptions of those parts especially useful in recognizing the si)ecies
and stating the sexual differences and the variations I have observed.
The bibliography and synonymy is placed at the end.

I>. liirticollis Kirby. Original description.

“Downy satiny underneatb and silvery, elytra naked, black with tbe punc-
tures of tbe rows green gilt ; posterior tbigbs unidentate. Length 3.5 lines. A
single specimen taken in lat. 65°.

“ Body underneatb covered with a thick coat of decumbent pile resembling
.satin and shining like silver. Head hoary from inconspicuous bair.s, most mi-
nutely and couflueutly punctured with a slight interocular channel with an
obtuse ridge on each side; antennse with tbe second and third joints equal in
length, auburn glittering with silver pile; i)rothorax longer than wide, hoary
from inconspicuous down, most minutely and confluently punctured, channeled,
sides subimpressed, anterior tubercles flat; scutellum large, levigated; elytra
black, punctured in rows, whose interstices are wrinkled ; posterior tbigbs with
a single short obtusangular tooth. This jiretty species comes near bidens Oliv.,
which I always find on Potamogeton natans, but it is sufficiently distinguished by
its black thorax hoary from down and legs without any red.”

Jfesosferjiim narrower than tbe coxa ; first ventral segment nhont equal to tbe
metasternum ; form moderately flattened above and beneath ; third joint of an-
tennse e(iual to or slightly longer than tbe second.

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The males are narrower, have the tooth of posterior femora larger
and more acute, and the pygidinm truncate or barely arcuately
emarginate T\\q females are broader, the femoral tooth is feeble or
reduced to an almost imperceptible lump, and the pygidinm is
rounded, not at all emarginate.

The twenty-five specimens before me vary in size ; in color, two
having the elytra yellow ; in the sharpness of the truncation of the
elytra, the outer angle being indistinct in some.

Length 9 — 11 umi.; .36— .44 iuch. Habitat. — Cal., Wash., Can., Lake Superior,
Hud. Bay Terr., N. Y.

Food-plaut unknown.

D. piibicollis Suffrian. Crotch’s description.

“ Narrow, elongate seneous ; legs pale red, under surface silvery ; head, thorax
and scutellum cinereous, pubescent; eyes prominent; thorax longer than broad,
callus not well marked, surface punetulate ; elytra closely striate puuctate, apex
rounded, interstices rugulose ; tibiae carinate externally, apex not produced.
L. .42. Illinois. Very distinct by the rounded elytra, simple femora, and pu-
hesceut thorax.”

Mesosternum narrower than the coxa ; first ventral segment longer than the me-
tasternum ; third joint of antennas much longer than the second. The form is
convex above and but little flattened beneath.

The sexes do not tlifter.

About twenty specimens in different collections present no varia-
tions.

Length 10 — 11mm.; .40— .44 inch. Habitat. — Illinois.

Food-plant, Nymphcea. This species seems to be comparatively
rare, and is curiously local, every specimen being labeled Illinois,
or N. Illinois.

D. piibesceiis LeConte. Original description translated.

“ Elongate, ferruginous, densely clothed above with sericeous golden hair ;
thorax quadrate, slightly constricted on each side at middle, broadly channeled
above, vaguely Impressed before and behind, tubercles broad, hut little promi-
nent; elytra with the disc depressed, the sides suddenly declivous, towards the
suture tri-impressed, apex subtruncate, striae strongly punctate, interstices almost
flat; posterior femora edentate. Length 9 mm.”

Aleso.stermim narrower than the coxa ; first ventral segment longer than the
metasternum; third joint of antennae longer than second.

The males are narrower than the females, anti have the jtygidium
short and broadly rounded, nearly truncate; the female pygidimn is
elongate, rounded at tip.

Three specimens only, present no variations.

Length 7—9 mm.; .28— .36 iuch. Habitat. — Can., 111., Mich.

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l>. n. sp.

Form fl;Uteiicfl ; thorax narrowed in front; elytra truncate at apex, outer
angle spiniform ; posterior femora pluridentate male, not dentate female; body
pubescent beneath only, color in the three specimens before me testaceous, with
metallic gloss; the third joint of antennse twice as long as second ; mesosternum
as wide as coxa; first ventral segment longer than metasternum.

Male. — Pygidium short, broadly rounded ; posterior femora strongly incrassated
with tljree distinct teeth, of which the middle one is much longer and sharper.

Female. — Pygidium elongate, rounded at apex; posterior femora feebly incras-
sate, not dentate.

Length 7 mm. \ .28 inch. Habitat. — Florida.

I cannot find any description agreeing with the characters of this
insect. It looks like a small lucida, but differs not only in the sim-
ple femora of the female, but in the form of the thorax. I have
seen only three specimens, in the National Museum.

I>. ciiicticoriiis Newman. Original description translated.

“Antenme elongate, the basal joint pale, the apical black: vertex shining;
prothorax quadrate, most minutely punctured, with an impressed dorsal line;
head and prothorax black seneous, elytra testaceous, shining; elytral apex trun-
cate; metafemora elongate, incrassate, bidentate; legs testaceous, femora with
two black vittae. [Corp. long. .325 nnc., lat. .1 unc.]

This species has been long known as lucida Lac. The synonymy
was pointed out by Dr. Horn some time ago, [lint. Am. I, p. 9] but
has not been corrected in the Check List. Lacordaire’s descri[)tion
of lucida is as follows ;

“Moderately elongate, above metallic green, very shining, elytra rufe.scent;
beneath densely cinereo-sericeous ; antennte and legs rufous, maculate with
black ; protborax transverse, slightly narrowed behind, the angles obtuse but
distinct, the margin in front and at the middle of the base, reflexed ; towards
tbe front on each side obsoletely tuberculate; above vaguely rugose, with a
dorsal sulcus abbreviated behind and an impressed puncture; elytra flattened
on the disc, declivous at apex, which is squarely truncate; bi-impressed, punctato-
striate, interstices flat, vaguely transversely rugose. Length 3j — 4i lines;
width li — Ij lines.”

Mesosternum as broad as the coxa; first ventral segment longer than the meta-
sternum; third joint of antennse about equal to the second; posterior femora
incrassate and dentate.

Male. — Pygidium truncate; posterior femora strongly incrassate and sharply
dentate, or even tridentate.

Female. — Pygidium elongate and rounded at apex; posterior femora feebly
incras.sate and unidentate.

The posterior tibiae are serrate in well developed specimens % .

Length 7 — 11 mm.; .28 — .44 inch. Habitat. — Can., Mich., N. 111., N. H., N. Y.,
Mass., Texas, Vt.

This is au abundant and very variable species ; it is the species
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to an entirely ditierent insect belonging to the last group. The va-
riations observed are in size, as indicated above ; in color, which may
be a uniform greenish black, or a much lighter color almost testace-
ous, or a combination of both ; in the femoral teeth, which depend
in number and size upon the development of the insect, and may be
traced through gradually weakening forms, from three prominent
spines in the male to a single obtuse tooth in the female ; and in the
relative length of the antennal joints, the third being usually as
short as the second, but sometimes evidently longer. It is never
twTce as long, however, as in the following species. Although se-
lected specimens can be made to look very different, I can find no
character in these variations to base even a variety.

With the punctuation of the thorax, it is somewhat different. In-
termediate specimens do occur, and indicate the close relation be-
tw’een cincticornis and its varieties proxima and magnijica, but the
greater number are readily separated, as indicated in the synopsis.

Food-plant is undoubtedly the pond lily, Nuphar advena. I have
always found the insect on this plant, frequently within its yellow
flowers, and Mr. Roberts has also in Vermont, and Mr. Blanchard
in Massachusetts. Furthermore, it does not occur in localities where
there are no lily ponds. The white water lily, Nymphcea odorata,
occurs in many ])onds with the Nuphar, and the insects show no
partiality for it in the imago stage. The original descriptions of the
varieties are :

Var. proxiina Kirby. — “Thighs bidentate, witli one tooth minute; above
dark violet glossy, head rather bronzed ; punctures of the elytra green gilt; body
underneath covered with a satin silver pile. Length 5 lines. Taken in Canada
by Dr. Bigsby. Body a little flattened, covered uuderneatb with a dense coat
of glittering silver pile resembling satin. Head a little bronzed, channeled
between the eyes, minutely punctured, palpi testaceous ; antennae entirely black ;
prothorax in the disc dark violet and channeled, sides bronzed and impressed,
anterior tubercles not prominent; scutellum bronzed ; elytra nearly black, with
a slight tint of violet, punctures green gilt, interstices of the rows not wrinkled,
an anterior impression near the suture, rounded at the apex; posterior legs long,
with the thighs somewhat curved, attenuated at the base, curved at the apex,
with two teeth placed consecutively, the first long, slender and acute; the last
wide, short and denticulated posteriorly. This species is nearly related to cras-
sipes Fab., but the antenuse and legs are entirely black, and the teeth on the
posterior thighs are not equal.”

Length 8 — 11 mm. ; .32 — .44 inch. Habitat. — Cal., Idaho, Hud. Bay Terr., Can.,
N. H., Mass., N, Y., Pa., Wis.

Abundant, over forty specimens before me, none of which are
testaceous in color.

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Var. ina$;iiifica Lee. — "Elytra depressed, triansrnlar, truncate: orbits of
the eyes in-oniinent ; form broad, depressed ; second and third joints of antemiffi
subequal; elytra deeply striate; tooth of the posterior femora emargiuate or
creuate; splendid violaceous, margined with gold; thorax quadrate, channeled,
punctate; posterior legs large, tibise incurved. Length .34 inch. Lake Superior.
Male, posterior femora bidentate, tibim serrate beneath. Female, posterior
femora nnidentate, tibife not serrate.”

Length 8 — 9 mm.; .32 — .36 inch. Habitat. — Hud. Bay, Can., Mich., D. C. ?

Rare, only seven specimen examined.

D. liypoleiica Lacordaire. Original description traiislated.

“ Elongate, rufescent-metallic, the surface shining and golden near the mar-
gins; beneath silvery sericeous; antennse and legs concolorous, the posterior
femora infnscate above: prothorax subquadrate, base sinuate, slightly constricted
at middle, scarcely tuberculate on the sides in front, a narrow dorsal channel
lerminating in a transverse basal sulcus; elytra moderately attenuate at apex,
which is squarely truncate, surface flat, feebly puuctato-striate, the three ex-
ternal interstices very slightly transversely rugose, the others almo.st smooth.
Length 4-i lines; width lij lines.”

Mesosternum as broad as the coxa; first ventral segment nhont as long as the
metasternum ; third joint of antennm twice as long as the second ; form broad
and flattened ; thora.v not evidently punctate.

Male, pygidium truncate: female, moderately elongate, rounded at apex. Both
sexes have the posterior femora nnidentate, the female more feebly.

Length 10 mm.; .40 inch. Habitat. — Tex., La., Fla.

Eight s|)ecimens are before me, of which two are greenish black
above ; texana Crotch is the female.

Var. rufescens Lacordaire, is smaller, and has the antennal joints
very moderately thickened externally. It occurs near Lowell,
Mass., on the lily “pads,” and I am indebted to Mr. Blanchard for
my specimens as well as for pointing out its differentiation. It is
also found in New York by Mr. Sherman, and in New Jersey by
Mr. Liebeck, and is possibly mixed in collections with cincticornis,
from which it may be separated by the length of the third antennal
joint.

Length! -8 mm.; ..32 inch. Habitat. — Mass., N. Y., N. J.

I>. paliiistta Olivier. Original description translated.

Green metallic above, cinereous beneath ; anterior tarsi dilated ; of the same
size as D. simplex; antennae almost as long as the body, basal joints rufous,
aiucal black; elytra punctato-striate ; legs red, posterior femora metallic above,
dentate beneath; anterior tarsi dilated, the first joint large, cordiform.” [The
dilated tarsi are i)resent in the male only.]

Mesosternum as broad as the coxa; first ventral as long as the metasternum;
elytra truncate at tip; form flattened, more slender than the precediim species;
third joint of antennx more than twice as long as second ; thorax scarcely punc-
tulate.

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M(xle, pygidiuni truncate; female, very elongate, roniulecl at tip; posterior
femora dentate in both sexes, often bidentate in male.

Length 9—11 mm.; .36— .44 inch. Habitat. — Pa., N. J., N. Y., lMa.ss.. Can.,
Mich., W is.

Abundant on the pond lilies. The color is often testaceous.

D. piseatri.v Lacordaire Original description translated.

“Pale rufous, opaque; chest and head blackish; beneath cinereo-sericeous.
Prothorax subtransverse, somewhat narrowed at base, anterior angles obsolete,
the posterior distinct; bituberculate on each side, smooth above, impressed at
base; the dorsal channel narrow, subobsolete. Elytra subparallel, apex declivous,
broadly squarely truncate; disc flat, vaguely bi-impressed. punctato-striate ; tbe
interstices slightly convex, subporcated, on all sides very slightly coriaceous.
Length 44 lines; width lines.”

Mesostenmm as broad as the coxa female, narrow'er male ; first ventral segment
about as long as the raeta.sternum ; elytral tip subtruncate, not so squarely ter-
minated as in the preceding; form more convex, making an approach to the
convex forms of following groui)s ; antennse comparatively shorter and slightly
stouter; femora dentate, middle tibiae unsymmetrically dilated at tip.

Male, pygidium subtruncate; posterior femora strongly dentate or bidentate;
first ventral segment excavated at middle, i.e., there is a depressed pit, such as
the point of a dull pencil might have formed.

Female, pygidium elongate, rounded at tip; posterior femora unidentate, first
ventral not excavated.

Varies in color from the typical “ pale rufous” to a dark bronze
just as the preceding species do; alutacea Lee. is the name ap{)lied
to the darker forms in many collections, but it is impossible to draw
any line between them. The intermediate forms are among the most
beautiful specimens in the genus, the suture being broadly bronzed
and the other part of the elytra golden testaceous.

This species occurs with the preceding on the leaves and in the
dowers of Nuphar, and I have taken it on the roots of that plant,
where it pupates, enclosed in an oval cocoon of leathery consistency.
It is mixed in most collections with palmata, and the females are not
readily separated.

Length 6.5 — 10 mm. ; .26 — .40 inch. Habitat, — Cal., Wis., 111., N. Y., Ga., Fla.,
Texas. Abundant.

I>. siibtilis Kunze. Dr. LeCoute’s description translated.

“Depressed, elongate brassy; thorax densely rugosely punctate, quadrate, a
little longer than wide, scarcely narrowed behind, angles prominent; more or
less channeled, sides almost straight, scarcely impressed. Elytra tri -impressed,
interstices flat; transversely densely rugose. Auteuuse with third joint about
one and a half times as long as second. Posterior femora less elongate, strongly
clavate, armed beneath with an acute tooth. Length .27 — .28. N. Y. and Pa.
Varies cupreous metallic; varies also by the elytra being not impressed. Smaller
specimens have the thorax deeply impressed.”

Mesosternum narrower than the coxa, but wider in the female; first ventral
segment longer than the metasternum; tip of elytra truncate, form broader in

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the female than in the male, ami more elonjiate and less flattened than in the
j)receding <;roni).

pyjiidinm tnincate : /e»iaZe, pygidium obtusely rounded, form broader.
The sexes are feebly ditterentiated in tliis.

Le.ucfth 7--10 mm. : .28— .40 inch. Habitat. — Dakota. Wis., Can., N. III., Iowa,
Col., Ohio, Pa., N. Y., Mass., N. H.

This species is very abuiulunt on Staten Island at a jtond Itordered
l)y marshy ground, where grow a nninber of sedges and grasses, on
whicli the insects principally occur. They wander to the lilv pads,
but do not occur in ponds where the lilies alone are abundant. I
therefore conclude that they live on these sedges. Mr. Clarence M.
Weed has noted their abundance in a similar situation in Ohio ( Bull.
Ohio Ex. Station, 1889).

Var. rugosa Lee. — Differs only as stated in the synopsis. The
specimens 1 have seen are from Lowell, Mass., collected by Mr.
Blanchard, who has pointed out to me, very kindly, the character
by which they may be separated.

I>. porosicolli.s Lacordaire. Original description translated.

“Elongate, silvery sericeous beneath, above seneons ; antennse riifescent, legs
variegated rufous and a?neous. Prothorax quadrate, somewhat narrowed behind,
the angles scarcely distinct; the disc rather flat, the sides deflexed, the entire
surface finely strigose and cribrately impressed with minute punctures, the dorsal
channel very narrow, entire. Elytra longer, apex scarcely declivous, moderately
attemiate, and squarely truncate, finely punctato-striate, interstices very slightly
though closely transversely strigose. Posterior femora armed beneath with a
snbobsolete tooth near the apex. Length 4j lines; width ll lines.”

Mesosternnm narrower than the coxa ; first ventral segment longer than the
metasternum ; form more slender than any other ; third joint of antennse one and
a half times the second joint.

Sexual characters as in the preceding, which it closely resembles, except in the
minute ]iunctuation of the thorax.

Length 10 mm. ; .40 inch. Habitat. — Mich., Pa.

Riu-e, only three specimens examined.

I>. iequaliN Say. Original description.

“ Brassy, with two dilated indented subsutural spots on the elytra, and an in-
dented humeral line; two elevated lines between the eyes. Inhabits Mi.ssouii.

“ Body jeneous, polished, punctured, glabrous; head with short cinereous jiu-
bescence, an obsolete, indented line, two elevated tubercles between the eyes,
extending in a depressed ridge to the ba.se of the antennae, where it is slightly
more elevated ; eyes black ; antennae clothed with cinereous pubescence, second
and third joints equal ; palpi and mandibles black ; thorax densely punctured,
punctures sometimes confluent, a longitudinal indented line, a lateral dilated,
hardly elevated tubercle before the middle: scutel minutely punctured and rugu-
lose: elytra with regular series of punctures, surface slightly rugulose; two sub-
sutural dilated, obsolete, indented spots near the middle and a subhumeral
impressed dilated line at base; beneath argenteous pruinose; feet cu])reous,
pubescent, a robust spine beneath the posterior thighs near the tip. Length
rather less than 7-20 inch. Var. a. Body above cupreous, polished.”

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Mesosternnm narrower tlian tlie coxa : first ventral loofrer than the nietasternuiu ;
elytral tip tnincHte, the sutural margin near apex not sinuate, hut polished iin-
puuctate; form short, moderately convex.

Male, pygidium truncate; female, slightly elongate, rounded at tip. The pos-
terior femora are dentate in both sexes.

Length oh — 7 mm.; .22 — .28 inch. Habitat. — Ga., D. C., Pa., N. Y., 111., Iowa,
Canada.

Dr. John Hamilton has advised me of the following facts regard-
ing the habits of this species : “ I have taken (equaUs in April in a
swampy meadow just thawing out. The insects were in the bunches
of sedge and coarse grass, and must have been imbeded in ice most
of the Winter, or under water much of the time. I take the same
species in this swamp in July on the sedge, and with it I once took
a few specimens of mbtilis. This meadow is bottom ground between
two hills.”

I>. tuberciilata Lacordaire. Original description translated.

“Oblong, above jeneo-cupreous shining, beneath cinereo-sericeous ; abdomen,
antenupe and legs rufescent. tiie femora broadly metallic green towards apex;
prothorax subquadrate, narrowed at the base, anterior angles prominent, the sides
strongly tuberculate anteriorly, the disc very convex, slightly closely rugose,
with a deep dorsal channel, entire; elytra short, oblong, the apices declivous,
separately rounded, above slightly depressed, evidently impressed, finely punc-
tato striate, punctures aviculate, interstices flat, finely transversely rugose.
Long. 2| lines. Lat. lines.”

Mesosternnm nearly as broad as the coxa; first ventral aliout as long as the
metasternuin ; elytra slightly dehiscent at tip, which is distinctly truncate, the
impressed or indented s])aces on the disc not deep as in the preceding, but barely
evident; antennse with third joint twice as long as second; femora difleriug in
the sexes.

Male, pygidium truncate, emarginate at middle; posterior femora with an
acute tooth. Female, pygidium elongate, rounded at tip, posterior femora usually
unarmed, at most a feeble rudimentary tooth.

This species is usually quite rufous, tinged with metallic lustre,
but varies to a darker color, nearly as cupreous as mbtilis. It was
found at Jamesburg, N. J., July 4, 1890, in large numbers on the
Sagittaria in the cranberry bogs not mixed with any other species.
It does not occur in this vicinity on the lilies or reeds, and I have
no doubt the Sagittaria is its food-plant.

Length 5 — 8 mm.; .20 — .32 imdi. Habitat. — Mass., N. Y., N. J., D. C.

I>. LeConte. Original description translated.

“ Cupreo-seneous ; thorax punctate, quadrate, narrowed behind, angles promi-
nent, the sides moderately tubei-culate, channeled, apical and basal margins re-
flexed ; elytra with flat interstices, depressed at the suture, hi -impressed, the
sides gradually declivous, the apex less truncate (compared with hirticollis).
Posterior femora strongly clavate, armed with an acute tooth. Long. .3(5. Lake
Superior.”

Mesosternum narrower than the coxa ; first ventral longer than the metasternum ;
elytral tip subtruncate ; form slightly convex, second and third joints of antennje
nearly equal, punctuation similar to snbtilis, but finer.

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Male, pygifliuin acutely eiuargiiiate at luiddle; female, simply rounded.

Length 7 — 9 mm. ; .28— .36 inch. Habitat. — Mich.. Wis.. Mass.

The sutural margin of the elytra is slightly sinuate in this species
for a short distance, not exceeding one-tenth the length, near the
apex. It seems to be rare, and 1 cannot separate it with the si)eci-
mens before me from torosa Lee. It would be hazardous, however,
to unite them without a larger series for coni[)arison.

Var. toi'osa LeConte. Original description translated.

“ Slightly elongate, blackish violet, head strongly torose: thorax alutaceous,
sj)ar.sely, finely punctate, somewhat elongate, narrowed behind, angles prominent,
sides tuberculate, disc suhcanaliculate ; elytra scarcely triangular, apex rounded,
truncate, the disc rugose, bi-impressed ; posterior femora moderately clavate,
armed with a moderately acute tooth. Long. .25. Mass.”

Mesosternum, etc., as in distincta.

Length 6 — 7 mm.; .24 —.25 inch. Habitat. — Mass., D. C., 111., Iowa.

I>. Har risii LeConte. Original descriptiefu translated.

“Elongate, eyes scarcely prominent, orbit absent; elytra convex, apex trun-
cate, antennae slender, the second joint shorter; aeneous, head scarcely torose,
thorax elongate, densely rugosely punctate, scarcely narrowed behind, angles
prominent; slightly canaliculate impressed in front of the base, the lateral tu-
bercle scarcely prominent, the basal impression well defined. Elytra parallel,
obliquely narrowed towards the apex, strongly punctured in row's, finely rugose.
Antennae annulate, the second joint half as long as the others. Long, .42. Pa.
Very rare.

“ Male, posterior femora iucrassate, armed with an acute tooth.

“Female, posterior femora feebly iucrassate, mutic (not dentate).

“ A singular species, the small eyes suggesting Statira of the Lagriidae.”

Mesosternum narrow'er than the coxa ; first ventral about equal to the metaster-
num ; elytral tip truncate.

Pygidium acutely emarginate male, rounded quite broadly female. The female
pygidium appears to be emarginate in two specimens, being somewhat elevated
at middle, probablj" by accident.

This is the only large species with the sinuate elytral suture.

Length 10 — 11 mm. ; .40 — .44 inch. Habitat. — Mass., Conn., N. Y.

D. piisilla Say. Original description.

“Green, elytra brassy, tibiae and tarsi rufous, second and third joints of an-
tennae equal. Head brassy green, very densely and couflueutly punctured, a
well impressed frontal line, lateral lines none, no a])pearance of frontal tnl>ercles;
antennae short, much less than half the length of the body, .second and third
joints equal, fourth hardly longer, joints dull rufous, blackish at tip. Thorax
green, tinged with brassy, longer than broad, as densely punctured as head, mid-
dle and anterior edge a little elevated, longitudinal line none, lateral tubercles
obvious. Elytra brassy green, a little tinged with cupreous, with striae of punc-
tures, three longitudinal indentations near the suture, of which the anterior one
is widest and deepest, with a slight impressed line extending obliquely to the
base, tip decu'rved and rounded. Beneath green, tinged with brassy, feet rufous,
thighs at tip brassy green, posterior pair with a prominent angle beneath.
Length rather more than i inch.”

This species has been known as eiiprea Kirby, from which it does
not differ. I subjoin Kirby’s description also:

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“Above copper colored, glossy underneath with a thick coat of cinereous pile:
antennae black, legs obscurely rufous, posterior thighs uuidentate, prothorax
subtransverse. Length of body lines. Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. . . .
Head downy channeled, mouth and palpi rufous, mandibles and antennae black ;
prothorax rather wider than long, very minutely, thickly and confluently punc-
tured and wrinkled, channeled with a pair of impressions on each side, anterior
tubercles not prominent, scutellum downy; elytra very glossy, punctured in
rows, a single anterior impression near the suture, truncated at the apex ; three
intermediate segments of the abdomen have a yellow margin; legs obscurely
rufous, thighs bronzed in the middle, posterior thighs with a minute tooth near
the apex.”

Mesosternum narrower than the coxa; first ventral shovtGr than the metaster-
num; elytral tip rounded, not truncate, as described above. It is very little
rounded, but compared with subtilis it is seen to be distinctly rounded. Sutural
margin sinuate near the apex, the sinuation filled with a glittering impunctate
plate; form convex, thorax depressed, third and second joints of antennae sub-
equal.

3Iale. pygidium truncate and slightly arcuately emarginate.

Female, pygidium more elongate, rounded ; tooth of posterior femora smaller.
The sexes of cuprea are not readily distinguished.

The color varies from briglit reddish or cupreous, through many
shades of metallic color, to a form nearly black. The legs are yel-
low or rufous in the majority of specimens ; in a few they are nearly
black, and constitute the variety pyritosa Lee.

The relative length of the antennal joints is not constant, and
will not serve to separate pyritosa, as a species, as stated by Mr.
Crotch. From some variation observed in the specimens before me,
I am doubtful if it is a sufficiently defined variety even to be con-
tinued in the list.

The indentations of the elytra are somewhat variable in depth
and consequent distinctness, but are never very marked. The species
is sometimes mixed in collections with CBqualis Say, and the depth
of these indentations afford a convenient index for their separation.

Length 6—8 mm. ; .24 — .32 inch. Habitat. — Hud. Bay Terr., Can., Van., Wash.,
Oreg., Cal., Idaho. Mont., Wis., Mich., (.'ol. A few of the numerous specimens
are labeled Mass., N. Y. and N. J., and are perhaps correct, but the species ap-
pears to be more abundant in the North and West.

I), feiuoralis Kirby. Original description.

“Body bronzed, gilded with a greenish tint, very minutely and thickly punc-
tured, not conspicuously hairy underueath. Frontal channel slight; antennse.
except the scape, wiiich is bronzed, and mouth rufous; prothorax with an im-
pression above the scutellum, anterior tubercles more than usually prominent,
scutel rather large. Elytra with single slight anterior impression adjoining the
suture ; legs rufous, but the thighs, which are much iucrassated, excejjt the base
and summit are green bronzed, posterior thigh without any tooth. Ahdomen as
in the preceding species, yellow. This species seems nearly related to pusilla.”
The posterior thighs are dentate in male, and the above description was made
from a single female specimen.

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Mesosternum, etc., as in precedin';, also the sexual characters, except the poste-
rior femora. It is hnt feebly ditferentiated from cuprea, and is rare in collections.

Length 8 mm. ; .32 inch. Habitat. — Wash., Vane.

I>. Oiiiargiiiatsi Kirby. Original description.

“ Body dark bine, clothed underneath with pile, in certain lights glittering
like silver. Antennfe black, tubercles of the prothorax prominent. Elytra witli
an ini]iression near the suture, last dorsal segment of the abdomen emarginate.
thighs very thick, bronzed, posterior one with a stout tooth. This species comes
very near sericea. hut it is sufficiently distinguished by the deeply notched podex,
the silver pile that clotiies its body underneath, which in that species has a
golden lustre.”

Mesosternum narrower than the coxa; first ventral segment shorter than the
metasternum ; elytra rounded at tip. the sutural margin strongly sinuate near
the apex; form convex, moderately elongate, second and third antennal joints
nearly equal.

Male, pygidium acutely emarginate. Female, pygidinm elongate, scarcely
rounded. Posterior femora dentate in both sexes.

Varies but little from the dark metallic blue described by Kirby,
but occasional specimens are nearly black.

Length 6 — 7 mm. , .24 — .28 inch. Habitat. —Vnne., Can., Cal., Wash.. Col., Xeb.,
Pa., Mass., X. H. Abundant.

I>. inetallica ,\hrens. Dr. LeConte’s description translated.

“ Elytra subparallel, apex subtruncate or rounded, second and third antennal
joints subequal, posterior femora but little elongate. Thorax narrowed behind,
eyes with the orbits not produced. Elytra rather convex, parallel ; apex rounded
or feebly truncate, posterior femora armed with a tooth. Thorax rather elon-
gate, less convex. Legs short, jiosterior femora moderately clavate, attenuate at
base; form subelongate, shining. Head not torose, thorax rugulose, the disc
smooth on each side, somewhat narrowed behind regularly, anterior angles
prominent, lateral tubercles scarcely prominent, a deep impressed transverse
channel before the base. Elytra rugose. Long. .23 — .26. Pa.”

" Male, antennae longer, femoral tooth distinct. Female, antennae shorter,
femoral tooth obsolete. Varies metallic golden, green and blackish, also more
or less rufous.”

Mesosternum, etc., as in the preceding. Pygidmm, truncate male, elongate and
rounded female. The difference is not, however, strongly marked.

Length 5i — 7 mm. ; 22 — .28 inch. Habitat. — X. H., Mass., Pa., Md., X. C., Fla.,
111. Abundant.

I>. flavipes Kirby. Original description.

“Body bronzed cojiper with a golden lustre, clothed below with very short,
somewhat silvery, decumbent hairs, the metallic, splendor of the body being
visible through them. Head thickly, minutely and confluently punctured or
wrinkled, channeled between the eyes; antennae testaceous, longer than the
prothorax; prothorax subquadrangular, longer than usual in the genus, widely
channeled, very minutely, thickly and confluently punctured and wrinkled,
anterior tubercles large and not prominent. Elytra with two impressions ad-
joining the sntnre, elevated at the base; legs testaceous. Latitude 65 .”

Mesosternum narrower than the coxa; first ventral segment shorter than the
metasternum ; elytra rounded at apex, the sutural margin distinctly sinuate near

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the apex; fonn convex, second and tliird antennal joints subec^nal : posterior
femora dentate in both sexes.

Male, pygidium distinctly truncate. Female, py>ridium rounded.

Varies from typical bronze color to a dark blue ; it also varies in
the depth of the thoracic grooves or channels.

Length 7 — 9inin.; .28 — .36 inch. Habitat — Mass., N. Y.. Pa., 111., Kan., Can.,
Mich. About thirty specimens examined.

I>. I'lila Say. Original description.

“Dull metallic rufous, front destitute of lateral impressed lines. Body totally
dull rufous with a metallic gloss, particularly on the elytra. Head dusky, almost
opaque, with much crowded, very small punctures, no appearance of tubercles,
a very distinct impressed frontal line extending down between the antenufe, no
appearance of impressed lines near the eyes; anteunse somewhat paler than the
body, third joint longer than second ; thorax longer than broad, minutely punc-
tured, longitudinal line very distinct, a transverse impressed line on the posterior
submargin, lateral tubercles rather prominent, obtuse, tubercle of the anterior
angle distinct from the large tubercle, acute, elytra hardly obviously inequal
near the suture, with strise of punctures, tip decurved, almost truncated, or ob-
tusely rounded; beneath, in a particular light, dull silvery sericeous, feet rufous.
Length more than 3-16 inch.”

AVith this species must be united Kirhyi Lac., described as follows :

“ Thorax convex, legs short and stout, posterior femora elliptical, armed be-
neath with a strong tooth, not attenuate at base. Subelongate, cupreo-seneous,
shining; thorax sparsely punctate cordate, angles rounded, lateral tubercles dis-
tinct, but barely prominent, a slight channel before the base strongly impressed ;
elytra scarcely rugose, interstices flat, impressed before the middle; legs and
autennse rufous, third joint half as long again as the second, the fourth a little
shorter. Long. .28. 6a. Varies with the thoracic tubercle less distinct.”

Mesosternum, etc., as in the preceding, and the sexual characters are the same.
No variations are observed in color, and the insect is readily known by the con-
vex shining thorax almost destitute of punctuation.

Length 7 — 7i mm.; .28 —.30 inch. Habitat — Can., N. H., Mass., N. Y., Ohio,
and one specimen is labeled “Texas.”

Apparently more rare, the collections examined containing to-
gether sixteen specimens.

Synonymy and Bibliography.

The greater part of the following synonymy is derived from the
“ Catalogus” of Gemminger and Harold, from Dr. LeConte’s Syn-
oj)sis, or from Mr. Crotch’s paper. Of the remainder a part is due
to comparisons made by Dr. Horn with the LeConte types at Cam-
bridge, and the balance is the result of a comparison of the published
descriptions. All the older names have been recognized, and in
some instances those which have been in use have had to give way
to them.

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D. hirticollis Kirby, 1837, Faun. Bor. Am. iv, p. 226; Lee., 1851, Proc. Ac. Phil.

V, p. 313; nidicollis Laeord., 1845, “ Monograpliie,” Mem. Soc. Liege, iii,

p. 108.

D. pubicollis Sulfrian, 1872, Stett. Zeit. p. 21 ; Cr. 1873, Proc. Ac. Phil. p. 21.

D. pubescens Lee. 1867, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii, 55.

D. floridae n. sp.

D. cincticornis Newman, 1838, Ent. Mag. v, p. 391 ; Lac., 1. c. ; lucida Lac., 1. c. ;

Lee., 1851, Proc. Ac. Pliil. v, p. 310; rufipennis Lac., 1. c. ypulchella Lee.,
1. c.

Var. proxima Kirby, 1837, 1. c. ; Lee., 1. c. ; episcopalis Lac., 1. c. ; qundricollis
var. Say, 1827, Journ. Ac. Phil, v, p. 282; californica Lee., Proc. Ac.
Phil. 1861, p. 357.

Var. magniflea Lee., Agass. Lake Sup., 1850, p. 236; Proc. Ac. Phil. 1851, p. 310.
D. palmata Olivier, Ent. 1795, iv, 75, p. 8, t. 1, tig. 7 a-c; Lac., 1. c. ; Lee., 1. c. ;

claudicans Germ., Mag. Ent. iv, 1821, p. 173; militaris Lac., 1. c. ; nssimilis
Lac., 1. c. ; vicina Lac., 1. c. ; coerulea Oliv., 1. c. (all females).

D. hypoleuca Lac., 1. c., 1845 ; Lee., 1. c. ; texana Cr., 1. c.

Var. rufescens Lac., 1845, 1. c. ; Lee., 1. c.

D. piscatrix I^ac., 1845, 1. c. ; Lee., 1. c. ; convener Lee., 1. c. ; alutacea Lee., 1. c. ;
Carolina (male) Lac., 1. c. ; Siitf., 1. c.

D. subtilis Knnze, 1818, Mon. Neu. Schrift Ges. Halle, ii, 4, p. 14; Lac., 1. c. ;
Lee., 1. c. ; Sutf., 1. c. ; xnea Ahrens, 1810, Neu. Shrift. Ges. Halle, i, 3, j).
21; conjhiens Lee., 1. c. ; confluenta Say, 1. c. ; fulgens Lee., 1. c. ; Aga.ss.,
Lake Sup. p. 236; quadricollis Say, 1. c. ; xrea Lac., 1. c.

Var. rugosa Lee., 1. c.

D. porosicollis Lac., 1845, 1. c. ; Lee., Proc. 1851, p. 312.

D. eequalis Say, 1823, Jour. Ac. Phil, iii, p. 428; Suff., 1. c. ; confusa Lac., 1. c. ;

Lee., Agass. Lake Sup.; geniculata Germ., i. litt; pallipes Lac., 1. c.

D. tuberculata Lac., 1845, 1. c. ; Lee., Proc. 1851 ; rutila Mels.. 1846, Proc. Ac.
Phil, iii, p. 159.

D. distincta Lee., 1850, Agass. L. Sup. p. 236 ; Proc. 1851 ; sequalis J Kirby, 1. c.
Var. torosa Lee., 1851, 1. c.

D. Harrisii Lee., 1851, 1. c. ; inermis Harris mss.

D. pusilla Say, 1823, 1. c. ; Lee., 1. c. ; ewpr en Kirby, 1837, 1. c. ; Lee., 1. c. ;

aiirifera Lee.. 1. c. ; (also Agass. L. Sup.) dives Lee. 1. c. ; cataractse Newn.,
1. c. ; falvipes Lac., 1. c.

Var. pyritosa Lee , Rep. Surv. Pac. ix, 1857, p. 66.

D. femoralis Kirby, 1837, 1. c. ; Lee., Proc. 1851, p. 315; Germari Mann., Bull.

Mosc. 1843, ii, p. 306; 1852, p. 368; Lac., 1. c. ; Esch., Dej. Cat.; indica
Mels., 1. c. ; Jlavipennis Mann., 1. c. ; Lac . 1. c.

D. emarginata Kirby, 1837, 1. c. ; Lac., 1. c, ; Lee., 1. c. ; rugifrons Newn., 1838,
1. c. ; aurichalcea Mels., hiimpressa Mels., 1. c. ; junci Coup.

D. metallica Ahrens, 1810, 1. c. ; Kuuze, 1. c. ; Lac, 1, c. ; Lee., 1. c. ; gentilis
Lee., 1. c. ; nana Mels., 1. c.

D. flavipes Kirby, 1837, 1. c. ; Lee., 1. c. ; jmiinda Lee., 1. c. (also Agass. Lake
Sup.) ; chalcea Lac., 1. c. ; parva Lac., 1. c. ; binodosa Germ., Liic. 1. c.

D. rufa Say, 1827, Journ. Ac. Phil, v, p. 283; metallica 11 Say 1823, 1. c. ; Kirhyi
Lac., 1845, 1. c. ; affinis |1 Kby., 1. c. ; sulcicollis Lac., 1. c.

D. dentata Fab., is a European insect, and the name should be dropped.

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Kovi!«ion of the g;eiiera and species of AISTHOXOMIRJI
iiiliabitiiig North America.

BY WILLIAM G. DIETZ, M. D.

iSince the publication of “ The Rhynchophora,” (Proc. Anier.
Philos. Soc. 1876) but few new species belonging to the tribe under
consideration have been described, while the amount of material ac-
cumulated in our collections has been considerable. It was my in-
tention, originally, to confine the following essay to Anthonomus
proper ; the discovery, however, of new and im})ortant characters,
as well as a greater appreciation of others heretofore deemed of but
secondary importance in the classification of genera of this tribe,
has led me, step by step, to include all the genera and species oc-
curring within our faunal limits. The Anthonomini of Europe
have been made the subject of a monogra})h by Desbrochers des
Loges (Monographic des Balaninidse et Anthonomidie d’Europe et
de confines Mediterranees, 1867), which has, however, scarcely offered
a suggestion that might have aided me in the study of our North
American species. The genus Orchestes was similarly treated by
Brisout (Monogr. Ann. Fr. 1865). Very recently a paper has been
published on the species of Anthonomus inhabiting Great Britain ;
the latter publication I have not seen.

In taking a general comparative survey of the present tribe of
Curculionidie, as presented by our own with that of the European
fauna, one is struck with the few points of close similarity encoun-
tered. Referring to Anthonomus proper, the European species, as
far as I am able to judge by the not inconsiderable number repre-
sented in my collection, present far greater uniformity, structurally
as well as in general habitus, than our own. In all of them the
funicle of the antennie consists of seven joints, and species entirely
clothed with scales do not occur. The European genus Bradybatus
Germ., in which the claws are connate at base, is not represented in
our fauna.

In defining the limits of the tribe, a modification of LeConte’s
arrangement becomes necessary. Several new genera have been
included, whose position is somewhat doubtful, and which, with equal
j)ropriety, might have been placed in some other tribes of the Me-

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corrhyndiid series. One of these, Alycodes, whose affinity to the
Erirrliini is well shown by the formation of tlie ventral segments,
the covered pygidiiim and the sim])le claws, and by its toothed
femora, would have to he placed after Dorytomus, hut the obliquelv
truncated anterior thoracic opening, the prosternum short in front
of tlie coxffi, the antennal formation, etc., have induced me to jilace
it in the })resent tribe. Another aberrant genus, Euclyptus, resem-
l)les Xoto/ovius basu/is Lee. in its general appearance, and also in the
ventral formation ; the prosternum, however, is short in front of the
coxffi, the j)ygidium freely exposed, and the appendiculate claws
warrant its position here. Elleschus, placed by Lacordaire among
the Tychiides, I have retained in the present tribe; the second, third
and fourth ventral sutures are slightly bent backward at the sides;
this character is also noticed in a few Anthonomi (A. elegam, jinii-
perinu-s). Simple claws occur in a small number of species, dis-
tributed among several genera. This abnormality in the present
tribe is the final result of a gradual reduction in development, passing
from the bifid claws of some Anthonomi (Anthonomorphus) to the
very small, though distinct tooth of Chelonychus and a few others,
to disappears altogether in Epimechus, Ephelops, etc. A remarkable
character exists in the subcontiguous middle coxje of Magdalinops.
As will be seen further on, considerable inq)ortance has been attached
to the relative length of the ventral segments.

The .sexes can generally be separated without much difficulty by
keeping in view the following points :

Ma/e. — Beak stouter, more coarsely sculptured and generally more
o})aque ; anteniiie inserted nearer the aj)ex, or more coi-rectly sj)eak-
ing, the beak as already pointed out by Jekel (Annales de la Soc.
Entom. de France, 1864) is less prolonged beyond the insertion of
the antennie, the distance of the latter from the base is about equal
in both sexes.

Female. — Beak more slender, less coarsely punctured and more
shining ; anteniue more remotely inserted from the apex.

The third and fourth ventral segments appear to be a trifle shorter
in the males ; the fifth is generally longer and rounded in the female ;
shorter, subtruncate, or eniargiuate in the male, permitting the py-
gidium to become more or less visible from below. The latter is
more freely exj)osed in the male, rarely entirely covered by the apex
of the elytra, while frequently only partially exj)osed or entirely
concealed in the female.

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The tibial armature, and especially the mucro of the posterior
tibiie, is more slender and longer in the male than in the female.

As is well known, all the members of the present tribe are phyto-
phagous, and the greater number, no doubt, spermo])hagous. A few,
like A. sycophanta, P. cratcegi, Coccotorus, etc., are said to breed in
galls. I regret that I have nothing new to offer in the life-history
of these insects.

Family CURCULIONID.E.

Tribe Anthonomini.

Mandibles bi-emarglnate and three-toothed at tip; gular peduncle
long ; oral organs small.

Beak cylindrical, long and slender; more rarely moderately stout
and shorter (Macrorhoptus, some Anthonomi). More or less curved
in all, but nearly straight in Macrorhoptus and Cionistes. Scrobes
commencing at a distance from the buccal opening (less remote in
the subgenus Paranthonomus) ; straight or somewhat curved ; directed
against the middle or lower segment of the eyes; more rarely (Mac-
rorhoptus, Cionistes, Pseudanthonomus and Ephelops) oblique and
directed beneath the eyes.

Antenme variable, long and slender in the great majority ; in-
serted at a distance from the apex ( less remote in Paranthonomus) ;
subbasal in certain Orchestes (Alyctus Thoms.). Scape long and
slender, rarely (Macrorhoptus, certain Orchestesj short and stout ; in-
crassate at its distal extremity and generally impinging against the eye,
except in Tachypterus and those genera having the scrobes oblique
and directed beneath the eyes. Funicle live to seven jointed, glab-
rous; first joint stout, generally elongate; following joints variable,
each with a verticel of six to ten stiff or flexible hairs; rarely
I Acalyptus and Euclyptus) entirely pubescent. Clava elongate oval
or elliptic, acuminate, pubescent; closely or more loosely articulate
(first joint strongly glabrous in Magdalinops, some Anthonomi and
Neomastix), rarely very elongate and very loosely articulate (Ta-
chypterus and in the subgenus Leptarthrus), or broadly oval and
closely articulate (Neomastix).

Eyes at least moderately large, roumled and remote from the pro-
thorax ; rarely (subgenus Anthonomorphus) small and subrostral in
their position ; widely separated above, and nearly flat or moderately
convex in most; rarely (A. elegans, leucosticfus ; Leptarthrus, Or-

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chedes) very prominent, and approximate upon the front; large,
transver.sely oval and approximate beneath in ]\Iacrorhoptus. In a
number of species the posterior margin of the eyes is more or less
free and elevated, in consequence of which its surface is directed
more anteriorly.

Head more or less rounded or conical, not deeply immersed into
the prothorax (except Cionistes).

Prothorax wider than long (except A. brunnipennis) ; narrowed
in front; anterior opening obliquely truncate (except Acalyptus).
Very rarely (Macrorhoptus, subgenus Anthonomorphus and Tricho-
baropsis) emarginate antero-inferiorly and giving a feeble appearance
of postocular lobes ; base bi-emarginate, produced in front of the
scutel ; latter small, oval or rounded, densely pubescent or scaly.

Elytra variable, generally wider at the base than the prothorax ;
striato-punctate (striae confluent at base in most Pseudanthononii).
The outer margin shows the following variation: in those species
having the elytra ample, that is, completely concealing the pygidium,
the outer margin of one elytron forms a continuous horizontal line
in its juxtaposition with the other and the outer stria unites with the
sutural stria at an almost right angle. On the other hand, in those
species in which the pygidium is freely exjiosed, the outer margin
of each elytron ascends towards the apex, forming an angle in which
the pygidium becomes more or less visible, and the outer and sutural
strife unite at a more or less obtuse angle. In the text, the term
dehiscent has frequently been used to denote the latter character,
which varies greatly in extent, being most strongly marked in A.
profimdus, elegans, etc., and scarcely noticeable in A. nebulosus, pe-
ninsularis, etc.

Prosternum short in front of eoxfe (long in Acalyptus, and mod-
erately so in Anth. ipfipes and disjunctus). Anterior coxte contigu-
ous, rather large and prominent ; middle coxje separated liy the
mesosternum (subcontiguous in Magdalinops) ; the latter generally
narrow, very rarely (subgenus Anthonomocyllus) wider than long,
between the coxie. Metasternum moderately long (short in Antho-
nomocyllus) ; side pieces narrowed posteriorly. Posterior coxfe
widely separated (only moderately so in Magdalinops).

Ventral segments variable in length ; subequal in Macrorhoptus,
Tachypterus, Magdalinops, and some Anthonomi. First and second
segments elongate (scarcely elongate, with the first segment short
behind the coxie in Anthonomocyllus ; very strongly elongate in

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Anthonomopsis). Third and fourth segments shorter than the for-
mer, rarely (Alycodes, Elleschus and Euclyptus) very short. The
fifth segment, aside from sexual differences as noted before, attains
its greatest length in iVlycodes, Elleschus, Euclyptus and a few
species of Anthonomus.

The sutures are straight and deep, except the first, which is less
deeply impressed (almost obsolete in Anthonomopsis) ; the latter is
(aii’ved in Elleschus, Anthonomopsis and Euclyptus.

The pygidium varies in size ; it is oblique and concealed in both
sexes in Alycodes, Macrorhoptus, JMagdalinoj)S, Tachypterus and
Elleschus; more or less exposed, at least in the male in all the others.
The more perpendicular its position, the more freely exposed it be-
comes. It is indexed in some males, where it fits into the emargina-
tion of the last ventral segment ; this is most notably the case in
Coceotorus, to a less extent in Anthonomocyllus and Xeomastix. It
is narrowly excavated in a longitudinal direction in the subgenus
Paranthonomus.

Legs never very stout (except Nanops) ; thighs more or less cla-
\ ate and generally toothed. Tibire generally slender ; posterior of
male curved in Anthonomocyllus and Cnemocyllus ; toothed inter-
nally in A. elegans and Leptarthrus irroratns. The apical armature
requires more than a passing notice. It consists either of a hook,
unguiculum, arising from the apical articulating surface, curved in-
ward at almost a right angle with the tibial axis, or else a mucro, a
prolongation of the internal apical angle into a point, in the direc-
tion of or approximating to the longitudinal axis of the tibia. Being
morphologically distinct, I have found differences in the armature
of sufficient importance to be made use of in the separation of
genera. The anterior and middle tibiae are unguiculate, and the
posterior mucronate in the majority of genera. All are unguiculate
in Alycodes, Tachypterus, Magdalinops, Macrorhoptus, Chelonychus,
Anthonomopsis, Elleschus and Nanops. Acalyptus has the anterior
and middle tibiae unarmed, the posterior feebly mucronate, while in
Euclyptus all the tibiae are unarmed, and in Xanthus the armature
becomes very feebly developed.

Tarsi variable, never very stout (except some species of Elleschus) ;
frequently long and slender ; third joint bilobed, spongy or pubescent
beneath, fourth joint generally of moderate length (short in Elles-
chus, very long in several species of Cnemocyllus). Claws somewhat
approximate and armed with a large tooth in the great majority ;

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the tooth is either curved inward at the apex and approximate to, or
else straight and parallel with the tooth of the other claw. The
tooth is small and inconspicuous in a few Anthonomi and Nanops,
and especially so in Chelonychus, where the claws are also bent back-
ward. The claws are appendiculate, that is, armed with a broad tooth
beneath in Elleschus, Euclyptus and Orchestes, and entirely simple
and more widely divergent in Alycodes, E])imechus, Ephelops, Xan-
thus and Acalyptus.

The species of the present tribe are mostly small insects, a few
almost minute; none in our fauna, at least, exceeding 6 mm., or .25
inch, in measurement.* The vestiture consists of pubescence or
scales. In Anthonomoclneta the pubescence is intermixed with erect
seta?.

In conclusion of these introductory remarks, I desire to express
my thanks to all who have kindly permitted the use of their material,
especially Dr. G. H. Horn, Mr. E. A. Schwarz, Mr. H. Ulke, Mr.
A. Balter, Mr. R. Rauterberg and Dr. John Hamilton. I am under
great obligation to my friend. Dr. Horn, who kindly made compari-
sons for me with type specimens in the LeConte collection at Cam-
bridge, and who again has undertaken the task to see this paper
through the press.

Synopsis of Genera.

Claws toothed.

Middle coxje subcontiguous. Plate v, fig. 1 (1) Magilaliiiops.

Middle coxfe .separated by the inesosternum.

Posterior tibiae unguiculate.

Pygidium covered ; claws armed with a long tooth.

Beak rather short a’ld stout; eyes placed latero-inferiorly. somewhat
approximate beneath. Plate v, fig. 2 (2) .^lacroi’lioptiis.

Beak long and slender; eyes placed latero-superiorly. not approximate
beneath. Plate v, fig. 3 (3) Taeliypteriis.

Pygidium uncovered, at least in the male; claws armed with a short tooth.

Funicle of antennae 7-joiuted; claws long, flexed backward, subchelate.
Plate vii, fig 30« (9) Clieloiiycluis.

Funicle of antennae 6-joiuted ; claws normal.

Abdomen flattened ; first and second segments elongate ; pygidium
scarcely exposed. Plate vii, fig. 26 (6) .4iitlioiiomopsi$.

Abdomen convex ; segments less unequal ; pygidium freely exposed.

(10) Nanops.

Posterior tibiae mucronate.

* The measurement is taken from the anterior thoracic margin to the apex
of the elytra.

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Scrobes oblique, very short. PI. v, fig, 4a (4) Cioiiistes.

Scrobes long.

Scrobes directed against the eye.

Fuuicle of autenuse 6- or 7-jointed ; clava elongate, ovoidal.

(5) AlltllOIIOlUII!^.

Funicle of antennae 5-jointed ; clava obovate. Plate vii, fig. 29.

(8) Xeoiiiasf

Scrobes directed beneath the eye, fourth (rarely third) joint of funicle
smaller. Plate vii, figs. 27 and 28. ..(7) l*seu<laiitlioiioiniis.
Claws appendiculate.

Hind femora saltatorial ; eyes approximate above (lb) Orchestos.

Hind femora normal ; eyes not approximate above, third and fourth ventral
segments very short, fifth long.

Tibiae strongly armed at apex ; pygidium covered. Plate vii, fig. 35e.

(14) Elle$«cliiis.

Tibiae, unarmed at apex ; pygidium exposed. Plate vii, 39a.

(18) Euclyi>tii$«.

Claws simple.

Hind tibiae, unguiculate ; pygidium covered. Plate vii, fig. 34.

(13) Al.yco<le»«.

Hind tibiae mucronate ; prosternum short in front of coxae.

Form convex; tibial armature very evident.

Scrobes directed against the eye (11) Epiineclin^.

Scrobes directed beneath the eye. Plate vii, fig. 33 (12) Epliolop^i*.

Subdepressed ; tibial armature almost obsolete. Plate vii, fig. 37a.

(16) XaiithiiM.

Hiud tibiae scarcely mucronate; prosteruum long in front of coxae.

(17) Acalyptiisi.

MAGDAEINOPS gen. uov.

Beak moderately long and rather robust; cylindrical, curved,
slightly enlarged at the apex and also at the insertion of the an-
tennte ; coarsely punctured. Scrobes commencing about the middle;
foveiform in the beginning, becoming rapidly superficial and linear,
and attaining the lower segment of the eyes ; antenme long, slender
and shining; scape long, slightly thickened at the apex ; funicle 7-
jointed, first joint but little longer than the second, and not very
stout ; second joint longer than the third ; joints 3-7 turbinate, outer
ones longer, hut not wider. Club ovoidal, shining, acuminate at
apex ; margin of joints undulating, fringed with |)ubesceus. Eyes
small, round, feebly convex and somewhat approximate above. Head
subglobose ; prothorax cylindrical, narrowed in front and somewhat
constricted behind the anterior margin, which is emarginate above.
Base bi-emarginate. Elytra elongate oblong, scarcely wider at base
than the prothorax ; sides nearly straight and j)arallel, behind grad-
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slightly dehiscent and completely covering the pygidinm ; striie very
fine, punctures small, not closely approximate; interspaces flat.
Prosternum short in front of the coxie ; middle coxie subcontiguous,
that is, very narrowly separated by the mesosternum, which ends in a
point, and does not articulate with the metasternum behind. Meta-
sternum long ; posterior cox?e not widely separated ; v'entral segments
subequal, third and fourth but little shorter than the second ; fifth a
little shorter than the preceding segment in the S and of about
equal length in the 9 • Pygidinm concealed by the elytra and
scarcely visible from below. Legs long and slender ; thighs feebly
clavate, inutic. Tibiie slender, somewhat attenuate in their distal
half, all armed with a hook at the ajiex, which is quite large and
projecting at the anterior pair. Tarsi long and slender, first and
second joints elongate triangular; third joint short, bilobed, lobes
small, round ; fourth joint very long and slender, about as long as
the three preceding joints together. Claws long and slender, slightly
divergent, and armed with a long, slender tooth.

This new genus is established upon an elongate, densely squamous
species, remarkable for the construction of the antennal club and
the almost contiguous middle coxie.

Tittipeiinii^ sp. nov. PI. v, fig. 1. — Elongate-oblong, uearly parallel ,
black, densely clothed with grayish and grayish white, imbricate scales. Beak
sliining, naked, except at the base, snbcarinate and snbstriate each side in its
basal half. Head densely punctured and scaly; along, im])ressed frontal line.
Prothorax a little wider than long, densely and coarsely punctured with a nar-
row, smooth dorsal line, most evident at the middle. A broad stripe of grayish
brown scales each side of the middle. Scute! round, small, white. Alternate
elytra! interspaces a little wider and clothed with paler scales. Scales on the
darker interspaces less dense. Long. 4 — 5 mm ; .16 — .20 inch.

Hub. — California, exact locality not given. Two females and one
male; coll, of Dr. Horn and H. Ulke.

.M.4CKOKHOPTIJK Lee.

Beak stout, cylindrical, about as long as the prothorax ; straight,
except at ba.se, and densely scaly. Scrobes commencing one-quarter
( S ) or two-fifths ( 9 ) from the apex ; deep, oblique and directed
beneath the eyes and coalescing behind. Anteniue rather short,
stout ; inserted about one-third ( S ) or two-fifths ( 9 ) from the apex.
Scape short, gradually thickened to apex; funicle 6-jointed, first
joint rather short and robust, second joint a little longer than the
third, joints 2-6 gradually wider, closely articulate; sixth joint
subcontinuous to the club ; whirls of numerous stiff’bristles. Club

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ovoidal, pubescent. Eyes transversely oval, somewhat approximate
beneath. Head convex, punctured and coarsely jiubescent ; front
foveate. Prothorax wider than long, narrowed in front; sides nearly
.straight behind, rounded in front; antero-inferior margin emarginate,
giving rise to the appearance of feeble postocular lobes, tiind an-
gles rectangular, slightly exserted. Base scarcely emarginate each
.side. Elytra oblong, very little wider at the base than the prothorax ;
sides nearly jiarallel, broadly and conjointly rounded at the apex,
which covers the pygidium completely. Striae almost obsolete; sui’-
face densely punctured, each puncture bearing a scale. Ventral
segments subecpial, third and fourth a little shorter than the others.
Legs moderately long; thighs feebly clavate, anterior armed with a
long triangular tooth, middle and posterior mutic. Tibiae graduallv
widened toward the ajiex ; outer angle rounded ; anterior feebly
curved, middle and posterior straight, all armed with a small hook
at the ajiex. Tarsi moderately stout, posterior more slender, third
joint bilobed. Claws armed with a long tooth, which approximates
the other near the apex.

The whole surface is uniformly punctured and scaly. The species
resembles in form certain Magdalis. LeConte’s statement that the
tibiae are not hooked at the apex is incorrect ; the hook is small, but
distinct.

Two species occur in our fauna which heretofore have been united
under estriatas Lee.

Prothorax less densely punctured; scaly vestiture not intermixed with erect,

clavate bristles estriaf ii!« Lee.

Prothorax densely punctured ; scales intermixed with erect, clavate bristles.

liispidiiM sp. nov.

1. M. esli’iatiis Lee. Plate v, fig. 2. — ^Oblong, black; antenna; and legs
ferruginous, !iot very densely clothed with elongate, ashy gray scales, not inter-
mixed with erect bristles. Prothorax less densely punctured. Long. 2.o -3 lum. ;
.10 — .12 inch.

Hab. — Texas, Kansas, Illinois, California (LeConte).

2. hi$«|»i<liis sp. nov. — This species resembles very closely the jireceding,
from which it differs as follows: more densely clothed with pale gray or brown-
ish scales, which are longer and broader than in estriatas, and intermixed with
white, erect, club-shaped bristles, which are especially cousincuous on the sides
of the prothorax, where they are directed toward the median line, and are ar-
ranged in a single row on each elytral interspace. The ])rothorax is densely and
a trifle more finely punctured, with a broad stripe of pale brown scales along the
middle; sides paler. Long. 2 — 3 2 mm.; .08 — .13 inch.

Hub. — Arizona. Coll, of Dr. Horn, E. A. Schwarz and my own.

Some specimens are of a uniform pale gray color.

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TAC'll YPTKKUS gen. nov.

Head moderately convex. Eyes rather small, round and moder-
ately convex. Beak long and slender; scrobes deep, linear, directed
toward, but not quite attaining the eyes; antennne inserted at a dis-
tance from the apex, slender ; scajie not attaining tlie eye ; funicle
7-jointed, first joint long, 2-7 short. Clava elongate, acuminate at
apex, rather loosely articulate. Prothorax wider than long, con-
stricted at a|iex, sides rounded ; base bisinuate. Elytra wider than
the ])rothorax at base; each elytron protuberant at the base, fitting
into the emargination at the base of the prothorax ; strongly convex
and declivmus posteriorly, concealing the ])ygidium. Surface tuber-
culate or uneven, striae punctured. Prosternum moderate in front
of the coxae. Mesosternum rather narrow between the coxae. Meta-
sternum short, about as long as the first ventral segment at middle.
Abdomen broadly ovate, first and second segments moderately long,
subeipial, third and fourth shorter, fifth longer. Legs moderately
stout. Thighs feebly clavate, anterior bidentate, middle and poste-
rior unidentate. Tibiae somewhat compressed, anterior subangulate
about the middle, bisinuate; articulating surface oblicjue, all un-
guiculate at the a|)ex. Tarsi rather stout; first joint a little longer
than the .second ; third joint deeply bilobed, fourth moderate ; spongio-
})ilose beneath. Claws cleft, teeth convergent.

The type of this genus is Anth. quadrigibbus Say, a common spe-
cies found over our whole territory, and to which I have to add a
new s[)ecies. They are readily distinguished as follows :

Elytra strongly tuberculate, alternate interspaces more i)roininent. pubescence

dense qiiadi'jgibbu!^ Say.

Elytra feebly tuberculate, interspaces equal, pubescence sparse... coiisors n. sp.

1. T. qiia<li*igibbii!4 Say. Plate v, ligs. 3-3<i.

The generic description with the above synoptic reference, will
readily distinguish this well-known species from any other. A large
tubercle is sitiuited on the third interspace on the summit of the de-
clivity, another on the fourth nearer the apex. There are also some
irregular elevations on the filth and seventh interspaces. The elytra
are ti'ansversely imiiressed behind the scutellum, and this S])ace is
densely clothed wdtii wdiitish pubescence. The pi’othorax has three
narrow' lines of wdiitish ])ubescence, wdiile a lateral stripe of bright
yellow pubescence is continued upon the densely pubescent side
pieces of meso- and metathorax.

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187

The species varies considerably in the development of the tuber-
cles, as well as in size and general coloration. Common in the Spring
on Cratcer/us oxyacantha L. The sexes are readily distinguished by
the usual characters. Long. 3-4.5 mm. ; .12-18 inch.

Hal). — Occurs probably over our whole territory. Specimens are
liefore me from the Eastern and Western States; Texas, California.

2. T. coiisors 11. sp. — Ovate, nifotestaceoiis, thinly pubescent. Head con-
vex, punctured with a fine frontal carina; frontal puncture deep. Eyes moder-
ately convex, small. Beak long and slender, feebly curved, median elevated line
not pronounced, suhstriate each side and densely punctured. Antennse slender,
second joint scarcely longer than the third. Prothorax broadly rounded on the
sides and feebly constricted at apex, base not strongly bisinuate. Surface very
coarsely punctured with a dorsal line of condensed, white pubescence. Elytra
subquadrate, slightly wider behind and scarcely one-half longer than wide at
theba.se: humeri rounded, a transverse impression behind the scutellum ; striae
feebly impressed, punctures moderate and rather closely placed ; a small tubercle
on the third interspace on the summit of the declivity ; interstices equal, slightly
convex, roughened ; underside of thorax more densel.y pubescent. Long. 2.7.5
mm. ; .11 inch.

Hah. — Oregon. An unique 9 Dr. Horn’s coll, represents this
species.

C’lONISTES gen. nov.

A shoi't, stout, convex species from California, densely clothed
with fine pubescence, forms the type of this genus.

Beak moderately stout, cylindrical, slightly widened toward the
apex and almost straight ; striato-punctate. Scrobes short, oblique,
evanescent posteriorly. Antemue inserted about one-half ( S ) or
two-fifths ( 9 ) from the apex ; scape slender, impinging against the
lower segment of the eye; funicle rather stout, 7-jointed, first joint
long, not very stout ; joints 2-4 a trifle longer than wide, 5-7 trans-
verse ; club elongate-ovate, very closely articulate. Head deeply
iminersed into the prothorax; front rather flattened with a deep,
round fovea. Eyes round, approximate above. Prothorax wider
than long, strongly narrowed in front ; surface uneven ; base straight
each side, produced in front of the scutellum, the latter oblong.
Elytra wider at base than the prothorax ; humeri prominent, rounded,
a little widened to behind the middle and rapidly narrowed to and
conjointly rounded at apex, which covers the pygidium completelv;
surface irregular, tuberculate, very convex, striate; striie obsolete on
the post-scutellar space and toward the margin of the elytra ; jninc-
tures obsolete, oi’ at least concealed by the dense pubescence ; inter-

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spaces densely j)unctnlate. Prosternum very short in front of coxa?.
Mesosternnin moderately wide, but short, between the coxm and al-
most perpendicular in front. Metasternum short, as long as the first
ventral segments at middle. Abdomen broadly ovate; first and
second segments rather short, segments 3-5 about equal, and each but
little shorter than either of the former segments ; pygidium not
visible, under snrhice sparsely pubescent. Legs rather short and
stout. Femora clavate, all toothed. Tibiie short, slightly compressed,
subparallel, feebly bisinuate internally ; articular surface scarcely
oblique. Anterior and middle tibiie feebly unguiculate, posterior
mncronate at apex. Tarsi stout, first joint but little longer than the
second, and each with several suberect, stout, clavate bristles, arising
from the upper surface ; third joint deeply bilobed. Claws armed
with a large, obtuse tooth.

Related to the preceding genus by the form of the abdomen, the
covered pygidium and the irregular, tuberculate surface, but readily
distinguished from it by the mncronate posterior tibiae and from all
others by the short, oblique scrobes.

A single species.

1. C. insolent u. sp. Plate v. figs. 4-4a. — Eufo-piceous, densely clothed
with fine yellowish pubescence. Prothorax wnth a prominent, semi-circular ele-
vation. in front of which there is a hroad, transverse impression ; broadly im-
ju'essed each side of base. The elevated points are clothed with pale, the de-
pressions with fulvous i)ubescence. Elytra broadly oval, a trapezoidal space in
front and extending about one-third the length of the elytra, rufous and clothed
with pale ochreous pubescence. The rest of the surface is dark piceous and
clothed with yellowish gray pubescence; an oblong tuberosity on the third, fifth
and seventh interspaces about their middle and arranged in a somewhat oblique
line. A small hut acute tubercle on the third interspace posteriorly. Posterior
to the basal margin is a broad, transverse elevation and between this and the
oblique row of tubercles each side, a broad impression ; another tubercle is situ-
ated oil the fifth and seventh interspaces anteriorly. The under surface is more
thinly pubescent. Long. 2.25 — 2.5 mm. ; .09 — .10 inch.

Hah. — Ctiliforuia ; exact locality not given. Collections of Dr.
Horn and E. A. Schwarz. The tubercles vary in development.

-WTIIOXO-llUS Germ.

As here restricted, the genus presents the following characters:
Beak vtiriable, genei’ally long and slender, more rarely shorter and
stouter. Scrobes long, directed against the eye. Antennte variable;
scape reaching the eye, or very nearly so; funicle 6- or 7-jointed.
Club ovoidal, annulate in some, more loosely articulate in others.

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Elytra distinctly striate and punctured, leaving the pygidunn, at
least in the male, more or less exposed, rrosternum short, very
rarely (A. rvfipes, disjunctvs) somewhat elongate in front of the
coxie. Mesosternnm at least moderately wide between the coxa?.
Ventral segments variable; pygidium visible. Thighs generally
toothed, more rarely mutic. Tibial armature distinct, anterior and
middle tibiie unguiculate, posterior mucronate at apex. Claws gen-
erally armed with a large, distinct, more rarely with a small, incon-
spicuous tooth.

This genus contains by far the largest number of species, which
vary greatly, not merely in their general habitus, but also in more
important characters, possessing at least a subgeneric value. I have
deemed it, therefore, expedient to establish a number of subgenera,
in in-eference to still further increasing the number of those having
full generic value. As will be seen, I have included Coccotorus Lee.
in the present genus, as the unusually deep emargination ot the fifth
ventral segment of the S , has after all but a relative value, and
should therefore not remain distinct.

Synopfiis of the subgenera of Anthonomns.

Fifth ventral .segment of male deeply emarginate. Plate v, fig. 5.

(1) Coccotorus.

Fifth ventral segment of male not or only feebly emarginate.

Ventral segments 1-4 short, fifth longer in the male; first segment short behind
the coste. Middle cosm more widely separated. Plate v,

figs. 6(1, (2) Anthonomocyllus.

First ventral segment not short behind the co.xfe.. Middle coxm less widely
separated .

Posterior tibise alike in both sexes.

Eyes small, subrustral. Plate v, figs. 8. 8a (3) Anthonomorphus.

Eyes at least moderately large, position normal.

Pygidium deeply excavated longitudinally (6) Paranthonomus.

Pygidium convex, not excavated.

Yestiture of derm not intermixed with erect seta?..

Prosternum deeply emarginate in front; seventh joint of funicle
subcontiguous to the club. PI. v, fig. 9.. .(4) Trichobaropsis.
Prosternum not emarginate in front, last joint of funicle distinct
from the club.

Club strongly elongate, joints loosely articulate. Plate v, figs.

10a and il --(5) Leptartbrus.

Club elliptic or ovoidah not very loosely articulate.

(7) Antbonomus.

Yestiture of derm intermixed with erectset?e..(8) Antbonomoebseta.
Posterior tibise of male curved. Plate vi, figs 20a, etc (9) Cnemocyllus.

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Subgeniis Coccotorus Lee.

Beak about as long as head and jirotliorax ; cylindrical and slightly
widened at apex, nearly straight, carinate from base to apex, striate
each side ; coarsely punctured ( S ), perfectly smooth beyond the in-
sertion of the anteniue in the female. Antenna long and slender,
inserted one-cpiarter ( % ) or one-third ( 9 ) from the ajiex. Scape
long and slender, slightly thickened at the distal end. Funicle 7-
jointed, first joint elongate, second longer than the third ; joints 3-7
snbturbinate. Club elongate oval, pubescent; joints of about equal
length and rather closely connected. Eyes rather small, round and
very prominent. Head punctured and pubescent ; front deeply fo-
veate. Prothorax wider than long ; sides rounded in front, con-
stricted at a]>ex. Surface coar.sely and irregularly punctured and
densely clothed with long, coarse ])ubescence, except a narrow, smooth
dorsal line, extending from base to about the middle. Elytra oblong,
wider at base than the prothorax. Striie fine, punctures small ; the
third and fifth interspaces are tufted at base. Metasteruum about
as long as the first yentral segment; third and fourth segments to-
gether, scarcely longer than the second. The fifth segment is deeply
emargimite in the male, subtruucate in the female. The i)ygidium
is fully ex[)osed, inflexed ( S ) or perpendicular ( 9 )• Legs moder-
ately stout ; femora clavate, toothed. Tibim nearly straight, ante-
rior bisinuate internally. Tarsi long, third joint deejily bilobed,
fourth long and slender. Claws not approximate at base, and armed
with a long tooth.

The two species are distinguished as follows :

Beak not longer than lieacl and thorax and more coarsely punctured. Outer
edge of anterior femoral tooth nearly ]ierpendicular. Puhescence of elytra

fine scutollaris Lee.

Beak slender, longer than head and thorax, more finely and less densely punc-
tured. Outer edge of anterior femoral tooth very oblique. Elytra coarsely
pubescent liirsiit iis Brun.

1. .4. Scutellaria Lee. Plate v, fig. .5.— Oblong, rufo-piceous, beak and
legs ferruginous. Base of beak, head and prothorax, densely clothed with long
fulvous hair. Scntel yellowish pubescent. Elytral striffi remotely punctured ;
interspaces fiat, with stnall, distant tufts of semi-erect, seal-brown hair, which,
however, are more ])rominent on the base of the third and fifth interspace, rest
of surface clothed with a fine, pale grayish pubescence, except the first inter-
spa(re, which is more or less fulvous. Femoral teeth rather large; outer edge of
tooth of anterior thigh straight, or nearly perpendicular. Long. 5 — 6 mm.;
.20 — ,2i inch.

Hub. — 111., Texas, Kan., Ga. Varies in size and length of rostrum.

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C. {Anth?) prnnicida Walsh. 1 have not seen. According to Le-
Conte it is identical with scutelhirix.

2. A. liii'SiitliS Bnni. — Differs from scniellaris as {oUows: Beak more slen-
der and longer than head and thorax, shining and rathei' finely punctured ;
second joint of funicle much shorter than the first and but little longer than
the third. The pubescence of the elytra is long and preponderately white, mot-
tled with fulvous and spots of seal-brown; middle two-(iuarters of sutural in-
terspace bright fulvous. The outer edge of the anterior femoral tooth is very
oblique; under surface (dothed with long, white hair. Imng. 5 mm. ; .20 inch.

Hab. — West Point, Nebraska.

The above description has been taken from a single S specimen
in the collection of Mr. E. A. Schwarz, who obtained it from Air.
Brnuer. This appears to be a distinct species, hut having only :i
unique specimen for compai’ison, larger series may prove the above
characters to be inconstant, and therefore consider the matter still
sub-judice.

Subgeniis Anthonomocyllus.

This subgenus has for its tyjie A. elegaus Lee. The beak is long
and slender, feebly curved, striate and carinate. Antenme inserted
two-fifths ( S ) or one-half ( 9 ) fVom the ape.x ; scape slender, im-
pinging against the eye; funicle 7-jointed. Club not closely ar-
ticulate, .somewhat shining and sparsely pubescent. Eyes convex,
posterior margin elevated, free. Head globose, punctured and pu-
bescent. Prothorax convex, wider than long, and about twice as
long above than below; strongly narrowed in front; base bisinuate.
Elytra wider at base than the jirothorax, broadly oval and very
convex ; striato-punctate. Prosternuin very short in front of the
coxie. Mesosternum rather wide between the coxie, declivous in
front. Metasternum short. Middle coxie rather widely separated.
First ventral segment short behind the coxie. Male: segments 1-4
short, nearly equal, fifth elongate, about twice as long as the pre-
ceding and emarginate. Female : segments subequal, fifth mR elon-
gate. Pygidium expensed, convex ; indexed and more freely exposed
in the male, perpendicular and less exposed in the female. Legs
rather stout ; femora strongly clavate, all armed with a large, acute
tooth. Tibiaj stout, toothed or not internally ; jiosterior tibiae curved
in the male, straight in the female. Tarsi rather slender, third joint
broadly bilobed, last joint long. Claws armed with a long, slender
tooth.

To this genus I refer also A. pnsilhis Lee. and two new species,
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two ventral segments being a little longer and the anterior tibiie not
toothed internally. In fiict, they may be looked u])on as forming
the end of a series, of which ^-1. elegam forms the type, and where
intermediate forms are wanting, or at least not represented thus far
within our faunal limits. All are robust, liroadly oval and very
convex. The vestiture consists of scales intermixed with a fine,
semi-procumbent pubescence.

They are distinguished as follows:

Eyes protiiberant, narrowly separated above. Plate v, fisr. 7«.

Anterior and middle tibise toothed intenially, densely clothed with variegrated
scales olegaiiN.

Tibiffi not toothed internally, upper surface predominantly pubescent, scales

arranged in spots loiicoMf ictiiM.

Eyes feebly convex, widely separated above, surface thinly clothed with whitish
scales.

Larger, second joint of funicle longer than the third ; denuded elytral fascia
more or less distinct Ilaiiiiltoii i.

Smaller, second joint of funicle scarcely longer than the third ; elytral fascia
obsolete ItiiNi II iik.

1. A. elegant Lee. Plate 5, figs. 6, tia, 6h. — Broadly oval, dark browm,
den.sely clothed with small scales, variegated in silvery white, gray, bull' and
brown on the upper surface and grayish white intermixed with brown on the
under sni face of the body and legs. Beak ferrugineous and somew'hat shining,
punctured and pubescent at base; median elevated line feeble; substriate. An-
tenniB slender, second joint of funicle longer than the third ; joints 3-7 oblong,
equal. Eyes large, transversely protuberant and rather narrowly sejiarated
above. Frontal fovea deep, elongate. Head w'ith large, shallow' punctures,
ti ansversely rugulose and clothed with large, elongate scales. Prothorax .strongly
and rather suddenly narrowed in front and constricted at the apex; rounded
on the sides. A broad transverse groove anteriorly ; surface densely imnctured
and squamous. Scales browm, a narrow dorsal line and a transvei'se one joining
the former about the middle, of silvery white scales. A large buff colored spot
each side of the median line in front. Elytra 7-ather suddenly wider at base than
the prothorax and somewhat ])rotuberant each side of the scntel ; sides rounded,
almost imperceptibly wider behind the middle, strongly declivous behind. Striae
fine; punctures concealed by the scales. The pattern formed by the scales is
complex; the ground color is a silvery gray to grayish brown. Scutel and a
spot each side of the suture behind it white; base, sides, two approximate, ob-
lique lines before the middle enclosing a silvery white line and continued along
the sutural interspace to a jiosterior transverse fascia, brown. The space between
the latter and the anterior oblique band is yellowish brown. A humeral spot
and another each side of scutellum seal-browm. Each ventral segment with a
row of lonsjf, blackish hairs. Thigh armed with a large triangular tooth. Tibije
l>isinuate, armed with a triangular tooth aliout tvvo-fifths from the ba.se; poste-
rior tibise of 9 mutic. Long. 2.5 mm. ; .10 inch.

Jlab. — Florida. Coll, of Dr. Horn and Mr. E. A. Schwarz. This
is the most prettily colored Anthonoinid in onr fauna.

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2. A. loii<‘0^tic(iiS n. sp. Plate v, figs. 7, 7n. — Broadly oval, robust, con-
vex, pitchy brown, thinly clothe(3 above with suberect, whitish pubescence;
(inclerside densely clothed with crearn-colored scales, concealing the surface, ex-
cept on the abdomen, where the scales become more piliform. Beak slender,
opaque, feebly curved towards the apex ; 4-striate from the base to a little beyond
the insertion of tlie autennpe: median elev'ated line entire, expanding at the
apex into an elongate triangular, smooth and shining space. Antennae slender,
testaceous, inserted about two-fifths from the buccal opening ; first joint of funicle
long and slender, second joint longer than the third, which is a trifle longer than
the fourth; following joints rounded; club elongate, dusky and rather closely
articulate. Eyes very convex, semi-globose, and rather narrowly sej)arated
above. Head short, finely ru;julose and remotely punctured with a few, short
hairs; frontal fovea deep, elongate. Prothorax almost twice as wide as long,
strongly narrowed in front; base bisinuate, sides strongly rounded in front of
middle and broadly constricted at the apex ; surface densely and coarsely punc-
tured, pu!)ctures irregular in shape, each one bearing a short, yellowish brown,
scale-like hair. Elytra about one-fifth wider at the base than the prothorax;
broadly oval, opaque. Strife sharply impressed, rather -wide, but not deep ; punc-
tures moderately large and somewhat remote ; interspaces slightly convex, dis-
tinctly rugose. Scutellum, intra-humeral spot, a post-median interrupted trans-
verse line, consisting of larger spots, another subapical, transverse line, and a
few scattered spots in the periscutellar space composed of large, cream-colored
scales. Legs moderately stout, sparsely pubescent ; femora clavate, all armed with
an acute, triangular tooth; a small patch of condensed pubescence on the ante-
rior surface, about one-third from the apex. Tibife moderately stout, slightly
widened toward the apex, anterior feebly bisinuate, middle and posterior straight.
Long. 2.7 mm. ; .11 inch.

JIud. — Texas.

Agrees with A. elegans in form, convexity, and the closely approxi-
mated eyes, but differs markedly by the upj)er surface being simply
pubescent, with spots and lines of large, condensed scales.

A unique S in my collection. The first ventral segment is a little
longer behind the coxte, and the pygidinm less indexed than in
elegans.

.3.— A. II ainiltoiii n. sp. — Oval, ferruginous, thinly clothed with whitish
or pale yellowish scales, which are larger on the prothorax and underside of body
and intermixed with fine, semi-procumbent pubescence. Beak long, moderately
slender, rather shining, scaly at the base; median carina distinct; substriate
and finely punctured. Auteuuge moderately stout: second joint of funicle
slender and twice as long as the third. Club dusky, not closely articulate; first
joint shining, not pubescent. Eyes moderately convex, not approximate above.
Head more remotely punctured, rugulose: front squamous, puncture small, elon-
gate. Prothorax strongly narrowed in front; apex slightly constricted: sides
rounded ; a transverse groove b.diind the anterior margin ; surface rather densely
punctured and rather thinly clothed with elongate scales intermixed with
coarse pubescence. Elytra a trifle wider at base than the prothorax, longer than
wide; humeri rounded; sides broadly rounded from base to apex. Strife im-

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pressed; punctures moderate, rather remote, and not concealed by the scales;
interspaces flat, ruffulose. Scales small, uniform in color. Scutellum, scutellar
and intra-humeral s])ot more densely scaly. An oblique, augulated anterior and
a transverse posterior line coalescing near the suture and enclosing a partially
denuded area. Thighs robust, armed with a suhspiniform tooth, smaller on the
hind pair. The tibia} are hisinuate internally; posterior of % curved inward
near the apex. Claws blackish. Long. 2.2 mm. ; .09 inch.

I fab. — Florida.

It gives me itleasure to dedicate this species to my friend and col-
league, Dr. J. Hamilton, whose zeal in behalf of entomology is well
known.

Three specimens; coll, of Dr. Hamilton. The second ventral
segment is a little longer than the third or fourth, and the fifth a
little shorter than the two preceding segments united. It is closely
related to the following species :

4. A. piisilliis Lee. — Not very unlike the former, from which it differs in
the following characters; much smaller, more broadly oval ; ferruginous to pi-
ceous. The scales are smaller, and the pubescence more conspicuous. Front less
squamous; fovea obsolete. Antennfe a trifle stouter; second joint of funicle
stout and but a trifle longer than the third ; outer joints more distinctly wider.
Elytra more distinctly wider at base than the prothorax and scarcely longer than
wide. Markings obscure, almost obsolete. The tooth on the hind femur is
scarcely noticeable. Tihife feebly l)isinuate internally. The third and fourth
ventral segments are very short in the male; the second longer than the first
behind the cox®, and the fifth as long as the two preceding segments together.
In the female the second and fifth segments are about equal, the others shorter.
Long. 1.3 -2 mm. ; .05 — .08 inch.

Hub. — Massachusetts.

Subgenus Anthonomorphus.

Distinguished from the other suhgenera by the eyes, which are
small, rubrostral in their position and somewhat approximate upon
the front. The beak, which is slender, has four grooves or deep
strife, extending from the base to about the insertion of the antennte.
.Scape of anteniife slender ; funicle rather stout, more so in the female ;
first and second joints elongate, joints 3-7 short, about as long as
wide (%), or somewhat transverse ( 9 )• The head is conical ; front
foveate. Prothorax wider than long, strongly narrowed in front ;
base hisinuate, emarginate at its antero-inferior margin, giving the
appearance of feeble postocular lobes; surface coarsely punctured.
The elytra are elongate-oval, but little wider at the base than the
prothorax. lMe.sostertium narrow between the coxfe. Ventral seg-
ments subequal, third and fourth hut little shorter than the others.

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Legs slender ; femora clavate, at least the anterior bidentate. Tibise
feebly bisinnate internally; apical armature strongly developed.
Tarsi slender, first joint elongate, third feebly bilobed, spongio-pilose
beneath, fourth joint moderately long. Claws large, broad, slightly
divergent and deeply bifid, especially the anterior; teeth scarcely
approximate to each other. The vestiture consists of coarse pubes-
cence.

The type of this subgenns is ^4. fulvus Lee., to which I have to
add two new species from Lower California, very recently received by
Mr. H. Ulke. The species are at once recognized by the eyes being
situated at the base of the rostrum ; they are smaller and narrower
in A. fidvm than in the other species. They are readily distinguished
as follows ;

Pubescence forming pattenis on the elytra ; anterior femora alone bidentate.

tiilvns.

Uniformly pubescent; all the femora bidentate.

Black ; head constricted behind the eyes, which appear more prominent.

peniiisiilaris.

Ferruginous; head not constricted behind the eyes; front transversely im-
pressed pervilis.

.4, f'iilvii!i$ Lee. Plate v, figs. 8, 8a. — Elliptic, ferruginous, thinly clothed
above with coarse, pale yellowish pubescence. Beak not very slender, quadri-
sulcate, sulci punctured. Antennae inserted one-third {%) or two-fifths ( 9 )
from the apex. Eyes transversely oval, slightly convex. Head finely and re-
motely punctured, moderately constricted behind the eyes; frontal fovea large
and deep. Prothorax about one-half wider than long; sides rounded; apex
feebly constricted ; surface very coarsely and suhconfiuently punctured, each
puncture bearing a yellowish hair; pubescence condensed along the median line.
Elytra a trifle wider at the base than the prothorax, sides very feebly rounded,
gradually narrowed to and slightly separated at the apex; strife fine, feebly im-
pressed ; punctures moderate, elongate, coarser and more dee])ly impressed at the
base; interspaces flattened, remotely punctulate, pubescence condensed in lines
as follows; short post-scutellar line, second and eighth interspace from near the
base to the apex, apical half of tenth, an anterior oblique and posterior subtrans-
verse line behind the middle and extending from the eighth interspace, to the
third, where they coalesce; between these latter lines another exists on the sixth
interspace. Scutellum densely pubescent. Underside punctured, more densely
pubescent, especially on the thoracic side pieces. Long. 4.5 — 5 mm. ; .18 — .20 inch.

Hub. — Kansas, Indian Territory, Texas.

A readily recognized species.

A. |>eiiiiistilai*i!« n. sp.— Oblong oval, pitchy black, conspicuously clothed
with long, coarse, dirty white pubescence, which is scarcely more dense beneath
than above. Beak slender, curved, strife w'ell impressed, coarsely punctured,
apical portion more remotely punctured ( % ). Antenufe slender, inserted twm-

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fiftlis ( % ) from the apex; seCoiul joint of fnnicle longer than the third. Eyes
almost round, moderately convex. Head distinctly constricted hehind the eyes,
giving the latter the appearance of prominence; rather coarsely, but not densely
punctured, spar.sely pubescent; frontal fovea elongate, superficial. Prothorax
less than one-half wider than long and nearly twice as wude at the base than at
the apex, latter scarcely constricted; sides regularly rounded; surface coarsely
and rather den.sely punctured, evenly pubescent. Elytra oblong oval, distinctly
wider at the base than the prothorax; sides feebly, apex more strongly and con-
jointly rounded. Striae wide, deeply impressed, especially nearer the base , punc-
tures moderately large and approximate, especially nearer the base; interspaces
feebly convex, punctulate and sonewhat rugose; surface evenly pubescent, scu-
tellum more densely so; underside of thorax finely and more remotely, abdomen
densely and more coarsely punctured; pygidium slightly exposed (%). Legs
slender ; femora feebly clavate, bidentate, outer cusp of middle and posterior
feeble. Tarsi slender, claws bifid, tooth long and slender. Long. 5.5 mm.! .22
inch.

Hab. — Lower California; exact locality not given.

A % specimen in j\Ir. H. Ulke’s collection, very recently received.
Strnctnrally, this species agrees very closely with the foregoing, but
the eves are nearly round, the elytra almost conjointly rounded at
the tip and all the femora are bidentate. In coloration and vestiture,
it is totally different.

A. pervilis n. sp. — ,'Vgrees with the preceding in all particulars, except the
following : ferruginous, underside of thorax piceous. Head not constricted
behind the eyes, which are scarcely convex; a transverse, deeply indented line
above the eyes. The pygidium is very little exposed. Long. 5 mm. ; .20 inch.

Hab. — Lower California.

A 9 specimen, received with the foregoing from INIr. H. Ulke for
determination. It is with some reluctance that I record this species
as distinct from peninsularu, but the strikingly different coloration,
which is not due to immaturity, the head not constricted hehind the
eyes and the deep, transverse indentation above the eyes, seems to
warrant its separation, until more extensive series of s[)ecimens shall
establish its identity with the former.

Suhgenus Trichobarapsis. ■*

A coarsely })ubescent species from Texas, having the prosternum
emarginate and the seventh joint of the fnnicle continuous to the
club, forms the type of this subgenns. The anterior and middle
femora are bidentate, posterior with a single tooth. The tibiae are
l)i-emarginate internally, and the armature well marked. The tarsi
are slender; claws broad and widely sejiarate, armed with a tooth
nearly as long as the claw.

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'4. foxaiuis n. sp. Plate v, fig. 9.— Elongate oval, rufo-piceons, flensely
clothecl abov'e and beneath with very coarse, yellowish gray puhescence. Peak
moderately slender, somewhat depressed and shining; punctured and i)ubescent
at the base; 4-sulcate from the base to the insertion of the antennfe. sulci punc-
tured; beyond, finely and remotely punctured. Antennae not very slender;
second joint of funicle much longer than the third ; joints 3-/ subturbinate,
somewhat transverse and becoming gradually wider ; seventh joint continuous
to the club. Verticels consisting of about 8-10 stiff, long white hri.«tles. Club
elongate ovate, joints rather closely connate, pubescent. Head convex ; occiput
finely, front somewhat flattened and more coarsely punctured ; transversely im-
pressed behind the eyes, frontal fovea deep, elongate. Eyes moderately convex,
not free behind. Prothorax conical, one-third wider than long and about twice
as wide at the base than at the apex ; sides feebly rounded from base to apex,
latter not constricted, slightly emarginate; base feebly bisinuate. Surface feebly
convex, densely and coarsely punctured and pubescent; pubescence condensed
along the median line ; anterior thoracic opening not oblique, rather deei>ly emar-
ginate at its inferior margin, giving rise to the appearance of postocular lobes,
which are ciliate with long, flying hairs. Elytra oblong, scarcely wider at the
base than the prothorax ; sides nearly straight, parallel for two-thirds their length,
gradually rounded to and feebly separated at tbe tip, leaving the pygidium ex-
posed ; base straight; strife and punctures deep and rather coarse on the disc,
less so toward the apex; interspaces convex, especially toward the base, finely
punctured ; pygidium perpendicular. Legs slender ; femora feebly clavate, an-
terior and middle bidentate ; hind thighs unidentate; all the tibife bisinuate
internally and subangulate above the middle. Tarsi slender. Long. 3.25 — 3.75
mm.; .1.3 — .15 inch.

Hab. — Texas.

In form this species resembles somewhat Trichobaris, without,
however, the denuded spots; through the emarginate prosteruum and
the outer joints of funicle continuous to the club, the |)resent subgenus
approaches Macrorhoptus, and through the former also Anthonomor-
phus.

Subgenus Leptarthrus.

Under this subgeneric name I have separated from Anthonomus
proper two new and peculiar species from Florida, in which the an-
tennal club becomes greatly elongated and the joints very loosely
articulate; the beak is slender. Antenme very slender, funicle 7-
jointed, with the first and second joint longer than the following
ones. Prosteruum very short in front of {'.oxie ; mesosternum mod-
erately wide between the coxie. Ventral segments subequal ; first
and second moderately long, former longer than the latter; seg-
ments 0 and 4 short, equal, or nearly so ; fifth segment a little
longer than the fourth in the male, and about equal to it in the
female ; pygidium exposed in both sexes ; anterior legs longer and

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Stouter thiin the others. Claws arrneil with a short submedian tootli.
The two species are easily distinguished as follows :

Larger; anterior tibise not toothed internally; elytral punctures foveiform.

Jiiliclii.

Smaller; anterior tibise toothed internally; elytral punctures small.

irroraf IIS.

1. A. Jiiliclii n. sp. Plate v, figs. 10, 10«, 106. — Robust, snbovate, reddish
b7-own and clothed with pale yellowish pubescence, which is fine and sparse
above, coarser and denser on the under surface. Beak long and slender, feebly
but regularly curved ; finely punctured and thinly pubescent, striate from base
to the insertion of the antenufe; scrobes linear, attaining the lovver segment of
the eyes. Antennae long and slender ; scape long, slightly iucrassate at the apex ;
funicle 7-jointed, first joint long and slender, second about two-thirds the length
of the former, third and fourth joints subequal, longer than the following three
joints. Club long, elliptic, densely pubescent; joints very loosely articulate,
and of about equal length. Eyes moderately large, round, feebly convex. Head
subspherical, finely, but not deii'^ely punctured, pubescent; frontal line feebly
impressed. Prothorax twice as wide as long, strongly narrowed in front; base
deeply bisiuuate; strongly rounded on the sides, apex scarcely constricted ; sur-
face coarsely and rather closely punctured, rather densely and somewhat coarsely
pubescent, pubescence condensed along the dorsal line and forming several cir-
(unate lines on the sides behind the middle. Elytra broadly oval, very convex,
a little wider at the base than the prothorax, separately protuberant at base,
fitting into the emargi nation at the base of the protborax; humeri rounded, a
little wider behind the middle with the sides strongly rounded to the apex, which
is scarcely dehiscent ; strife fine, punctures very large, foveiform and remote;
interspaces irregular convex, with slightly elevated, shining tubercles, which are
distributed without order; scutellum somewhat hastate in form, convex and
surrounded by an excavation more or less profound. Scutellum and two basal
spots more densely pubescent; pubescence slightly condensed in the foveiform
imnctures; under surface punctured. Legs rather stout, anterior pair longer
and more strongly developed than the middle and hind pair; femora strongly
clavate and toothed, anterior tooth very large, broadly triangular. Tibiae robust,
strongly armed at the apex, anterior curved, dilated beyond the middle; middle
and hind tibiae shortei', straight, widened toward the apex. Tarsi stout, third
joint broadly bilobed, ultimate joint moderately long and slender. Claws
robust, divergent and armed with a rather short, submedian tooth. Long. 4.3 —
.0 mm. ; .17 - .‘20 inch.

Hab. — Matacumbe Key, Fla.

A % and 9 specimen in Dr. Horn’s collection, who received it
from Mr. Win. Jiilich, to whom it gives me pleasure to dedicate this
highly interesting addition to onr insect fauna.

.A, irroratiis n. sp. Plate vi, figs. 11, 11«. — Stout oval; rufous, or rufo-
piceous; rather den.sely clothed above with very minute yellowish or fulvous
scales, irrorate with patches or lines of paler and darker scales; under surfai*
rather densely clothed with coarse, white pubescence. Beak long and slender.

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slightly widened at the apex, opaque, striate from the base, punctured and thinly
pubescent. Antennae long and slender; first joint of funicle long, clavate, second
joint slender and longer than the third, outer joints scarcely wider; club very
elongate, loosely articulate ; joints, except the last, of about equal length; the
verticillate hairs are less marked than in any other species. Eyes large, round
and convex. Head wide, densely scaly with a Y-shaped line of pale scales;
frontal fovea linear, superficial. Prothorax almost twice as wide at the middle
as long; strongly narrowed in front and constricted at the apex; base emar-
ginate each side, regularly and strongly rounded on the sides ; surface densely and
<-oarsely punctured, each puncture bearing a squamiform hair, a narrow median
line of whitish scales. Elytra suddenly and one-third wider at the base than the
prothorax, and about one-half longer than wide, feebly narrowed from the base
for two-thirds their length, thence rapidly rounded to the apex ; strongly convex ;
striae wide, impressed . punctures moderately large, transverse and closely placed,
more or less concealed by the scales ; interspaces .strongly convex, an acute tubercle
near the base of the third interspace, a feeble tul)erosity on the same and another
more strongly developed one on the fifth interspace and situated on the summit of
the declivity; the predominant color of the scales is fulvous, variegated with
spots of darker and paler scales, an anterior oblique and posterior subtransverse
line of white scales; scutel and intra-humeral spot white; the first and second
ventral .segments are only moderately long, segments 3-5 subequal. Legs stout,
thinly clothed with sparse pubescence; femora strongly clavate, infuscate about
the middle, all armed with a strong, broadly triangular tooth and emarginate
near the extremity ; tibise rather slender, anterior and middle strongly bisinuate
along the inner margin with a large triangular tooth about two-fifths their length
from the base ; posterior tibite feebly hi-emarainate, not toothed ; tarsi slender,
claws w'ith a rather short, but robust tooth. Long. 2.5 — 3.2 mm. ; .10 — .13 inch.

Hab. — Florida (Key West; Biscayne) ; coll, of Dr. Horn and E.
A. Schwarz.

The toothed tibire distinguish this species from the preceding, and
in this respect agrees only with A. elegans., from which it is sufficiently
distinguished otherwise.

A specimen in Mr. Schwarz’s collection has the elytra more uni-
formly whitish, with a few darker spots ; the alternate interspaces
are a tritle more convex, and the tuberosities on the summit of the
elytral declivity are obsolete. I do not consider it specifically dis-
tinct.

Subgenus Paranthonomus.

This subgenus, which has for its type A. profundus Lee., is readily
recognized by the deej), longitudinal excavation of the pygidium.

Beak cylindrical, rather slender and punctured ; scrobes comiuen-
cing one-fifth ( S ) or one-third ( 9 ) from the buccal o|>ening, straight,
<leep and attaining the middle of the eyes ; the latter are round, con-
vex. Head conical, punctured; front foveate ; antennre slender, in-
serted less than one-quarter ( S ) or one-third ( 9 ) from the apex ;

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scape very slender, impinging against tlie eye; fnnicle 7-jointed, first
joint long, second much shorter and about twice as long as the third
joint; joints 2-7 a little longer in the male than in the female ; club
long, elliptical, acuminate at apex, and rather loosely articnlate ;
shining and thinly pubescent. Prothorax wider than long, narrowed
anteriorly and somewhat constricted at the apex, convex ; base feebly
bisinuate. Edytra oblong, wider at the base than the iirothorax ;
hnmeri prominent, rounded ; a little wider and more strongly convex
posteriorly ; external margin ascending to apex, leaving the pygidium
freely exposed ; sen tel oblong, densely pubescent. Prostern nm short
in front of the coxie ; mesosternnm i-ather narrow between the coxie.
Ventral segtnents more unequal in the male ; third and fourth shorter,
fifth nearly twice as long as either the third or fourth segment, with
a smooth semi-circnlar space at the apex. Female: segments nearly
equal, third and fourth scarcely shorter than either of the preceding
ones; pygidium exposed, perpendicular, with a deep, sharply defined,
longitudinal excavation. Legs long and slender ; femora clavate,
toothed ; tibite slender, armature strong ; tarsi slender, first joint
elongate, hmger than the second ; third deeiily bilobed, s])ongio-
pilose beneath ; fourth joint long and slender ; claws large, separate
at the base with a long, slender tooth.

The vestiture consists of rather coar.se, whitish pnbe.scence, which,
on the elytra, is intermixed with fine, blackish hairs.

The genus is represented by three species in onr fauna, while in
Europe it is represented by A. jjabescens, and ])robably A. jjyreiioivs.

Our sjiecies may be tabulated as follows:

Thorax coarsely and less densely punctured; pubescence sparse, black hairs very
scant; tooth of anterior femur without acce.ssory cusp.

Larger, piceo- ferruginous ; prothorax nearly parallel at the sides behind, and
less transverse; first two joints of funicle relatively longer.

proi'iiiid ii!$.

Smaller, rufo-ferruginous ; prothorax rounded at the sides and more trans-
verse; the first two joints of funicle relatively shorter viilpiiiii!^.

Thorax more finely and densely ])unctured; puhescence more conspicuous, hlack
hairs more evident; anterior femoral tooth witli an accessory cusp.

A. proliiiKlliM Lee.— I have but little to add to what has been stated in
tlie generic description and synopsis of species; the first ami second joints of the
funicle are longer and more slender in the 'Jj , the second joint being more than
one-half the lengtli of the first, wliile it is scarcely one-half the length in the
9 ; joints .'1-7 are rather longer than wide in the % . and transverse in the 9 :
outer joints of funicle and clava darker or even piceous. Head blackish ; sides
of prothorax almost straight for two-thirds their length from the base, then

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narrowed to and feebly constricted at the tip; surface coarsely but not densely
punctured with a median line of coudeused pubescence; scutellum densely
clothed with pale yellowish puhescence. Elytral stride deep with elongate and
rather closely placed punctures; interspaces convex, moderately wide, trans-
versely rugulose and puuctulate; pubescence fine and sparse, with very few,
fine, blackish hairs intermixed ; underside darker, piceous, with the pubescence
more evident. Legs ferruginous; thighs armed with a strong, single tooth.
Long. 3.25— 3.7,'> mm ; .13— .15 inch.

Hab. — Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan.

The apex of the fifth ventral segment in the male projects in the
form of a small lobe, which fits into an emargination of the py-
gidium.

A. viilpiiill^ n. sp. — Agrees with the preceding species, hut is smaller, and
of a reddish color; the first and second joint of the funicle are relatively shorter,
the latter scarcely one-half as long as the former in the and still shorter in
the 9 ■> tdie following joints are about equal in both sexes. Prothorax less than
one-half wider than long and more rounded at the sides; the elytral interspaces
less convex atid more finely rugulose; the underside is scarcely darker than the
rest. Long. 2.75 mm. ; .11 inch.

Hab. — Pennsylvania (Hazleton).

Two males and three females were taken by myself some years
ago by bush beating and considered as S. rubidvs Lee., from which
it differs by its larger size, more reddish color, coarsely punctured
and finer pubescence.

•A. I'libidiis Lee. — Oblong oval, scarcely wider behind, testaceous, rather
densely clothed with yellowish pubescence. Beak punctured, with a smooth
elevated line; scrobes less deep; first tw’o joints of funicle less elongate than in
the preceding species; second joint of funicle scarcely one-half as long as the
first in the female ; outer joints and club piceous. Eyes very convex. Protho-
rax scarcely one-half wider than long; sides rounded from the base and feebly
constricted at the apex; surface densely and finely punctured, pubescence con-
densed in the median line. Elytra less than one-third wider than the prothorax,
not widened behind the middle; striae deep, punctured ; black hairs more abun-
dant than in the two preceding species. Scutellum densely clothed with pale
yellowish pubescence; .scutellar region dusky, suture dark, underside darker
and rather densely clothed with long pubescence. Legs testaceous, thighs
strongly toothed, the anterior pair with a welt marked additional tooth ; anterior
tibiae curved near the base and bisinuate internally. Long. 2.2 — 2.5 mm. ; .09 —
.10 inch.

Hab. — District of Columbia, Maryland (Deer Park).

Readily recognized by its pale color, small size, very convex eyes,
and the additional cusj) of the anterior thighs. The black hairs on
the elytra, although more abundant than in the two preceding species,
are scarcely visible, except under a lens of considerable power.

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As already pointed out by LeConte (op. cit. ]). 109), this cannot
lie A. he/vohts Boh. (Sch. Gen. et Sp. Cure. vol. vii, 2, p. 224), as the
description “ feinorihus anteriorihus hreviter unidentatis, posticis
muticis,” and again, “Thorax latitudine postica nonnihil hrevior,”
does in no wise correspond with the species under consideration.

Subgemis Anthonomus.

I have hut little to add to the definition of the genus as here re-
stricted, to what has been given in the table. The fifth ventral seg-
ment of the male is hut rarely emarginate. The funicle is 6-jointed
in but a small number of species.

The present suhgenus contains by far the greatest number of spe-
cies, which j)resent structural differences of considerable importance,
and which I have made use of in subdividing the species into the
following groups :

Funicle seven-jointed.

Upper surface pube.seeut (scales, if auy, are arranged in spots or lines, except A.
concinnus) ; claws strongly toothed.

Elytra conjointly rounded at the apex; pygidiuin of % very little exposed;
pubescence dense, arranged in patterns on the elytra.

nebulosus Group.

Elytra not conjointly rounded at the apex ; pygidiuin, at least of the male, more
fully exposed ; pubescence uniform, or condensed in spots or lines
without distinct patterns.

Anterior femora bidentate gularis Group.

.interior femora unidentate.

Third ventral segment longer than the fourth; fifth segment shorter,
rarely as long as the fourth in the male.

Pubescence of elytra uniform, rarely condensed in spots or lines, and
without denuded patch or fascia. PI. vi, fig. I4...suturalis Group.

Elytra with spots or lines of condensed pubescence, enclosing a denuded

patch or fascia. PI. vi, fig. 15 sig-natus Group.

Third and fourth ventral segments equal or nearly so; fifth segment of
male longer than the fourth. PI. vi, fig. 16....scutellatus Group.
Upper and lower surface pubescent; claws armed with a small, inconspicuous

tooth juniperinus Group.

Upper and lower surface clothed with scales; tarsi long squamosus Group.

Funicle six-jointed.

Claws armed with a large, distinct tooth subfasciatus Group.

Claws armed with a short basal tooth ung-ularis Group.

nebulosus Group.

I have nothing fuither to add to the description of this group,
as given in the synopsis, except that the tooth of the claws is rather

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shorter and more obtuse than in the other species with 7-jointed
funicle, in this respect resembling rather ^4. pyri, ulmi, ornatus, etc.,
of Europe. In fact, the two species belonging here, one of which
is introduced from Europe, are more characteristic of the fauna of
that continent than our own.

The two species are readily distinguished as follows:

More robust, anterior thighs bideutate, pubescence more squamiform.

iiebiilo^iiiis Lee.

More slender, anterior femur with a large triangular tooth, pubescence piliforni.

poiiioriim Linn.

\. iiebiilosiis Lec. — Oval, brownish piceous ; pubescence dense, rather
squamiform of a grayish, brown or fawn color and intermixed with very fine,
short hairs, forming distinct patterns on the elytra. Beak long, slender, mod-
erately curved, quadristriate, lateral striae deeper and longer, punctured and
scarcely pubescent. Antennae inserted remotely from the apex, rather long and
slender ; scape slender, paler than the rest; second joint of funicle slender and
longer than the third ; joints 3-4 slightly elongate, longer than the following
joints. Eyes convex, posterior margin free. Head convex, pubescent; occiput
more finely, front more coarsely and densely punctured. Prothorax more than
one half wider than long; sides more strongly rounded in front, strongly nar-
rowed anteriorly; apex feebly constricted and impressed at the sides behind the
anterior margin ; surface evenly, densely and rather coarsely punctured, rather
sparsely pube.scent with three narrow, paler lines. Elytra one-fourth wider at
the base than the prothorax, oblong, sides feebly rounded and gradually nar-
rowed to the tip, which is conjointly rounded ; strife impressed, |iunctures coarse
and rather closely placed; interspaces convex, punctulate; scutellum white; the
pubescence is arranged as follows : a trapezoidal basal space, a double curved
band commencing below the humerus and extending obliquely to the middle of
the suture, thence curving outward in a transverse direction to the outer margin ;
within the space included is another triangular area of pubescence; underside
of body and head clothed with squamiform pubescence. Abdomen less densely
and more coarsely pubescent, pygidium very little ( '^ ) or not expo.sed (f).
Legs moderately stout, thighs clavate, anterior bidentate, internal tooth lofig,
outer tooth small, triangular and connected with the former at the base. Tibiae
rather shorter and stouter than usual ; anterior pair curved near the base, pos-
terior near the apex : armature strong. Tarsi slender, pubescent beneath ; claws
armed with a rather short tooth, which is submedian on the anterior tarsi and
becomes almost basal on the posterior. Long. 3.75—4.25 mm. ; .15— .17 inch.

Male. — Pygidium carinate, depressed at the sides, fifth ventral
segment feebly lobed at the middle.

Eema/e.— Pygidium convex, fifth ventral segment bilobed at the
middle.

Hub. — Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri.

Varies in the ground color from pale ferruginous to almost black,
and also in the patterns of pubescence. The external cusp on the

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anterior thigh varies in prominence, and in one specimen before
me becomes almost obsolete, being replaced by several serratnres on
the outer margin of the internal, or large tooth. This modification,
however, could not give rise to confusion with the next species in
which the antei ior femoral tooth is much larger, and the external
margin perpendicular. In the majority of specimens examined the
pygidium is entirely concealed by the elytra.

.4. puinoriini Linne. Plate vi, fig. 12. — Less robust than the preceding,
dark brown or piceous, pubescence fulvous brovvn, intermixed with pale. Beak
slender, subopaque, feebly striate, a median elevated line, pubescent at the base,
fnnicle stouter than in nebuloms ; second joint but little longer than the third,
joints 3-7 transverse. Eyes convex, posterior margin not free. Head short,
conical, rather coarsely punctured and pubescent, more coarsely so and rather
concave between the eyes; frontal puncture small, but deep. Prothorax about
one-half wider than long, narrowed from the base, latter scarcely emarginate
each side, median lobe almost obsolete ; sides feebly rounded and scarcely con-
stricted at the apex, a curved impression behind the anterior margin ; surface
densely punctured, pubescence coarse, hair-like, almost concealing the sculpture,
brown with a median and lateral vittae paler. Elytra oblong, one-fourth wider
at the base than the prothorax; humeri rounded, sides feebly so, conjointly
rounded at the apex, declivity more oblique than in nebuloms, transverselv
impressed behind the base; striae rather wide, but superficial; ]uinctures large
and deep, and like tbe striae more or less concealed by the pul)escence, latter
dense and less coarse than in the preceding species ; a subdenuded spot near the
base of the third interspace; an oblique fascia behind the middle, extending
from the seventh to the first interspace; a triangular spot on the declivity, with
its base on the first interspace ; scutellum, a few small spots on the disc and along
the margin of the oblique fascia, white. Beneath, thorax rather coarsely, abdo-
men more finely ])unctured and thinly pubescent, exce])t the prothorax. Legs
more slender, femora feebly clavate, unidentate, anterior femoral tooth very
large, acutely triangular, external margin perpendicular; tibim and tarsi as in
nebulosus. Long. 4 mm. ; .16 inch.

Hab. — Ohio.

A female specimen of this common European species was received
some years ago among specimens of nebuloms, to which it hears a
superficial resemblance. The less robust form and large, single tooth
of the anterior thighs, will readily distinguish the present species.
It is with some hesitancy that I introduce this species as occurring
in our fauna, based, as it is, on a unique specimen.

g’ularis Group.

The species belonging to this group have the anterior thighs bi-
dentate, the i)ygidium rather freely exposed, and the j)ubescence
coarse or sparse, without any attemi)t at forming distinct j)atterns.

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The second joint of fiinicle is longer than the third. Legs and tarsi
slender (except grandis), claws armed with a long, slender tooth.
The ventral segments not very unequal, the fifth generally longer
than either the third or fourth.

They may be tabulated as follows :

Larger, pubescence coarse, anteunse inserted more remotely from the apex.

graiidijii.

Smallei’, i»ubescence fine and sparse above, antennse inserted less remotely from
the apex.

Beak long and slender, shining.

Pitchy black, anterior tibiae of male not curved inward and produced at the
tip gnlaris.

Elytra and legs more or less ferruginous ; anterior tihiae of male curved
inward and produced at the tip Virgo.

Beak shorter and stouter, opaque riifipeiiiii!^.

A. gramli!i« Boh. — Stout, suhovate, rufo-piceous and clothed with coarse,
pale yellowish puhescence. Beak loug, slender, shining, and sparsely pubescent
at the base; striate from base to the middle, striae rather coarsely punctured ;
apical half finely and remotely punctured. Antennae slender, second joint of
funicle longer than the third ; joints 3-7 equal in length, but becoming gradually
wider. Head conical, pubescent, coarsely but remotely punctured, front foveate.
Eyes moderately convex, posterior margin not free. Prothorax one-half wider
than long; base feebly bisinuate. posterior angles rectangular; sides almost
straight from base to middle, strongly rounded in front; apex constricted and
transversely impressed behind the anterior margin; surface moderately convex,
densely and subconfluently punctured ; ])uuctures irregular in size, coarser about
the sides: pubescence more dense along the median line and on the sides. Elytra
oblong, scarcely wider at the base than the prothorax; sides subparallel for two-
thirds their length, thence gradually narrowed to and separately rounded at the
ai)6x, leaving the pygidiuin moderately exposed ; strise deep, punctures large and
approximate; interstices convex, rugulose, pubescence somewhat condensed in
spots. Legs rather stout, femora clavate, anterior strongly bidentate, inner tooth
long and strong, outer one acutely triangular and connected with the former at
the base; middle and posterior thighs unidentate. Tibi® moderately stout, an-
terior bisinuate internally, posterior straight; tarsi moderate; claws broad,
blackish, and rather widely separate ; tooth almost sis long as the claw. Loug.
5 — 5.5 mm. ; .20 — .22 inch.

Hab. — Mexico, Texas.

Whether the introduction of this species into our faunal limits is
permanent or not, future observations must decide. Three specimens
are before me, two in the collection of Dr. Horn,* labeled Mexico,
and a sitecimen in INIr. Schwarz’s collection from Texas. Thev tallv
well with the description given by Bohemann, though the descriptive
expression in reference to the elytra — “ thorace plus triplo longiore”

*■ Sent me with the information that they injured the cotton plant (G. H. H.).

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— is not correct. It is easily recognized by its size and the charac-
ters as given in the table. The third and fourth ventral segments
are shorter than in the other members of this group.

.4. Lee. — Oblonpi-elliptic, pitchy black, .shining, finely and sparsely

clothed above with whitish pubescence. Beak shining, finely punctured; three
feebly elevated lines extending from the base to about the insertion of the au-
tennse, the median line extending upon the front; scrobes deep, straight. An-
teniife slender, second joint of funicle longer than the third ; scape and first
joint of funicle bright rnfons, succeeding joints fuscous, verticels consisting of
about 7-8 long, flexible hairs. Head short, conical ; frontal puncture very small
or obsolete; occiput very finely and remotely punctured, front finely rugose.
Eyes moderately convex, posteri»>r margin free. Prothorax scarcely wider than
long; sides nearly straight behind, strongly rounded and narrowed anteriorly,
not constricted at apex; posterior angles not rounded and base not bisinuate ;
surface densely and rather coarsely punctured on the sides, less so on the disc ;
pubescence somewhat condensed near the posterior angles and along the median
line. Elytra oblong, a little wider at the base than the prothorax, feebly rounded
on the sides and separately rounded at tip, almost twice as long as wide; striae
finely impressed, punctures small, elongate, and not closely approximate on the
disc, a little coarser and more closely placed on the sides; interspaces wide, flat
finely punctulate; scutellum densely clothed w'ith yellowish pubescence; under-
side of head, thorax, and sides of abdomen, densely clothed with pale, yellowish
squamiform pubescence. Abdomen along the middle finely and sparsely pubes-
cent and rather closely punctured; pygidium exposed, perpendicular and coarsely
punctured. Legs long and slender, rnfo-piceous ; base of thighs, distal half of
tibife and joints 1-3 of tarsi paler; anterior thighs with a large, elongate-triau
gnlar tooth, externally to which there is a small triangular cusp; median and
posterior femora armed with a strong single tooth. Long. 3 — 3.5 mm.; .12 — .14
inch.

Hub. — Virginia, West Virginia, ^Maryland, Michigan.

Each elytron has a fnscons reflection along its disc. This species
could only be confounded with the following, from which it is dis-
tinguished by the characters given in the table.

.4. Virgo n. sp. Plate vi, fig. 13. — Eesembles gularix in form atid pubescence.
It differs as follow's : Beak more densely punctured, less shining; median ele-

vated line, scarcely attaining the base. Head opaque, densely and finely punc-
tured, front with an imjjressed line. Prothorax rnfo-piceous. Elytra bright
ferruginous, periscutellar space and along the suture dark piceons ; anterior tibite
fringed with hair along the inner margin ; anterior tibiae of male curved inward
near the apex, and the internal angle produced in form of a broad hook. Legs
and abdomen along the middle ferruginous. Long. 2.5 — 3.4 mm. ; .10 — .15 inch.

Hub.— Cohh’s Island, Va. Coll. E. A. Schwarz.

Two males and one female. The female has the anterior tibise
simple; neither curved nor produced at the apex ; one male is much
smaller, and has the elytra entirely piceons and the legs partly so.

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A. riifipeiiiiiN Lee. — Of the same general liahitus as gularis, but smaller,
and the pubescence a little more pronounced. It differs in the following char-
acters: Piceous, elytra ferruginous. Beak shorter and stouter, opaque; striolate
with several rows of remote punctures, lateral elevated line more prominent,
median not extending u])on the front. Anteunse pale rufous, club dusky, second
joint of funicle elongate. Eyes convex, but not free behind. Prothorax scarcely
one-half wider than long. Elytra semi-opaque, strife and punctures more strongly
impressed ; interspaces slightly convex, finely rugose, each with several irregular
rows of punctures ; scutellar space and along the suture darker; the pubescence
on the under surface is white and as dense as in gularis ; the legs are a trifle
stouter. Long. 2.2 —3 mm. ; .09 — .12 inch.

This species varies somewhat in size and coloration, some speci-
mens are entirely rufous; the pubescence, also, is more pronounced
in some than in others.

LeConte’s description: “thorax a little longer than wide,” does
not correspond with any specimens before me, nor does the statement
in his synoptic table of species — that the anterior thighs are uniden-
tate. The smaller, outer cusp is well marked in all but a single
specimen, in which it is nearly obsolete.

Hab. — Pennsylvania (LeConte), Illinois, Texas, Florida.

suturalis Group.

The species belonging to this group have the anterior thighs uni-
dentate. The ventral segments decreasing in length from the second,
the third segment being always longer than the fourth, and this lon-
ger than the fifth, at least in the male, except corvulus, where the
fifth is scarcely shorter than the fourth segment. In general, the
species are rather sparsely pubescent, except suhguttatus, all the
femora armed with a single tooth (hind pair mutic in melancholwm),
although the tooth of the posterior pair becomes nearly obsolete in
specimens of siibguttatus and mondus. The tarsi are more slender
than in the next group, and the first joint longer than the second;
the elytra are without a denuded fascia ; lines and spots of pubes-
cence do not occur, excejit in suhguUatus, more rarely in flavicortds.

The species are closely related, and while it is not difficult to rec-
ognize typical specimens, aberrant forms occur whose exact position
it may not be always easy to determine.

I have arranged the species as follows :

Entirely rufo-testaceous or ferruginous, underside of thorax generally darker.

Elytra finely striate, punctures small, interstices flat, wide; antennae slender.

Elytral interspaces rugose, prothorax not constricted at apex ; larger species.

Bolfei’i.

Elytral interspaces smooth, prothorax strongly constricted behind the ante-
rior margin riibellus.

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Elytra coarsely striato-pmictate, punctures nearly or quite as wide as the in-

terspaces, which are convex; antennse stouter COiif ii^ii»«.

Dark piceous or black; elytra wholly, or in part, ferruginous; antennte testa-
ceous.

Elytra and abdomen ferruginous, former subopaque sycopliaiita.

Elytra partly blRck, more shining !«iitiii*alist.

Black : elytra brownish, prothorax coarsely punctured briiiiiiipeiiiiis.

Entirely pitchy brown or black.

Pubescence fine, inconspicuous above.

Eiytra finely striato-punctate, shining; anlennie testaceous.

Prothorax conical, strongly narrowed from base to apex, sides feebl.y
rounded; surface finely and densely punctured., inelaiicliolicus.

Prothorax transverse, sides strongly rounded, coarsely but not densely
punctured flavicoriiis.

Elytra finely striate, punctures moderate; interspaces flat, rugose aud with-
out lustre nioriilns.

Elytral stripe deeply impressed ; punctures large, distant ; interspaces convex,
shining corviiliis.

Pubescence coarse, conspicuous, forming spots or lines on the elytra.

.4 Kolteri n. sp. — Oblong, ferruginous, thiuly clothed with fine, whitish
pubescence. Beak slender, curved, subopaque, finely pubescent and punctured,
substriate at the base with a finely elevated, smooth median line. Antenna?
slender, second joint of funicle elongate, longer than the third ; joints 3-7 nearly
equal, outer joints scarcely wider, club piceous. Head convex, punctured ; punc-
tures large, remote and superficial ; frontal puncture small. Eyes convex, poste-
rior margin somewhat free. Prothorax more than one-half wider than long;
sides feebly rounded from base to apex, latter scarcely constricted and about
two-thirds as wide as the base, which is only feebly bisinuate; surface densely
and rather finely punctured. Elytra oblong, about one-third wider at the base
than the prothorax, somewhat shining ; sides parallel for two-thirds their length,
rather suddenly narrowed to and separately rounded at the apex; strise finely
impressed ; punctures small, approximate, a trifle larger toward the base; inter-
spaces flat finely rugulose, a small, subhumeral tubercle on tbe ninth interspace,
visible from above; scutel densely pubescent, under surface with a few remote
punctures; meso- and rnetathorax darker, and especially on the sides densely
clothed w'ith .sqiiamiform pubescence. Abdomen sparsely pubescent. Legs
slender, femora moderately clavate, all armed with an acute tooth. Tibiae feebly
bisinuate internally ; tar.si slender. Long. .3 — 3.2 mm.; .12 — .13 inch.

Hub. — New Mexico.

Tliree specimens in Mr. Bolter’s collection, to whom it gives me
pleasure to dedicate this addition to onr fauna.

.4. riibellii»« u. sp. — Of the same color and similar in form to the preceding
species, but smaller and a trifle stouter. Beak slender, curved and finely punc-
tured ; median and a feebly elevated line each side extending from the base to
about the middle of the beak. Antennae a little more robust, second joint of
funicle scarcely longer than the third; joints 3-7 not longer than wide, each
with a verticil of about six rather stiff bristles. Head dusky, very convex ;

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glabrous with a few small, remote punctures, finely and concentrically rugulose ;
frontal puncture distinct. Eyes slightly convex, posterior margin moderately
free. Prothorax one-third wider than long, base bisinnate; sides nearly straight
and parallel from base to about the middle, rounded before the middle and
strongly constricted behind the anterior margin, about three-fourths as wide at
the apex as at the base ; surface densely and coarsely punctured, sparsely pubes-
cent. Elytra subovate, almost one-third wider at the base than the prothorax,
slightly widened posteriorly; sides broadly rounded to the apex, which is
scarcely dehiscent aud covers the pygidium almost completely ; strife moderately
fine, becoming deeper and wider toward the base and sides; punctures moder-
ately large, round, and not closely approximate; interspaces feebly convex'
smooth and scarcely pubescent ; underside with a few remote i)unctures. other
wise as in BoUeri, but the pubescence is less marked, and the pygidium almost
completely concealed by the elytra. Legs and tarsi as in that species. Long-
2.2 mm. ; .09 inch.

Hah. — Lake Superior.

A unique female in my collection. It might be confounded with
the preceding species, its nearest ally, but differs especially in size
and form of prothorax. From eonfums it is distinguished by the
much less pronounced elytral sculjtture and the intersiaices being
smooth.

COiiriiSii<$ n. sp. — Similar in form to A. Bolteri ; rufo-testaceous, pubes-
cence coarser and more conspicuous. Beak a little stouter and less curved ; me-
dian elevated line very feeble, or almost obsolete; more densely and coarsely
punctured. Antennge stouter, second joint of funicle less elongate, but always
longer than the third. Eyes scarcely convex, posterior margin uot free. Head
a trifle more coarsely punctured. Prothorax constricted at the apex, bisinnate
at the base. Elytra coarsely striato-puuctate, punctures large and round, almost
or quite as wide as the inter.siiaces near the base ; pubescence coarser and longer ;
undeiside, legs and tarsi as in Bolteri. Long. 2. .3— 3 mm. ; .09 — .12 inch.

Hab. — California, Montana, Wyoming.

The three [treceding specie.s are very closely related, but more ex-
tensive series are necessary, to prove them as mere variations of one
species. Two specimens in Dr. Horn’s collection, from Montana,
which I refer to the present species, show a decided similarity to
Bolteri in the less coarsely punctured, elytral strim, more convex
eyes, le.ss conspicuous pubescence and larger size.

sye<n»hant}i Walsh. — Stouter than the preceding, dark piceous. elytra
and abdomen ferruginous, thinly pubescent. Beak not very slender, curved,
coarsely i)unctato-strlolate ; median elevated line well marked, a lateral one less
so. Anteuuffi stout, testaceous; second joint of funicle longer than the thii'd.
Head convex, punctured, frontal puncture deep. Eyes feebly convex, scarcely
free posteriorly. Prothorax transverse, two-thirds wider than long, base scarcely
l)i-emarginate ; sides rounded behind the middle, narrowed anteriorly and con-
stricted at the apex; surface densely and coarsely punctured. Elytra more than

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one-tbuvth wider at the base than the prothorax ; subparallel for two-thirds their
length and separately rounded a.t the ai)ex, deeply and coarsely striato-punctate,
es])ecially so toward the base: interspaces somewhat convex, nigulose: under
surface more coarsely jiubescent, pubescence less squamiform, jjygidium exposed.
Legs and tarsi moderately slender, tliighs feebly elavate, claws rather small.
Long, — 3 mm. , .10 — .12 inch.

llab. — Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New
H ainpshire, Michigan, Oregon, Colorado, 8. California, District of
Colnnihia.

Occurs probably in all the Atlantic, Middle and Western States.
Varies somewhat in coloration, but the elytra and the abdomen are
always fen-nginons. The anterior thoracic margin is generally retl-
dish. The legs are either bright ferruginous, or else pitchy black,
without having observed any intermediate variations. One specimen
in Dr. Horn’s collection from South California has the elytra! striae
rather supei’ficial and the punctures smaller. I have no doubt of
the identity of this species with A. h(zmatopus Boh.

A. suturalis Lee. — Similar in size and form to sycoplianta, but a trifle less
robust, pitchy black, elytra more or less ferruginous, tibim rufo piceous, tarsi
paler, the beak is oi>aque, feebly striate and punctured. Antenute, head and eyes,
as in that species. Prothorax transverse, more stroTigly rounded on the sides
behind, narrowed in front, constricted and transversely impressed behind the
anterior margin; surface more densely and finely punctured, base bisinuate.
Elytra! strife not strongly impressed; punctures small, not verj’ close; inter-
stices flat, more shining and very finely rugose; scutellum clothed with white
pubescence ; under surface as in that species, but the pubescence is a little more
dense and squamiform ; the tibite are a little stouter, the tarsi longer, and the
claws larger; the tooth of the latter is also a little larger. Long. 2.7— 3 mm. ;
.11 — .12 inch.

Hub. — Eastern and Western States.

The red apical blotch varies greatly in extent, leaving always,
however, the suture and scutellar space black. Larger sized speci-
mens with the elytra almost entirely red, may be confounded with
A. virgo, from which the present species differs by its nnidentate an-
terior femora, more strongly elavate thighs and smooth rostral carina.
Fi-om sycophanta it is to be distinguished, aside from coloration, by
the sides of the ])rothorax being more strongly rounded and the
apical constriction, the punctures also, are less coarse and less dense,
and the elytra more shining.

A specimen in Dr. Horn’s collection from Iowa, while evidently
belonging to the present sjiecies, has the ])rothorax quite coarsely,
though very closely, punctured. The elytra are entirely ferruginous,
with a triangular basal space dusky.

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A. briiiiiiipciiiiii^ ;\Iaiin. — An oblong species, resenil)ling the (>receding
in form and size, with the beak punctured and striate, tlie head punctured,
frontal line long ; the iirothorax is a little longer than wide, very coarsely and
densely punctured; the elytra! strife punctured, distant, not much iinju-essed ;
interspaces flat, smooth: the antenufe. are testaceous, with piceous club ; second
joint of fimicle equal to third and fourth united. Legs slender, thighs very
feebly clavate, armed with a very small, acute tooth, almost obsolete on the hind
jiair ; tibife nearly straight. Body thinly pubescent, with some intermixed scales
towards the sides and on the under surface.

Hdh. — Geysers, Cal. l\Ir. Crotdi.

I have not seen this species in nature, and tlierefore can only repeat
here the description as given by LeConte.

A. melsiiiclioliciis n. sp. — Elongate-oval, black, with scarcely any lustre,
and clothed with a fine, squamifonn pubescence, which is s])arse above and more
dense on the under surface. Beak rather stout, coarsely punctured, opaque;
median carina almost reaching to the apex ; scrobes scarcely attaining the eye.
Anteniife rufo-test;iceous, not very slender; second joint of fnnicle longer than
the third, joints 3-8 transversely rounded ; clava elongate, dusky. Eyes convex,
more widely separated above than usual. Head convex, rat her coarsely jiunc-
tured, with a well marked frontal fovea, and, like the beak, glabrous, excejit a
few scattered scales. Prothorax conical, a little wider at the base than long^
strongly narrowed anteriorly, with the sides very feebly rounded ami scarcely
constricted at the ajtex ; surface convex, finely, densely and e(jnally ])unctured.
and sparsely covered with scale-like pubescence, each hair arising from a imnc-
tnre; base feebly bisinuate. Elytra elongate, rather suddenly and about one-
fourth wider than the, base of the i)rotborax ; sides almost straight, gradually
narrowed to apex, which is but slightly dehiscent; strife fine, feebly im]>ressed ;
punctures small, elongate and rather remote: interspaces flat, or nearly so, and
having some lustre, remotely punctulate, sparsely pubescent; underside : i^ectus
ratber densely, abdomen more sparsely punctured, ratber detisely clothed with
jiale scales. Legs slender, thighs feebly clavate, anterior and middle with a small
sharp tooth, posterior mutic; tibife slender, rufo-piceous, anterior and middle
straight, posterior feebly bisinuate and dilated internally at the tip ; tarsi slender,
paler than the tibiae. Long. 3.2 mm. ; .13 inch.

i/a/t.— Victoria, Vancouver.

Two males and one female, collected by my friend, F. H. Wickham,
at the above locality. The female has the beak more shining and
slender, tlie hind tihire le.ss hisinmite and scarcely produced at tip.
<)n account of the squamifonn pubescence, which is readily removed,
this species might he referred to the sqnamosus group, with which,
however, it has not the least affinity. Abraded specimens resemble
more nigrinm, from which it differs by the finely punctured protho-
rax and shorter fifth ventral segment.

\. lljivit*oriiis Boh.— Plate vi, fig. 14. — Oval, more robust than sutiirnlis ;
black, pubescence sparse and moderately coarse above, more dense and squami-

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form beneath. Beak not very slender, opaque, striolate, punctured. Anteuufe
testaceous, stout; second joint of funicle elongate, elul) dusky. Eyes more con-
v'ex and moderately free behind. Head convex, finely and remotely ])unctured.
concentrical ly rugulose, frontal puncture deep, Pi'otborax transverse, nearly
twice as wide as long, bisinuate at the base and moderately constricted at the
apex, transversely iin])ressed in front; sides broadly rounded; surface rather
coarsely, but not very densely punctured. Elytra about one-fourth wider at the
base than the prothorax and about one-half longer than wide; humeri rounded,
sides nearly straight, separately rounded at a))ex ; strife fine on the disc, becom-
ing wider and more deei>ly impressed on the sides; punctures small, slightly
elongate and remote, larger and more closely ap])roximate on the sides; inter-
spaces shining, plane on the disc, more convex towards the sides and apex, finely
rugose, scutel and intra-humeral spot densely white pubescent; undenside re-
motely punctured. Legs stouter than in suturalis ; thighs more strongly clavate,
anterior and middle tibim bisinuate internally, posterior straight ; tarsi slender,
rufo-piceous. Long. 3 mm.; .12 inch.

J[ab. — Southern States (Patiii ?).

A specimen in my collection, taken in this neighborhood (Hazleton,
I’a.), measures scarcely 2.5 mm., but does not differ otherwise. Two
specimens from Texas in Mr. Hike’s collection are a little less robust,
with tw'o interrujjted lines of condensed pubescence on the elytra,
thereby forming some similarity to subguttahis. From nigriuus, witii
which the present species might be confounded, it is to be distin-
guished by the less coarsely and less densely |)unctured prothorax,
testaceous antennie and less slender legs.

A. inoriiliis Lee. — Black, or piceou.s, robu.st and convex; pubescence fiue,
sparse, a trifie more dense on the under surface. Beak moderately slender,
punctured, shining towards the apex, median carinate line distinct, feebly
striate from the base. Auteniife rather robust, rufo-piceous; scape and first joint
of funicle rufous, second joint of funicle longer than the third, joints 3-7 trans-
verse, outer joints wider. Eyes feebly convex and scarcely free behind. Head
globo.se, occiput scarcely, front more distinctly punctured ; frontal ]mncture
rather large; a transverse, impressed line on a level with the superior margin
of the eyes. Prothorax scarcely one-half wider than long, moderately narrowed
anteriorly, scarcely constricted at the apex ; sides almost straight behind, feebly
rounded before the middle, base not bisinuate; surface coarsely and rather
densely punctured. Elytra about one-third and rather suddenly wider at base
than the jirothorax and less than one-half longer than wide ; the sides, seen from
above, appear slightly emarginate behind the humerus, due to a feeble bulging
outward of the ninth and tenth interspaces, rather suddenly nai-rowed to the
apex, which is separately rounded and widely dehiscent, leaving the f)ygidiuin
freely exposed ; striae fine, punctures moderately large and approximate; inter-
spaces flat, suhopaque and rather strongly rugose; under surface ]iunctulate.
Legs nut very slender, thighs moderately clavate, all armed with a small, acute
tootk; tibiae slightly widened toward the apex, anterior and middle scarcely
biemarginate, posterior straight; tarsi moderately slender, tooth of claw long and
slender. Long. 2.6 — 2.8 mm.; .10— .11 inch.

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Hah. — California.

Only two female specimens in Dr. Horn’s collection are before me.
Bears a striking resemblance to Eprinechm viwiicus, described further
on, from which, indeed, it cannot be distinguished, except by the
toothed claws.

Since writing the above I have received a specimen from Dr. Horn,
which has entirely the coloration of a typical A. snturalls, the elytra
being bright rufous with the exception of a triangular basal space ;
it is easily recognized, however, by the form of the jirothorax and
the le.ss shining elytra.

A. corvnlus Lee. — Rather robust, oval, black shining: pubescence rather
long and coar.se, but sparse and easily removed. Beak moderately slender, punc-
tured with well-marked median carina ; scrobes curved, somewhat ap])roximate
beneath and directed against the lower angles of the eyes. Anteniife stout, rufo-
piceous; scape paler, second joint of fuuicle scarcely longer than the third,
following joints gradually wider, verticels consisting of stiff, bristle-like hairs.
Eyes feebly convex and slightly free behind. Head convex, occiput impunc-
tured, front with a few punctures and a well-marked fovea. Prothorax trans-
verse, more than one-half wider than long, strongly rounded on the sides and
gradually narrowed to apex, which is feebly constricted ; base scarcely hisinuate,
surface coarsely, hut not densely punctured. Elytra about one-fourth wider at
the base than the prothorax ; humeri rounded ; sides a little widened to behind
the middle, separately rounded at tip, leaving the pygidium freely exposed ; striae
deejdy impressed, wide: punctures large, not closely approximate : interspaces
convex, smooth, with small, remote punctures: scutellum white jmbescent:
underside remotely punctured, pubescence more dense. Legs .slender, thighs
feebly clavate, all armed with a small, acute tooth : tibiae almost straight, and at
the apex, like the tarsi, brownish. Long. 1.5 — 2.2 mm. : .06 — .09 inch.

Hah. — Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, District of Columbia, Illinois,
W isconsin, Michigan, Texas, Arizona.

Easily recognized by its small size, shining black color, coarsely
punctured prothorax and s])arse pubescence. The pubescence is
easily rubbed off, giving the insect a still more shining appearance,
and on sujierficial examination, might give rise to confusion. Speci-
mens are before me of a brown color, probably due to their being
immature.

A. sill>$;iittatiis u. sp. — Elongate-oval, piceous, more slender, but other-
wise closely allied to Jlavicornis, from which it differs in the following charac-
ters: Pubescence coarse, dense and white. Beak more slender and shining,
finely and less closely punctured : median carina more distinct, shining, and ex-
tending to the frontal puncture. Head not concentrically rugulose, second joint
of funicle scarcely longer than the third. Prothorax less rounded on the sides,
which are almost straight behind with the hind angles rectangular: apex not
constricted, punctures smaller and remote on the disc, crowded on the sides: a

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median vitta, wider at the l)ase of condensed imi)escence. Elytral strife gener-
ally more deeply impressed, two interrupted littes of condensed pubescence, ex-
tending from the sides to the second interspace, where they unite; the space
enclosed between these lines is not denuded, densely clothed on the underside
with white ])ubescence; pygidium freely exposed. Legs slender, rufo-piceous.
thighs feebly clavate, tooth small, posterior almost obsolete; anterior and middle
tibim scarcely bisinnate internally. Long. 2.7 mm. ; .11 inch.

Hub. — Florida, District of Columbia.

A specimen in Mr. Dike’s collection, from District of Columbia,
differs from the typical form by the pubescence being jiale yellowish,
sparser and less coarse.

This species might jiossibly be referred to the signatus group, with
which, however, it has no close relationshiji ; the first and second
ventral segments are relatively shorter, and there is no denuded
elytral fascia. Dr. LeConte indicated this species under A. scutella-
tus Gyll. ( Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. xv, p. Uh)), hut failed to de-
•scrihe it.

sig-natus Group.

This group contains species of rather small size, and presenting a
similarity of habitus which makes them easy of recognition. They
agree with those of the preceding group in the abdominal formation;
the first and second ventral segments, however, are genei’ally longer
and nearlv ecjual in length, the gradual decrease in length commen-
cing with the third segment, instead of the second, as in that grouii.
The elvtra have a post-median denuded patch or fascia, surrounded,
in the fresh state at least, by spots or lines of pubescence. They
difier very little in sculpture, and are to be distinguished rather by a
general assenddage of characters and habitus. The first two tarsal
j(dnts are equal, or nearly so.

The following table, supplemented by the Sjiecific description, will
enable the student to identify his species:

Elytral interspaces equal, or nearly so.

Front foveate.

Larger ami more robust, second joint of funicle distinctly longer than the
third; prothorax strongly rounded on the .sides.

Frontal fovea small, punctiform ; pubescence fine, inconspicuous.

Elytra reddish, scutellar space and fascia darker, latter interrupted on
the third interspace; beak less curved and more opaque.

Elytra pitchy black, unicolorous ; fascia not interrupted; beak curved
and more shining COiisiniilis.

Frontal fovea large, elongate; pubescence coarse, conspicuous.

vespertiiiii!^.

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Smaller and less robust; second joint of fnnicle scarcely longer than the
third ; prothorax not strongly rounded on the sides.

Clothed above with pubescence only, pitchy black, elytra reddish brown,
suture darker niiiseiiliis.

Thinly clothed with broadly oval scales, intermixed with fine ])ubescence,
yellowish brown, each elytron with two black spots. .coiiciiiiilis.

Front sulcate.

Pitchy-black, thighs feebly clavate, posterior toothed !<iiilcif rolls.

Reddish brown, thighs strongly clavate, i)osterior not toothed.

se.\$>;iittatns.

Elytral interspaces alternately wider iiitorstitialis.

A. sigiiatiis Say. Plate vi, fig. 15. —Robust, oval, ]iiceons ; elytra red, de-
nuded fascia and scutellar space darker, thinly clothed with whitish pubescence.
Beak moderately slender, feebly curved, subopaque and rather densely striato-
punctate; median carina, smooth, distinct. Antennae testaceous, club darker,
funicle rather stout, outer joints distinctly wider, second joint distinctly longer
than the third, but not slender; joints 3-7 transversely rounded. Eyes moder-
ately convex, free behind. Head convex, occiput somewhat shining, front with
a few remote punctures, finely and indistinctly rugulo.se, frontal puncture dis-
tinct. Prothorax wider than long, moderately narrowed in front; sides not
strongly rounded, feebly constricted at the apex and transversely impressed
behind the anterior margin; surface rather coarsely and densely punctured,
pubescence condensed along the median line. Elytra less than one-fourth wider
at the base than the prothorax and about one-half longer than wide, a little
widened to behind the middle; sides feebly rounded ; strife impressed, punctures
moderately large, close set and becoming smaller towards the lateral margin ;
inter.spaces slightly convex, shining with an irregular row of fine punctures;
the denuded fascia extends from the side to the third interspace, another de-
nuded spot on the second interspace ; scutellar space and along the suture darker ;
scutellnm and iutra-humeral spot densely pubescent. Thorax underneath more
densely clothed with white, squamiform pubescence. Abdomen sparsely i>ubes-
cent, segments transversely strigose, first and second segments rather long. Legs
slender, femora feebly clavate, piceous, all armed with a sharp, well-marked
tooth ; tibife paler, anterior feebly bisinuate, middle and posterior nearly straight ;
tarsi pale, first joint elongate. Long. 2 — 2.9 mm.; .08 — .12 inch.

Hub — Atlantic slope.

Varies considerably in size, and still more so in coloration, from
pale testaceous to almost pitchy-black ; the latter variation might
readily be mistaken for the next species, from which it differs by the
less rounded prothorax and stouter antennal funicle ; the beak also
is more densely punctured and less curved. The following variety
is well marked, and deserves special consideration :

\bir. pallidus. — Testaceous ; head dark piceous ; rostrum and
pectus infuscate. Prothorax nearly twice as wide as long ; the scn-
tellar space is scarcely darker. I rvould consider this to be bislff-
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hrevior,” does not npply to the form under considenition, and prob-
a'oly refers to a pale variety having the ty})ical form of thorax.

(dccurs in Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, ^Maryland.

A. coiiNiiiiilii^ n. sp. — Agrees with signatus iu size and general hahitns, but
differs in the following charaoters : Color uniformly pitchy l)rown or black.
Beak distinctly curved, less densely punctured and a little more slender ; funicle
of antenniB less robust, outer joints scarcely wider; second joint more elongate
and slender. Head opaque, rugulose. Protborax, with the sides, more strongly
rounded, and more strongly narrowed anteriorly, denuded fascia always reach-
ing to the first interspace ; tibiae, especially middle and posterior, more widened
toward the apex. Long. 2. .5 — 2.8 mm.; .10 — .11 inch.

Might be confounded with musculus, but is stouter, and the second
joint of funicle is elongate and slender.

Hub. — District of Columbia. Dr. Horn’s and Mr. Hike’s coll.

vespertiiiiis n. sp. — Subovate, brown; pubescence rather coarse, white
and consi)icuous. Beak feebly curved, not very slender, densely punctured and
somewdiat shining ; median elevated line almost obsolete, feebly striate at base.
Antennae rather stout, scajie and first joint of funicle paler; second joint elon-
gate, outer joints but litttle wider. Eyes flattened, scarcely free behind. Head
short, convex, remotely punctured, each puncture bearing a whitish bail-, front
silicate. Prothorax wider than long, moderately narrowed anteriorly; sides
rounded from the base, scarcely constricted at the apex; coarsely but not very
closel.v punctured, base bisinuate. Elytra more than one-fourth wider at base
than the prothorax ; sides feebly rounded ; striie deeply imiiressed, punctures
coarse, closely approximate; interspaces convex, finely rugose and each with
several irregular rows of jtiliferous punctures; surface rathei- dull, without
lustre; the fascia extends from the side to the third or second interspace; side
jiieces of thorax densely clothed with white scales. Abdomen more thinly pu-
bescent, the fifth ventral segment is not shorter than the fourth, iiygidium freely
ex]>osed, densely punctured. Legs not very slender, thighs moderately clavate,
armed with an acute tooth. Long. 2.3 — 2.5 mm. ; .09 — .10 inch.

Hab.—C. 111. (Hamilton), Fla., Ga., Texas (Dr. Hornj.

Differs from signatus by its coar.se ])ubescence, larger, elongate
frontal fovea and uniform brown color ; the elytral fascia is wider,
extending hirther anteriorly, and is not interrupted.

Dr. Hamilton’s specimen has the jtrothorax more finely and
densely jtnnctured, and the posterior thighs not toothed. It may
possiblv be distinct, but as it agrees otherwise, I do not feel justified
in establishing a new sjiecies on a single specimen.

\, iiiiiSCiiliiN Say. — Elongate-oval, rufo-iticeous, thinly clothed with white
pubescence. Beak rather slender, feebly curved, subopaque, punctured ; median
elevated line distinct. .Antennfe stout, rufo-testaceous, club darker; second
joint of funicle scarcely longer than the third, outer joints wider. Head scarcely
convex, not punctured, frontal puncture small. Eyes convex, posterior margin

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free. Protliorax about oiie-half wider than long, gradually narrowed anteriorly,
base feebly bisinuate; sides broadly rounded from base to apex, latter feebly
constricted, transversely impressed in front; surface densely and rather coarsely
punctured. Elytra about oue-tbiid wider at base than the prothorax; sides
feebly rounded, gradually narrowed to and separately rounded at the apex, leav-
ing the ])ygidium freely exposed, latter punctured ; rufous, sutural inters])ace
darker; strife well impressed, punctures large and rather closely approximate ;
interspaces slightly convex, smooth, shining with a few small, scattered punc-
tures; underside with a few scattered ]ninctures, sparsely pubescent. Legs not
very slender, dark ferruginous, thighs feebly clavate, armed with an acute tooth ;
tarsi moderately slender. Long 1.8 — 2 mm.; .07- -.08 inch.

Hab. — Southern, Middle and Western States.

Varies in coloration ; fresh specimens have the elytra more bright
red, which in dried specimens changes to a dark brown or even
blackish color. The denuded spot can generally be recognized by
its darker color, and being surrounded by a line of pubescence,
which is liable, however, to abrasion. Why Prof Riley should con-
sider this species identical with sir/natus (Agric. Report 1885, pp.
276-282) I cannot understand, for, aside from the difference in length
of the second joint of funicle which is always evident in fresh and
can be demonstrated on old specimens that have been relaxed, the
]>resent species is less robust, thorax less rounded on the sides, and
suture always darker. According to Dr. John Hamilton it is rarely
found after the first week in June, whereas signcdus is found always
during the whole of Summer on various plants and shrubs, while
the former is generally tidcen on Huckleberry.

A. coiiciiiniis n. sp.— Oval, reciclish brown, thinly clothed with small,
white, broadly ovate scales, intermixed with fine pubescence. Beak not very
slender, slightly widened at apex, feebly curved, indistinctly striate, very finely
punctured and pubescent. Antennfe slender, first joint of funicle not very
stout, second and third slightly elonaate. former scarcely longer than the latter,
outer joints slightly wider. Eyes moderately prominent, posterior margin free.
Head finely, but not closely punctured, thinly clothed with scales and pubes-
cence, frontal fovea rounded, marked. Protliorax more than one-half wider
than long, strongly narrowed in front, liroadly but not strongly constricted at
the apex and transversely impressed about one-third hehind the ajiical margin ;
sides not strongly rounded, hind angles ohscurely rounded ; surface very closely
and rather coarsely punctured, each puncture bearing a short scale-like hair,
scales somewhat condensed on the sides and along the median line. Elytra oval,
about one-fourth wider at the base than the prothorax, not wider hehind the
middle, sides regularly rounded, strise well impressed, punctures large, apiiroxi-
mate; interspaces convex, slightly roughened, each with a row of fine punctures
bearing a fine recurved hair, space behind the scutelluni dusky, latter small,
round; a large, blackish, semi-circular spot behind the middle, with the con-
cavity outward and extending from the third interspace, deprived of scales;

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another smaller s]iot on the confliienee of the fourth, fifth and sixth interspaces;
these spots are surrounded by inten-iipted lines of condensed scales: another
spot of condensed scales at the base of the sixth interspace, rest of surface more
thinly scaly; underside evidently juinctnred, thinly clothed with ,«cales. Legs
moderately slender, femora clavate, infnscate, alt armed with a sharp and rather
large tooth, more conspicuous on the anterior ]>air ; tibiae nearly straight, slightly
widened toward the apex; tarsi not very slender ; claws armed with an ;icute
tooth. Long. 1.8 — 2.2 mm.; .07 — .09 inch.

Hah. — X. SniyiTia, Fla.

Two specimens in Mr. Schwarz’s collection. A very distinct spe-
cies, readily recognized by its vestiture consisting of scales inter-
mixed with fine pubescence and the double elytral spots, the anterior
of which is semi-annular in shape; superficially, it very much re-
sembles light colored specimens of signatns, hut is smaller. The
first ventral segment is rather shorter than usual in this grouj), and
fifth segment of the male does not appear to lie shorter than the
fourth.

A, siiloifroiis Lee. — Suhovate, dark piceous, shining, thinly clothed with
white pubescence. Beak not slender, shorter than head and thorax, feebly
curved, subopaque, ])unctured, median line feeble. Antennse rather slender,
rufo-piceous. scape and first joint of funicle rufo testaceous ; second joint of
funicle about twice as long as the third, outer joints scarcely M’ider. Head feebly
convex, opaque, impunctured ; front with long, feebly impressed line. Eyes
convex, posterior margin free. Prothorax wider than long, moderately narrowed
anteriorly and distinctly constricted at the apex, regularly rounded on the sides:
surface not very closely punctured, punctures rather small, the intervening
ridges and spaces rugulose ; pubescence somewhat condensed along the basal half
of the median line. Elytra about one-fourth wider at the base than the protho-
rax, a little wider behind the middle; .strise moderately impressed, punctures
large, especially toward the base and sides, approximate ; interspaces feebly con-
vex, rugulose with remote, irregularly placed jmnetures, scutel white pubescent,
denuded fascia not well defined; underside remotely punctnlate, prothorax and
pectus densely pubescent, abdomen sparsely so; pygidium not freely exposed,
thighs feebly clavate, all armed with an acute tooth ; tibise not very slender,
straight, anterior feebly bisinnate internally; tarsi less slender, first three joints
bi oad, not longer than wide, fourth joint less slender and a little shorter than
in the three preceding species. Long. 2 — 2.2 mm. ; .08 — .09 inch.

Ifab. — Mi.ss()uri, Illinois, I)i.strict of Columbia, Pennsylvania.

Similar in size and habitus to corvulm, from which it difiers by
the prothorax being more strongly rounded on the sides and less
coarsely punctured, the denuded elytral fascia and the tarsi shorter
and more robust. From consimilis, of the present group, which it
resemltles in appearance, it difiers by its smaller size, shorter and
relatively stouter beak and shorter tarsi ; the first two joints of the
funicle are also relatively shorter than in that sjiecies. It might also

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be confounded with the dai'k variety of mnsculns, from which it can
readily he distinguished hy tlie shorter beak and tarsi, and the second
joint of funicle distinctly longer than the third.

Comparison with the type of this species, in the LeConte collection
at Cambridge, was kindly made by Dr. G. H. Horn.

A. n. sp. — 01)long, rufo-lestaceons, pubescence whitish, fine

and sparse. Beak not slender, curved, about as long as bead and thorax, finely
IHinctnred, somewhat shinine. with a fine, elevated median line. Antennae
moderately slender, second joint of fnnicle very little longer than the third,
joints 3-7 transverse, club dusky. Eyes feebly convex jiosterior margin free
and more than nsnally approximate upon the front. Head convex occiput finely
alutaceons, dusky; front with several rows of i>iliferons punctures and witli a
long and distinct snhms between the eyes. Prothorax wider than long, sides
rounded, broadly but not strongly constricted at the apex, transversely im-
pressed in front, rather finely and not very densely punctured, except on the
sides, where the punctures become a little more crowded and coarser. Elytra
less than one-fonrth wider at base than the prothorax, suboval, a trifle, wider
posteriorly ; sides feebly rounded ; striae impressed, punctures moderately large,
round and closely approximate ; interspaces slightly convex, with an irregular
row of small punctures and somewhat rngulose; scutellar space and along the
suture dusky, denuded fascia rather broad, extending from the side to the third
or second interspace, lines of pubescence 7iot well marked ; scutellum, intra-
humeral spot and a spot on the anterior and posterior margin of the denuded
fascia, on the fourth interspace more densely pubescent, between the latter two
.spots is a dark line; underside and legs thinly pubescent and remotely punctu-
late. Legs not very slender, thighs rather strongly clavate, anterior with a large,
triangular tooth, middle with a small tooth, posterior thighs mutic; anterior
tibiae feebly bisinuate internally, middle and posterior straight. Long. 2 mm.;
,08 inch.

Hab. — Florida. Collection of Dr. Horn, Mr. E. A. Schwarz and
H. Hike.

This species greatly resembles rufipennis of the gidaris group, but
is smaller, and differs further by the front being sidcate, the anterior
thighs with a single tooth and the posterior thighs mntic.

The ffrst two ventral segments tire relatively shorter in this than
the other species of this group, and the spots of condemsed pubescence
on the elytra give it a peculiarly striking appearance.

A. iiiter^stitiali^ u. sp. — Elongate, subovate, black ; pubescence very fine
and scant above ; side pieces of thorax and sides of abdomen densely clot lied with
pale yellowish, squamiform pubescence. Beak rather slender, punctured, with
the median carina distinct. Anteniife rufo-piceous, rather robust, first and .sec-
ond joint of funicle rather slender, elongate; joints 3-7 rounded, outer ones but
little wider. Eyes scarcely convex and but indistinctly free behind Head sub-
opaque, finely alutaceons, with several concentric rows of very small, piliferous
punctures; front with a fine, somewhat interrupted line. Prothorax but little

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wider at tlie base than long, sides strongly rounded and narrowed to the tip, the
latter constricted : base scarcely eraarginate each side, disc more remotely, sides
more densely punctured, punctures variable in size from medium to coarse ; pu-
bescence condensed in front of the scutellum. Elytra one-third wider at the
base than the prothorax, oblong and rather shining, a little widened posteriorly,
sides nearly straight; strife feebly impressed, punctures moderate, round and
not closely ap])roximate ; interspaces nearly flat, smooth, with a few. small ininc-
tures; second, fourth and sixth wider than the adjacent interspaces, denuded
fascia extending to the third interspace; lines of pubescence faintly marked.
Legs and tarsi long and slender, thighs scarcely clavate, anterior and middle
armed with a very small, acute tooth, posterior mutic; tarsi densely pubescent
beneath. Long. 2— 2.,5 mm. ; .08 — .10 inch.

Hub. — Wliite Fish Point, L. Sup.; District of Columbia.

Two specimens ( % and 9 ) in Mr. Schwarz’s collection.

A very distinct and easily recognized species.

nigrinus Group.

The species of this grouji difler from those of the two jireceding
ones by the fifth ventral segment of the male being longer than the
fourth, the third and fourth equal in length, or very nearly so. In
some specimens the fifth ventral is not longer than the fourth ; in
this case, however, the third and fourth are always equal and shorter
than in the two preceding groups.

The species are closely related, and are to be distinguished as
follows :

All the tliigbs armed with a single tooth.

Black ; front foveate.

Robust; anterior and middle tibife curved inward near the apex ; first joint
of anterior tarsi twice as long as the second ; femoral tooth spiniform.

ebeiiiiiiis.

Less robust ; tibife straight, first tarsal joint scarcely longer than the second ;
femoral tooth acutely triangular iiigriiiiis.

More elongate; tibife curved near the base; first tarsal joint longer than the
second; femoral tooth large albopilosns.

Piceous or blackish, with aeneous lustre ; front sulcate between the eyes.

Pubescence uniform; elytra without denuded fascia or lines of condensed
pubescence.

Larger and more robust; base of middle and hind thighs and distal half
of tihife and tarsi, honey-yellow. .xaiitliot'iieiims.

Smaller and more slender; legs piceous. tihiae and tarsi paler..seueolus.

Elytra very coarsely .striato-punctate with partially denuded fascia and lines

of condensed pubescence faber.

Posterior thighs mutic, elytra with denuded fa.scia.

Less robust, front sulcate, upper surface rather densely clothed with squami-
form pubescence, denuded fascia ill-defined efl’etus.

Very stout, front foveate, upper surface less densely pubescent, denuded fascia
well defined scufellatus.

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A. ebeiiiniiiii u. sp. — Robust, ov’ate; l)lac.k, with a faint seneous lustre and
rather conspicuously clothed with wdiite pubescence, which is more dense on the
under surface. Beak long and slender, feebly (uirved, punctured, scarcely striate.
Antennse long and slender, .scape and first joint of funicle rufo-testaceous, re-
mainder rufo-piceous; first joint of funicle long, not very stout, second joint
longer than the third, outer joints scarcely wider, club rather loosely articulate.
Eyes somewhat prominent, convex, posterior margin free. Head convex, occiput
impunctured, front finely punctured and pubescent, especially between the eyes,
frontal fovea elongate, rather deep. Prothorax fully one-half wider than long
and nearly twice as wide at the base than at the apex, latter scarcely constricted ;
sides regularly rounded from the base, latter biemarginate ; surface densely and
rather coarsely punctured, punctures subcoufluent on the sides, each bearing a
whitish hair; scutellum oval, densely pubescent. Elytra shining, one ft>urth
wider at the base than the prothorax; oval, sides feebly rounded; striae im-
pressed, punctures round, small and closely approximate; interspaces slightly
convex, each with about three irregular rows of fine, piliferous punctures; pu-
bescence evenly distributed, except a small intra-humeT-al spot, which is more
densely pubescent; underside densely punctured, pubescence scarcely as long as
above; pygidium fully exposed, punctured. Legs long and slender, thinly pu-
bescent; femora slender, feebly clavate, armed with a spiniform tooth; tibiae
long and slender, sinuate internally, aiitei’ior and middle curved inward near
tbe apex, posterior straight ; tarsi slender, first joint of anterior almost twice as
long as the second; claws armed with a long slender tooth. Long. 3.5 mm.;
.14 inch.

Hab. — Lower California; exact locality not stated.

A % and 9 specimen in Mr. Dike’s collection, who received it
very recently from the above locality.

The mesosternum is moderately wide between the coxte, where it
ends in an elevated, transverse ridge, and slojtes very gradually in
front. The third and fourth ventral .segments are of e(jual width,
and the fifth distinctly longer than either ; the pygidium is freely
visible from below.

This species, although very distinct, is closely allied to fiavicornis,
nigrinns and albopiloms. It resembles fiavicornis so closely that, if
viewed from above, it cannot be distinguished, except by its somewhat
greater size ; the abdominal formation, however, is strikingly different,
the beak, legs and tarsi much more slender; the first j'oint of the
anterior tarsi twice as long as the second, while equal in fiavicornis.
From the next species it differs by its being more robust, the beak
more slender, thorax less coarsely punctured, the femoral tooth spini-
form, the anterior and middle tibim curved near the aj)ex, and the
more slender tarsi with the first joint nearly twice the length of the
.second. The elytra, also, are a little more strongly striato-punctate,
and the ]nibescence much more conspicuous than in that species.

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From aJbopUomu it differs by its stout form, the elytra less coarsely
striato-]ninctate ; the femora are more slender, the tooth smaller, and
the tihiie are not curved near the base.

A. iiigriniis Say.— Subovate, rol)nst, pitchy-black, thinly clothed with
tine, whitish pubescence. Beak not very slender, oi)aqne, coarsely punctured
with the median elevated line distinct, shining, and striate each side from the
base to about the middle ; scrohes slightly curved inferiorly and rather .su])erficial.
.Antennte inserted about the middle, slender, piceous : first joint of funicle ro-
bust, second elongate, slender; following joints gradually wider. Eyes feebly
convex and scarcely free behind. Head short, spherical, with a few, rather
large, remote punctures, front deeply foveate. Prothorax wider than long, sides
broadly rounded from the base, moderately narrowed anteriorly and scarcely
constricted at the apex ; equally, demsely and coarsely punctured. Elytra oval,
one-third wider at the base than the jirothorax and about one-half longer than
wide, finely striato-punctate, punctures not approximate: interspaces flat, re-
motely punctulate; scutellum densely clothed with white pubescence; under
surface a little more coarsely and densely pubescent; side pieces of thorax and
abdomen with a few remote punctures. Legs slender, femora feebly clavate,
armed with a small, acute tooth; tibise rather slender, nearly straight: tarsi long
and moderately slender, fringed with white hair. Long. 3 mm.; .12 inch.

Hub. — District of Columbia, Nortli Carolina, Louisiana, Virginia.
Not unlike ftavicornis, from which it differs in the abdominal for-
mation, more coarsely punctured thorax and jiitchy-black antennte.
Might also be confounded with morulus, but is more robust and le.ss
convex, and the elytra more shining. Its resemblance to ebenimis
has been noted under that species.

-A. all>01>ilo»4ilS n. sp.— Oblong-elliptic ; black, somewhat shining, not
densely clothed with long, white pubescence. Beak longer and more slender
than in nigrinus ; smooth, shining, sparsely and finely i)unctured ; snbsti inte from
the base to about the middle, median elevated line well marked, shining ; .scrohes
straight. Anteniife slender, inserted about two-fifths { 'J, ) or one-half ( 9 ) from
the apex ; rufo-testaceous, first joint of funicle long and less stout, second joint
a little more slender, elongate: following joints scarcely wider than long. Eyes
almost flat, not at all free behind. Head subconical, somewhat shining, and
rather coarsely j)unctured, frontal fovea deep. Prothorax a little wider than
long, rather strongly narrowed in front and feebly constricted at the apex, sides
broadly rounded; surface closely, but not very coarsely punctured : base nearly
straiglit each side. Elytra oblong, shining, but little wider at the base than the
prothorax, feebly rounded on the sides and gradually narrowed to the tij). coarsely
striato-punctate, punctures rounded, approximate: interspaces moderately con-
vex, punctured; under surface rather coarsely, but not very closely i)uiictnred.
more densely and coarsely pubescent. Legs long and slender, femora (davate,
armed with a triangular tooth, which is larger and very in-oininent on fhe ante-
rior pair; tibite slender, anterior strongly curved near the base and bisinnate
iTiternally; tarsi long and slender. Long. 2.8 — 3.3 mm.; .11 — .13 inch.

Hub. — California, Texa.s, New Mexico.

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A very distinct species, differing from the preceding by its longer
and denser pubescence, the anterior tihire curved near the liase, the
large anterior femoral tooth, and also its more slender form.

The fifth ventral segment is twice as long as the fourth ; the j)y-
gidium remotely punctured, pubescent in the male, glabrous in the
female.

Taken in large numbers at Albuquerque, N. Mexico, by F. H.
Wickham.

A. .’Kantliociienius n. sj).— Eo))ust. dark piceoiis, with a faint aeneous
lustre, clothed above with coarse whitish ))uhescence, which becomes denser and
more scjuamiform on the under surface. Beak long and slender, opaque ( 'J, ) or
shining ( 9 ), slightly compressed at the base; flattened, and a little wider at the
apex; scrobes linear, straight and deeii. Antennae slender, testaceous, inserted
scarcely two-fifths from the apex; first joint of funicle long and slender, joints
2-4 somewhat elongate, subequal, 3-7 shorter; club loosely articulate, dusky.
Head broadly conical, smooth, with a few small distant punctures; front sulcate
between the eyes, the latter moderately convex, not or scarcely free behind.
Protborax much wider than long, strongly narrowed in front, base bisinuate ;
sides nearly straight behind, strongly rounded in front and constricted at the
tip; surface rather densely and coarsely punctured, except anteriorly, where the
punctures become smaller and more distant; transversely impressed behind
the anterior margin ; pubescence somewhat condensed along the median line and
on the sides. Elytra broadly oval, strife deeply impressed, punctures rather
large and closely approximate; interspaces convex, rugulose and irregularly
punctured; scutellum densely pubescent; side pieces of thorax and .abdomen
finely and remotely punctured. Legs slender, thighs clavate, all armed with a
small, acute tooth ; base of middle and hind thighs, and distal half of all the
tibife pale testaceous, latter slender, anterior tibife feebly bi.sinuate internally;
tarsi slender, dusky. Long. 2.5 — 3 mm. ; .10 — .12 inch.

//f/6. —Canada (Dr. Horn), INIichigan (E. A. Schwarz), Illinois,
Wisconsin (H. Ulke), Texas.

This species has been confounded \v\th fiavicornis, from which it is
easily di,stinguished, aside from structural difterenees, by the colora-
tion of the legs. It varies somewhat in sculpture. A specimen in
mv collection which I refer, with some hesitation, to the present spe-
cies, has the elytra rather finely punctato-striate. It is closely related
to the two following species.

A. H'lieoliiM n. sp. — Closely allied to the preceding, but is smaller and
much less robust, blackish with feueous lustre ; pube.scence white and fine. Beak
shorter and a little stouter, not flattened at the apex ; scrobes shorter. Antennae
rather stout, inserted about one-balf from the apex and entirely testaceous, club
slightly darker; second and third joint of funicle not elongate, former a trifle
longer than the latter, following joints transverse. Eyes more strongly convex
and free behind. Protborax less coareely and less densely i)unctured. Elytral

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strife finely impressed, excejit near the base; punctures small, elongate and not
closely approximate; intra-linmeral spot and scutel densely white pubescent,
apical half of tibia and tarsi paler. Long. 2.1 — 2.5 mm.; .08 — .10 incli.

7/tf6. — Los Angeles, Cal. ; Arizotia ; Colnnihus, Texas. Coll, of
Mr. E. A. Schwarz and IMr. A. Bolter.

Varies somewhat in the teneous lustre; some specimens have the
first two joints of the funicle a little longer than in others.

\. labor n. sp. — Stout, snbovate, pitchy-black and rather densely clothed
with coarse, grayish white i)ubescence. Beak not very slender, snbopaqne and
rather coarsely striato-pnnctate, median carina obsolete pubescent at the base.
Antemife moderately stont, rnfo testaceous, clnb dusky; second joint of funicle
longer than the third. Eyes convex, free behind. Head convex, finely rngu-
lose, with a few, very small punctures; front with an ill-defined longitudinal
snlcns and more densely pubescent. Prothorax about one-half wider than
long, strongly narrowed in front, base bisinnate; sides strongly rounded, apex
feebly constricted; surface coarsely and rather densely punctured: pubescence
more dense on the sides and along the median line. Elytra fully one-third
wider than the prothorax at base, broadly snbovate, less than one-half longer
than wide, and a little wider behind the middle ; strife wide and deeply ini])re.ssed,
punctures large, rounded and very closely ])laced ; interspaces convex, finely
rugose, two rather broad and ill-defined lin,es of condensed pubescence extend-
ing from the sides to about the third interspace, where they coalesce; the space
included between these two lines is but little less pubescent than the rest of the
surface ; under side punctured. Legs and tarsi less slender, rufo-piceous ; femora
moderately clavate, all armed with a small, acute tooth. Long. 2.5 mm. ; .10
inch.

Hab. — Texas. Coll. A. Bolter ami my own.

Resembles xanthociiemus in size and general sculpture, but is a
little more robust, antennse stouter, joints 3-7 of funicle short; the
pre.sence of a ])artially denuded elytral fascia surrounded by lines
of pubescence and different coloration of legs.

A. effetus n. sp. — Snhovate. pitchy-black, rather densely clothed above and
beneath with grayish white or yellowish, suberect, squamiform pubescence.
Beak slender, curved, more densely punctured from base to about the insertion
of the antennse, more remotely punctured and shining toward the apex, with
three elevated lines, spar,sely pnbe.scent. Antemife rather slender, rnfo-testa-
ceous, club dusky ; second and third joints of funicle equal. Eyes convex, not
free behind. Head coarsely and closely punctured ; front flattened, with a long,
sharply im]>ressed longitudinal line. Prothora.x wider than long, not strongly
narrowed anteriorly, sides broadly rounded from the. base, constricted at the
apex and tninsversely impressed behind the anterior margin, base bisinnate;
surface densely and finely punctured ; the pubescence is a little more condensed
along the median line and on the sides. Elytra one-fourth wider at base than
the jirothorax and a little wider behind the middle than at base, rather coarsel.v
strifito-punctate, punctures large and rather close; interspaces convex, punctu-

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late; under surface with a few small, remote punctures. Legs and tarsi slender,
rufous, femora infuscate, moderately clavate, posterior not toothed. Long. 2.8
ram.; .11 inch.

Hab. — California, Oregon. Mr. Ulke’s collection.

The pubescence being rather coarse, squainiforin, this species
might be placed among those of the squamosvs group, with which,
however, it agrees less in habitus than those of the present group.
One specimen from Oregon has the posterior thighs obsoletely toothed
and the pubescence a little more yellowish. I cannot, however, dis-
cover any other material difference. It resembles ^4. murinus, but is
more robust.

X. sciitellatus Gyll. PI. vi, fig. 16.— Oval, black, shining; pubescence
rather fine, whitish and not dense above, with spots and lines of white .scales ;
under surface densely clothed with white scales. Beak moderately slender,
subopaque, punctured and striolate, median carina entire, indistinctly striate
and pubescent near the base. Antennse rather stout, rufo-piceons, .second joint
of funicle scarcely longer than the third, outer joints wider, transverse. Head
somewhat conical, convex and rather coarsely punctured, each puncture bearing
a hair, frontal puncture small, or nearly obsolete. Eyes feebly convex, free
behind. Prothorax much wider than long, strongly narrowed in front, base
feebly bisinuate, sides strongly rounded behind, apex constricted, transversely
impressed behind the anterior margin ; surface rather finely and not very densely
punctured with a median and lateral vittte of white scales. Elytra more than
one-fourth wider at the base than the prothorax, oval, not wider behind the
middle; strise wide, impressed, punctures large, approximate: interspaces rather
convex, punctulate, shining; scutellum densely clothed with white i)ubescence,
a line behind the latter, an intra-humeral line or spot, two transverse, curved
and more or less interrupted lines behind the middle and enclosing a large de-
nuded spot of dense, white scaly pubescence; the anterior transverse line ex-
tends in front along the eighth interspace. Legs and tarsi rather stout, thighs
clavate, anterior and middle with a small acute tooth, posterior thighs unarmed ;
tibife nearly straighten little widened toward the apex ; tarsi rufous. Long. 2.4 —
2.7 mm. : .10-. 11 inch.

Hab. — Eastern and Western States.

An easily recognized and well known species; the jiubesence is
readily rubbed off.

A specimen in Mr. Bolter’s collection is of a light brown color
with the pubescence yellowish.

juniperinus Group.

Three dissimilar species constitute this group. In alt of them the
claws are armed with a small, sharp basal tooth. The abdominal
segments are subequal, first and second only moderately long, third
and fourth subecpial, fifth short in the male ; they are pubescent,

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l)oth on the ujipei' and under surface, and the ])uhescence not con-
densed in patterns or markings.

They may be easily distinguished as follows:

Diirk brown or black.

Elytra not wider behind, pubescence yellow, njesosternum not carinate.

diMNiini liN.

Elytra wider behind, pubescence very .sparse, whitish, mesosterninu carinate.

orcliestoidesi.

Testaceous, elytra with a dark, oblicjne sj)ot .jiiiii|>ei'inui!$.

n. sp. — Elongate oval, brown ; head, rostrum and underside
of trunk nearly black, thinly clothed above with yellow pubescence, underside
of thoi'ax densely ])ul>escent. Beak long and slender, curved, not shining,
neither punctured nor striate, a few short hairs at the base. Antennfe fuscous,
rather robust, inserted about the middle ( 9 1 of the rostrum ; first joint of fu-
nicle long and stout, second longer than the third ; joints 3-7 rounded and grad-
ually wider, club closely articulate. Eyes feebly convex, posterior margin not
at all free. Head convex, finely rngulose, with a few small, remote, piliferous
punctures, thinly pubescent between the eyes; frontal fovea small, elongate.
Prothorax much wider than long ; sides nearly straight behind the middle,
rather strongly narrowed in front and feebly constricted at the tip; base scarcely
emarginate each side, and hardly produced in front of the scutellum ; surface
not very densely punctured, punctures moderate. Elytra about one-fourth wider
at the base than the prothorax, oblong oval, sides feebly rounded, not wider pos-
teriorly and gradually rounded to apex, wiiich is dehiscent; strise moderately
iiujuessed, punctures small, approximate; interspaces slightly convex, rngulose;
scutel and intra-humeral spot more demsely pubescent; the mesosteruum is de-
clivous in front, densely ])ubescent and extends a little beyond the middle be-
tw’een the coxse ; abdomen sparsely jmbescent and finely punctured. Legs
rather slender, thighs feebly clavate, anterior with a small, spiniform tooth;
middle scarcely toothed ; the tibije are slightly widened from base to apex,
straight, with the articular surface very oblique and the apical armature smaller
than usual ; tarsi moderately slender, first joint longer than the third ; claws
armed with a very slender tooth, parallel with its fellow, and does not reach to
the middle of the claw. Long. 3 mm.; .12 inch.

Hab. — Virginia.

A single 9 in my collection found among a lot of loose material
sent me years ago hy Mr. H. Ulke, of Washington, and labeled
“ Virginia.”

This species is an exact reproduction of A. ungularis in form, color
and pubescence, but for the 7-jointed funicle, absence of elytral
fascia and very slender tooth of claw, it could not possibly be dis-
tinguished. The fifth ventral segment is longer than the preceding.

A. orcliesloides n. sp. — Elongate-ovate, black, somewhat shining, and
very thinly clothed wMth fine, white pubescence, which is scarcely more dense
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the apex, witli three feebly elevated Hues from base to middle and finely corru-
gate between, remotely punctured and somewhat shining toward the apex. An-
tenme stout, rufo-testaceous ; first joint of funicle very robust, second longer
than the third ; joints 3-7 rounded. Eyes feebly convex. Head convex, ini-
punctured, finely rugose and sparsely pubescent between the eyes; fovea feeble,
elongate. Prothorax wider than long, but little narrower at the apex than at
base, sides rounded, widest about the middle ; base nearly straight, scutellar lobe
obsolete; surface coarsely and rather closely punctured. Elytra a little wider
at the base than the prothorax, subovate, widened to and more convex behind
the middle, rather suddenly narrowed to and conjointly rounded at the apex;
stripe fine, punctures moderately small and not closely apiu-oximate ; interspaces
slightly convex and somewhat rugulose, pubescence scarcely perceptible; meso-
sternum horizontal, subcariniform between and extending as far as the posterior
margin of the coxpb ; under surface with a very few, small ininctures. Legs
rather slender; femora all armed with a sharp, distinct tooth; tibipe slender,
not widened toward the apex, articular surface very oblique, terminal armature
more evident than in the preceding; claws armed similarly as in disshnilis, but
the tooth is rather shorter and a little more obtuse. Long. 1.7 — 2 mm. ; .07 — .08
inch.

Hub. — M u r y 1 tuK 1 .

A S and 9 specimen in INIr. Ulke’s collection.

In form this species is not unlike Orchestes rafipes Lee.

A. .juiiil>eriiili»$ Sanb. — Subovate, testaceous; rather densely clothed with
pale yellowish pubescence. Beak darker, long and slender, shining, nearly
straight and a trifle wider at the apex, striato-punctate from the base to about
the middle, sparsely punctured in its distal half; scrobes commencing about the
middle, straight. Autennge slender, first joint of funicle elongate, about as long
as the three following joints united, second joint longer than the third ; joints
.3-7 rounded, outer ones scarcely wider. Eyes rather convex, not free and sur-
rounded by a line of yellow pubescence. Head convex, occiput finely and re-
motely punctured and correspondingly pubescent, more densely pubescent be-
tween the eyes ; frontal fovea elongate. Prothorax wider than long, not strongly
narrowed in front, sides feebly rounded; base bisinuate ; surface finely and not
closely punctured, pubescence equally distributed. Elytra scarcely wider at the
base than the ])rothorax, slightly widened to behind the middle and thence
strongly rounded to the apex ; stripe fine, feebly impressed, punctures small, not
closely approximate ; interspaces wide, nearly flat, rugulose; an obli(jue, dark,
denuded spot about the middle, extending from the fourth to the second inter-
space; underside of trunk darker, sparsely punctured ; pygidium exposed. Legs
slender, femora feebly clavate, all armed with a rather large, triangular tooth ;
tibipe long and slender, nearly straight and but little widened towards the apex ;
claws blackish, tooth short, acute. Long. 2.2 2.8 mm.; .09 — .11 inch.

Hub. — Massachusetts, West Virginia, ^Maryland, Georgia.

The anterior coxte are more prominent than usual, and the ventral
sutures curved slightly backward at the sides ; the beak, also, in re-
pose seems to be deflected further backward than is usual among
other members of this tribe.

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This species, at once recognized by its pale testaceous color and
dark elytral spot, has a remarkable similarity to Nanophyes trans-
verms Aube of Southern Europe, and which, according to Desbro-
(‘liers,* was described by Chevrolat as Anthonomus juniperi.

squamosus Group.

Contains all those species with 7-jointed funicle, in which both the
upper and under surface are ])redominantly clothed with scales.
The scaly vestiture, while dense in most of the species, is sparse and
intermixed with a fine pubescence in some. The scales also vary
from almost round to very elongate, piliform. The ventral segments
are less unequal than in the majority of the pubescent species. Some
of the vittate forms shoAV great similarity to the species of the sub-
genus Cnemocyllus, from which they differ merely by the hind tibise
of the male not being dissimilar from those of the female.

The species may be tabulated as follows :

Stout species ; all the femora armed with a tooth.

Anterior thoracic opening very oblique, prosternum short in front of the coxai.
Elytra without transverse, partly denuded fascia.

Beak and antenufe slender; legs reddish, or rufo-piceous.

Larger; beak long and very slender; first and second joint of funicle
elongate.

Not densely clothed with scales, which are more or less piliform ; color

pitchy-black, legs rufo-piceous ater.

Densely clothed with oval scales, reddish t<t rufo-pii-eous. legs rufous.

!«qiiainosu!!>.

Smaller; beak shorter and less slender, first and second joint of funicle

less elongate

Beak and anteniue stouter, second joint of funicle scarcely longer than

the third, legs dark piceous !«qtiamulaf iim.

Elytra with dark, transverse, partly denuded fascia iiiolocliiiiiis.

.Antei'ior thoracic opening less oblique; prosternum more elongate in front of
the coxffi.

Prothorax strongly constricted at the apex ; beak and antenna* stouter.

second joint of antenna? scarcely longer than the third., riifipes.

Prothorax not constricted at the apex; beak and antenute slender, second
joint of funicle longer than the third (li Sill net us.

More or less elongate, hind femur not toothed.

Scales piliform ; elytra wider at the hase than the prothorax.

Eyes as widely separated above as the width of rostrum at the base, more
elongate; prothorax scarcely wider than long.

Second joint of funicle longer than the third, scales very small and less
dense iiiiiriiiiis.

* Op. cit. p. 446.

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Second joint of fnnicle scarcely longer than the third, scales larger and
very dense Iiirtiis.

Eyes less widely separated above, a little more robust; prothorax distinctly
wider than long oehreopilosus.

Scales oval ; elytra scarcely wider at the base than the prothorax, mottled.

paiiperPiiliiN.

A. ater Lee. — Oblong oval, black, rather thinly clothed above with whitish
or ashy-gray piliform scales. Beak long and slender, feebly curved, sparsely
pubescent near the base, opaque and densely punctured ( 'J, ), or finely and re-
motely punctured, shining ( 9 h distinctly striate ( 'J, ), or obsoletely so ( 9 )• -'^»-
tenn» slender, rufous, clava darker; first and second joint of funicle long and
slender, following joints subturbinate, not wider than long, club densely pubes-
cent. Eyes feebly convex, not free behind ; front somewhat flattened, obscurely
impressed transversely, fovea elongate. Piothorax a little wider than long,
sides broadly rounded and narrowed from base to apex, latter constricted ; base
scarcely emarginate each side; surface densely, but not coarsely punctured, each
puncture bearing a scale, which become broader and larger along the median
line, on the sides and undersurface; scutel densely clothed with white scales.
Elytra rather suddenly and about one-fourth wider at the base than the protho-
rax, suboval, a trifle wider behind ; stri® fine, punctures elongate, approximate;
interspaces almost flat, very slightly roughened ; scales rather piliform, irregular
in vvidth and entirely concealing the derm, those of the alternate interspaces,
especially the fourth and sixth, paler; underside of pectus densely covered with
grayish w’hite scales; abdomen coarsely pubescent. Legs slender, rufo-piceous ;
femora clavate, armed with a sharp, triangular tooth ; tarsi slender, paler. Long.
3.6 — 5 mm.; .14 — .20 inch.

Hub. — California, Oregon.

Closely allied to squamosus, from which, indeed, it ditiers but little
structurally, excejit in the form and density of the scales. Comjiarison
will show at once that it should not be placed among the pubescent
species.

.A. $«qiiainosns Lee. — Oval, reddish brown to piceous, densely covered with
grayish white, or pale yellowish, oval scales; otherwise, like the preceding spe-
cies, from which it differs, aside from coloration, form and density of scales, as
follows: Beak reddish brown, more shining, less punctured and scarcely striate.
Prothorax more distinctly wider than long. Elytra scarcely one-fourth wider
than the prothorax at its base, humeri more oblique; striae and punctures more
concealed by the scales. Legs reddish brown. Long. 3.5 4.5 mm.; .14 — .18 inch.

Hab. -Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Nebraska.

Varies considerable in form, coloration and density of the scalv
vestiture. The alternate elytral intersjiaces are paler in some speci-
mens, giving them a vittate appearance, more or less marked.

Two variations, deserving sjiecial mention, occur:

Var a. — Scales uniformly grayish white, less closely adherent to
the derm. Each elytral interspace with an irregular row of suberect,
setae-like hair.

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Occurs in New Mexico, CarObniia.

Var. h. — Smaller than the average specimens ; less densely scaly,
scales smaller, those of” the prothorax piliform ; beak of” S more
distinctly striate.

Three specimens: Kan., Nebr. Coll. Dr. Horn and H. Ulke.

teclus Lee. —Oval, pitchy brown, densely clothed with ovate, white and
yellowish gray scales. Beak shorter and less slender than in squnmosHS, curved,
pnnctato striolate, not shining; median carina and a stria each side more or less
distinct, pubescent at the base. Antennfe somewhat robust, rnfo-testaceous. club
dusky; first and second joint of fnnicle elongate. Eyes feebly convex, not free
behind. Head densely scaly, frontal fovea linear. Prothorax wider than long,
!iarrowed from the base to the apex, latter scarcely constricted, sides feebly
rounded; base slightly bisinuate ; surface densely and finely punctured, punc-
tures concealed by the scales, which are more dense along the median line and
on the sides; scntel densely scaly. Elytra rather suddenly and about one-third
wider at the base than tlie prothorax and almost ovate in form ; stria* impressed,
punctures rather coarse and irregular and almost entirely concealed by the scales ;
interspaces feebly convex, punctulate; suture and fourth to seventh interspace
from the base paler, extending furthest on the fourth and least on the seventh.
Legs slender, reddish, pubescent; thighs feebly clavate, all armed with a distinct
triangular tooth ; tarsi slender. Long. 3 3.2 mm. ; .12 — .13 inch.

Hub. — Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah.

Only five specimens are before me. Readily distinguished from
squaviosus by its smaller size, shorter, stouter and more strongly
curved beak, which is not shining. The elytra, also, are more sud-
denly and conspicuously wider at base than the prothorax.

Kqiisiilliililtll!>l 11. sp. — .Subovate, black and somewhat shining, rather
sparsely clothed above with small, white, broadly oval scales, intermixed with
fine, suberect pubescence; under surface densely scaly. Beak short, robust,
curved and widened toward the apex, subopaque, densely punctured with a
median, distinct and lateral obscurely elevated line, sparsely luib^scent. .An-
tennae robust, rufous, inserted less than one third from the buccal opening; first
and second joint of funicle not .slender, latter but little longer than the third,
joints 3-7 transversely rounded, club darker, imbescent. Eyes more convex
and slightly free behind. Head coarsely punctured, pubescent and transversely
ini})ressed above the eyes; long, impressed frontal line. Prothorax one-half
wider than long, strongly narrowed in front; base feebly biemarginate, si<ies
more strongly rounded behind the middle, apex distinctly constricted ; surface
densely and rather coarsely punctured, a narrow median line and lateral vitta
of large, white scales, rest of the surface pubescent. Elytra broadly oval, about
one-fourth wider at the base than the prothorax ; liumeri rounded, striae wide,
impressed; punctures rather large and not very close; interspaces convex, finelj'
rugose and irregularly punctured ; scutel, suture, a short basal vitta on the sixth
and another beginning about the middle of the fourth interspace, of dense,
white scales; pygidinin convex, punctured. Legs moderately stout, iiiceous,
sparsely pubescent; tliighs clavate, armeil with a sharp, subspiniform tooth;

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tibife rather short and stout, anterior and middle strongly bisinuate internally
and subangulate about the middle; tarsi not very slender. Long. 2.7 mm.;
.11 inch.

Hub. — Wisconsin, INIissouri.

Two males in my collection. A very distinct Sjiecies ; differs from
tectus by its smaller size, short and robust beak, and the anterior and
middle tibiie strongly bisinuate and subangnlate along the internal
mai-gin ; also closely allied to nifipes Lee. by the form of rostrum
and tibite, but is smaller and the prosternum is short in front of the
coxte.

A. iiiolocliiiiliii* n. s]). — Oval, rufo-piceous, clothed with small, ])ale scales,
intermixed with very fine pubescence, which do not conceal the derm. Beak
long and rather slender, piceous, somewhat shining, punctured ; median carina
and strife each side distinct; sparsely pube.scent ; hairs recurved. Antenufe
slender, rufo-piceous, outer joints of fuuicle and clava darker; first and second
joints of fuuicle long and slender, following joints rounded, club densely pu-
bescent. Eyes feebly convex, not free. Head black, shining, punctured, occiput
sparsely, interocular sj)ace densely scaly. Prothorax nearly twice as wide as
long, strongly narrowed in front and constricted at the tip: base slightly bi-
emarginate ; sides broadly rounded from the base ; surface densely punctured,
])unctures small and superficial, each one bearing a short squamiform hair, an
ill-defined median and lateral vittae of larger scales. Elytra oval, with feeble
lustre, more than one-fourth wider at the base than the prothorax ; humeri
rounded ; strife fine, impressed ; punctures large, rounded, and not closely ap-
proximate; interspaces nearly flat, punctured; scutellar and sutural region
darker; a broad, partially denuded jiatch each side behind the middle extending
from the sides to about the fourth interspace and surrounded by a line of con-
densed scales; scutellum, post-scutellar line, short basal vitta on the sixth, an
abbreviated vitta about the middle of the fourth interspace white; underside
pitchy-black, prothorax and pectus densely scaly; abdomen thinly pubescent.
Legs long and slender, rufous, thinly pubescent; femora feebly clavate, all
armed with a very small, sharp, spiniform tooth : tibiae slender, anterior feebly
bisinuate; tarsi slender, reddish, third and last joint dusky. Long. 3 mm.;
.12 inch.

Hub. — Montana. Four specimens, coll. E. A. Schwarz, H. Dike
and my own.

Very distinct ; might, perhaps, with equal propriety be referred
to the pubescent species, the whole habitus, arrangement of elytral
vittte, however, place it unmistakably in the present group, while
the conspicuous, partially denuded elytral fascia, distinguishes the
present from all the other members of the same.

A. riili|>e!i> Lee. — Oval, pitchy-black, antennae and legs ferruginous, thinly
clothed above with grayish scales intermixed with fine pubescence, undersurface
more densely scaly. Beak rather short and stout, feebly curved, slightly en-
larged at the tip ( 'J, ), i)unctured and sparsely pubescent, distinctly carinate aud

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striate. Anteniue robust, second joint of fnnicle scarcely longer than the third,
club dusky. Eyes convex, slightly free behind. Head somewhat shining, punc-
tured and pubescent; front transversely impressed, fovea small, elongate. Pro-
thorax much wider than long, strongly narrowed anteriorly and constricted at
the apex, basal bisinuation feeble; sides strongly rounded, transversely im-
pressed in front; surface densely and deeply punctured, especially on the sides,
each imnctiire bearing a scale-like hair, three indistinct vittfe of broader scales.
Elytra oval, about one-fourth wider at the base than the prothorax ; humeri
rounded, sides rounded, not wider behind, strife well impressed, coarsely punc-
tured, punctures round, not closely placed ; ifiterspaces feebly convex, punctu-
late and slightly rugulose ; scutel and alternate interspaces clothed with paler
scales. Abdomen not densely pubescent. Legs stout, femora strongly clavate,
all armed with a sharp, well-marked tooth ; tibife stout and rather short, wider
towards the apex, anterior strongly bisinuate internally ; tarsi stout, first joint
scarcely elongate; claws dusky, tooth very large. Long. ,3 — 3.2 mm.; .12 — .13
inch.

Hah. — Illinois (Dr. Hamilton and A. Bolter), Iowa.

The identification of this species, which was donbtful from the
description as given by LeConte, has been verified by my friend,
Dr. Horn, by comparison with the tyjie in the author’s collection at
Cambridge.

The difierentiation from squamulatus has been referred to under
that species.

.4. <lisjniietus Lee. — Oblong-oval, dark piceous, not densely clothed above
with pale or brownish scales; under surface densely squamous. Beak longer
and more slender than in rnjipes ; shining, finel.v punctured aud striate, sparsely
pube.sceut. Antenufe slender, scape and ba.sal joint of fnnicle ferruginous, rest
darker; second joint of fnnicle elongate, longer than the third. Eyes feebly
(Convex and not free behind. Head convex, somewhat shining, coarsely punc-
tured and pubescent, frontal fovea elongate. Prothorax a little wider than long,
gradually narrowed from base to apex, feebly biemarginate at base; sides feebly
rounded, not constricted at the tip; surface coarsely and densely punctured,
three dorsal vittfe of white scales. Elytra oval, not wider at base than the pro-
thorax, coarsely striato-punctate ; interspaces feebly convex, punctulate, a vitta
of white scales on the basal half of the .sixth and another on the middle third
of the fourth interspace. Legs and tarsi rather slender, brownish red ; thighs
feebly clavate, armed with an acute tooth ; tibiae slender, nearly straight. Long.
3.2 — 3.5 mm. ; .13 — .15 inch.

Hab. — Georgia, Texas, Maryland, New Jersey.

Some specimens are clothed uniformly with white scales with
scarcely an imlication of vittte.

.4. iiiiii*iiili!4 n. sp. — Oblong-elliptic, black, above not densely clothed with
uniform, grayish white scales, which are small on the elytra and larger on the
upper and under surface of the prothorax and pectus, where they become also
more dense. Beak not very slender, cylindrical, curved, subopaque, finely punc-

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Hired and iMihescent; a median and lateral elevated line, not very marked. An-
tennse inserted remotely from tlie apex, rather stout, scape and first joint of
fnnicle bright rufous, remainder fuscous; second joint of funicle longer than
the third, following joints rounded. Eyes feebly convex, entirely lateral and
widely separated above. Head densely punctured and pubescent ; frontal fovea
narrow, elongate. Prothorax scarcely wider than long, gradually narrowed from
base to apex; base almost straight each side; sides very feebly rounded, apex
slightly constricted and transversely impressed behind the anterior margin ; sur-
face densely, deeply, but rather finely punctured, and rather densely clothed
with scales, which are larger than those of the elytra. Elytra rather suddenly
and about one-third wider at base than the prothorax, elongate, sides almost
parallel, gradually narrowed posteriorly, coarsely striato-punctate, punctures
round, approximate; interspaces convex. Legs rufo-piceous, moderately slender,
thighs not strongly clavate, anterior armed with a very small triangular tooth,
middle and po.sterior mutic; tarsi slender, rufous; ventral segments 3-5 of male
equal and separately, but little shorter than first or second ; third and fourth
segment of female shorter, fifth longer, rounded. Long 3 — 3.5 mm.; .12 — .14
inch.

Hah. — Oregon (H. Ulke), Colorado (Dr. Horn).

Two males and one female are before me. Closely allied to hirtus,
but is less densely scaly above and the .second joint of fnnicle is dis-
tinctly longer than the third. Not unlike H. effetns in form and
coloration, but is a little more elongate, and the vestiture consits of
true scales, while in the former it consists of siiberect, scale-like pu-
bescence.

A. liirtiis Lee.— Of the same form and sculpture as the preceding, but a
little smaller and densely covered with grayish or ochreous scales, which com-
pletely conceal the color of the derm, which varies from rufo-ferruginous to
pitchy-black. Antemife and legs rufo-ferruginous; the beak is more slender and
scarcely striate or punctured ; the second joint of funicle is scarcely longer than
the third ; three thoracic; vittse and along the suture paler, each elytral inter-
space with a row, more or less irregular, of short, suherect, piliform scales. Legs
and tarsi as in mnrinus. Long. 2.8 — 3 mm.; .11 — .12 inch.

Hob. — California, Arizona, Utah.

The scales vary in form from broadly oval to piliform. The sub-
erect, scale-like hairs of the interspaces are almost olxsolete in some
specimens. Resembles also the next species.

A. oclireopilosus n. sp. Pi. vi, fig. 17.— Oval, less elongate than the
preceding, rufo-piceous, upper and under surface densely clothed with ochreous,
lanceolate, suberect scales. Beak a little shorter and less slender than in hirtus,
curved and a little widened at the apex; shining, punctured and thinly pubes-
cent, median elevated line not distinct. Antennse ferruginous, moderately slen-
der; second joint of funicle longer than the third. Eyes somewhat convex, less
widely separated above than the base of the beak. Head short, punctured, and
densely pubescent; frontal fovea elongate. Prothorax about one-half wider than

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loiJ^. strongly narrowed anteriorly, ajiex not constricted, base bisiniiate, sides
rounded ; surface densely and deeply punctured. Elytra oval, about one-fourtb
wider than the j)rothorax at base: humeri rounded, sides gradually rounded to
apex, striate and i>unctured, punctures large, concealed by the scales; intersjiaces
wide, flat, each elytron with several ill-defined, elevated lines. Abdomen less
densely jnibescent. Legs ferruginous, moderately stout, ])nbescent: femora
clavate, anterior and middle armed with a small, acute tooth ; tibia less slender,
anterior bisinuate internally, terminal hooks curved and projecting beyond the
extremity; tarsi slender, first and second joint scarcely elongate, last joint
slender and almost as long as the three preceding joints together. Long. 2.6
mm. ; .10 inch.

Hob. — California.

Two females in jMr. Ulke’s collection.

Might easily be mistaken ^ovhirtm; in fact, the descriptive phrase,
as given by LeConte of that species, “ densely clothed with coarse,
scarcely squamiform, ochreous jtubescence,” a|)plies far better to the
sjtecies under consideration ; it is, however, less elongate, the eyes
slightly encroaching u|)on the front, the prothorax distinctly wider
than long, the thighs more strongly clavate, and both anterior and
middle armed with a tooth. The peculiar curved projection of the
terminal hook of the anterior and middle tibise I do not remember
of having observed in any other sj)ecies. One of the specimens has
a strongly marked, oblique impression each side of the jirothorax.
The unusual occurrence of this kind of sculpture in the present
tribe is no doubt due to some disturliance in the earlier stages.

A. |>aii|>ei'culii$« Lee. PI. vi, fig. 18. — Obloug-elliptic, rufo-jiiceous, densely
clothed above and beneath with large, round, grayish white scales, mottled with
brown on the u]iper surface. Beak moderately long, not .slender, regularly
curved ; opaejue ( % ), or feebly shining ( 9 ). striato-{iunctate, median elevated
line distinct, pubescent at the base. Antennae stout, rufous; first joint of funicle
very stout, second not elongate, outer joints gradually wider, rounded, and like
the club, darker. Eyes moderately convex, posteiior margiii not free. Head
densely scaly, front with linear impression. Prothorax widei- than long, gradu-
ally narrowed from the base, latter feebly bisinuate; sides broadly rounded,
broadly, but feebly constricted at the ai)ex ; surface coarsely and closely punc-
tured, punctures concealed by the scales, a broad brown stripe each side of the
median line, latter and sides paler. Elytra oblong-oval, a little wider at the base
than the prothorax ; humeri oblique, sides broadly rounded to apex ; striie wide,
impressed, punctures moderately large, not closely aj)proximate and concealed
by the scales, which are jiredominantly brownish in color; scutellum, periscu-
tellar space, an irregular oblique stripe extending from humerus to about the
middle of the suture, and an indistinct, transverse, posterior fascia, ])aler. Legs
and tarsi long and slender, pale rufous; thighs slender, infuscate about the mid-
dle, anterior feebly, but distinctly toothed ; tibije slender, nearly straight. Long.
2.2 — 2.4 mm. ; .09— .10 inch.

Hab. — California.

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The fifth ventral segineut is not elongate. Varies in coloration,
the markings becoming more distinct as the brown color predominates.

subfasciatus Group.

The species which I have included in this group have the funicle
consisting of but six joints and the claws armed as usual with a long
tooth. The species are of small size, and are to lie distinguished as
follows :

Browu, pubescent species; partially denuded, elytral fascia.

Front not foveate; fascia not reaching the suture IntiliSCilliiS.

Front foveate; fascia extending to the suture siibfai^eiatus.

Black, squamous species, no elytral fascia.

Beak longer and more slender rol>ustulu!<i.

Beak shorter and stouter iiioleeiiliis.

A. lati n. sp. —Robust, subovate- brown, thinly clothed with dirty
white pubescence. Beak long, moderately slender, feebly curved, not shining,
median cariua and stria each side extending from the liase to about the middle,
pubescent at the base. Antennse moderately slender, testaceous; first and second
joints of funicle elongate, former stout, latter slender and longer than the third,
which is a little longer than the fourth ; joints 4-6 short, round ; club dusky,
closely articulate. Eyes convex, posterior margin free. Head convex, finely and
remotely punctured and pubescent, rugulose; front not foveate. Prothorax
much wider than long, uarrovved from base to apex, latter broadly constricted,
sides regularly rounded, base feebly biemarginate ; surface not very densely
punctured, punctures moderate; scutellum densely pubescent. Elytra much
wider at the base than the pi-othorax, broadly ovate; humeri rounded, widest
behind the middle and rather suddenly narrowed to apex; striae feebly im-
pressed, except the first and second, punctures moderately large, not closely
placed, larger and closely approximate in the first and second striae; interspaces
rather wide, feebly convex, almost smooth, with feeble lustre, finely and remotely
punctnlate, transverse fascia not very obvious, extending from the sides to about
the third interspace and surrounded, as usual, by a line of condensed pubescence,
suture darker; under surface remotely punctulate and sparsely pubescent; ven-
tral segments transversely striate, first and second moderately long, third to fifth
segments gradually shorter. Legs moderately slender; anterior and middle
femora clavate, feebly toothed, posterior more sleniler, tooth obsolete; tibiae
rather stout, gradually widened from base to apex, distal half and tarsi paler,
latter stout, first and second joints not elongate, third bilobed, fourth short and
stout, claws arme<l with a long and slender tooth. Long. 2 mm. ; .08 inch.

Hab. — Texas, Virginia.

A S and 9 specimen are before me. Dr. Horn’s and my own
collection.

The general lialiitus and abdominal formation is that of the siq-
natus group, and resembles somewhat muscu/.us, but is much broader
and more roliust.

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A. sublaxcialus Lee. — Similar to the jjreeediug, but less robust, redcli.sli
brown, with the pubescence yellowisb and more conspicuous. Beak a trifle more
slender, second Joint of funicle not slender, longer than the third; third and
fourth joints short, equal. Eyes and bead as in the i)receding, hut the front is
distinctly foveate. Prothorax a little longer, less transverse, a))ical constriction
less pronounced, imhescence conspicuous and somewhat condensed along the
median line; the elytra are less conspicuously wider at the base than the ])ro-
thorax, the striaj a little more coarsely puiuTured, the first and second not more
so than the rest; the denuded fascia is more evident, and extends from the sides
to the suture ; under surface more densely ]iubescent. Legs a little more slender ;
tibife, except the i)Osterior, .scarcely widened towards the tip. Long. 1.,") — 2 mm. ;
.06 — .08 inch.

Hab. — New York, Canada, New Hampshire, Texas.

The elytra are generally paler, testaceous, but a specimen in IMr.
Dike’s collection is of a dark brown color, thereby greatly resembling
latimculiis.

A. robiistuliis Lee. — Broadly oval, black, sparsely covered with small,
dirty white, cuneiform scales, which are a little larger and more condensed on
the underside of the thorax. Beak long and slender, slightly widened toward
the tip, punctured and finely striate from the base scarcely pube.sceut. Anteunte
fuscous, end of scape and first joint of funicle testaceous, second and third joints
of funicle equal, and together a trifle longer than the three following joints
together. Eyes nearly flat, scarcely free behind. Head convex, finely and re-
motely punctured, rugulose and thinly pubescent ; frontal fovea distinct, elon-
gate. Prothorax much wider than long, markedly narrowed from base to apex,
the latter feebly constricted, sides rounded; surface rather convex, densely and
rather coarsely punctured, each puncture bearing a piliform scale, which, how-
ever, become broader on the sides; base scarcely eniarginate each side. Elytra
but little longer than wide and about one-fourth wider at the base than the
prothorax, feebly rounded on the sides and rapidly narrowed to the tip, strongly
convex and declivous behind; strife impressed, punctures elongate and closely
approximate, coarser at the base; interspaces flat, scales arranged in three or
four irregular rows; scutel and sutural inter.space more densely scaly. Abdomen
punctured ; segments 1-2 about equal, moderately long. 3-5 short, equal ; ])y-
gidium freely exposed. Legs ferruginous to dark piceous, moderately stout;
femora feebly clavate. anterior and middle armed with a very small, acute tooth,
posterior mutic; tibife slightly widened towaird the apex; tarsi not slender,
claw's armeil with a long tooth. Long. 1.8— 1.2 mm.; .07 — .08 inch.

Hab. — Nebraska, ^Montana, District of Columbia.

A specimen in Mr. Bolter’s collection and one in my own, which
1 received from that gentleman some years ago, differ from the above
description in the following points: Larger, the scales are larger,
white; antennre entirely testaceous, joints 2-4 of funicle equal in
length, fifth and sixth wider. Prothorax depressed each side at the
base, punctures smallei' and more remote ; elytra more finely striato-
punctate. Long. 2.2 mm. ; .09 inch. Hab. — IMontana. Both speci-

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mens are badly abraded, but wbat remains of scales seems to indicate
that they are more dense and more closely adherent to the surface.
I do not feel justified in considering it specifically distinct until in-
creased and better material shall prove it to be so.

A. nioleoiilii!^ Casey. — Closely allied to robustulus, with which it agrees in
form and vestiture, and from which it differs in the following characters; Beak
shorter and relatively more robust; antennffi entirely testaceous, except the
clnh, which is darker ; second and third joints of fnnicle not elongate, equal, and
together shorter than the following three joints; the head is more densely scaly,
frontal fovea not well defined, elongate. Prothorax less closely punctured, punc-
tures smaller; hind angles somewhat depressed; the femoral tooth is extremely
small. Legs pitchy-black ; tihite scarcely widened towards the tip and like the
tarsi, paler. Long. 1..5 — 1.8 mm. ; .06 — .07 inch.

Hah. — District of Columbia, Maryland, Illinois, Wisconsin.

ungularis Group.

The three species constituting this group ai-e readily distinguished
by the 6-jointed funicle and the claws armed with a short, incon-
spicuous tooth ; they are elongate in form ; the elytra have a trans-

verse denuded fascia.

They are easily distinguished as follows :

Beak long and slender, thighs toothed, pubescent.

Larger, femora feebly clavate, pubescence yellow Uiigiilaris.

Smaller, femora strongly clavate, pubescence white floralis.

Beak short and stout, thighs not toothed, squamous imbilas.

A. iiiigulari!$ Lee. — Elongate, chestnut-brown, underside of trunk piceous,
thinly clothed with coarse yellowish pubescence, which is more dense and squami-
form on the thoracic, side ]>ieces. Beak : male shorter and more robust, feebly
curved, naked without lustre, alutaceous with a fine stria each side from base to
middle; female long and slender, shining, finely alutaceous, not striate ; scrobes
commencing about two-fifths from the apex ; in both sexes there is a slight enlarge-
ment at the insertion of the antenna;. Auteume stout, fuscous, scape short, first
joint of funicle short, second slender and longer than the third, which is a little
longer than the fourth, joints 4-6 rounded, club closely articulate, entirely pu-
bescent. Eyes feebly convex. Head alutaceous, sparsely pubescent; frontal
fovea small, elongate. Prothorax wider than long, narrowed from base to front,
sides broadly rounded and scarcely constricted at the apex ; base feebly emar-
ginate each side ; surface closely, deeply and rather coarsely punctured, each
puncture bearing a yellow hair. Elytra elongate, nearly one-third wider at base
than the prothorax; sides nearly straight for two-thirds their length, thence
gradually rounded to apex; strife fine, superficial, except the sutural one, which
is more deeply impressed; punctures moderate, elongate, not very close; inter-
spaces nearly flat, smooth, remotely punctulate; scutel densely pubescent; trans-
verse fascia not very conspicuous, surrounded by a line of pubescem;e ; under
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the fonrtli. Legs sleucler, thighs feebly clavate, all armed with a small tooth,
which is almost obsolete on the hind pair ; tibiae almost equal in width ; tarsi mod-
erately slender, claws armed with a very small, but distinct, basal tooth. Long.
•2.3— 2.8 mm.; .09— .11 inch.

Hub. — District of' Columbia, Florida, Michigan.

The jirothorax is darker, even piceous, in some specimens.

.4. floi*ali>4 n. sp. — •Smaller and narrower than the preceding, ferruginous
to piceous and clothed with white, coarse pubescence. The beak is slender and
nearly equal in both sexes, finely and remotely punctured and striolate, feebly
curved : scrobes commencing about two-fifths ( 'J, ) or one-half ( 9 ) the length
from the bu<;cal opening; scape of antennfe longer, second joint of funicle a
little longer than the third. Eyes and head as in ungidaris, front with a few
rows of fine, remote punctures, each one bearing a short white hair, a straight
line of white imbescence along the inner margin of the eyes. Prothorax less
narrowed in front and not constiicted at the apex ; sides more strongly rounded ;
surface coarsely, but not densely punctured, pubescence more concentrated along
the median line and on the sides. Elytra one-third wider at base than the pro-
thorax ; strife wider, more deeply impressed ; punctures larger, rounded; inter-
spaces slightly convex, rugose; under surface as in ungidaris. Legs stouter,
femora more strongly clavate, all toothed; tibife shorter and stouter; the tai'si
are broader and shorter, and the claws armed with a somewhat longer and acute
tooth, than in that species. Long. 2. — 2.r> mm ; .08 — .10 inch.

Hab. — Florida, North Carolina. Coll. E. A. Schwarz and H.
Ulke.

A specimen in Mr. Ulke’s collection, from North Carolina, is
larger (2.5 mm.) than the average, more coarsely sculptured and of
a pitchy black color with the pubescence very conspicuous ; it does
not ajfpear to be distinct.

.4. iiiibiliis Lee. — Elongate elliptic, ferruginous to rufo-piceous and clothed
with small, yellowish while scales intermixed with a fine, suberect pubescence.
B'-ak short, robust and imperceptibly tapering from base to apex, more strongly
curved near the base, finel.y punctured and obscurely striate; scrobes curved
with the concavity upward, approximate underneath. Antennae robust, rufo-
testaceous, club dusky, inserted one-third ( % ) or one-half ( 9 ) from the apex,
second joint of funicle scarcely longer than the third ; joitifs 3-6 rounded. Eyes
moderately convex, posterior margin free. Head remotely punctulate with a
few hairs; front Hattened, fovea variable, an obscure transverse impression above
the eyes. Prothorax wider than long, moderately narrowed anteriorl3', sides
broadly rounded, scarcely constricted at the a[)ex ; surface coarsel.v, but not ver.v
clo.sel.v punctured. Elytra wider at base than the j)rothorax, sides feebly rounded,
gradually narrowed to and conjointl,y rounded at the tip; strife wdde, moder-
atel.v impressed ; punctures coarse, interspaces convex, rugulose; a broad, oblique
stripe and declivity more densely S(;al.v, suture darker; underside moderatelj’
punctured, thorax densel.y, AbdomeTi sparsep' imbe.scent ; last ventral segment
longer than the preceding in Ifolh sexes and the jfv’gidium l)ut little expo-ed in
the male and not at all in the female. Legs and tarsi moderatel.v stout, thighs

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feebly clavate, uot toothed ; tibia* a trifle widened toward the apex, each tarsal
Joint with a few, white hairs arising near the apical extremity, claws armed with
a very small, almost imperceptible tooth. Long. 1.8 — 2.2 mm. ; .07 — 00 inch.

Hub. — Florida, North Carolina.

The following variety deserves special mention : Larger and

darker; frontal fovea sulciform, deeply impressed; the scaly vesti-
ture more consjiicuous ; scutellum, scntellar and intra-humeral sjiots
very densely scaly. Long. 2.7 mm.; .11 inch. Occurs in District
of Columbia, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania.

Subgenus Cnemocyllus.

Under this subgeneric name I have included all those species
which have the posterior tibite dissimilar in the two sexes, those of
the male being more or less curved, while in the female they are
straight, or nearly so. This curvature varies greatly, being most
marked in ornatulus and figuratus, and least in Ugatns. The fifth
ventral segment is more or less elongate, except in sabvittatus, or-
natulus and jiguratus, and very long in inermis. The tarsi are never
short and broad, but are very long and slender in a few sj)ecies.
The tooth of claw varies considerably in development. The form
varies from oval to elongate, and the integument is clothed with
scales, which, in most of the species, form lines or vittae after a com-
mon pattern, as follows: A pale line on the fourth interspace com-

mencing about the middle and variable in extent, another vitta on
the sixth interspace commencing at the base and extending to about
the middle; in addition to these there is in some a darker patch or
fascia on the sides behind the middle. The prothorax is generally
vittate ; the funicle of the antemue is either 6- or 7-jointed.

The species occur in the Western and Southern States, are closely
related, and require great care to be distinguished. The following
table, sujiplemeuted by the descri|)tions and figures given, will, how-
ever, enable the student to positively identity them.

Funicle 7-jointed.

Fiftli ventral segment of male not, or but slightly elongate.

Larger, posterior tibife, of feebly curved, claws armed with a long slender

tooth. Plate vi, fig. 19...

SniHller, posterior tibia; of strongly curved, tarsi long and slender, claws
moderately toothed.

Thorax shorter and more stroTigly narrowed anteriorly, tarsi as long as
the tibiiE. Plate vi, figs. 20u and 206 oriiatiiliiM.

Thorax longer and less narrowed in front, tarsi shorter than the tibiae.
Plate vi, fig. 21a figuratus.

Fifth ventral segment of male very long, claws armed with a long tooth. PI.

vi, fig. 22a inei'iiiis.

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Fmiicle fi-joiiitcd, fifth ventral segment of 'J, elongate.

Scales white, or pale: vittfe, if any, not conspicnous, claws armed with a large

tooth, approximate to its fellow.

Second joint of funicle elongate, longer than the third.

Larger, 3.,omm.; elytra not vittate Jacobiiiux.

Smaller, scarcely exceeding 2.6 mm.

Scales smaller, elytra vittate

Scales large, elytra not vittate esiiiiis.

Second joint of fnuicle not, or scarcely longer than the third.

Larger (2.0 — 2.3 mm.), sides more rounded, scales smaller afliiiiK.

Smaller (1.5 — 1.7 mm.) and more narrow, scales larger iiaiiliN.

Scales more, or less brown, conspicuously vittate with pale scales.

Larger, claws armed with a broad tooth, third joint of funicle longer than
the fourth.

Sides of prothorax nearly straight behind, elytra wider at base than tbe
former, hind tibiae of male distinctly curved, tooth of claw moderately

long and not obtuse. Plate vi, fig. 23a eloiigatus.

Prothorax rounded on the sides, elytra not wider at base than the former,
hind tibiae of male nearly straight, emarginate, tooth of claw short,
obtuse. Plate vi, fig. 24a ligafii!"*.

Smaller, claws armed with a long and slender tooth, third joint of funicle
not longer than the fourth liiieatulns.

A. Slibvittatus Lee. Plate vi, figs. 19, 19a. — Elongate-oval, pitchy-brown,
above densely clothed with elongate, brownish scales intermixed with white.
Beak long, not very slender, feebly curved, median carina and stria each side
well marked, striolate and punctured, punctures large and superficial. Autenna?
slender, rufous first joint of funicle loug and slender, second and third joints
slightly elongate, equal, and together not as long as the former, joints 4-7 rounded,
outer ones not wider, clava darker, pubescent. Eyes feebly convex and .somewhat
free posteriorly. Head punctured, densely clothed with lanceolate scales, front
flattened, fovea elongate. Prothorax a little wider than long, narrowed from
base to apex, sides feebly rounded and scarcely constricted at the apex ; surface
coarsely and deeply punctured and clothed with brown, elongate-oval scales and
three narrow lines of white scales. Elytra distinctly wider at the ba.se than the
prothorax; humeri rounded; sides nearly straight for one-half their length,
thence gradually narrowed to apex; strise impres.sed ; punctures moderate, ap-
proximate; interspaces slightly convex, punctulate and slightly rugose ; scutel-
lum, scutellar line, fourth interspace from the middle, sixth from the base and
to a variable extent, covered with whitish scales; a large denuded patch eaidi
side behind the middle; under surface clothed with coarse, whitish pubescence.
Legs and tarsi long and slender, reddish ; femora scarcely clavate. anterior
feebly dentate ; tibia slender, posterior of male curved in their distal half and
slightly dilated at the tip, those of the female straight; tarsal claws divergent
and armed with a long, slender tooth. Long. 2.8 — 3 mm ; .11 — .12 inch.

Hab. — California. Coll. Dr. Horn.

The fifth ventral segment is not longer than the jtrecetling, the
pygitlinni e.Kposetl in both sexes; the tooth of claw is very slender
and more conspicnons than in the next species.

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A. oriiatiilns ii. sp. Plate vi, figs. 20, 20«. 206. — Elongate siihovate, pice-
oiis, anteniiffi and legs reddish, densely clothed with broadly oval scales, white
and brown on the npiier surface and entirely white beneath. Beak rather
long and slender, regularly curved and somewhat shining, punctured and sub-
striate from base to middle with the median carina distinct. Antennae slender,
first and second joints of funicle long and slender, latter much longer than the
third; following joints rounded, outer ones a little wider, club dark. Eyes
moderately convex, placed more anteriorly on the head, than usual, poste-
rior margin free. Head wide, short and deeply immersed into the thorax, punc-
tured and clothed with large, elongate scales; front scarcely convex, fovea obso-
lete. Prothorax wider than long, moderately narrowed anteriorly, base nearly
straight each side; regularly rounded from base to apex, feebly impressed in
front; surface densely and coarsely punctured, ]iunctures deep and concealed by
the scales; disc brown, with a narrow median line, and on the sides pearly
white, latter with a few, scattered, brownish scales. Elytra oval, .scarcely wider
at the base than the prothorax; sides moderately rounded from base to apex;
strife and punctures concealed by the scaly vestiture; interspaces wide, flat;
large periscutellar space, somewhat heart-shaped, and a large, rounded blotch
each side behind the middle, hrown ; rest of surface pearly white, intermixed
with scattered, brown scales, especially on the declivity. Abdomen clothed with
piliform scales; segments 3-5 about equal in length. Legs slender, clothed with
white scales; thighs slender, anterior with a scarcely perceptible tooth; tibife
straight, posterior of the male almost angularly curved near the distal extremity ;
tarsi very slender and as long as the tibirn. first joint longer than the second ( 'J, ),
or equal to it ( 9 ) 1 l^ist joint very long, distal end and claws blackish, latter
armed with a rather short and obtuse tooth. Long. 2.3 mm. ; .09 inch.

Hob. — Califoniia.

A female specimen in Dr. Horn’s and a male specimen in my
collection. A very distinct species, not unlike dark colored speci-
mens of pauperculus, from which, however, it is distinguished aside
from structural differences by its bright ornamentation, more trans-
verse thorax, elongate second joint of funicle, very long tarsi and
short tooth of claw. For differentiation from figuratm the student
is referred to that species.

.A. u. sp. Plate vi, figs. 21, 21ffl. — Very similar in form, color and

vestiture to the preceding, but a little larger, and the scales less closely applied
to the derm, and therefore more easily removable; the beak a little longer and
more robust at the base, with the sculpture more pronounced ; the eyes are placed
more laterally ; the prothorax hut little wider than long, with the punctures
smaller and more crowded ; the elytral strife, denuded of the scaly vestiture, are
fine, but well impressed, becoming wider and deeper near the base ; the ])uuctures
small and closely apiiroximate ; interspaces nearly flat, except at the hase, punc-
tured and somewhat rugose; the coloration is almost identical, but less sharply
defined, the broad white stripe dissolved into two vittfe. Legs a little darker,
thighs infuscate about the middle; tibife longer, anterior more bisinnate inter-
nally and the posterior of male even more strongly curved than in that species;
the tarsi are slender, and shorter than the tihise. Long. 2.5 mm. ; .10 inch.

Hab . — Cal i fo ni i a .

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Three males are liefore me; one well-preserved specimen in Mr.
Schwarz’s collection and two aln'aded ones from Santa INIonica, L.
Cal., in mine. The fifth ventral of the male is a little longer than
the fourth.

.4, iiieriiii!^ Boh. Plate vi, fig. 22. -Elongate-oval, ferruginous, densely
clothed above and beneath with large, broadly oval, white, or grayish white
scales. Beak moderately long and slender, curved and scarcely pubescent; three
elevated lines from base to juiddle, with corresponding strife between ; scaly at
the base. Antennae rather stout, second joint of funicle not longer than the
third; club dusky. Eyes feebly convex, posterior margin slightly free. Head
punctured and densely scaly, frontal fovea elongate. Prothorax longer than
wide, narrow'ed in front; sides rounded, feebly constricted at the apex and trans-
ver.sely impressed behind the anterior margin, closely and rather finely imnc-
tured. Elytra elongate-oval, more tlian one-fourth wider at the base than the
prothorax ; sides feebly rounded ; stripe imiwes.sed, punctures rather large, romided
and closely approximate ; interspaces slightly convex. Legs and tarsi slender,
femora feebly clavate, anterior with a small, scarcely perceptible tooth ; tibiae
slender, posterior of male feebly curved, fifth ventral segment of male almost as
long as the two ])receding segments united. Long. 2.2 — 2.5 mm. ; .09 — .10 inch.

Hah. — California.

I am not at all certain about the identity of this species, as Le-
Conte describes the thighs as being unarmed. I have only four
specimens before me, in all of which the tooth of the anterior pair
is discernible, but it is quite possible that, on account ot its small
size, it had been overlooked by that author. Two specimens in Dr.
Horn’s collection have the upper surface somewhat mottled with
brownish scales.

A. jacobiiius n. sp. — Oblong-elliptic, ])iceous, antennae and legs ferrugin-
OU.S, densely clothed above and beneath with moderately large, whitish scales.
Beak not very slender, feebly but regularly curved, opaque ( % ), or somewhat
shining (9), indistinctly carinate and .striate; scrobes straight. Antennae
slender, inserted two-lifths ( '^ ) or one-half { 9 ) from the apex, funicle 6-jointed,
first joint not very robust, elongate; second joint longer than the third. Eyes
feebly convex, scarcely free behind. Head wide, and like the beak at base,
densely scaly, irregularly puuctulate ; frontal fovea small, punctiform. Pro-
thorax a trifle wider than long, moderately narrowed in front, but scarcely con-
stricted at the apex, sides nearly straight behind the middle, teebly emarginate
each side at base ; surface densely and rather coarsely punctured ; scales more
condensed along the middle and on the sides. Elytra a little wider at the base
than the prothorax ; sides nearly parallel for one-half their length, thence grad-
nally rounded to apex, which is moderately dehiscent; striaj wide, impressed,
punctures large, rounded, and not closely approximate; interspaces convex,
rugulose; scales a little more condensed on the basal third of the sutural and
sixth interspace; underside of body densely punctured. I..egs moderately slen-
der, femora not strongly clavate, anterior with a very small, acute tooth, middle
and posterior mutic; tibia; not very slender and rather short, anterior and mid-

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(lie biemarginate internally, ]>osterior of male distinctly curved, of female nearly
straight: jiygidinm freely exposed in the male, feebly so in the female. Long.
3.5 mm. ; .14 inch.

Hab. — Colorado.

A male and female specimen in my collection only very recently
received. This species resembles camis very closely in form and
coloration ; it differ.s, however, by its greater size, smaller and more
densely placed scales, the elytra more gradually rounded to the apex,
the pygidium more freely exposed, and the hind tihite of the male
strongly eurv'ed ; the fifth ventral segment is longer than the pre-
ceding in both sexes, esjtecially the female.

A. rtocipieiis Lee. — Elongate-oblong, pitchy-brown, antennaj and legs fer-
ruginous, densely clothed above and beneath with large, oval, grayish white
scales, which, however, on the abdomen become piliform. Beak long, curved and
moderately slender, shining, rather coarsely punctured near the base, three ill-
defined, elevated lines. Antennae somewhat stout, second joint of funicle elon-
gate, slender and longer than the third, which is a trifle longer than the fourth,
club dusky. Eyes almost flat, posterior mai'gin .slightly free. Head convex,
punctured and densely squamose; an impressed frontal line extending upon the
base of the rostrum. Prothorax one-third wider than long, sides feebly rounded,
subparallel behind, strongly narrowed and distinctly, though not suddenly con-
stricted at the apex ; surface densely, though not coarsely itunctured, indistinctly
trivittate. Elytra a little wider at the base than the prothorax, oblong-oval,
almo,st parallel on the sides, gradually rounded to apex behind, coarsely sti iato-
punctate, striae broad and deep, punctures large, oblong and closely approximate ;
interspaces convex, roughened ; with the scaly covering intact, the latter appear
wide and flattened, and the striae, and punctures not entirely concealed. Legs
moderate, femora feebly clavate, anterior feebly toothed ; tibiae slender, anterior
and middle slightly bisinuate internally, posterior of male regularly, but not
strongly curved ; tarsi slender. Long. 2 — 2.2 mm. ; .08— .09 inch.

Hab. — Texas, Kansas, Oregon, Washington.

The pygidium is more or less freely exposed, and the fifth ventral
segment longer than the fourth in both sexes, though more markedly
so in the male, while it is foveate in the female. In well-marked
specimens a j^osterior pale vitta on the fourth and an anterior one on
the sixth interspace, as well as a post-scutellar line are more con-
spicuous ; the darker, lateral space is generally ill-defined.

Lee.— Closely allied to the preceding species; elliptic. ]>itchy-
browu, densely clothed with very large, broadly oval, and uniformly white
scales; it differs as follows: Beak more slender and shining, more finely sculp-
tured, slightly widened and somewhat depressed at the apex. Prothorax but
little wider than long, regularly rounded from base to apex, latter not constricted.
Elytra more broadly rounded on the sides; strise and punctures still coarser;
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til)iae, a little stouter : posterior tibire of male feebly curved. Long. 2 — 2.G mm. ;
.08 — .10 inch.

Hab. — Arizona, California, Texas.

The pvgidiuin is but little exjiosed in the male and entirely con-
cealed in the female. The remarkably large scales ajipear, under a
moderate magnifying [)0\ver, slightly concave.

A. afliilis Lee. — Of the same form and coloration as canus, but a trifle
smaller; the second and third joints of funicle a trifle elongate, equal in length ;
the scales are smaller in size; tibise more slender, and the posterior of the male
regularly curved. Long. 2 — 2.3 mm. ; .08 — .09 inch.

Hab. — Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California.

The pygidium is more freely exposed in both sexes; fifth ventral
segment markedly longer than the fourth, es])ecially in the male.

A. iiaiiiis Lee. — Elongate, suhparallel ; black, legs rufous, clothed with
rather large, grayish white scales. Beak long and stout, curved, shining, with
several rows of punctures each side of the median carina, scaly at the base;
scape and basal joint of funicle reddish, rest of antennae darker, piceous, second
and third joints of funicle somewhat elongate, equal in length. Eyes nearly flat-
not at all free. Head convex, coarsely punctured and densely squamous, frontal
fovea small. Prothorax a little wider than long, scarcely narrowed in front and
not constricted at the apex ; base bisinuate, sides feebly rounded ; surface densely
punctured and .squamous. Elytra elongate, but little wider at the base than the
prothorax, sides scarcely rounded, broadly rounded at the apex; striae coarse,
punctures large and rather remote; intersiiaces convex, rugulose. Legs moder-
ately stout, thinly scaly ; anterior femora more strongly clavate, middle and pos-
terior scarcely at all; tibiae slender, almost straight, posterior of male moder-
ately and regularly curved ; tarsi and claws as in the preceding. Long. 1..5 — 1.7
mm. ; .06 — .07 inch.

Hab. — Arizona, New Mexico.

The fifth ventral segment of male is scarcely one-half longer than
the fourth and of about equal length in the female. The pygidium is
freely exposed in the male and not at all in the female.

A. eloiigatii!i» Lee. Plate vi, tigs. 23, 23a. — Strongly elongate, nearly par-
allel, pitchy-brown, clothed with large, rounded, pale brown and whitish scales.
Beak moderately long and slender, curved, subojjaque and a little widened from
base to apex; median carina distinct, substriate each side. Antenuse slender,
rufo-testaceous, funicle 6-jointed, second and third joints subequal; joints 4-6
oblong, club darker. Eyes feebly convex, posterior margin free. Head slightly
convex, punctured and scaly, front with impressed line. Prothorax convex,
slightly narrowed in front, base bisinuate; sides nearly straight posteriorly,
feebly rounded in front, apex scarcely constricted and transversely impressed
behind the anterior margin ; surface densely punctured, a median and lateial
vittte of pale scales. Elytra a little wider at the base than the prothorax, a trifle
widened to behind the middle, sides nearly straight for two-thirds their length,
thence narrowed to and broadly rounded at the tip; stria? wide and deeji, more

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so toward the base, punctures coarse, elongate, not very closely placed ; inter-
spaces somewhat convex, punctured and transversely strigose; the scales are
predominantly white, condensed each side of the scutellum, along the base and
on the sixth interspace from base to near the middle, the posterior denuded fascia
almost reaches the suture, and is surrounded by a broad stripe of white scales,
including a short white line on the fourth interspace. Legs slender, ferrugin-
ous, thighs feebly clavate, anterior armed with a small acute tooth ; tibiae stout,
bisinuate internally and curved inward near the apex, posterior of male more
strongly curved and somewhat enlarged at the apex ; tarsi moderately stout,
claws armed with a broad tooth. Long. 2.5 — 3 mm. ; .10 — .12 inch.

Hah. — District of Columbia, Illinois, Nevada, Florida, Georgia.

Last ventral segment of female foveate.

Dr. Horn, who, in this instance also, has kindly made the com-
parison with the type in the LeConte collection at Cambridge, has
found the funicle to consist of only six joints and not seven, as erro-
neously stated by LeConte, and which had led me to doubt the
identity of the present species with the one described by LeConte.

This species is very closely related to the following, with which it
has heretofore been confounded in collections. A specimen from
Jacksonville, Fla., in Mr. Schwarz’s collection, I refer, with some
doubt, to the present species; it has the beak a little shorter and
stouter, the second joint of funicle a little shorter than the third,
outer joints wider ; the elytra a little wider at the base and not wider
posteriorly, sides feebly rounded, punctures close set and somewhat
transverse, interspaces more roughened, and the anterior femora
more strongly clavate ; it is entirely denuded of scales.

A. li$;atiis n. sp. Plate vi, figs. 24, 24«, 246. — Very closely resembles elon-
gatus in form, sculpture and coloration, and is distinguished from that species by
the following characters : the second and third joints of the funicle are a little
more slender and of nearly equal length ; the prothorax more strongly rounded
at the sides and more narrowed anteriorly. Elytra not wider at the base than
the prothorax with the sides a little more rounded ; the scales are of a more
yellowish color instead of the white, and less easily removed, the markings less
marked ; the dark denuded fascia extends from the sides to about the fourth
interspace ; the tibiae are more slender and the posterior of the male simply
emargiuate along the internal margin and entirely straight in the female. Long.
2.4 —2.7 mm.; .10 — .11 inch.

Hah. — Arizona. Collection of Dr. Horn.

The claws are armed with a rather short and obtuse tooth.

A. liiieatiiliis n. sp. Plate vi, fig. 25. --Long elliptic, pitchy-brown, an-
tennae and legs testaceous, clothed with large, grayish or brown, closely adherent
scales. Beak long and rather stout, curved, slightly widened and somewhat de-
pressed toward the apex, punctured, scaly at the base, a median elevated line and
stria each side from base to about the middle, apical half shining and remotely

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punctured (J); I'uuicle 6-jointed, first joint elongate, second slender, longer
than the third ; joints 3-6 about e<jual, club darker. Eyes scarcely convex.
Head convex, punctured, clothed with elongate scale.s, front sulcate. Prothorax
wider than long, narrowed from the hr.se, ajiex feebly constricted and slightly
rounded on the sides; coarsel.v and i-ather densely punctured, each i)uncture
concealed by a large, oval or rounded scale: a narrow median line, and a broad
stripe each side of whitish scales. Elytra a little wider at the base than the pro-
thorax, sides nearly parallel for one-half their length, thence very gradually
narrowed to the a]>ex ; when viewed from above, a slight subhumeral tubercle
on the ninth interspace is noticeable; striaj deep, punctures large, not very close,
and not concealed by the scales, which are predominantly brownish in color;
scutellum and short scutellar line, base, intermixed line on the fourth interspace
commencing about the middle, another on the sixth from base to middle, of
grayish white scales. Legs moderately slender, femora infuscate at middle,
anterior moderately clavate and armed with a very small triangular tooth, mid-
dle and posterior more slender; tibi* moderately stout, nearly straight; tarsi not
slender, apical half of la.st joint and claws blackish, latter armed with a long,
slender tooth, which is closely approximate and parallel with its fellow. Long.
•2 mm.; .08 inch.

Hub. — Burnett County, Texas.

A unique female specimen in INIr. Schwarz’s collection. Very
tli.stinct; differs from the two preceding species, to which it is most
closely related, in form, and in the claws being armed with a long,
slender tooth, in this it agrees with subvittatus, which it also resem-
bles in form and markings, but differs by its very small .size and the
second joint of funicle longer than the third.

Subgenus Anthonomochaeta.

Beak long and rather slender, curved and slightly widened beyond
the insertion of the antennae, pubescent; scrobes straight, directed
against the eye. Antennae slender, inserted about two-fifths from
the gular opening, funicle 7-jointed. Eyes small, round and feebly
convex. The front is somewhat flattened, with a round fovea con-
cealed by pubescence. Prothorax a little wider than long, strongly
narrowed in front and slightly constricted at the apex, base bisinuate.
Elytra liroadly ovate, a little longer than wide, suddenly and fully
one-third wider at the base than the prothorax ; humeri callous,
])rominent ; regularly rounded on the sides from base to ti}> ; striie
broad and deep, punctured ; third and fourth ventral segments
shorter than the others, fifth longer than the fourth in both sexes;
pygidium exposed in the male, concealed in the female. Legs very
slender, femora .scarcely clavate and not toothed ; tibiie very slender,
straight, apical armature v^ery feebly developed ; tarsi slender, claws

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armed with a long tooth, approximate to its fellow ; surface densely
clothed with long, coarse pubescence, intermixed with stiff, erect
bristles.

Aside from the v^estiture, so unusual in the present tribe of rhyn-
chophorous coleoptera, the jn-esent subgenus differs from Anthonomus
jiroper by its rather small eyes and the feeble, tiliial armature. It
is represented by a single species.

A. lieterogeiins u. sj). — Robust, ovate, ferruginous to ])iceous, antenuse and
legs rufous; pubescence ashy gray, concealing the sculpture; the erect bristles
are arranged in a single row on each elytral interspace and also along the outer
margin of the tibiae, giving them a fimbriate appearance. Beak ferruginous,
somewhat shining, punctured and indistinctly striate each side; first and second
joints of funicle elongate, robust, latter longer than the third joint; outer joints
wider; club dusky, long, elliptic, pubescent, and rather loosely articulate. Pro-
thorax densely and finely punctured, underside punctured ; abdomen less densely
pubescent than the rest of the surface. Long. 2.2 — 2.7 mm. ; .09 - .11 inch.

Hab. — Arizona, Utah, Washington, Texas. Dr. Horn’s and my
own collection. Five specimens in all are before me.

Easily recognized by its coarse, hirsute apjiearance.

AlVTH01¥0.n0I»SIS gen. uov.

1 have established this genus on Anth. mixhis Lee., a pubescent
species, with 6-jointed funicle and the claws armed with a short tooth.
It differs from all others by the flattened abdomen, having the first
and second segments conspicuously elongate and closely connate, the
former being longer than the metasternum ; segments 3-5 relatively
short and about equal in length, the pygidium scarcely exposed at
the tip in the male and entirely concealed in the female ; all the
tibiae are unguiculate at the apex.

It is represented by a single species.

A. iiiixtiis Lee. Plate vii, fig. 26. — Subovate, reddish, or pitchy-brown, and
mther densely clothed with coar.se. variegated pubescence. Beak long, not slen-
der ; punctured and striate from base to near the apex. Anteunte stout, fuscous,
first joint of funicle rather long and stout, second a little longer than the third,
outer joints wider. Eyes convex. Head punctured and pubescent, frontal fovea
deep. Prothorax wider than long, narrowed from the base, sides feebly rounded
and constricted behind the apical margin ; surface densely and coarsely i)uuc-
tured. Elytra feebly rounded on the sides and widened to behind the middle,
rather rapidly narrowed to and conjointly rounded at the tip ; about one-third,
and rather suddenly, wider at the base than the prothorax ; striae and punctures
coarser towards the hase, latter closely approximate ; interspaces wide, nearly
fiat, and almost smooth, with a few irregular punctures; humeral and a large
discal si>ot behind the middle, rufous; a transverse fascia posteriorly on the dis-

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cal spot and apex of dense, whitish pnhescence; nnderside densely punctured
and coarsely pnhescent. Legs slender, ferruginous; thighs feebly clavate. infns-
cate about the middle, all armed with a sharp tooth ; tihije slender, nearly
straight, all artned with a small hook at the apex ; tarsi moderate, first and second
joints slightly elongate, equal; third feebly hilobed, lobes small; claws di\’er-
gent, armed with a small, acute tooth. Long. 2.5 — 3.2 mm.; .10 — .13 inch.

Hah. — Peimsylvaiiia, Texas, Iowa, Missouri.

The imbescence is easily rubbed off. 'fwo specimens taken early
in the Spring by Dr. Hamilton, and kindly sent me for examination,
are entirely deprived of pubescence, probaldy due to hibernation,
the occurrence of which must be rare among the members of the
present tribe.

PSEmAlVTHOXOitlllS gen. nov.

Beak rather stout, moderately long and curved; scrobes oblique,
directed beneath, rarely {craUegl, valiclus) against the lower extremity
of the eye. Anteniue not very slender, inserted two-fifths ( S ) or
one-half ( 9 ) from the apex ; scape incrassate at its distal extremity ;
funicle 6-, rarely (rellctus) 5-jointed ; fourth joint (third, relictvs)
shorter and smaller than eithei' of the preceding or following joints
(except briinneus, parvulus) ; club loosely articulate, pubescent.
Eyes variable. Head subspherical, punctured. Prothorax wider
than long, bisinuate at base, narrowed in front and constricted at the
apex. Elytra transversely impressed behind the base ; strise and
punctures coarse and deep; scutellum densely |nibescent; proster-
num short in front of the coxie; mesosternum narrowed behind;
metasternum moderately long; ventral segments nearly equal, fifth
a little longer than the fourth in the female ; pygidium exposed,
middle coxie narrowly, posterior not very witlely sejiarated. Legs
slender, femora feebly clavate, all toothed ; tibiie slender, anterior
and middle unguiculate, posterior mucronate at apex ; tarsi slender,
claws armed with a long and slender tooth.

The species are all of a rufo-testaceous or ferruginous color and
pubescent, both on the upper and under surface, without any scales.
In all, except /ocefa, 9, the first and .second, third and fourth, fifth and
sixth elytral striie become confluent at the base, the interspaces thus
enclosed do not reach the basal margin, the third interspace becomes
wider and more prominent at the anterior extremity (except /cicebw).

The species reseiidile each other very closely, are difficult to dis-
tinguish, and are, with the exception of cratcegi and incipiens, rep-
resented by a single, or but a few specimens.

They are to be distinguished as follows :

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Fiinicle fi-jointed.

Second joint of ftinicle elongate, longer than the third, fourth joint smaller.

Scrobes scarcely oblique, ini])inging against the inferior extremity of the
eye; elytra wider at the base than the prothorax.

Pubescence long, yellow and condensed in iiatches or hands on the upper
surface; beak longer cratsefsi.

Pubescence short, whitish, equally distributed ; beak shorter. .,vali<lus.

Scrobes very oblique, directed beneath at a distance from the eyes; elytra
s<aircely wider at the base than the prothorax. Plate vii, fig. 27.

■ iici|»ieii!>$.

Second and third joints of funicle equal, or nearly so.

More robust; elytra suddenly wider at base, fourth joint of funicle small.

Alteniate elytral interspaces narrow seriesetosiis.

Interspaces equal, or nearly so.

Pubescence dense, coarse l«niieiilo«iiliis.

Pubescence fine, inconspicuous lafetns.

Elongate species.

Fourth joint of funicle shorter than the others.

Larger; elytra scarcely wider at base than the prothoi-ax, latter not
strongly rounded on the sides loii$i;iiliiK.

Smaller ; elytra wider at ba.se than the jirothorax, latter strongly rounded
on the sides riiliilu.s.

Joints 4-6 of funicle equal.

Larger; eyes very convex ; thorax very finely and densely punctured.

briiiiiieii!^.

Smaller; eyes feebly con vex ; thoracic i)nnc,tures small and more remote.
Funicle 5-jointed. Plate vii. fig. 28 i'eli<*lns.

I*. Ci*ata*gi Walsh. — Elongate-oval, ferruginous, with a rather dull lustre,
and clothed with long, yellowish pubescence. Beak not v^ery slender, punctured,
and obscurely striate; scrobes scarcely oblique, impinging against the inferior
margin of, and extending immediately below, the eyes, which are rather convex.
Antennre: scape directed beneath the rostrum during repose, rather suddenly
incrassate at its distal end ; first joint of funicle stout, elongate, second long and
slender, longer than the third joint; fourth joint shorter than either of the
others; club darker. Plead somewhat conical, convex, punctured and finely ru-
gose; occiput thinly, interocular space densely clothed, with long, yellow pubes-
cence; transversely impressed above the eyes; frontal fovea elongate. I’rotho-
rax wider than long, sides broadly rounded, not strongly narrowed in front,
broadly but feebly c.onstricted at the apex; surface coarsely and rather closely
punctured; pubescence condensed along the entire median line. Elytra wider
at base than the prothorax; humeri rounded; sides slightly rounded, more
strongly so towards the apex ; striae wide, deeply imjn-e.ssed, more so towards the
base; first and second, third and fourth, fifth and sixth striae confluent at the
base; punctures large, deep, approximate; interspaces convex, rugose, third
widened and somewhat protuberant at the base; pubescence condensed in small
spots, patches or subtransverse lines; under surface punctured, pectus more
densely, abdomen very sparsely and finely pubescent. Legs slender, thighs feebly
clavate, armed with a broad, triangular tooth; tibiae slender, scarcely wider at

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the apex, anterior ami middle feei)ly bisinuate along the internal margin. Long.
2.5 — 2.8 mm.; .10 — .11 imdi.

Hah. — Canada, Pennsylvania, District of ColnniOia, Illinois. Wis-
consin, ^Michigan.

I*. n. sp. — Oblong-oval, rufo-testaceous, a little more robust and

more .shining than the ])receding, thinly clothed with fine, i)ale. yellowish or
whitish puheseence. Beak rather robust, moderately long, curved, somewhat
shining, punctured and suhstriate, scarcely pubescent; scrohes more oblique than
in the preceding, scarcely impingiiii; against the low’er margin of the eyes. An-
tennte not slender; first joint of funicle robust and rather short ; second joint
not slender, longer than the third ; fourth joint very short. Eyes c(Uivex. Head
punctured and pubescent, more so on the front and between the eyes; frontal
fovea elongate, not sharply defined. Prothorax one-half wider than long,
strongly narrowed anteriorly and broadly constricted at the a])ex. rounded on
the sides; surface densely and deeply punctured; pubescence condensed along
the median line from the base to about the middle. Elytra oval, nearly one-
third, and rather suddenly wider at the base than the prothorax; humeri
rounded ; sides rather strongly rounded towards the tip; stri* wide, iin])ressed ;
luinctures rather large, transverse and subconfluent; intei-spaces con vex. shining,
and somewhat rugose, alternate ones a trifle wider, especially noticeable toward
the base ; pubescence appears to be arranged in thi ee irregular rows on each inter-
s])a(te, not condensed in patches or lines. Legs as in cratsegi, but the femoral
tooth is subspiniform, longer; the tibiae very slender, longer, not widened to-
wards the tip. Long. 2.2 — 2.7 mm.; .09 — .11 inch.

Hah. — Nebraska, Colorado, Canada, New Mexico.

Four specimens are before me, one from each of the above locali-
ties. Coll. Dr. Horn and E. A. Schwarz; resembles A. confusm, but
ditiers suthciently in generic characters to retjuire further reference.

1». n. sp. Plate vii, fig. 27. — Elongate subovate, ferruginous;

antennae and legs paler; clothed with yellowish gray pubescence. Beak stout,
slightly wideiied from base to apex, coarsely punctured and ])ubescent at the base,
median earina obsolete; scrobes very oblique and passing beneath at a distance
from the eyes. Anienna* rather stout; first joint of funicle robust, second long,
slender, equal in length to the former and much longer than the third joint,
which is oblong and a little longer than the fourth, which is very short; joints
.5-6 a little longer, rounded ; club darker, loosely articulate. Eyes convex. Head
conical, punctured ; front flattened, i)ubescent, fovea elongate. Prothorax a
little wider than long, strongly narrowed in front and distinctly constricted at
the apex ; sides rounded ; surface densely and deeply punctured, each puncture
bearing a short yellowish hair. Elytra oblong, a little wider at the base than
the prothorax ; humei i rounded, sides almost straight, nearly parallel, very little
wdder behind, rapidly narrowed to and conjointly rounded at the tip; strife
broad, impressed, deejier towards the base, straight; punctures large, closely ap-
proximate, a little smaller on the sides; interspaces moderately convex, more so
towards the base, punctulate, rugnlose; first and second, third and fourth, fifth
and sixth strife confluent at the base, their (corresponding interspaces not reach-
ing the anterior margin ; third intersj)ace wider and more prominent at the base ;

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under surfiiee punctured, thinly imbescent. Leas sparsely pubescent, thighs
feebly clavate. armed with a sharp, triangular tooth, siiuiller on the hind pair;
tibite a little wider toward the ajiex, anterior and middle curved near the base
and feebly biemargiuate internally, posterior straight. Long. 2.5—2 8 mm.;
.10— .11 inch

Peiiiisylvauia, District of Columhia, Canada, New York,
Michigan.

This species has heretofore been confounded in collections with
P. cratcegi, to which, indeed, it bears a close resemblance, but aside
from the diHerence in the direction of the scrobes it differs by its
darker color and shorter and evenly distributed pubescence, which
is scarcely yellow.

I*. serie**etosns n. sp. — Oval, of the same color, and similarly pubescent
ns valuUis, from which it differs in the following characters: Beak stouter and
shorter ( '^ i, densely punctured and finely striate, second and third joints of
funicle elongate, equal, third joint longer than the fifth or si.xth, fourth very
short. Head a little more elongate and somewhat consti icted behind the strongly
convex eyes; frontal sulcus long, deep and linear. Prothorax about one-third
wider than long, median pubescent line narrow, entire, or nearly so. Elytra
rounded on the sides and gradually narrowed from base to apex, the fourth,
sixth and eighth interspaces are narrower iti their whole extent than the adja-
cent ones: pectus more densely pubescent; tibiae stouter, a little shorter and
wider towards the apex. Long. 2.3 nim. ; .09 inch.

A unique male siiecimeu from Detroit, Mich., in Mr. Bchwarz’s
collection.

I'*, toineiit<»;siiliiS n. sp.— Robust, subovate, ferruginous: antennae and
legs paler, rather demsely clothed with long, grayish white pubescence Beak
distinctly carinate and striate near the base. Antennae as in the last species, but
a trifle more slender. Eyes feebly convex. Head wide, punctured and pubes-
cent, transversely impressed behitid the eyes, front not foveate. Prothorax a
little wider than long, sides rounded, narrowed in front, not constricted at the
apex; surface densely, coarsely and deepl.v punctured. Elytra wider at base
than the prothorax, humeri rounded, transverse impression obsolete: sides mod-
erately i-ounded from base to apex, coarsely striate and punctured on the disc,
less so on the sides and declivity; punctures closely set; interspaces equal,
slightly convex, irregularly punctured, rugulose; i>ubescence not arranged in
rows, irregular and directed transversely: underside punctured and pubescent;
femora armed with a small, acute tooth ; tibiaj moderately slender, anterior aTul
middle widened toward the apex and feebly bisiuuate along the inner margin.
Ia)ug. 2.4 rum.; .10 inch.

ILfb. — Texas.

A female specimen in Mr. Dike’s collection. Distinguished from
seriesetosii!^ by the equal elytral interspaces, feebly convex eves and
the front not foveate; from facetas by the dense, coarse ])tibescence,
larger size, dull, lustre and couHuent elytral strire.

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I*. I'acotiis II. sp. — Elongate snhovate, nifo-testaceons, sliining; ver^ thinly
clothed with tine, whitish pubescence Beak robust, finely punctured, gradually
widened from base to apex; scrobes very oblique. Antennse as in tomentosulus ;
insertion visible from above. Eyes convex. Head convex, punctulate and
si>arsely pube.scent, with a row of hairs along the inner margin of the eyes,
transversely imjiressed behind the eyes, frontal fovea small, rounded. Prothorax
wider than long, strongly rounded on the sides and broadly constricted at the
apex; surface coarsely, but not closely punctured. Elytra rather suddenly and
about one-fourth wider at the base than the prothorax, humeri rounded, wider
behind the middle, with the sides nearly straight, and gradually narrowed to
and separately rounded at tip; strife curved, wide, deejily impressed, csiiecially
on the disc and towards the base, not confluent at their anterior extremity ;
punctures large, rounded and deep, especially on the disc; interspaces narrow
and convex at the base, becoming wider and more flattened posteriorly, nearly
smooth, each with two irregular rows of piliferous punctures, third interspace
not widened at base. Legs and tarsi slender, femoral tooth small, triangular.
Long, scarcely 2 mm. ; .07 inch.

Hah. — Lincoln, Neb.

A single male s])eciinen from the above locality in mv collection
Easily recognized by its shining surface, very sparse pubescence, all
the interspaces narrowed anteriorly and the strite not confluent at
the ba.se.

I*. loiigiilllK n. sp. — Elongate, ferruginous, dull, sparsely clothed with yel-
lowish pubescence. Beak stout, scarcely wider at the apex, densely punctured
with a median elevated line and stria each side, extending from the base to about
the middle; scrobes less oblique, directed immediately beneath the eyes. An-
tenme moderately stout, second and third joints of funicle subequal, fourth a
little shorter than the fifth. Eyes convex. Head convex, punctured and pubes-
cent. more den.sely between the eyes, transverse impression obscure ; frontal fovea
small, round. Prothorax wider than long, less strongly narrow'ed in front,
broadly rounded on the side.s, apex broadly and distinctly constricted; surface
densely punctured, punctures moderately large, pubescence somewhat condensed
on the sides and along the median line. Elytra elongate, a little wider at the
base than the prothorax and separately rounded ; sides nearly straight, subpar-
allel for three-fifths their length, thence gradually narrowed to and somewhat
compressed near the tip, which is dehiscent; striae straight, moderately wide and
impressed, punctures rather large and approximate; interspaces convex, equal
in width or nearly so, third a little wider and more prominent anteriorly, ru-
gose, each biseriately punctured, juibescence condensed in irregular spots, under-
side punctured: abdomen clothed with white pubescence. Legs slender, femoral
tootb distinct on all ; tibiae slender, nearly straight. Long. 2.5 mm.; .10 inch.

ir«(b. — District of Columbia, North Carolina.

Two males. Coll. Dr. Horn and E. A. Schwarz. Distinguished
by its elongate form from the jireceding species.

I*. riifnlliM n. sj). — Smaller and narrower than the iireccding. almost par-
allel ; rufous, somewhat shining, thinly clothed with very fine, whitish pubes-
cence. Beak robust, shining, sjiarsely imnctured and ]mbe.scent, obscurely striate

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from base to middle ; serobes directed immediately beneath tlie eyes. Antemite
as in the preceding. Eyes moderately convex. Head remotely pnnctnlate and
sparsely pubescent, obscurely impre.ssed transversely; frontal fovea small. Pro-
thorax nearly twice as wide at the middle as long, slightly narrowed in front and
scarcely constricted at the apex ; sides stiongly rounded about the middle: sur-
face punctured, punctures small and rather remote, Elj'tra about one-fourth
wider at the base than the j)rothorax ; humeri rounded ; sides straight and nearly
parallel for two-thirds their length, thence rounded to apex, transverse impres-
sion behind the base distinct ; stria? slightly curved, wide and deeply imiiressed ;
punctures very large, round and wider than the interspaces on the disc, becoming
smaller towards the circumference, narrowly separated or subconfluent; inter-
spaces moderately convex, rugulose; underside rather densely punctured ; side
l>ieces of thorax more densely clothed with very fine, white pubescence; abdo-
men and legs nearly glabrous ; femora slender, armed witli a very small, acute
tooth ; tibiae rather stout, widened from base to apex. Long. 2 mm.; .08 inch.

Hab. — District of Coluinhia.

Two specimens in the collection of Mr. E. A. Schwarz. A very
distinct species and more nearly pai-allel than any other in this genus.

I*, briiiiiieii^i n. sp. — Similar in form and coloration to longulus, but larger,
very tbinly clothed with short, whitish pubescence. Beak a little longer than
the prothorax, rather stout, finely ])unctato-striolate, slightly widened at the
apex, median elevated line obsolete, not pubescent; serobes directed immediately
beneath the eyes, which are oval, convex, free at their inner and posterior mar-
gin. Anteniife moderately slender, first joint of funicle long, stout; second
about half as long as the former and a little longer than the third, which is a
little longer than the three following joints, which are equal or nearly so. Pro-
thorax wider than long; sides regularly rounded, broadly and rather shar])ly
constricted at the ajjex ; base bisinuate; surface finely and densely punctured,
with a short, smooth dorsal line at the base; pubescence not condensed, incon-
spicuous, Elytra one-fourth wider at the base than the prothora.x, oblong; hu-
meri rounded; sides feebly rounded; striae broad and deep, scarcely curved,
confluent at base, punctures moderately long, subconfluent; interspaces convex,
rugulose; third widened and nu)re prominent at base ; underside punctured and
thinly pubescent. Legs less slender than in longulus; femoral tooth acute, tri-
angular. Long. 3 mm. ; .12 inch.

Hab. — New Mexico.

One specimen ( S ) in my collection.

I*, parviiliis n. sp.— Similar in form, but smaller than brunneus, more
shining with the pubescence scarcely more obvious. Antennae slender, joints
4-6 equal in length, outer ones a little wider; the beak is rather slender ( 9 ).
shining, punctured, especially towards the base. Eyes less convex, more rounded
and not free along the inner margin. Head sparsely imnctured and pul>escent.
Prothorax wider than long, moderately narrowed in front and strongly con-
stricted at the apex ; sides rouudetl ; surface less finely pnnetured than in the pre-
ceding. Elytra oblong, nearly one-tbird wider at the base than the prothorax,
and the humeri less rounded; a little wider behind and feel)ly rounded on the
sides, coarsely striate and ])unctnred, striae slightly curved, confluent at base.

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pnnotures large, roniided. subconflnent on tlie disc; interspaces con vex. narrower
at the base, rn.gnlose : tliird as usual, more |)rominent anteriorly ; femora and
til)iae slender, former armed with a small, acute tooth. Long. 2.2 mm. : OtI inch.

ff'//). — Illinois.

A single female specimen is before me. It is very closely related
to bnumens, with which it agrees in the formtition of the antenme,
but differs in size, the less convex eyes and the more coarsely punc-
tured prothorax ; the elytral punctures, also, are larger, and the
intersjiaces more shining.

I*, relictiis n. sp. Plate vii, fig. 28. — Elongate, snbovate, brown, clothed
with coarse, yellowish gray pubescence. Beak moderately robust, widened from
base to apex, punctured and feebly bistriate from base to middle; scrobes di-
rected at a distance beneath the eyes. .A.nteniiie moderately stout, funicle 5-
joinfed : first joint long, robust; second a little shorter, longer than the third,
which is the shortest, fourth and fifth joints nearly ecpial, a little wider. Eyes
scarcely convex, rather widely separated above. Head coarsely punctured, front
flattened, fovea obsolete. Prothorax wider than long, narrowed in front, broadly
l)ut feebly constricted at the apex; sides well rounded behind the constriction ;
surface coarsely and closely luiuctured. Elytra elongate, widei- behind, but little
wider at the base than the prothorax; humeri rounded, coarsely striate and
punctured, especially near the base; third interspace conspicuously widened at
its basal extremity; interspaces nearly flat, except near the base, roughened and
each with several irregulai- rows of punctures; underside finely and remotely
punctured, and rather sparsely pubescent. Legs moderately slender, dark testa-
ceous, femora infuscate about the middle, feebly clavate, anterior thighs armed
with a moderately large, subspiniform tooth: tooth of middle and posterior
thighs smaller; tibite and tarsi slender. Long. 2 mm. ; .08 itich.

Hab . — Pe n n sy 1 V tin i a .

A unique S taken by me some years ago. The occurrence of
5-jointed funicle in the present genus is certainly remarkable. In
general appearance the species resembles incipiem ; the color is darker
than in any other species.

\KO.n\STIX ^en. uov.

This new genus is established upon two small species from the
Atlantic States, differing from Anthonomus in the 5-jointed funicle
and the broadly ovate, antennal club.

Beak long, not very slender, |)unctured and striate; scrobes com-
mencing near the middle and directed against the lower segment of
the eyes. Antennae slender, scape straight, moderately incra.ssate at
its distal end; funicle 5-jointed, first joint long and robust, joints 2-
5 nearly equal, outer joints a little wider, clava broadly oval, closely
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free behind, somewhat approximate u])on the front ; frontal fovea
obsolete. Prothorax wider than long, narrowed in front ; apex
broadly, hut not strongly constricted; surface punctured; elytra
wider at the base than the prothorax, rounded on the sides, strongly
convex on the declivity, coarsely striate and punctured ; first and
second ventral segments moderately long; third to fifth short, equal ;
fifth broadly emarginate in the male ; pygidinm freely exposed and
slightly indexed in the male, but slightly visible in the female. Legs
not very slender; thighs feebly clavate, not toothed; tihiie nearly
straight, anterior and middle unguiculate, posterior mucronate at
apex; tarsi rather stout, first and second joints equal, not longer
than wide; third joint broadly hilobed, fourth moderately long;
claws armed with a sharp and rather long tooth.

Represented by two species :

Dark piceous, prothorax less coarsely and less densely punctured, without me-
dian elevated line Koli<lagiiii!^.

Reddish, prothorax more coarsely and more closely punctured with a median,
elevated line piiiictatiiliis.

IV. solidaginis n. sp. Plate vii, fig. 29.— Oval, moderately robust; piceous,
clothed with whitish, suherect pubescence. Beak feebly striate, punctured and
pubescent. Eyes moderately convex, posterior margin rather free. Head con-
vex, remotely punctured and pubescent, with a feeble transverse imjnession above
the eyes. Prothorax more than one half wider than long, narrowed in front,
feebly but broadly constricted at the apex, biemarginate at the base; sides feebly
rounded behind the middle; surface rather finely and not closely punctured.
Elytra oval, wider than the prothorax at its base; humeri prominent, rounded ;
striae moderately deep, punctures rather large and close set; interspaces convex,
finely and remotely imnctulate ; underside rather coarsely punctured, with the
pubescence a little longer than above. Long. 1.5 mm. : .Ofi inch.

Hab. — Peunsylvaiiia (Hazleton), Massachusetts (Ulke), Virginia,
iM aryland ( E. A. Schwarz).

I have taken my specimens late in the fall on the deflorescent
flower heads of Solklago species. Some specimens are less darkly
colored.

IV. piiiietatiiliis n. sp. — Oval, robust, reddish brown, thinly clothed with
whitish pubescence. Beak i)unctui-ed. deeply striate, pubescent. Eyes moder-
ately convex. Head juibescent, remotely punctured, front transvei’sely im-
pressed above the eyes. Prothorax nearly twice as wide as long, moderately
narrowed in front, broadly and distinctly constricted behind the apical margin ;
surface coarsely and rather closely punctiu-ed. an elevated dorsal line extending
from the base to about the middle, more or less distinct. Elytra oval, humeri
rounded, prominent; stripe deej), wide, coarsely and closely imnctnred; inter-
spaces convex, punctnlate; underside punctured. Long, l.b mm ; .Ofi inch.

Hab. — Florida. Coll. E. A. Schwarz ami H. Ulke.

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A little 1 ai'ger and more robust than the preceiling ; prothorax
more distinctly constricted behind the apical margin, and, like the
elytra, more coarsely ])unctured. More material from intermediate
points may prove this to be a mere variety of the former.

C’ll KIjOX YtJII gen. nov.

Beak as long as the head and prothorax, not very slender, striate ;
scrobes straight, commencing about the middle of the rostrum and
attaining the eyes ; funicle of antennse 7-jointed ; tirst joint elongate,
not very stout; second joint a little longer than the third ; joints 3-7
rounded, outer ones scarcely wider ; club suboval, not closely articu-
late, pubescent; front foveate. Prothorax wider than long, nan-owed
in front, base feebly biemarginate. Elytra a little wider at the base
than the prothorax, slightly wider behind the middle and strongly
convex on the declivity ; coarsely striate and punctured; mesoster-
num triangular between the coxie, declivous in front, obtuse behind ;
metasternum short; ventral segments subequal, first and second con-
nate, third and fourth equal, fifth as long as the fourth in the male ;
pygidium freely exposed in both sexes. Legs long and slender;
femora moderately clavate, toothed ; tibim slender, anterior and mid-
dle unguiculate, posterior mucronate at apex; tarsi slender, third
joint deeply bilobed ; claws long and slender, divaricate, and sti-ongly
Hexed with a small, acute tooth at the base.

The type and only representative of this genus is a small, black
species, clothed with whitish scales and intermixed with a fine, semi-
erect pubescence, resembling, in this respect, Anih. rohuAuhi^, but
less robust and readily distinguished by the long and flexed claws
armed with a small basal tooth.

CL loiijfipos 11. sp. Plate vii, figs. 30, 30«. 306. — Oblong-oval ; the scaly ves-
titure not very dense. Beak finely striolate and striate each side; the eyes
are feebly convex and not free behind. Head convex, punctured and pubescent.
Prothorax coarsely and closely punctured, and broadly rounded on the sides.
Elytra feebly rounded on the sides; ininctures large, partially concealed by the
scales and rather remotely placed ; each elytral interspace with a row of white,
suberect hairs; the femoral tooth is quite distinct on all. Long. 1.5— -2111111.;
.06 — .03 inch.

Hub. — Yreka, Cal. (Dr. Horn) ; Minnesota, Colorado (H. Hike).

X.\XOI»S *ien. nov.

The type of this new genus is a small, narrow insect, resembling,
in form and size, A. (Cnemocyllus) moms Lee, Beak as long as the
prothorax, robust, cylindrical, curved ; scrobes commencing about

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the middle and reaching the eyes. Antenme robust, inserted about
the middle of the rostrum ; scape short, incrassate towards the distal
end ; funicle 6-jointed, first joint long and stout, the second a little
longer than the third, club ovate, rather loosely articulate and pu-
bescent. Eyes large, round and flattened, somewhat approximate
upon the front, which is finely sulcate. Frothorax wider than long,
scarcely narrower in front than at the base, rounded on the sides ;
base feebly bisinuate. Elytra scarcely wider at the base than the
jirothorax, elongate and a trifle wider behind the middle; striae im-
pressed, punctures moderate and rather remote ; mesosternum almost
parallel between the coxae ; metasternum rather short, scarcely as
long as the first ventral segment at middle; first and second segment
connate, former a little longer than the latter, third and fourth grad-
ually shorter, fifth as long as the fourth in the male ; pygidium fully
( S ), or partially ( 9 ) exposed. Legs rather short and stout ; femora
moderately clavate, not toothed ; tibiie rather short, widened from
base to apex, all unguiculate at the apex ; tarsi moderately stout ;
first and second joints ecpial, not elongate; third joint broadly bi-
lobed ; claws armed with a short basal tooth.

The vestiture consists of fine pubescence ; but one species is known
to me.

IV. u. sp. Plate v, fig. 31. — I have but little to add to the above

generic descriptiou. Elongate, suhparallel ; pitchy brown, sparsely clothed with
rather long, white pube.scence, which, on the elytral interspaces, arises from a
single row of fine punctures; the beak is alutaceous, neither punctured nor
striate. Head impunctured, alutaceous; the prothorax is moderately and not
closely punctured. Elytra a little dai-ker along the suture. Long. 1.4 mm. ;
.56 inch.

Hab. — Florida. Coll. E. A. Schwarz, H. Ulke and F. Bowditch.

It gives me pleasure to dedicate this species to my friend, jMr. E.
A. Schwarz, of Washington, D. C.

EPIME<’HIIS gen . uov.

Beak long, cylindrical and curved ; scrobes commencing about the
middle of the rostrum, directed against the lower segment of the
eyes, which are more or less flattened. Anteniue rather slender;
funicle 6- or 7-jointed, front with a linear impression. Prothorax
wider than long, narrowed in front, base bisinuate. Elytra wider
at the base than the prothorax, elongate, striate and punctured ;
underside as in Anthonomiis. The pygidium is entirely uncovered

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ill the male (except nevadicus) and concealed in the female; the
tibiiB are strongly armed at the apex ; claws simple, divaricate.

The genus ditfers from Antlionomus by the simple, divaricate claws,
ddie species are elongate-oval in form and rather convex ; they are
easily distinguished as follows:

Funicle of aiitenufe 7-joiuted.

Pubescent, femora mutic

Suuamous species.

Thorax trivittate, hind tibipe curved Ciirvipe;^.

Thorax univittate, hind tibise .straight SOi’iciiliiK.

Funicle of autennpe 6-jointed.

Thinly clothed witli .sqnaniifonn pubescence sulsporsiis.

Densely scaly iievadiciix.

I-l. iiiiiiiieu.ii n. sp. — Elongate-oval, black, with dull lustre, very sparsely
clothed with short whitish pubescence, which is a little coarser and longer on
the thoracic side pieces. Beak about as long as the head and prothorax, moder-
ately slender, curved and subdepressed towards the apex ; finely punctured and
strioliite on the sides. Antenuse dark i>iceous, moderately slender; scape rather
short, strongly incrassate and curved at its distal extremity ; funicle 7-jointed,
first joint moderately elongate and not very stout, second joint slender, longer
than the third ; joints 3-7 rounded, gradually wider; clava thinly pubescent and
rather loosely articulate. Eyes large, flattened, somewhat approximate upon the
front with the posterior margin rather free. Head convex, finely alutaceous,
with a few remote, superficial punctures; frontal fovea large and well impressed.
Prothorax wider than long, strongly narrowed in front, base bisinuate; sides
rounded from the base, apex feebly constricted ; surface coarsely, but not closely
punctured. Elytra oblong, fully one-third and rather suddenly wider at the
base than the prothorax; sides nearly parallel for more than one-half their
length, thence gradually rounded to the apex ; strife wide, impressed ; punctures
moderately large and rather closely approximate; interspaces slightly convex,
rugulose, each with a row of fine, remote punctures, bearing a fine, short hair;
underside punctured ; ventral segments short, first and second separately less
than one-half longer than either of the three following, which are short and
about equal in length (%)\ pygidium fully exposed, convex, punctured. Legs
rather slender, thighs feebly clavate not toothed ; tibiae slender, nearly straight
and parallel, with the armature well marked; tarsi slender, third joint feebly
bilobed ; claws slender, divaricate and simple. Long. 2.8 mm.; .11 inch.

Hab. — Cali for ii i a .

A unique male specimen in Mr. Dike’s collection is before me.
It is labeled “ A. 'taorulus Lee.,” to which, indeed, it has the greatest
resemblance, and from which it can only be distinguished by the
simple claws. From E. adsperms, which it also resembles in form
and general appearance, it is distinguished by its larger size, finer
jtubescence and 7-jointed funicle.

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K. ciirvipes u. sp. Plate v, fig. 32. — Elougate-oval, black, not densely,
clothed with rather large white scales. Beak moderately long and slender,
regularly curved, shining, punctured with an indistinct stria each side. An-
tenuie slender, dark piceous; scape straight, only moderately thickened at the
ape.x : funicle 7-jointed, first joint as long as the three following united, second
scarcely longer than the third; three outer joints a little longer and wider;
clava not closely 'articulate. Eyes as in the preceding. Head moderately con-
vex and rather densely clothed with scales; front silicate. Prothorax wider than
long, narrowed in front, broadly rounded on the sides and scarcely constricted
at the apex ; base very feebly biemarginate ; surface densely and coarsely junic-
tured ; scales large, more condensed on the sides and along the median line.
Elytra about one-fourth wider at the base than the prothorax; humeri rounded,
scarcely wider behind ; strije impressed, punctures moderately large and rather
closely set; interspaces moderately convex ; scales somewhat condensed on the
fourth and sixth interspaces, an ill-defined, subdenuded patch each side behind
the middle ; underside punctured ; thorax rather densely scaly, abdomen clothed
with coarse pube.scence; ventral segments similar to mimicus, but th'e fifth ven-
tral segment is nearly twice as long as the fourth and the pygidium only par-
tially uncovered in the male. Legs I'ather slender, squamous; femora feebly
clavate, all armed with an acute tooth, which becomes almost obsolete on the
hind pair; tibite slender, anterior and middle feebly curved, slightly biemar-
ginate internally and strongly uuguiculate at apex, posterior strongly curved in
both sexe.s, apical mucro long and slender; tarsi as in mimicus, Long. 2 mm.;
.08 inch.

Hab. — Nevada, New Mexico.

Four specimens ; coll. Dr. Horn, E. A. Schwarz and H. Ulke.
Distinguished by its siin]de claws and strongly curved posterior
tihiie; the latter character might give rise to its being referred to
the subgenus Cnemocyllus ; examination of the claws, hotvever, will
prevent such a nnstake.

K. soi'iciiliis 11. sp. — Closely allied to the preceding, with which it agrees
in form and coloration of integument, but is a little larger. It ditfers as follows:
With the exception of the head, vittaj and sciitellum, the uiiper surface is thinly
clothed with small, semi-transparent scales, under side densely scaly. Beak
longer than head and prothorax, slender, finely carinate, carina extending from
the frontal fovea to about the middle of the beak; first joint of funicle less
elongate, shorter than the three following joints. Prothorax with a narrow,
entire median vitta of large white scales ; sides underneath densely clothed with
large white scales, which, however, do not extend upon the upper surface. Elytra
rather finely striate and punctured ; scutellum white, a basal vitta on the sixth
and a short one about the middle of the fourth interspace of large white scales ;
the tibiae are a trifle more slender, anterior and middle nearly straight, scarcely
emarginate internally, with the apical hook less prominent; the posterior tihiae
are straight, and the apical mucro is small. Long. 2.5 mm. ; .10 inch.

Hab. — Los Angeles, Cal.

A unique $ of tliis very distinct and pretty sjiecies in tlie codec-

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tioii of Mr. E. A. Schwarz. The shai'j)ly defined, narrow, thoracic
and elytral vittaj, give this insect a rather striking appearance.

K. julsporsiis u. sp. — Elongate-oval, dull black, thinly clothed with small,
grayish white scales, intermixed with a fine, short pubescence. Beak long and
moderately slender, curved and punctured ; median carina and a stria each side
extending from the base to about the middle; scrobes deep. Antenuse slender,
rufo-piceous ; scape thickened at the apex; funicle 6-jointed, first joint moder-
ately stout, nearly as long as the three following joints together; second joint
longer than the third ; joints 3-6 short, transverse ; club rather loosely articulate.
Eyes almost flat. Head convex, remotely punctured and thinly clothed with
scales, front with a long, linear impression. Brothorax wider than long, nar-
rovved in front; sides rounded from base to apex, latter scarcely constricted ;
surface densely and coarsely punctured, each puncture bearing a short, scale-like
hair; a few larger scales on the sides and along the median line. Elytra one-
fourth and rather suddenly wider at the base than the prothorax ; sides scarcely
rounded and gradually narrowed to apex, coarsely striate and punctured, {junc-
tures closely approximate; interspaces feebly convex, rugose, each with several
rows of tine punctures, which bear a very short, whitish hair; underside finely
punctured, a little more densely clothed with scales ; fifth ventral segment longer
than the fourth in both sexes. Legs not very slender, thighs feebly clavate,
mutic; tibite moderately stout, straight, feebly bisinuate internally, armature
lirominent; tarsi moderately slender, claws simple. Long. 2 mm.; .08 inch.

Hub. — Ciilitbrnia.

A male ami female s|)ecimen in Mr. Ulke’s collection.

K. iieva<lit*us n. sp. — Elongate-oval, piceous, antennse and legs reddish,
densely clothed with large, oval, yellowish gray or brownish scales. Beak about
as long as the head and thorax, moderately slender, curved and slightly wider
towards the apex, scaly at the base; striate and rather coarsely punctured ( % ).
or very finely punctured with tlie striae obsolete ( 9 ) ; scrobes commencing two-
fifths ( ), or one-half ( 9 ) from the apex. Antennae moderately slender, scape

slender, strongly incrassate at apex; funicle 6-jointed, first joint stout and but
little longer than the second, which is slender and longer than the third ; joints
3-6 eciual, and rather closely articulate. Eyes nearly flat, not free posteriorly.
Head densely scaly, front with an impressed line. Prothorax wider than long,
base bisinuate, narrowed in front; sides broadly rounded from base to apex,
latter not constricted, but feebly and transversely impressed behind the anterior
margin ; surface densely punctured, i)unctures concealed by the scaly covering,
a broad, ill-defined, darker stripe each side of the median line. Elytra elongate,
one-fourth wider at the base than the prothorax; humeri rounded ; sides feebly
rounded and gradually narrowed to the apex, which almost completely conceals
thepygidium; stria?, and punctures nearly concealed by the scales; interspaces,
with the scales intact, flattened; first interspace gradually widened from base
to a])ex, where it ])rojects somewhat, giving it, when viewed from above, a sub-
acuminate appearance ; toward the outer margin and a stripe each side of the
suture not including the first interspace, darker; underside densely scaly; ven-
tral segments subequal, third and fourth but little shorter than the others; py-
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moderately stout, tlii^hs clavate, anterior armed witli a small tooth, middle
scarcely toothed ; tibiai rather short, rohust, anterior and middle slightly curved
and bieinarginate internally, posterior straight, apical armature moderate: tarsi
long and slender, first and second joints elongate, third hilohed. with the lobes
narrow, fourth long; claws feebly divergent not toothed. Long. 2.,5— 2.7 mm.;
.10— .11 inch.

Hab. — Arizona, Nevada (Morrison j.

Five specimens in Dr. Horn’s collection.

The simple claws, 6-jointed fnnicle and dense scaly vestitnre,
readily distinguish this species, which, however, differs in several
points from the other members of this genus; the claws, though
simple, are less slender and less divergent, the lobes of the third tarsal
joint strikingly narrow, a character 1 have not observed in any other
Anthonomid ; the almost concealed pygidinm, and lastly the dense,
imbricate, scaly vestitnre, present a group wdiich might be considered
to possess more than specific value. I prefer, however, to leave it in
the present genus, rather than to establish a new one on what appears
to me insufficient characters.

EPHEL.OFS geu. nov.

Beak shorter than the head and jirothorax and rather robust,
feebly curved, punctured ; scrobes commencing about the middle of
the rostrum and extending immediately beneath the eyes. Anteniue
stout, scape short, strongly incrassate at its distal extremity ; fnnicle
7-jointed, first joint very stout, second longer than the third, outer
joints wider and shorter; club loosely articulate. Eyes convex,
posterior margin free. Head convex ; frontal puncture small. Pro-
thorax wider than long, narrowed in front, feebly constricted at the
apex ; base emarginate each side. Elytra wider at the base than the
prothorax; striie and punctures coarse; ventral segments decreasing
in length, fifth shorter than the fourth in the male; pyeidium ex-
posed in both sexes. Legs robust; femora clavate; tibiie stout,
widened to apex, anterior and middle unguiculate, posterior mucro-
nate at apex ; tarsi short and robust, first joint scarcel}" longer than
wide, second wider than long, third broadly bilobed, fourth about as
long as the first and second together ; claws short, robust, not toothed.

The type and only representative of this genus is a small, thinly
pubescent insect, greatly resembling Anth. corvulus Lee., but still
smaller.

E. ti’igiittatiis 1). sp. Piute vii, fig. 33. — Robust, subovate, black, with some
lustre. Beak towards the apex, aiiteinia; and legs rufous; almost glabrous, pu-

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bescence white, sparse and very short. Prothorax coarsely, but not densely
punctured. Elytral punctures closely approximate ; interspaces feebly convex,
rusnlose; scutellum and a small spot about the middle of the fourth interspace,
densely clothed with white, squamiform pubescence; anterior thighs armed with
a rather large tooth; the tibise are feebly biemarginate internally. Long. 1 — .t
mm.; .06 inch.

Hab. — Key West, Fla. Coll. E. A. Schwarz.

The general habitus and ventral formation recalls here the sig-
nntus group of Anthonomns. The wdiite scutellum and spot on the
fourth inters|)ace give the insect a veiy characteristic appearance.

gen . nov.

Beak longer than the prothorax and not very slender, cylindrical,
curved and deeply striate ; scrobes linear, impinging against the
middle of the eyes. Antenme slender, inserted about one-third from
the apex ; sca[>e long, thickened at the apex ; funicle 7-jointed, first
joint moderately long and rather slender, second joint longer than
the third; following joints rounded, outer ones scarcely wider; club
oval, first joint shining. Eyes large, rounded and almost Hat. Head
spherical, })unctured ; frontal fovea almost obsolete. Prothorax
transverse, but little narrower at the apex than at base, hitter trun-
cate; sides rounded, rather suddenly narrowed in front and con-
stricted at the ajiex. Elytra elongate, much wider at the base than
the prothorax ; sides parallel, gradually rounded to the tip, which
is slightly dehiscent, and completely conceals the pygidium ; striate
and ])unctured. Prosternum not very short and somewhat declivous
in front of the coxie ; mesosternum not wide between the coxse and
produced in front in the form of a short, obtuse spine ; metasternum
as long as the first ventral segment at middle ; ventral segment.-^
unequal, third and fourth short, united about as long as the second ;
fifth long, rounded ; first two segments connate, the suture curved
at middle, the other sutures straight ; pygidium not visible from
below. Legs rather long and slender ; thighs feebly clavate, armed
with a jirominent, broad, triangular tooth ; tibim slender, very feebly
biemarginate internally ; articulating surface oblique, all unguiculate
at ajiex, hook rather small ; tarsi slender, claws simple, slender and
widely divergent, ohtuse at apex.

The type and only species, is a remarkalile insect, agreeing in form
and shajie with narrow forms of Elleschns epliippiatus. It is sparsely
clothed with a very fine, almost imperceptible pube.scence. The
position of this genus in the [iresent tribe is somewhat doubtful.

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The simple claws, covered pygidiiim and short third and fourth ven-
tral segments, may be considered valid reasons for placing it near
Erirrhinns. The formation of the antenme and the general habitus
are distinctly Anthonomid. It forms a transition from the present
tribe to the Erirrhinini.

A. diibiH!^ n. sp. Plate vii, figs. 34 — 34«. — Elongate-oval, pitcliy-black and
almost imperceptibly pubescent : the beak is striate and punctured, the striae
extending from the base to about the middle. Head finely punctured. Protho-
rax finely punctured, more densely on the .sides with an ill-defined, smooth,
dorsal line; the elytral striae are fine, punctures moderately large and rather
close set; interspaces nearly flat, irregularly puuctulate ; underside punctured,
distal end of tibiae and the tarsi, rufo-piceous. Long. 3.2 mm.; .13 inch.

Hab.— Canada.

A uni(jue S specimen in the collection of Dr. Hamilton, who has
kindly placed it in my cabinet.

KliljKSC'HUS Stephens.

Beak rather short and robust, cylindrical, and nearly straight ;
subcarinate. Scrobes oblique, wide and deep, impinging against the
lower segment of the eyes. Antenme moderate, scape short, incras-
sate at apex; funicle 7-jointed, first joint stout, outer joints wider;
club oval, pubescent, first joint longer than usual. Eyes large,
transversely oval, moderately convex. Head punctured, densely
jiubescent between the eyes. Prothorax wider than long, narrowed
in front, rounded on the sides; base nearly straight; surface punc-
tured. Elytra elongate, wider at base than the prothorax, slightly
dehiscent at the apex and concealing the pygidium ; striie and punc-
tures moderate ; middle coxie narrowly separated by the mesoster-
num ; metasternum as long as the fir.st ventral segment ; v^entral
segments unequal, third and fourth short, united about as long as the
second segment, fifth long, rounded; sutures, except the first, bent
slightly backward at the sides. Legs moderately long and somewhat
stout ; thighs clavate; tibiae not slender, middle and posterior widened
towards the apex, all unguiculate ; tarsi rather stout, third joint
broadly bilobed ; claws appendiculate. The fifth ventral segment
of male is carinate near the ti]).

Lacordaire ])laced this genus among his Tychiides, on the ground
that the 2-4 ventral sutures are slightly bent backward at the sides.
Its nearest ally in the present tribe is Alycodes.

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have to record the occurrence of the European E. Scanicus, and the
addition of a new species. They may he separated as follows ;

Femora not tootlied ; elytra with denuded fascia or spot.

Denuded s]iot on each elytron.

Pitchy-black, second joint of funicle lonsrer than the third ; tarsi more
slender, appendimilnm moderate, each elytron with a denuded spot.

bipiiiiolatiiM.

Ferruginous, second joint of funicle etpial to third ; tarsi very stout, appeu-

diculum large; elytra fasciate and vittate Kcaiiiciiji^.

A common denuded fascia; pubescence mottled (‘ptiippiatiiM.

Femora toothed ; elytra without denuded fascia or spot aiig;ii!>«tatiiN.

E. bi piiiictatiiN Linn. Plate vii, fig. 3,56. — Elongate-oval, pitchy-hlack,
antennae and legs ferruginous, densely clothed with coarse, appressed, grayish
pubescence. Beak shining, second joint of funicle longer than the third. Pro-
thorax about one-half wider than long, .strongly narrowed in front and feebly
constricted at apex ; sides nearly straight behind, base scarcely emarginate each
side ; a smooth, median elevated line, abbreviated in front and behind ; surface
closely punctured, pubescence diverging from the median line. Elytra about
one-fourth wider than long, humeri rounded ; sides nearly parallel for three-
fifths their length, thence gradually rounded to the tip; strife fine, impressed,
punctures moderately large and closely placed ; interspaces feebly convex, some-
what roughened and -punctured ; an irregular, partly denuded spot behind the
middle, extending from the second to the fourth interspace and thinly covered
with fine, blackish jmbescence. Legs moderate, femora clavate, mutic ; tibiae
and tarsi only moderately stout, first and second tai\sal joints a little wider than
long, clawal joint projecting beyond the third; claws armed beneath with a
moderately large tooth or appendiculum. Long. 3 mm. ; .12 inch.

Hub. — Canada.

Introduced from Europe. The black spot varies in shape and
extent, but never invades the first interspace. In some specimens a
less pronounced darker space near the base.

E. Scanicus Payk. Plate vii, figs. 35, 35a. — More robust than bijmnctntus ;
ferruginous, clothed with grayish white or brownish pubescence. Beak stout,
punctured, shining, pubescent at base; second and third joints of funicle equal.
Eyes as in the preceding. Head punctured, thinly pube.scent, excej)t between
the eyes. Prothorax strongly rounded on the sides, rather suddenly narrowed
in front and narrowly constricted at the apex; base scarcely emarginate each
side; surface fin el j” and not densely punctured, dorsal elevated line almost en-
tire. Elytra oval, about one-third wider at the base than the prothorax; striae
moderately fine ; punctures moderate, approximate ; interspaces nearly flat; an
irregular, oblique fascia about the middle, extending from the second interspace
to the sides of the elytra; third, fourth and sixth interspaces for a short distance
near the base and asubapical spot, almost denude of pubescence and only thinly
covered with fine, brownish pubescence Legs moderately robust ; femora cla-
vate, mutic; tibiaj rather stout and but slightly widened towards the tip; tarsi
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rather short, projectiug hut little beyond the lobes of the third joint; claws
slender, with a very large, broadly triangular appeudiculum at its base. Long.
2.7 — 3.3 mni. ; .21 — .13 inch.

Hab. — Pennsylvania.

One male and two female specimens. Coll. Dr. Horn and mine.
I captured my specimen ( S ) some years ago on oak, and has served
as the type of the above description. One of Dr. Horn’s specimens
agrees in all particulars (except sexual differences) with mine, while
the other has the denuded fascia of less extent and the interspaces
not denuded near the base.

I have made careful comparison with well authenticated specimens
of this species from Europe, and can discover no difference, except
that a small denuded spot each side of the thorax is wanting in our
specimens, but as this also occurs in one of my European specimens,
it is probably of but subordinate value.

E. ppisitus Say. Plate vii, figs 35c, 35d. — Elongate, ferruginous,

mottled with pale yellowish and fawn-colored pubescence. Beak punctured.
Prothorax rather finely and not densely punctured. Elytral strife with large,
closely pLaced punctures; a large scutellar spot and another somewhat rhomboidal
space behind the middle connected along the suture, of darker color. A trans-
verse fascia of grayish pubescence immediately behind the posterior dark space;
underside punctured ; the claws are slender and armed beneath with a large
rectangular tooth at the base. Long. 2 — 3.3 mm. ; .08 — .13 inch.

Hab. — Atlantic States; Michigan, Georgia, Kansas, New iMexico,
Oregon, California.

A very variable species. The dark elytral spaces are almost ob-
solete in some specimens.

Mr. Thos. Casey very kindly has sent me a typical specimen of
his E. callforuicus. It is entirely pitchy-black, resembling in this
respect rather bipunetatus ; legs a trifle paler. The beak is less
punctured, shining, and the second joint of the funicle is longer than
the third. In all other respects it agrees with ephippiatus, from
which it does not appear specifically distinct, but forms a marked
variety.

E. n. sp. Plate vii, fig. 35d. — Elongate elliptic, femigiuous.

not very densely clothed with whitish, squamiform pubescence. Beak rather
slender and moderately long, punctured and somewhat shining; substriate
and rather densely scaly from base to about the middle. Antennse slender;
first joint of funicle long and slender, second a little longer than the third,
outer joints hut little wider. Eyes as usual. Head punctured, occiput sparsely
pubescent, densely squamous between the eyes. Prothorax wider than long,
broadly rounded on the sides and very little wider at ba.se than at the apex.

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which is not constricted, smooth dorsal line short, just in front of the middle;
punctures rather small and close set. Elytra elongate, about one-fourth wider
at the base than the prothorax ; sides nearly straight for three-fifths their length,
thence graduallj" narrowed to apex, w'hich is subacuminate ; strise moderately
impressed, punctures small, closely approximate; inter.spaces nrarly flat; pu-
bescence nearly equally distributed ; underside finely punctured and pubescent.
Legs rather slender, thighs feebly clavate, anterior armed with a small acute
tooth, which is represented on the middle and hind pair by an acute angle, less
marked on the hind femur; tarsi less robust, fourth joint extending considerably
beyond the third ; claws armed beneath with a short obtuse tooth. Long. 2.8--
3 mm. ; .11 — .12 inch.

Hah. — Arizona, Kentucky.

Two specimens, male and female, in Dr. klorn’s collection. A
very distinct species and unmistakable members of the present genus.
The rather slender beak and toothed femora are anomalous.

ORC'IIEXTEN 111.

The eyes clo.sely approximate above and the saltatorial })o.sterior
femora make the recognition of the species of this genus an easy
matter. "J'he beak, variable in length and thickness, lies between
the anterior legs during repose : the scrobes commencing about the
middle or even near the base; scape of anteniue not long ; funicle
6- or 7-jointed. The prothorax is relatively small. The elytra oval
or elongate-oval, wider than the prothorax, with the humeri rounded.

In reviewing the species I shall give only sufficient descriptive
matter which, in connection with the synoptic table, will enable the
student to identify his material. To the species heretofore known I
have to add one new species.

They may be tabulated as follows :

Funicle of autennse 7-jointed.

Elytra with patterns of pale pubescence.

An anterior and posterior transverse baud, always con.s]iicuous.

Anterior fascia wide, legs partly rufous epliippiaf US.

.\nterior fascia narrower; legs entirely black ssilicis.

A faint subbasal, transverse band only iiigor.

Elytra unicolorou.s, black.

Hind angles of jtrothorax rounded or rectangular, elytra without lateral
spine parvioollis.

Hind angles of prothorax acute; elytra with a subhnmeral spine.

arinatiis.

Funicle 6-jointed.

Hind femora strongly thickened.

Pubescence long and coarse, brownish pul»t*i*ulus.

Pubescence fine, sparse and whitish.

Black, thoracic jiunctures large, irregular; elytral interspaces coarsely
rugose can us.

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Black, thoracic punctures moderate, round ; elytra! intersj)aces almost

smooth, shining pallieoriiis.

Black, elytra and abdomen red Itefiileti.

Hind femora scarcely thickened.

Legs rufous riifipes.

Legs piceous Var. iiiiiiiitiis.

O. epliippiatiis Say. — Robust, oval, piceous; beak, atitennje and legs ru-
fous. Prothorax small, rufo-piceous, not densely clothed with whitish pubes-
cence. Elytra oval, much wider than the prothorax ; anterior two-hfths and a
transverse post-median fascia rufous, or rufo-piceous and densely clothed with
white pubescence and connected by a line on the second interspace ; femora,
especially the posterior, wholly or in part piceous. Long. 2.5 — 3 mm.; .10 — .12
inch.

Hab. — Pennsylvania, Iowa, Illinois, California, Wisconsin.

Allied to 0. rujUarsis Germ, of Europe.

O. saliciN Linn. — Similar to the preceding, but smaller and less robust
Black, antennse and tarsi rufous; anterior elytral fascia narrower than in ephip-
piatus, about one-third from the base, irregular, prolonged along the sutural in-
terspace to the scutellum in front and extended along the second interspace
posteriorly, but not connected with the posterior transverse hand which is nar-
row and angulated. Long. 2.5 mm.; .10 inch.

Hab. — California, Wisconsin.

This is 0. subhirtus Horn. Careful comparison of Dr. Horn’s
types with specimens of the European species in my cabinet leave
no doubt of their identity.

O. iiiger Horn. — Rather robust, subovate ; black, anteniife piceous, clothed
with short pubescence, which is black on the upper and whitish on the under
surface; scutellum densely white pubescent; an inconspicuous, transverse fascia
about one-third from the base and consisting of sparse white pubescence. Long.
2.8 mm. ; .11 inch.

Hab. — Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania.

The white scutellum is in striking contrast with the rest of the
su rface.

O. pai'vic'ollis Lee. — Entirely black, oblong-oval with scarcely any lustre.
Prothorax coarsely and rather densely punctured ; hind angles subrectangular,
somewhat rounded. Elytral interspaces very rough. Long. 2.8 — 3 mm. ; .11 —
12 inch.

Hub. — California, Nevada, Colorado.

Distinguished from the three preceding species by the absence of
elytral markings and from the following by its coarse sculpture,
rounded posterior angles of thorax and the ninth elytral interspace
not produced in a sjiine.

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O. 11. sp. Plate vii, fig. 36. — Suhovate, robust, very convex, black

and shining; very sparsely clothed with short, pale, suberect puliescence. Beak
cylindrical, shining, suhstriate and rather coarsely punctured, esjiecially near the
tip. Antennae entirely pale testaceous, very slender ; scape shoi t, funicle 7-jointed.
first joint long, second and third elongate, subequal, joints 4-7 shorter, rounded :
clava elongate. Prothorax wider than long, and nearly twice as wide at base
than at apex, sides oblique, nearly straight, feebly constricted at tip, hind angles
acute, punctures moderately large and rather remote, each bearing a short
whitish hair. Elytra broadly oval, very convex, not much wider at base than
the prothorax ; humeri prominent, callous and lounded ; striae rather fine, punc-
tures small and not closely approximate; interspaces slightly convex, smooth
and shining, each with a row of fine, remote punctures bearing a short, hair:
the ninth interspace near the base is produced in the form of a short, acute spine
directed forward ; under surface a little more densely and coarsely pubescent ;
hind femora scarcely incrassate; tarsi pale rufous. Long. 2.3 mm. ; .09 inch.

Hab. — Allegheny, Pa. A single female specimen. Collected and
kindly given me hy Dr. Hamilton.

Very ditferent from any other Orchestes known to me and re-
markable for its very convex form, shining surface, acute posterior
thoracic angle, and the acute spine of the ninth intersjtace.

O. puberiiliis Boh. — Elongate oval, black, anteniiie and legs testaceous,
densely clothed with long, coarse, gray or yellowish gray pubescence; funicle 6-
jointed; scutellum clothed with white pubescence. Elytra regularly oval, hu-
meri rounded, not at all prominent. Long. 3.2—4 mm.; .12 — .16 inch.

Hab. — California.

Easily known by its coarse, yellowish pubescence.

O. caiiti«« Horn. — Similar in form to the preceditig species, hut the humeri
are more prominent. Black, autemife rufo-piceous ; t>'Jhescence short, sparse,
whitish. Prothorax punctured, punctures rather crowded and irregular. Elytral
interspaces rugulose. roughened with some lustre. Long. 2.8 — 3.2 mm. ; .11 — 13
inch.

Hab. — Michigan, Colorado.

Re.sembles 0. stigma Germ, of Eurojte, but the pubescence is white
or yellowish, and the elytral strite are less deejtly impressed.

O. pallicoi’iiis Say. — Similar to canus, but a trifle smaller, with the humeri
still more prominent. Black, antennae and tarsi reddish. Prothorax less densely
punct\ired, punctures less irregular; the elytral interspaces are nearly smooth
and more shining. Long 3 mm. ; .12 inch.

Hab. — Atlantic States to Texas, Michigan.

beluleti Horn. — Somewhat elongate-oval ; black, elytra and abdomen
bright red; pubescence sparse, almost impercei>tihle. Prothorax coarsely and
remotely jmnctnred. Long. 2.8 mm. ; .11 inch.

Hab. — jMaryland, District of Columbia.

Easily recognized by its striking coloration.

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O. riifipeis Lee. — Elliptic, smaller and less robust than any of the preceding
species. Black, thinly pubescent: antennae aud legs rufous: hind femora feebly
incrassate, more or less piceous. Long. 2 mm. : .08 inch.

Closely allied to the European 0. foliorum Miiller, from which it
appears to differ by the prothorax being a little more transverse and
not rounded in front.

O. minutus Horn is a variety of the above with the legs entirely
piceons. It occurs in California and Colorado.

XA\TIIUS gen . nov.

I have established this new genus upon two very small, testaceous
and thinly pubescent species having the claws simple, divergent, aud
the tibiae almost truncate at the tip, with the armature very small.
Beak long, rather slender and nearly straight, a little widened to-
wards the tip, not striate ; scrobes straight, attaining the eyes, which
are convex. Antenme moderately stout, inserted two-fifths ( S ) or
one-half ( 9 ) from the apex ; scape slender, impinging against the
eye ; funicle 7-jointed, first joint stout, second and third nearly equal,
outer joints transversely rounded ; club rather loosely articulate ;
front sulcate. Prothorax wider than long, feebly narrowed in front
and slightly constricted behind the anterior margin. Elytra a little
wider at the base than the prothorax, striate and punctured ; me-
sosternum moderately wide between the coxie, declivous in front :
first and second ventral segments moderately long, third and fourth
shorter, equal ; fifth not longer than the fourth in the male ; py-
gidium freely exposed in both sexes. Legs moderately slender,
thighs feebly clavate ; tibiae straight, slightly widened towards the
tip ; anterior and middle with a very small, scarcely perceptible
hook, posterior feebly mucronate at apex ; tarsi with the third joint
broadly bilobed ; claws simple.

The two species are amongst the smallest in the tribe and are
distinguished as follows :

Larger, rufo-testaceous ; prothorax more densely pimctured, ])ubescence con-
spicuous

Smaller, pale testaceous: jirotborax remotely punctured, pubescence very fine.

lili|Mitamis.

X. pygiiiiiPiis u. sp. Plate vii, figs. 37, 37«. — Elougate-subovate, nifo-testa-
ceous, pubescence white and rather long, especially on the i>rothorax. Beak
shilling, finely punctured. Head sparsely punctured and pubescent, frontal
sulcus long. Prothorax moderately wider than long, feebly rounded on the
sides in front; surface coarsely aud densely punctured, each puncture bearing a
long hair. Elytra a little wider behind the middle: sides nearly straight for

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three-fifths their lengtli, thence rounded to the tip; striae scaicely impressed,
punctures elongate, moderately large and not very close; interspaces feebly con-
vex, rugulose and irregularly punctured; underside with a few punctures; ab-
domen very sparsely, pectus more densely pubescent, anterior thighs armed with
a very small tooth. Long. 1.5 — 1.8 mm. ; .06 — .07 inch.

Hab. — Anglesea, N. J. (Dr. Horn); I’iney Point, Mtl. (E. A.
Scliwjirz ami H. Ulke.)

X, lilipiitaiiiis n. sp. — Smaller, elongate-oblong, subdepressed, pale testa-
ceous and very sparsely clothed with fine, whitish pubescence, otherwise very
similar to pygmseus ; the beak is very sparsely punctured, shining. Antenum,
eyes and head as in the preceding. Prothorax wider than long, punctures smaller
and less dense. Elytra elongate, sides feebly rounded from humerus to apex;
strise fine, punctures small ; interspaces rugulose; underside and legs as in pyg-
mxus ; tooth of anterior thighs very small, broadly triangular. Long. 1.5 mm.;
.06 inch.

Hab. — District of Columbia.

Two speciinens in Mr. Ulke’s collection. A little more slender
than the jireceding ; the hook of the anterior and middle tihiai is
scarcely perceptible.

ACAL,YFTU« Sch.

Beak moderately slender, cylindrical, curved; scrobes commencing
near the middle of the beak, straight, and directed against the mid-
dle of the eyes. Antenme slender; scape incrassate towards its distal
end, funicle 7-jointed, equally pubescent, without verticels of stiff
hairs; first joint long and robust, joints 2-7 gradually wider, closely
articulate, and scarcely longer than the clava, which is ovoidal acu-
minate, jfuhescent and annulate; first joint long, occupying nearly
one-half the length, following joints short. Head broadly conical.
Eyes feebly convex. Prothorax wider than long, narrowed in front
and constricted at the apex; base obliquely truncate each side.
Elytra wider at base than the prothorax, oval, sides feebly rounded,
indistinctly striate and punctured, rather suddenly narrowed and
separately rounded at the apex, leaving the pygidium freely exposed;
anterior coxie narrowly separated by the jirosternum, which is long
in front of the coxie ; middle coxie sejiarated by the mesosternum,
which is declivous in front; metasternum moderately long; first and
second v^entral segments of equal length behind the coxte, third and
fourth segments short, united as long as the second, fifth scarcely
longer than the fourth in the male ; longer and broadly rounded in
the female. Legs rather slender, thighs clavate, mutic ; tibiie slender,
scarcely widened to apex, anterior and middle not unguiculate, pos-

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terior with a very short iimcro at ajiex ; tarsi moderately long, first
and second joints about as wide as long, third deeply, but not broadly
bilobed, fourth joint slender, moderately long; claws slender, simple
and divergent.

An aberrant member of the present tribe; the prosternum long
in front of the coxse, equally pubescent antennal funicle and un-
armed tibiie are not found in any other. In the long prosternum it
is somewhat ajiproached by Anth. rvfipes.

The only species occurring in our fauna has Iieen introduced from
Europe.

.4. carpiiii Herbert. Plate vii, fig. 38. — Oval, piceoiis, finely and densely
punctured, and densely clothed above with short, grayish white pubescence,
having a somewhat silvery lustre; the beak is densely punctured and opaque
( *^ ), or less densely ]mnctured, shining ( 9 ) : underside less densely pubescent.
Antenhse and legs rufous. Long. 2.2 — 2.8 mm.: .09 — .11 inch.

Canada, Neiv Jersey, Wisconsin, Kansas, N. Illinois.

ErCI.YFTUS gen . nov.

Beak slender, aliout as long as head and prothorax, strongly
curved, neither striate nor carinate; scrobes linear, commencing about
the middle ( 9 ) and reaching the middle of the eyes. Antenme not
very slender ; scape moderately long, incrassate at the apex ; fu-
nicle 7-jointed, pubescent first joint very long, second joint a little
longer than the third, joints 3-7 transverse, closely articulate, outer
joints wider ; club obovate, pubescent, first joint large, occupying
more than one-half of the whole mass, following joints short, some-
what retracted. Eyes rounded, moderately large, convex. Head
globose, punctured ; front flattened, not foveate. Prothorax a little
flattened, wdder than long, slightly narrowed in front, broadly rounded
on the sides and base ; scutellum small. Elytra elongate, wider at
the base than the prothorax ; sides feebly rounded and graduallv
narrowed to apex, which is separately rounded, leaving the pygidium
exposed, striate and j)unctured ; prosternum short in ’front of the
coxie, which are conical and more prominent than usual ; mesoster-
num moderately wide between the coxie, declivous in front and
rounded behind ; metasternum a little longer than the first ventral
segment at middle. Ventral segments very unequal, first and second
moderately long, third and fourth very short, and united scarcely as
long as the second ; fifth very long ( 9 ), ns long as the second and
third together; pygidium exposed. Legs slender, femora feeblv
clavate, mutic ; tibiie slender, straight; articular surface oblique and
not armed at the apex ; tarsi slender, third joint not broadly bilobed ;
claivs slender, with a broad, obtuse tooth underneath.

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The type of this genus is a small testaceous insect without close
relationship in any direction, except, perhaps, Acalyptus, with which
it agrees in the somewhat flattened thorax, unarmed tibioe and the
formation of the funicle. It agrees with Alycodes and Elleschus in
the abdominal formation and appendiculate claws, but the fifth ven-
tral segment is very long, and it is very different in other respects.

E. tesf sicens n. sp. Plate vii, figs. 39, 39a, 39b, 39c. — Elliptic, testaceous,
almost glabrous. Beak shiuiug, with a few remote punctures. Prothorax rather
closely and finely punctured, with an ill-defined, smooth dorsal line extending
from the anterior margin to about the middle. Elytral striie impressed, punc-
tures moderate, close set; interspaces scarcely convex, slightly roughened ; under
surface remotely punctulate. Long, nearly 2 mm. ; .07 inch.

iTa6.— Buffalo, N. Y.

A unique 9 in niy collection. Easily recognized by its pale color,
ventral formation, unarmed tibise and apj)endiculate claw’s. In ap-
pearance it resembles Notolomus basalis, without, however, the dark
basal spot of the elytra.

Bibliography and Synonymy.

MAGDALINOPS u. g.

1. M. vittipennis n. sp.

MACROBHOPTUS Lee.

1. M. estriatus Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. xv, p. 209.

2. M. hispidus n. sp.

TACHYPTERUS n. g.

1. T. quadrigibbus Say, Cure. 15, ed. Lee. 1, p. 277 ; Sch., Cure, iii, p. 334.

2. T. consors n. sp.

CIONISTBS n. g.

1. C. insolens n. g.

ANTHONOMUS Germ.

Subgeuus Coccotorus Lee.

1. A. scutellaris Lee., Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. I’hila., 1858, p 79; Anth.f prunicida

Walsh, Prairie Farmer, June 13, 1863 ; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, ix, 309.

2. A. birsutus Bruu., Annual Report Neb. State Board of Agriculture. 1888, p.

126; Insect Life, ii, p. 259, fig. 55.

Subgenus Anthonomocyllus.

1. A. elegans Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. xv, p. 202.

2. A. leucostictus n. sj).

3. A. Hamiltoni u. sp.

4. A. pusillus Lee., Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. xv, p. 202.

Subgenus Trichobaropsis.

1. A. texanus n. sp.

Subgenus Leptartbrus.

1. A. juliebi n. sp.

2. A. irroratus n. sp.

Subgeuus Antbonomorpbus.

1. A. fulvus Lee., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1858, p. 79.

2. A. peninsularis n. sp.

3. A. pervilis u. sp.

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Subgeiius Paranthonomus.

1. A. profundus Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soe., vol. xv, p. 198.

2. A. vulpinus n. sp.

3. A. rubidus Leo., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. xv, j). 199.

• Suhgeuus Anthonomus.

1. A. nebulosus Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. xv, p. 197.

2. A. pomorum Limie, Syst. Nat. ed. x, p. 381; Boli., Sch. Gen. Cure. vii. 2, p.

217 ; Herhst., Kaefer. vi. p. 157, 70, fig. 11 ; Deshroch., Mon. p. 449.

?§

3. A. grandis Hob., Sch. Gen. Cure, vii, 2, p. 232.

1. A. gularis Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. xv, ]>. 197.

5. A. Virgo 11. sp.

fi. A. rufipennis Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. xv, p. 200.

???

7. A. Bolteri n. sp

8. A. rubellus ii. ,sp.

9. A. confusus ii. sp.

10. A. sycophanta Walsh, Proc. Eut. Soc. Philos, vi, p. 265.

.4. hiematopus Boh., Sch. Gen. Cure, vii, 2, p. 222.

11. A. suturalis Lee.. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. York i, 171, pi. xi. fig. 9; Gyll ,

Sch. Gen. Curv. Ill, p. 346; Boh., ibid, vii, 2, p. 223; erythropterus
Say, Cure. 25, ed. Lee., 1, 283.

12. A. brunnipennis Mann., Bull. Mosc. 184.3, ii, p. 292.

13. A. melancbolicus ii. sp.

14. A. flavicornis Bob., Sch. Cure, vii, 2. p. 231.

15. A. morulus Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. xv, p. 201.

16. A. corvulus Lee., ibid.

17. A. subguttatus n. sp.

§§§?

18. A. signatus Say, Cure, 25; ed. Lee., i, 293; Gyll., Sch. Gen. Cure, iii, p. 348;

Boh., ibid, vii, 2, p. 221 ; A. bisignatus Gyll., ibid, iii, p. 344.

Var. pallidus.

19. A. consimilis n. sp.

20. A. vespertinus n. sp.

21. A. musculus Say, Cure. 15 ; ed. Lee. i, p. 277 ; Gyll., Sch. Gen. Cure, iii p. 35 .

22. A. concinnus n. sp.

23. A. sulcifrons Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. xv, p. 201.

24. A. sexguttatus n. sp.

25. A. interstitialis n. sp.

26 A. ebeninus n. sp.

27. A. nigrinus Boh., Sch. Gen. Cure, vii, 2, p. 230.

28. A. albopilosus n. sp.

29. A. xanthocnemus n. sp.

30. A. aeneolus n. sp.

31. A. faber n. sp.

.32. A. effetus n. sp.

33. A. scutellatus Gyll., Sch. Gen. Curv. iii, p. 342.

.34. A. dissimilis n. sp.

35. A. orcbestoides u. sp.

.36. A. juniperinus Sanb. {Erirrhiims), Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xii, p. 81.

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o7. A. ater Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soe. vol. x\% p. 19o.

38. A. squamosus Lee., ibid. p. 202.

.39. A. tectus Lee., ibid. p. 203.

40. A. squamulatus ii. sp.

41. A. molochinus n. sp.

42. A. ruflpes Lee., Proe. Amer. Philos. Soe. vol. xv, p. 204.

43. A. disjunctus Lee., ihid. p. 204.

44. A. murinus n. sp.

45. A. hirtus Lee., Proe. Amer. Philos. Soe. vol. xv, p. 203.

46. A. ochreopilosus n. sp.

47. A. pauperculus Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. xv, p. 203

WM‘&

48. A. latiusculus ii. sp.

49. A. subfasciatus Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. vx, ji. 205

50. A. robustulus Lee., ibid. p. 205.

51. A. moleculus Casey, Contributions No. 2, p. 191.

wsm

52. A. ung-ularis Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. xv, p. 206.

53. A. floralis u. sp.

54. A. nubilus Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. xv, p. 205.

Siihgenns Cnemocyllus.

1. A. subvittatus Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. xv, p. 203.

2. A. ornatulus n. sp.

3. A. figuratus n. sp.

4. A. inermis Boh.. Eugenics Eesa, Coleop. 131.

5. A. jacobinus n. sp.

6. A. decipiens Lee.. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. xv, p. 206.

7. A. canus Lee., ibid. p. 207.

8. A. atfinis Lee , ibid. ]). 207.

9. A. nanus Lee., ibid. p. 207. '

10. A. elongatus Lee., ibid. p. 204.

11. A. ligatus n. sp.

12. A. lineatulus n. sp.

Subgenus Anthonomochseta.

1. A. heterogenus n. sp.

ANTHONOMOPSIS n. g.

I. A. mixtus Lee., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soe. vol. xv, p.206.

PSEUDANTHONOMUS u. g.

1. P. cratsegi Walsh. Proc. Ent. Soe. Phila. vi, p. 266.

2. P. validus n. sp.

3. P. incipiens n. sp.

4. P. seriesetosus n. sp.

5. P. tomentosulus n. sp.

6 P. facetus n. sp.

7. P. longulus n. sp.

8. P. rufulus n. sp.

!). P. brunneus n. sji.

10. P. parvulus n. s(i.

II. P. relictus n. s]>.

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NEOMASTIX 11. g.

1. N. solidaginis n. sp.

2. N. punctulatus ii. sp.

CHELONYCHUS ii. g.

1. C. longipes n. .sj).

NANOPS 11. g.

1. N. Sctiwarzii n. sp.

EPIMECHUS 11. g.

1. E. mimicus ii. sp.

2. E. curvipes n. sp.

3. E. soriculus n. sp.

4. E. adsperstis ii. .sp.

5. E. nevadicus ii. sp.

EPHELOPS 11. g.

1. E. triguttatus ii. s]>.

ALYCODES 11. g.

1. A. dubius 11. sp.

ELLESCHUS Stepli.

1. E. bipunctatus Liiiue, Syst. Nat. ed. x, p. 380; Boli., Sell. Gen. Cure, vii, 2,

p. 187.

2. E. Scanicus Payk., Fauna Suec. iii, p. 251; Boh., Sell. Gen, Cure, vii, 2, p.

186.

3. E. ephippiatus Say, (Erirrhinns). Cure. 25; ed. Lee. i, p. 293; Gyll., Seh.

Gen. Cure, iii, 289 ; Walsh, Proe. Ent. Soe. Phila. vi, p. 268.

Var. E. californicus Casey, Contributions No. 2, p. 193.

4. E. angustatus n. sp.

ORCHESTES 111.

1. O. ephippiatus Say, Cure. 16; ed. Leo. i, 280.

2. O salicis Linne, Syst. Nat. ed. x, p. 381 ; Oliv., Ent. v, 83, p. 104, t. 31, fig.

490 ; Bris. Mon p. 292.

0. subhirtus Horn, Proe. Anier. Philos. Soe. November, 1873, ]>. 462.

3. O. niger Horn, ibid. p. 462.

4. O. parvicollis Lee., Proe. Amer. Philos. Soe. vol?xv, p. 208.

5. O. armatus n. sp.

6. O. puberulus Boh . Eiigenies Eesa Ins. p. 133.

7. O. canus Horn, Proe. Amer. Philos. Soe. 1878, p. 620.

8. O. pallidicornis Say, Cure. 16; ed. Leo. vol. i, p. 280.

9. O. betuleti Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soe. 1885, p. 161.

10. O. ruflpes Lee., Proe. Amer. Philos. Soe. vol. xv, 208.

Var. 0. minutus Horn. Proe. Amer. Philos. Soe. 1878, p. 620.

XANTHUS n. g.

1. X. pygmEeus n. sp.

2. X. liliputanus n. sp.

ACALYPTUS Seh wen k.

1. A. carpini Hbrt.. Kaef. vi. i>. 204, t. 74, tig. 3, a-b ; Gyll., Ins. Snee iii. p 120.

1. E. testaceus n. sji.

EUCLYPTUS n. g.

Unrecognised Species.

1. A. helvolus Boh., Seh. Gen. et Spee. Cure. vol. vii. 2, p. 224.

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EXPLANATION OF PLATE V.

Fig. 1. — MagdaUnops vHtipennis ; \a. under surface of same ; 16, anteniiie of same.

2.— Lateral view of liead ami rostrum of Macrohoptiis estriatus.

" 3: — Auteuiife of Tachypterus quadrigibbus ; 3a, posterior tibia of same.

“ 4. — Cionistes insolens ; 4«, lateral view of head of same.

“ — Abdomeu of Coccotorns sciitellaris % .

" 6. — Anihononiocyllus elegans ; 6a, underside of same ; 66, lateral view of same.

“ 7. — Anthonomocyllus lencostictus ; la, anterior view of head aud beak of same.

“ 8. — Front view of head aud beak of Anthonomorphus fulvus ; 8a, same

viewed laterally.

“ 9. — Lateral view of head, beak aud antenna of Trichobaropsis texaniis.

10. — Leptarthrus Jalichi ; 10a, an ten nte of same; 106, anterior leg of same

EXPLANATION OF PLxVTE VI.

Fig. 11. — Antenna of Leptarthrus irroratm ; 11a, anterior tibia of same.

“ 12. — Anterior thigh aud tibia of Anth. pomorum.

" 13. — Anterior tibia of Anth. virgo % ,

" 14. — Abdomen of .4»i 16. ^ttviconiis "J, .

1.5. — Abdomen of Anth, signatus % .

“ 16. — Abdomen of Anth. scutellatus % .

“ 17. — Anterior tibia, showing terminal hook of Anth. ochreopilosus.

“ 18. — Anthonomus pauperculns.

'■ 19. — Posterior tibia of Cneniocyllus subvittatus % ; 19a, same of 9 •

“ 20. — Cneniocyllus ornatnlus ; 20a, posterior tibia of 'J, of same ; 206, posterior

tibia aud tarsus of same 9 •

“ 21.— Cneniocyllus figuratus ; 21a. posterior tibia and tarsus of same 'J, .

22. — Posterior tibia of Cneniocyllus inerniis 'J, ; 22a, abdomen of same.

23. — Cneniocyllus elongatus ; 23a, hind tibia of 'J, of same.

“ 24. — Cneniocyllus ligatus ; 24a, hind tibia of of same; 246, hind tibia of

9 of same.

■■ 25. — Cneniocyllus lineatulus

EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII.

Fig. 26. — Abdomen of Anthonomopsis mi.ctus.

" 27. — Lateral view of head, beak aud antenna of Pseudanthonomiis incipiens.

“ 28 — Anteuuffi of Psendanthonomus relictus.

29. — Antenna of Neoniastix soliduginis.

" 30. — Anterior leg of Chelonychus longipes ; 30a, lateral view of tarsus of same ;

306, claws of same.

" 31. — Head, beak and antenna of Nanops Schwarzii.

“ 32. — Posterior tibia of Epimechus curvipes.

33. — Head and antenna of Ephelops triguttatus.

“ 34. — Alycodes dnbius ; 34a, abdomen of same.

“ .35. — Elleschus Scanicus ; 35a, claw of same; 356, same of E. bipunctatus ; 35c,

.same of E. ephippiatus ; 35d, same of E. angustatus ; 35e, abdomen of
E. ephippiatus.

36. — Orcliestes armatus.

“ 37. — Antenna of Xanthus pygnieeus ; 37a, tibia of same.

38. — Antenna of Acalyptiis carpini.

" 39. — Antenna of Euclyptus testaceus ; 39a, abdomen of same; 396. anterior

tibite of same; .39c, tarsal claw of same.

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Tl. II.

Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Vol. XVIII.

PI. III.

Tnms, Am. Ent. Soc. Vul. XVIII.

PI. IV.

Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Vol. XVIII.

PI. V.

Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Vol. XVIII,

PI. VI.

Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Vol. XVIII.

PI. VII.

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The species of .4GRIL.ITS of Boreal America.

- BY GEORGE H. HORN, M.D.

The first attempt at a comparative study of our species was made
by Dr. LeConte in his “Revision of the Buprestidie of the United
States (Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. xi, 1859),” in which thirty-two
species wei’e recognized and eight previously described enumerated
as unknown. In this essay we find an important use of the form of
the claws as the basis of a primary division of the genus in groups.
Singularly the study of the claws was carried no further, owing
probably to the small material which furnished the basis of the
work. It is also to be regretted that but little attention was paid to
the sexual characters, and, as if by accident, only an occasional
allusion is made to the form of the prosternal lobe. Of the thirty-
two species described, twelve were represented by single examples,
and of the remaining twenty nearly half were represented by not
more than two. While this condition rendered the study at the time
easy and satisfactory, the further accumulation of material makes it
absolutely necessary to refer to the types for determination.

In 1873 (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.), Mr. G. R. Crotch attempted
a brief review of our species, which is notable for the insufficiency
of his comments in one portion of the paper and the numerous inac-
curacies throughout, especially in the analytical table. The value
of the Carina of the pygidium was first recognized in his paper, and
some attempt made to use the sexual characters as a means of sepa-
rating the species.

The species of the regions to the south of our limits have been
studied b}^ Mr. Waterhuuse (Biol. Cent. Amer. vol. ii, pt. 1 ) with
fairly good results, but the species of that region are so entirely
different from our own in facies and depend for their separation on
characters not applicable in our fiuina, that his work has been of no
assistance in the preparation of this. In this essay Mr. Watei-house
has separated one of our species (pulchellus), which has an equivalent
in Mexico, from Ar/rilas under the name Engyaulus, but for reasons
which will be found under our species, the genus is not considered
well founded.

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The species described by Gory are barely recognizable, and the
figures give but little aid. He seems not to have known of the
species described by Say, or else purposely disregarded them.

It being veiy evident that the unsatisfactory work ])reviously done
with our species w'as due to insufficient material, and the neglect of
an examination of the sexual characters, no attemi)t has been made
by me to record my observations until reasonably full series had been
obtained with the sexes of each species represented. In the following
pages but one species is represented by a single specimen, and of
about four others two of each have been examined.

As a general rule, our species are .not marked by any great surface
irregularities, such as deej) thoracic depressions and strongly elevated
elytral costte. The only exceptions aie cavaius and Couesii, the
former being represented in Mexico and the other may also be. At
ti]) the elytra are simjdy acute or rounded, never divergent, and
variously formed as in many of the INIexican species. The colors
are never very brilliant, nor is the ornamentation by pubescent spots
very striking. The monotonous aspect of our species has com])elled
a search for structural characters wdth very encouraging results, for
with such characters, the limits of species may be more accurately
defined notwithstanding any variation which may occur.

In order that the systematic portion of this work may be the better
understood, the various portions of the body showing important
modifications will be reviewed consecutively.

Antenna. —The form of these organs seems to have been entirely
neglected. In some species the antenme are slender and long (PI.
viii, figs. ]1-13), in others short and comparatively stout (PI. viii,
figs. 12-14), in the former case the joints are longer than wide, and
in the latter as wide, or even wider than long. The most im])or-
tant modification observed is in the mode of their serration. By
far the larger number of our species have the antennce serrate be-
ginning wdth the fourth joint (PI. viii, figs. 11, 12); in the others
the serration begins at the fifth joint (PI. viii, figs. 13, 14). There
may be at times a (juestion wdth those who study this character for
the first time and in some species it might be difficult to determine
to which series it should be referred, but whenever the fourth joint
resembles the fifth more nearly than it does the third, the species
belongs to the first series, but when the third and fourth joints are
similarly cylindrical then the species belongs to the second series.

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Head. — The front may be flat, moderately convex, or very con-
vex. In the latter case the month seems more retracted and inferior,
as will be observed in the sjiecies from jmlchelhis to muticus, but va-
rying in degree, so that this character fails to be useful foi’ generic
separation. In nearly all the species the head has a median im-
])ressed line beginning at the occiput, but this varies both in extent
and depth, forming in several sj)ecies a deep frontal depression or
even concavity. The clypeus varies somewhat in form, but not to
the extent observed in Chrysobothris, so that no use has been made
of it in the table. Sexually the head varies in sculpture and coloi',
as will be found recorded, but the differences between the sexes are
not by any means as well marked as in Chrysobothris, or in the more
closely allied Anthaxia. Other characters of more resti-icted oc-
currence will be found under the species in which they occur.

Prothorax. — The usual thoracic characters based on color, sculp-
ture and the depressions require no S{)ecial comment. The carina of
the hind angles has nearly always been mentioned from the earliest
descriptions, and its presence or absence regarded as an infallible
sign of specific distinction. It remains now to be recorded that in a
number of species the presence or absence of the carina is often
purely sexual, the male being without it. This is well shown in a
series of acutipennis. In all cases the presence or absence of carina
must not be assumed to be of specific value, except when accompanied
by other characters.

The lateral marginal edge of the thorax assumes two forms when
viewed from the side, the sinuate and straight. The former is the
more usual, and is well illustrated by macer (PI. viii, fig. 9), while
the straight form is mostly seen in the cylindrical species, such as
lacndris, etc. (PI. viii, fig. 10).

Prosternum. — The prosternal lobe varies in length and form,
sometimes almost entirely concealing the mouth. Its anterior margin
may be broadly rounded as in cavatm (in which the mouth is nearly
concealed), truncate as in bllineatus, or emarginate, as is the more
usual occurrence. Various forms of emargination will be observed,
the most irregular being in difficilis, in which the notch is small, and
on each side there is a sinuation.

The tip or apex of prosternum is subject to great modification. In
many species the tip is continuous with the intercoxal portion and
enters the metasternum by a triangular notch, while in others the
tip is abruptly bent upwards and enters the metasternum concealed.

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This structure has been well described by Mr. Waterhouse. When
the tip of the prosternuni is closely applied to the metasternum, the
portion of the ape.x not concealed assumes various forms, being tri-
angular, rounded, truncate or dilated (see muticus and species near).
For convenience of expression in the analytical table, the visible free
portion has been assumed to be the tip, and is so spoken of in the
table.

SciTTEEEUM. — The two forms observed are charactei’ized by the
presence or absence of a transverse carina. This structure seems to
have been considered as invariable as the angular carina of tli,e
thorax, but in several of our species the carina may be distinctly
jiresent in some specimens and entirely absent in others.

Elytra. — In nearly all of our species the sides of the elytra are
slightly sinuate behind the humeri, and then more or less dilated
before finally narrowing to the aj)ex (PI. viii, fig. 7), but in many
others the elytra narrow from the luuneri to the apex almost without
sinuation as in difficilis (PI. viii, fig. 8). In the former case the sides
of the abdomen are much less visible from above than in the latter.
As a rule the elytra are narrower in the male. The disc is not often
costate and then only in the species of the tropical ty[ie, as in Couesii,
cavatns and macer, but in very many species there is on each elytron
a very vaguely indicated costa.

The surface sculpture is practically the same in type in all our
species, and is derived from a form described as imbricated, resem-
bling, when magnified, a series of pointed tiles, closely placed, in
which the points are somewhat elevated. The sculpture in s’ome
species might be described as closely mucronate.

The apices of the elytra are not, in any of our species, provided
with the curious prolongations and modifications seen in the tropical
forms. The tip is rarely very acute {nevadensis) , usually rounded.
The edge is usually serrulate, and in a few species entirely sim[)le
(jmdicus, etc.).

PvGiDiUM. — In very nearly all our species the pygidium is pro-
vided with a median smooth or elevated line, in many species forming
(piite a ridge, and in a good number the ridge is ])rolonged, forming
a spine sometimes emarginate at its apex {macer). The presence or
absence of the prolongation is one of the most constant of the struc-
tural characters, although specimens of rnficolUs are occasionally
seen without it. The pvgidium oi pulchellm is acute at tip, the carina
well marked, but not independently projecting.

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Abdomen. — The principal modifications of the abdomen are due
to sexual pecnliarities of the male, which are sufficiently described
under the species in which they occur. Several pecnliarities have
been observed which are not sexual. In ventralis the middle of the
posterior edge of the second segment is free and prolonged slightly
over the next segment ; the same is observed in the third segment,
but in a less degree. The sides of the last ventral segment are nsnally
simple, but in a few species (obolinm, Wahinc/liami) the edge is dis-
tinctly serrulate. The apex of the segment is rounded or oval, ex-
cept in a few species (conciniins, acutipennis), in which it is truncate.
In iiiine of our species is the last ventral emarginate, as in many
European species.

Along the side of the abdomen there will be observed a well ele-
vated ridge, which is sometimes interrupted on the first or second
segments, usually more or less sinuous in front. Although variable
within certain limits it is not sufficiently so to warrant any use of it
in the grouping of species. This line divides the ventral segments,
so that the upper jiortion, usually sub-elytral, has been called, for
conveidence, the “vertical ])ortion of the segments;” it is often dif-
ferently clothed from the inferior part of the segment.

The suture between the first two segments is usually entirely ob-
literated, but in Walsinghami \s visilile at the sides; in some speci-
mens of acutipennis, and more rarely bilineatus, the suture is faintly
indicated. The pre.sence of this suture has affi)rded Mr. Waterhouse
the means of separating a small number from the mass of species in
Mexico.

Legs. — The legs in all the species are slender, and afford very few
characters useful in separation. In a good number sexual differences
have been observed in the tibiae, consisting of a short spine or mncro
at the inner apical angle of the anterior tibia and sometimes {otiosus,
etc., FI. viii, fig. 18) on all the tibiae of the male; the female tibiae
are simple in all the species. The tarsi vary, apparently, in length.
Apparently, because in estimating their length some comparison
must be made with adjacent parts, and it will be found in nearly
every case the tarsi bear the same relation in length to the tibia.

The claws vary greatly in form, affording nsefnl characters in
grouping the species, although the demarcation is not so sharply
defined as to render differences primarily useful.

In no case are the claws simple, or even approaching that condition.
Mr. Crotch remarked that while the claws of many European species

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were bifid, they were not so in any American form that he had seen.
It seems to me that a careful homological study of the claws shows
that in all our species these members are either bifid, or of a modified
l)ifid form. While they are usually called cleft, there is no truly
cleft claw in any species. If we examine the species related to }W-
litus and those near torpidus, the claws will he found so nearly of the
true bifid type that they should he called so. Tracing the modifica-
tions of this form it will be observed that the inner member of the
bifid tip gradually shortens and broadens, while it preserves its lateral
position in relation to the other part, although becoming quite a
broad tooth.

It seems not to have been noticed that in the group above indicated
the claws are not only different in the two sexes, but, especially, in
the male, different on the three pairs of feet. This effectually pre-
vents anything but the most I’estricted use of the forms of the claws
in separating either groups of species or species themselves.

As the descriptions of the modifications of the claw would be an
unnecessary rei)etition at this time, the student is referred to the
remarks under each species.

At this time I desire to acknowledge the assistance received, with-
out which this essay would have fallen short of its present complete-
ness. The Museum of Comparative Zoology has permitted the free
use of the LeConte collection for conq)arison, without which the
names here used would have less certain value. The National Mu-
seum, through its Curator, Dr. C. V. Riley, has loaned its material,
which has in one case removed a doubt from my mind, and in several
others prevented the necessity of describing from uniques. The
cabinet of the American Entomological Society has ako been freely
used. To Messrs. Ulke, Liebeck, Seeber, Wenzel and Henshaw, I
am indebted for the free use of their material and the gift of speci-
mens. Finally, to Mr. Fred. Blanchard, of Low’ell, I am under
especial obligations for his many useful suggestions, and for his hav-
ing very kindly studied several difficult questions regai’ding the
of imus senes on the carefully collected material in his cabinet.

The meaning of the expressions used in the subsequent j>ages of
the essay having been sufficiently explained, the following table is
presented to enable the species to be, at least approximately, deter-
mined. The arrangement of the species by the sequence in the table
does not in all cases ajjproximate those having a superficial resem-
blance. The object of this study is to enable the determination of

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the species and the minor detail of a cabinet arrangement can he
left to the judgment of those who possess a sufficient number to make
it desirable.

Analytical table of Agrilus.

Auteiinte serrate beginuing at the fourth joint. PI. viii, figs. 11, 12 2.

Antennae serrate beginning at the fifth joint. PI. viii, figs. 13, 14 24.

2. — Claws cleft in such a manner that the lower portion is turned inward, nearly

or quite touching that of the opposite side. PI. viii, fig. 15 3.

Claws simply cleft, or even almost bifid, the lower portion not inverted.
PI. viii, figs. 16, 17 8.

3. — Prosternum parallel between and behind the coxae, the aj)ex obtuse or trun-

cate 4.

Prosternum gradually narrowing, the apex acute 6.

4. — Front flat, occiput feebly impressed ; thorax not impressed at middle, cariua

of hind angles distinct, the marginal line (seen laterally) sinuous;

pygidium carinate, not projecting diflicilis.

Front concave, or deeply impressed; median line of thorax more or less

deeply impressed, the carina feeble or absent 5.

o.— Front impressed from the occiput to the clypeus; thorax with a rather
broad and deep median impression, marginal line straight; py-
gidium carinate, not projecting; color dull bronze obtusuiii.

Front deeply concave; median line of thorax impressed, marginal line
sinuous; pygidium feebly carinate; head and thorax cupreous,

elytra black f iiscipenuiN.

6. — Pygidium carinate, the carina prolonged at tip.

Front deeply impressed ; hind angles of thorax not carinate in either sex.

riificollis.

Front feebly impressed; hind angles of thorax feebly carinate in female.

only lateral i!«.

Pygidium not carinate, at most a smooth median line 7.

7. — .Scutellum distinctly transversely carinate; hind tarsi slender, very nearly
as long as the tibia.

Tibiae of male on all three pairs of feet mucronate at the inner apical angle.
Males flattened on the median line of under side and usually pubescent.

PI. viii, fig. 18 otiosiis.

Males with the last ventral truncate and fimbriate delectus^.

Antennae very slender, ciliate on the posterior side with relatively long
hairs in both sexes criiiicoi’iii<«.

Posterior tibiae of males not mucronate; sometimes all three pairs are
scarcely mucronate.

Head not, or feebly impressed.

Males with a densely pubescent space on the prosternum.

iiia$!iculiii ns.

Males with prosternum slightly pubescent arcimtiis.

Head deeply impressed (facies of ruficollis) ciiprieollis.

Scutellum not transversely carinate; hind tarsi rather stout, obviously
shorter than the tibiae; form robust; elytra scarcely serrate at tip.

aiig^eliciis.

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8. — Pygidiuni with a projecting carimi 9.

Pygidiiun without a projecting carina 15.

9. — Elytra witli a well defined co.sta iliacer.

Elytra without distinct costa.'. 10.

10. — Front deeply impressed ; head and thorax coppery red, elytra black ; hind

angles of thorax not carinate.

Pro-, meso- and metapleiirge and coxaj densely pubescent »litlax.

Pleurae and coxae not pubescent vitf atocollis.

Front convex, or feebly impressed ; color uniform 11.

11. — Sides of thorax with yellowish iiubesceuce, elytra with a vitta of similar

color; hind angles of thorax not carinate bilineatiis.

Thorax and elytra without pubescent spaces 12.

12. — Elytra with more or less evident pubescent spots, or with small, densely,

finely punctured spaces indicating them 13.

Elytra without pubescent spaces 14.

13. — Last ventral segment oval at tip; second segment only, of male, feebly

grooved.

Apices of elytra very acute; underside of body not conspicuously pu-
bescent; scutellum not carinate iievadeiisis.

Apices of elytra of usual form ; sides of body beneath conspicuously
clothed with dense white pube.sceuce ; scutellum transversely cari-
nate iii veivtMitris.

Last ventral segment obtuse or truncate; tbe first two ventrals of male
grooved grail iilatiis.

14. — Last ventral segment obtuse or truncate.

First ventral of male flat, second grooved peilSiiK.

First and second ventrals of male with a smooth and deep groove.

Blaiieliardi.

Last ventral segment oval at tip.

Hind angles of thorax carinate in both sexes; first ventral of male broadly
grooved, the second more deeply, the groove narrow and smooth.

aiixiu!^.

Hind angles of thorax not carinate, at most an obtuse elevation ; first
ventral of male nearly flat, the second with a deep smooth groove.

15. — Thorax with a deep and broad, somew’hat ova! depression; front concave. .16.

Thorax with, at most, a simple, straight, median impression 17.

16. — Elytra costate and with pubescent spots; hind angles of thorax feebly

carinate.

Scutellum concave, without transverse carina; elytra with a well marked

costae, nearly entire C’ouesii.

Scutellum transversely carinate; elytral costa feeble and not entire.

(‘aval UN.

Elytra not costate and without pubescent spots, hind angles of thora.x not
carinate; scutellum not carinate; la.st ventral truncate.

COIlCillllllN.

17. — Suture between the first two ventrals plainly indicated at the sides; last

ventral serrulate.

Thorax grooved at middle; elytra ornate, wdth pubescent spots ; iiygidium
obtuse H'alNiiigliaiiii.

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Tliorax not grooved : elytra not ornate, with pubescent spots pygidium
subacute |»iil<*liellii!^.

Suture between tbe first two ventrals entirely obliterated at the sides 18.

18. — Scutelluin not carinate ; pygidium feebly carinate It).

Scutellum transversely carinate 20.

19. — Prosternal lobe truncate or emarginate.

Prosternum at tip obtusely rounded ; elytra at tip not distinctly serrulate ;
thorax with deep median impression oboliiiii!^.

Prosternum at tip emarginate; elytra at tip not serrulate; last ventral
feebly serrulate: tboracic depression feeble iniiticii!>i.

Prosternal lobe rounded, the tip squarely truncate ; elytra scarcely serrulate
at tip; no thoracic depression, hind angles feebly carinate.

jacobin II )!«.

20.

21.-

23.

24.—

20.-

-Elytra with pubescent spaces 21.

Elytra without pubescent spaces : prosternal lobe truncate, or feebly emar-
ginate; claws of front tarsi of male nearly bifid |>olitu!^.

-Prosternal lobe deeply emarginate 22.

Prosternal lobe entire falla.Y.

First joint of hind tarsi longer than half the tibia; legs and antenuai
slender obMoletogiitlatiis.

First joint of hind tarsi not as long as half the tibia; legs and antennse of
usual form 23.

-Hind angles of thorax sharply carinate, the median thoracic depressions
feeble scitiilii»i.

Hind angles of thorax without trace of carina, disc convex, without de-
pression ; entire apical third of elytra with whitish pubescence.

oriiatiiliiK.

Hind angles of thorax not carinate, disc convex, without depression ; elytra
with an indistinct subsutural vitta ; second and third ventral seg-
ments slightly prolonged at middle over the following segments.
Pi. viii, figs. 21, 22 TeiitraliM.

Hind angles of thorax not all carinate 25.

Hind angles of thorax distinctly carinate 28.

Upper surface with pubescent spots or simces 26.

Upper surface without juibescent spaces 27.

-Thoi'ax convex, with at most a feeble median depression, sides scarcely

explanate.

Thorax simply punctate, no median depression, sides clothed with white
pubescence; on each elytron a white vitte blamliis.

Thorax very roughly strigose, a feeble median impression, not pubescent
at sides; elytra with three faint spots each side abjeotiis.

Thorax slightly depressed, the sides slightly explanate, surface distantly
strigose, a moderately deep and broad median impression ; elytral
pubescence forming a distinct design i^iiboiiict iim.

27. — Elytra vaguely costate ; thorax transversely strigose and punctate; lower
angle of eye acute ; scutellum carinate liiitilliiM.

Elytra not at all costate; thorax very obliquely strigose, with a reticulate
appearance, not punctate; lower angle of eye rounded, scutellum
not ca ri na te a b*i» t oi’M ii<!«.

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28. — Lateral marginal line of the thorax, as seen from the side, sinuous ; elytra
more or less ornate, with pubescent spots (except in some addendus).

PI. viii. fig. 9 29.

Lateral margin of thorax straight, deflexed only in front ; elytra without

pubescent spots. PI. viii, fig. 10 33.

29. — Front more or less concave and very distinctly impressed 30.

Front convex, not impressed.

Prosternal lobe deeply emarginate fjoC'oiitei.

Prosternal lobe entire, rounded or obtuse.

Thorax transversely strigose ; elytral pubescence forming a design.

abdiiotiiN.

Thorax finely and very obliquely strigose, shining; elytra spotted as
in fallax ]>alina(‘olli<«.

30. — Elytra vaguely channeled, the groove densely punctured and with a pu-

bescence forming a not dense vitta fbli.v.

Elytra not channeled, the pubescence arranged in three spots as in fallax..3l.

31. — Pygidium carinate in both sexes

Pygidium not carinate 32.

32. — Head not roughly sculptured, punctate, the punctures forming strigfe ; color

feneo-cupreous, as in many politus floi’iilaiiii!^.

Head roughly strigose, more pubescent and opaque, color dull bronze, as in
fallax addend

33. — First two ventral segments of male conspicuoinsly channeled and pubes-

cent: the median line of body in male pubescent laeustrii^.

First two ventral segments of male flat or feebly channeled, not pubes-
cent 34.

34. — Antenn® slender, joints longer than wide egeims.

Antenn® shorter, the serrate joints wider than long 35.

35. — Posterior border of hind coxal plate bisinuate, the outer free angle acute

and somewhat prolonged ; disc of thorax not transversely depressed ;
j)rosternal lobe not emarginate.

Head coarsely punctate; thorax without median depression; prosternal

lobe rounded iiiiboili«<».

Head verj^ indistinctly punctate in both sexes ; thorax with feeble median
groove; prosternal lobe truncate or feebly emarginate. ...abdifiis.
Posterior border of hind coxal plate rectilinearly truncate, the free angle
rectangular and not prolonged ; disc of prothorax transversely de-
pre.ssed posteriorly; prosternal lobe emarginate 1 1 ii!^.

In order that there may be no misunderstanding, the species de-
scribed by Say have been thought worthy of S[)ecial reference, so
that some previous erroneous determinations may be corrected.

For convenience the species will he given in the order described,
and reference made to “ The com[)lete writings of Thos. Say on the
Entomology of North America,” edited by John L. LeConte, M.D.,
under the abbreviated title, ” edit. Lee.”

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Buprestis bilineata, vol. i, p. 386. In vol. ii, p. 596, is correctly attributed to
Weber.

Buprestis arcuata, vol. i, p. .387. -\gain referred to vol. ii, p. 596. Subse-
quently described as forquatus Lee.

Buprestis polita, vol. i, p. 387 ; vol. ii, p. 596.

Buprestis pusilla, vol. i, p. 383; vol. ii, p. 596. For this the name parvus
Sauud. was unnecessarily suggested.

Buprestis lateralis, vol. ii. p. 103. also p. 596. This species was not identified
by LeConte. The name Sayi Saund. was unnecessarily suggested for it.
Buprestis granulata, vol. ii, p. 104. The description of this species was
amended on p 596. Was at one time supposed to be quadriguttatus Gory.
Buprestis geminata, vol. ii, pp. 105 and -595, is the female of otiostis. See
remarks below.

Agrilus ruflcollis, Fab. vol. ii, p. 595. From this time Say calls all the species
Agrilus.

Agrilus geminatus, vol. ii, p. .595; see above.

Agrilus politus, vol. ii, p. 596 ; see above.

Agrilus arcuatus, vol. ii, p. 596 ; see above.

Agrilus granulatus, vol. ii, p. 596; see above.

Agrilus bilineatus Weber, vol. ii, p. 596; see aliove.

Agrilus lateralis, vol. ii, p. 596; see above.

Agrilus pusillus, vol. ii, p. 596; see above.

Agrilus fallax, vol. ii, p. 596.

Agrilus putillus, vol. ii, p. 597, was unknown to LeConte.

Agrilus otiosus, vol. ii, p. 597. This is clearly the male of geminata, described
about thirteen years previously, but as the more recent name has been
adopted, and in general use everywhere, it has been retained for the species.
As Say described both, and as one or the other must be a synonym, it seems
to matter but little which one is suppressed.

.4. (liflioilis Gory. — Form elongate, piceous, with a faint greenish or cupre-
ous surface lustre. Antennae piceous, slightly bronzed, reaching beyond the
middle of the thorax, serrate from the fourth joint; front flat, closely coarsely
punctate, obsoletely bituberculate and with short pubescence, occiput slightly
impressed. Thorax broader than long, slightly narrowed at base, sides slightly
arcuate, the marginal line from the side slightly sinuous, disc convex, a feeble
oblique lateral concavity, a faint ante-scutellar depression, surface rather finely
transversely strigose, punctate at apex, hind angles with a rather strong arcuate
cariuji ; scutellum transversely carinate ; elytra narrow, scarcely dilated behind
the middle, apices rounded and serrulate, basal fovea rather feeble, disc convex,
with faint costa, the surface punctate, but not close, becoming imbricate near the
apex; body beneath with more decided metallic lustre ; prosternal lobe rounded,
with an acute emargination at middle, the inter-coxal process broad, parallel and
obtuse at tip ; prosternal pleurm punctate and pubescent, meso- and metasternum
at sides more densely punctate and similarly j)ubescent, along the middle much
smoother; ventral segments along the middle sparsely punctate, first segment at
sides densely punctate, .strigose; the second, third and fourth segments with a
more densely punctate spot conspicuously pube.scent, the vertical portions of all
the segments pubescent in front ; pygidium coarsely sparsely punctate, with a
median carina not jirojecting ; claws similar on all the feet. Length .36 — .52
inch. ; 9—13 mm.

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Male. — Front flatter, more densely, but more finely pnncfate,
nsually greenish in color; prosternnm densely punctate along the
middle with (piite fine, sub-erect, silken pul)escence ; metasternum
convex ; ventral segments similar in the sexes, not impressed.

Female. — Front more coarsely punctate, color more or less cupre-
ous; prosternum rather coarsely, not closely punctate, not pubescent.

Variations. — The only variations noted are those of size and color,
which do not change the aspect of the species in any great degree.

Of the habits of this species nothing has been recorded. This is
one of the larger species in our fauna, although several exceed it in
size.

The claws are cleft, and with the lower portion incurved, as re-
(piired in the group, although less incurved than usual, so that the
])oints are (piite distant. This divergence from the tyjie of the group
is the more marked in the male, the claws of the other sex being
nearly contiguous.

Hab. — Occurs in the Mississippi Valley from IMissouri to Texas.

A. 11. sp. — Form robust, obscure seneous, opaque. Autenuae short,

serrate from the fourth joint, slightly cupreous; head densely coarsely punctate,
slightly strigose on the occiput, lougitudiiially impressed from the occiput to the
clypeus. Thorax broader tlian long, slightly narrowed in front, sides straight,
arcuate near the front, lateral line not sinuous, base slightly broader than the
humeri, a moderately deep impression behind the front angles, which is entirely
lateral, median line rather broadly and deeply concave, hind angles not carinate
% , obsoletely carinate 9 ; surface coarsely, closely and irregularly strigose, the
intervals between the ridges punctate; elytra broadest at base, scarcely dilated
behind the middle, apices separately rounded, .scarcely serrulate, basal depres-
sions almost obliterated, disc rather flat, vaguely concave along the middle of
each side ; surface densely granulate, strigose ; body beneath similar in color, but
very obtuse, intercoxal process rather broad, parallel and very obtuse at apex,
propleiiraj coarsely punctate, slightly strigose; abdomen finely punctate at mid-
dle, more densely and roughly at the sides, the lateral marginal line entirely
obliterated on the first two segments; x)ygidium jninctate, indistinctly carinate;
claws similar on all the feet. Length .36 inch. ; 9 mm.

Male. — Prosternnm densely punctate and rugulose sparsely, finely
pubescent. Ventral segments not impressed.

Female. — Unknown.

The two specimens before me show no variation.

The entire obliteration of the marginal line on the first two ventral
segments is a character not observed elsewhere in our species.

In form and general appearance this species resembles obolinns,
which is also remarkable in having the marginal line of the abdomen
faintly indicated on the first segment.

llab. — Texas, ])robably near the lower Rio Grande.

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A. !'«i!«*cii»Oiiiiis Gory. — Head and thorax cupreous, elytra black, opaque.
Anteuufe piceous with brassy lustre, nearly attaining the hind angles of the
thorax, serrate from the fourth joint; head rather deeply concave from the oc-
ciput to the clypeus, closely coarsely punctate, slightly pubescent; across the
base of the clypeus a slight cariua, and above each antennal fossa a rather deep
groove. Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, sides irregularly arcuate, lateral
marginal line sinuous, disc irregularly convex ; a broad, vague, lateral depression,
median line rather broadly concave, slightly interrupted at middle, hind angles
not carinate ; surface with short, transverse, rather coarse strigse. with granulate
aspect at the sides; scutellum transversely carinate; elytra with slight post-
humeral sinuation, behind which there is a slight broadening; apices rounded,
minutely serrulate, basal depressions moderate, disc slightly flattened; surface
closely, acutely granulate; body beneath more shining than above, olive-bronze,
the sides of the sterna cupreous; prosternum rather broad between the coxae,
parallel, the apex obtuse, the lobe short and obtuse, propleurte coarsely punctate,
slightly strigose; metasternum coarsely punctate at middle, becoming strigose at
the sides; abdomen rather coarsely and closely punctate, becoming strigose on
the sides of the first two segments, the vertical portion of the segments sparsely
golden pubescent their entire length ; pygidium coarsely punctate, indistinctly
carinate ; claws similar on all the feet in both .sexes. Length .40 — .,50 inch. ; 10 —
12.5 mm.

Male. — Prosternum densely punctate and pubescent along the
middle ; metasternum convex ; first ventral segment slightly de-
pre.ssed at middle posteriorly.

Female. — Prosternum more sparsely punctate and not ])uhescent,
first ventral segment convex at middle, le.ss closely punctate in the
male.

Variations:. — So few specimens have been collected that hut little
variation has been observed. The thorax is entirely cupreous, the
median line more golden, and on each side of this is a longitudinal
space of darker color, which varies in its intensity of color and
extent.

Of its habits nothing is known.

Hab. — Tennessee and Georgia.

.V. riitirollis Fab. — Black, or blue-black; head and thorax usually bright
cupreous. Autennse black, serrate from the fourth joint, the serrate joints as
wide as long; occiput rather deei)ly impressed, the line extending to the base
of clypeus, occiput .somewhat strigose, front simply punctate. Thorax broader
than long, apex slightly wider than base, sides regularly arcuate, disc convex, a
moderately deep, oblique lateral depression ; another, feeble, in front of scutellum ;
surface, in a general manner, transversely strigose ; hind angles without trace
of Carina in either sex; margin, viewed laterally, strongly .sinuous ; scutellum
transversely carinate; elytra slightly sinuate behind the humeri, a little broad-
ened behind the middle, nearly entirely concealing the sides of the abdomen
from above, apices separately rounded, distinctly serrulate; disc flat, a basal
depression on each side; surface closely subgranulate, o])aque, without trace of

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costfe ; body beneath piceous black, witli faint bronze surface, shininfi; proster-
nuni obtusely lobed in front with deep transverse impression, the process gr.ad-
ually narrowed, acute at apex ; surface coarsely punctate, more rugose posteriorly ;
metasternum granulate; abdomen granulate at base, the sculpture becoming
rapidly liner toward apex, where the segment is finely or sparsely punctate;
pygidium carinate, the carina projecting in a spine; the vertical portion of the
ventral segments punctate and sparsely pubescent; claws similar on all the feet
in both sexes. Length .22 — .28 inch.; 5. .5— 7 mm.

Male. — Front more deeply impressed, less coarsely jninctate ; elytra
not wider at the post-median expansion tlian at the humeri ; proster-
num more coarsely punctate, metasternum slightly concave ; first
ventral segment concave along the middle, the second segment rather
deeply grooved for three-fourths its length, the groove smooth.

Female. — Front flatter, more closely punctate, less deejily grooved ;
elytra wider at the })osterior dilatation than at the humeri ; proster-
nuin more spansely punctate, metasternum convex ; first two ventral
segments not grooved, the surface smoother than in the male.

Variations. — The normal and most common form has the head and
thorax of bright cupreous color, the elytra black, .sometimes with
a slight tinge of blue. The color of the head and thorax is, at times,
quite brassy shading gradually to green. Specimens more rarely
occur with these j)arts quite black, although with more gloss than
the elytra. In all other characters excepting size, the species is re-
markably constant.

Habits. — The larva of this insect feeds in the stems of Blackberry
and Raspberry, emerging in the early Summer. An excellent article
illustrating the injuries done, together with a figure of the larva, will
be found in “ Insects Injurious to Fruits,” by Wm. Saunders (J. B.
Lippincott Company).

Hab. — Occurs from Canada and the New England States south-
ward to Virginia and westward to Missouri.

A. lateralis Say. — Form of ruficollis. Head and thorax cuiireous; elytra
black, with slight feneous lustre. Anteniire piceous, slightly bronzed, scarcely
attaining the middle of the thorax, serrate from the fourth joint ; head imjiressed
from the occiput to the clypeus, less deeply than in ruficollis. entire head rather
coarsely and closely punctate. Thorax broader than long, not narrowed at base,
sides moderately strongly arcuate, slightly explanate posteriorly, lateral edge
slightly sinuous, hind angles with a slight tuberosity 'J, , or subcarinate J ; disc
moderately convex, a vague median depre.ssion divided in two portions, a mod-
erately deep oblique lateral depression ; surface transversely strigose, siibgranu-
late at middle in front; scutellum transversely carinate, less distinctly in % ;
elytra with a slight posthnmeral sinuation, behind which there is a slight dila-
tation ; basal depressions W'ell marked, ajiices rounded, not distinctly serrulate.

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disc moderately convex, without trace of costa; surface densely granulate, but
less opaque than in ruficolUs ; body beneath piceous with teneous lustre; proster-
nal lobe slightly eniarginate, the intercoxal process gradually narrowed, the tips
acute; pro- and nietapleurae closely punctate, not pubescent; abdomen moder-
ately closely punctate, more finely along the middle, niore coarsely and roughly
at the side of the first segment ; pygidium coarsely punctate, carinate, the carina
ju'ojecting at tip; claws similar on all the feet in both sexes, the lower portion
of the cleft more nearly contiguous in the female. Length .25 — .28 inch.; 6.25
— 7 mm.

Male. — Pmsteriumi coarsely, not closely punctate, without jtubes-
cence ; first ventral segment slightly depressed along the middle,
second with a deep, smooth groove extending more than half its
length.

Feiaale. — Prosternum less punctate, smoother ; first two ventral
segments simple.

Four specimens have afforded the above description. Another
specimen in Mr. Ulke’s collection is of somewhat larger size, and
with more even thorax, seems to belong here, although the discovery
of the male may prove it distinct.

This species greatly resembles ruficolUs, but may be distinguished
by the less deeply impressed head and the presence of either a slight
evidence, or a distinct carina, in the hind angles of the thorax. The
sexual characters of the two are practically identical ; several other
species have also some resemblance, but these have no pygidial spine.

HabiU — The wood in which the larva lives is not known, but the
imago has been taken on foliage of Poplar sprouts (Blanch. Ent.
Am. V, p. o2, under the name auxins).

Hab. — Massachusetts (Blanchard), New Jersey (Liebeck), New
Mexico (Ulke), Illinois (Dury), Missouri (Say).

.4. otioKiis Say. — Form slender, sometimes linear in the male, stouter in the
female, usually dull greenish, sometimes slightly cupreous. Antennae usually
bluish, extending nearly to the hind angles of the thorax, a little shorter in the
female, joints all longer than wide, serrate from the fourth joint; head viewed
from above slightly convex, with a very slight occipital impression, front rather
flat, coarsely and closely punctate, occiput faintly strigose. Thorax a little wider
than long, slightly narrowed at base in the male, sides feebly arcuate, but more
distinctly in the female, lateral edge straight , or feebly sinuous hind an-
gles obtusely or indistinctly carinate , or usually with a well defined carina 9 ,
disc convex, an oblique lateral depression and on the median line two depres-
sions, the posterior the larger; surface transversely strigose, with fine punctures
between; scutellum transversely carinate; elytra slightly sinuate behind the
middle, entii-ely concealing the abdomen from above, apices separately rounded,
finely serrulate, elytra with a vague costa from the humeri behind the middle,
between which the elytra are slightly flattened, and behind the middle the su-

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tiiral edge is slightly elevated ; basal depressions distinct; surface with a densely
imbricate sculpture; body beneath usually bluish, more shining than above;
prosternal lobe obtuse, vaguely emarginate, the intercoxal process gradually nar-
rowed and acute at tip, propleui'se scabrous or subgranulate ; metasternum coarsely
punctate ; abdomen punctate, more sparsely along the middle, quite coarsely along
the side, the first segment quite rough ; pygidium coarsely punctate, indistinctly
carinate; tarsi slender, the first joint of the hind tarsi nearly half as long as
thetibiic; (daws similar on all the feet in both sexes. Length .16 — .22 inch.;
4 — 5.5 mm.

J/a/e. — Form more slender, sometimes tilmost linear; front flatter,
more densely punctured ; hind angles of thorax less distinctly cari-
nate ; prosternum densely, finely punctate, finely pubescent, the pu-
bescence usually extending along the median line of the body to the
end of the second ventral segment ; first two ventral segments vaguely
sulcate on the median line. Inner apical angle of all the tihiie
spiniform and incurved.

Female. — Form stouter, usually with more evident leneous surface
lustre ; front slightly more convex, more coarsely, but less closely
punctate, the occipital impression extending slightly downward ; hind
angles of thorax (piite distinctly carinate ; prosternum much more
sparsely |)unctate, not hairy ; first two ventral .segments not im-
]>ressed and with smoother scul])ture.

Variations. — The most striking structural variation is the hind
angles of the thorax. The sexual variation has already been re-
corded, but s])ecimens are before me as completely deprived of carina
as any species in our fauna, not only males but females also. The
smaller and less developed males have the ventral sexual characters
less pronounced, so that the pubescence along the median line be-
comes less distinct and the sulcus of the first two ventral segments
almost entirely disappears. The color variations are not great, the
males, however, are in a great part dull bluish, while the females are
slightly greenish or cupreous.

As this is a common and well known species, much space has been
given to its description as a means of comparison for other species.
Say’s A. geminaius is undoubtedly the female (T this, suhsecpiently
described by him as otiosus. The former name has priority by sev-
eral years, but the latter name is retained from its having acquired
general acceptance, and from the fact that both belong to the same
author and no injustice is done. This is clearly one of those cases
in which the law of priority should yield to that of convenience.

Habits. — Feeding on Oak shrubs (Blanch. Ent. Am. v, p. 32). I
think it has been reared from Hickory twigs by Dr. LeConte.

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Hab. — Canada and New England States ; westward to Kansas ;
soutliward to Texas.

A. defectii!^ Lee. — Form and coloi-s of oiiosus. Autennie attaining tlie mid-
dle of the thorax, the joints scarcely longer than wide, serrate from the fourth
joint; head slightly convex, with scarcely a trace of occipital impression, front
and occiput punctate. Thorax wider than long, not) narrower at base, sides
arcuate from apex to base, hind angles obsoletely carinate in both sexes, lateral
margin very nearly straight, disc convex, a vague oblique depression at the sides,
two dei)ressions on the median line, but feebler than in otiosus : surface trans-
versely strigose, the grooves punctate, more distinctly than in otiosus ; scutellum
transversely carinate ; elytra sinuate behind the humeri with the post-median
dilatation concealing the abdomen, apices rounded, finely serrulate, disc with
scarcely a trace of costa, the sutural border elevated behind the middle, basal
depressions feeble ; surface imbricately sculptured, but smoother near apex ; body
beneath more shining, dull bluish green ; prosternal lobe obtuse, vaguely emar-
ginate, the intercoxal process gradually narrowed and acute at tip, propleura?
moderately closely punctate; metasternum not closely imbricate. Abdomen
sparsely punctate along the middle, a little more closely at the sides; pygidiuin
coarsely sparsely punctate, feebly carinate; tarsi slender, as in otiosus; claws
similar on all the feet. Length .16— .18 inch.; 4 — 4.5 mm.

Male. — Front more opaque and finely punctate; prosternuni
coarsely, not clo.sely punctate, rather opaque. First two ventral
segments faintly grooved, but not pubescent ; last ventral truncate,
with a marginal fringe of hairs, curved and directed downward.
Inner apical angle of all the tibiae s])iniform, slightly incurved.

Female. — Front more shining and more evidently punctate ; pros-
ternum more shining. First two ventrals not grooved, last ventral
oval at tip, not fimbriate.

Of the habits of this species I have no information. The only
variations observed are those of color as in otiosus, the females rather
more brassy.

There can be very little doubt that this species was originally in-
stituted to contain all the small specimens of otio.ms in which the
Carina of the hind angles of the thorax is nearly or (piite Avanting.
An examination of the series showed, however, that, abstracting the
true otiosus, there remained specimens, one of which bore the type
label, which clearly indicated a distinct species. They were, how-
ever, females. A few days later Mr. Blanchard gave me a male,
which was clearly a mate for the type. As might be inferred from
the preceding i-emarks, the sjiecies very closely resembles small or
starved specimens of otiosus. There need be no ditficulty, whatever,
in separating the males from any Agrilus in our fauna, but the fe-
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present species the median line of the abdomen is very smooth, almost
without punctures. In fact, the entire abdomen is less sculptured
than usual. When once a male is obtained there will be no great
difficulty in separating the female from otiosiis.

It is evident that LeConte had before him a male of this species
which he mistook for the male of laeu.st7'i.s, but I failed to find the
specimen at present associated with that species, and discovered that
it had been removed and placed with the present species either by
himself, or later by Crotch.

Hub. — Massachusetts (Blanchard); also near Philadelphia.

A. criiiicoriiis n. sp.--Forra slender, as in otiosus, color olive-bronze with
a slight bluish tinge at the sides, slightly shining. Antennse slender, bluish,
passing the hind angles of the thorax, joints all longer than wide, serrate from
the fourth joint, fimbriate on the posterior side with comparatively long, sparsely
placed hairs; front rather fiat, a slight occipital depression, subopaque, sparsely
punctate, occiput faintly strigose. Thorax wider than long, slightly narrowed
at base, sides arcuate, margin slightly sinuous, hind angles not at all or very
feebly carinate, disc moderately convex, a deep oblique lateral and two me<lian
depressions as in otiosus; surface indistinctly transver.sely strigose on the disc
with intervening punctures, at .sides in front punctate; scutellum transversely
carinate ; elytra sinuate behind the hunjeri, slightly broadened behind the mid-
dle, apices very obtuse, serrulate, disc with a vague costa, the intervening space
slightly flattened, sutural edge elevated behind the middle, basal depressions
moderate, surface closely imbricately sculptured, rougher near the base; body
beneath more shining than above, blue; prosternal lobe obtuse, vaguely emar-
giuate, the intercoxal pro<'ess gradually narrowed, acute at tip, propleurfe opaque,
.scabrous; metasternum more roughly scabrous. Abdomen sparsely, finely punc-
tate at middle, more coarsely at the sides ; pygidium coarsely punctate, not at all
carinate; tarsi slender, claws similar 0!i all the feet. Length .17 inch. ; 4.25 mm.

Male. — Front snbopaque, alutaceous, sparsely ]mnctate ; pro.ster-
num rather flat, opaque, sparsely punctate, not pubescent ; first two
ventral segments rather flat, not grooved nor pubescent ; inner apical
angle of the tibite spiniform and slightly incurved.

While closely related to otiosus, the male gives evidence that the
species is quite distinct. Females have not, with certainty, been
separated, consequently it is not po.ssible to assert that the pilosity
of the anteniue is peculiar to the male.* The anteniue are certainly
longer and more slender than any species in the vicinity of otiosus.

Hub. — Massachusetts (Blanchard), Pennsylvania (Liebeck), Illi-
nois (Strumberg), Virginia (Ulke).

■■■ Since the above was written females have been obtained having the antennae
similarly pilose.

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A. iiiasciiliiiU!^ 11. sp. — Form rather slender, but more robust than otiosvs,
color dull green or slightly brassy, feebly shining. Antennre greenish, serrate
from the fourth joint, these longer than wide, tip reaching the hind angles of
the thorax; head slightly convex, a very feeble occipital impression, more dis-
tinct in the female, front densely punctate, occiput slightly strigose. Thorax
wider than long, slightty narrowed at base, sides in front arcuate, a slight sinua-
tion posteriorly, lateral margin sinuate, hind angles with a sharply defined carina
in both sexes, disc convex ; an oblique, but not deep impression at the sides, two
depressions on the median line as in otiosus, but much less distinct; surface not
coarsely transversely strigose, with fine punctures on the intervals; scutellum
transversely carinate ; elytra slightly sinuate behind the humeri, then somewhat
dilated, concealing the abdomen, apices rather obtusely rounded, finely serrulate,
disc with a vague costa on each side, the intervening space rather flat, sutural
margin elevated behind the middle, basal depressions shallow, surface closely
imbricately sculptured; body beneath more .shining than above ; prosternal lobe
obtuse, broadly and rather deeply emarginate, the intercoxal process gradually
narrowed, acute »t tip, propleurse closely punctate ; metasternum at sides densely
submuricately sculptured. Abdomen closely punctate, and on the first two seg-
ments denser and submuricate ; pygidium sparsely punctate, indistinctly carinate ;
hind tarsi slender, as long as the tibiae, the first joint as long as the four fol-
lowing ; claws similar on all the feet in both sexes. Length .24 inch. ; 6 mm.

Male. — Front flatter, more opaque and more densely punctured,
usually greenish ; prosternum with a space in front densely covered
with short erect pubescence, the intercoxal jirocess smoother, with a
median longitudinal elevation. First two ventral segments flattened,
or vaguely concave along the median line, not pubescent. Inner
apical angle of the front and middle tibiae spiniform and incurved,
posterior tibiae simple.

Female. — Front more convex, more coarsely and less densely jiunc-
tate, usually brassy ; prosternum not hairy, the intercoxal process
flat. Abdomen not impressed, and less roughly sculptured.

Of the habits of this species I have no information. The four
specimens examined show no variation beyond that given in the
detailed description.

It is highly probable that this species is mixed with otiosus in those
collections possessing it. In fact, so great is the superficial resem-
blance that with ordinary compaiTson they could not be separated.
The males are, however, easily separated by the pubescent area at
the front of the prosternum. The median subcariniform elevation
of the intercoxal process bifurcates about the middle of the sternum
like a broad letter Y, and in the bifurcation behind the emargina-
tion of the lobe the jnibescent area is placed. The females, if I have
correctly separated them, are not so easily distinguished from the
larger females of otiosus, Imt I observe that in both sexes the elytra

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are much more obtuse at apex than in that species, and the sutural
angle rather better defined.

llab. — Canada, New York and Illinois. The two supposed females
are from Mt. Tom and Tyngshoro, Mass., and were collected by Mr.
Blanchard, wlio separated them as not being fully in accord with
normal females of otiosvs.

\. aroiiufiis Say. — Moderately elongate, not more robust than ruficoUis ;
head and thorax brassy, cupreous, or slightly greenish ; elytra varying from
dark olivaceous to bright brassy or cupreous. AnteniiiB ])iceous, slightly bronzed,
passing the middle of the thorax, seri-ate from the fourth joint ; front moderately
impressed from the occiput nearly to the base of the clypeus; surface coarsely,
moderately closely i)unctate, somewhat strigose on the occiput. Thorax one-
fourth wider than long, not narrowed at base: sides regularly arcuate, the mar-
gin slightly sinuous, disc convex, the median line with an anterior and posterior
depression, an oblique depression at the side nearly reaching the median line;
surface transversely sti igose, with punctures in the depre.ssions and more numer-
ous near the apex, hind angles with an arcuate carina, rather sharp or obtuse
'J, ; elytra slightly sinuate behind the humeri and dilated behind the middle,
nearly concealing the abdomen, apices separately rounded, finely serrulate, disc
slightly flattened at middle, basal depressions moderately deep, sutural ridge
elevated behind the middle; surface rather densely imbricate, but not opaque;
body beneath usually cupreous ; prosternal lobe broadly emarginate, the inter-
coxal jtrocess gradually narrowed, acute at tij), proplenrpe scabrous, slightly stri-
gose; metaste.ru um coarsely pnnctate-strigose. Abdomen moderately finely
punctate, imu-e coarsely at tbe sides of the first two segments; pygidium coarsely
punctate, not carinate. Length .20 — .36 inch. ; 5 — 9 mm.

Male. — Front flatter and more nsnally greenisli, the impression
less defined; prosternum closely itunctate and slightly pubescent;
metasternum longitudinally impressed ; first ventral segment slightly
flattened, not hairy ; anterior and middle tibite with a slight mucro
at the inner apex, the posterior simple.

Female. — Head more convex, the frontal impression dee|)er and
sometimes bifurcate near the clypeus, color copj^ery or brassy ; pro-
sternum more shining, less closely punctate, not hairy ; metasternum
feebly impre.ssed ; abdomen simple ; tibio3 not mucronate.

Variations. — 'fhe variations of this species are so pronounced that,
with a limited series, three species might be indicated, as has in fact
been done. The.se are as follows :

Var. torquatus Lee. — Head and thorax brassy, or slightly coppery
or greenish, elytra dark olivaceous.

This form is widely distributed : Massachusetts, ^Michigan, Mon-
tana, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Pennsylvania. Thei'e is often a
great resemldance between some of the smaller females of this and

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the larger females of oUo.'ius, and at present I am unable to give any
positive means of separating them, except the experience gained in
handling large numbers of specimens.

Yar. f if If/ ens Lee. — A little more shining than normal.

Var. coryli Horn. — Color uniformly bright brassy.

This form occurs in Massachusetts, Illinois, Missouri, Florida.

Var. obliquus Lee. — Color uniformly coppery.

The type of this form, as remarked by Crotch, is founded on a large
female ; in fact, all the specimens I have seen are of that sex. These
resemble some of the forms of poliius, but the structure of the claws
will separate them.

Habitft. — The only information possessed of the habits of this spe-
cies concerns the var. coryli, which lives on the Hazel (Corylus) ac-
cording to Mr. Blanchard (Ent. Am. v, p. 32).

Hub. — Massachusetts to South Carolina, westward to Kansas and
Montana.

A. ciiprieolliN Gory.— Form o? riificollis ; I)lack, siihopaque ; head and tho-
rax brassy or cupreous, as in ruficoUis. Antenufe black, slightly bronzed, .scarcely
reaching the middle of the thorax, serrate from the fourth joint, joints 4-10 as
wide as long ; occiput very deeply impressed, front not impressed, surface coarsely
punctate, sparsely on the front, more closely on the vertex. Thorax broader
tban long, not narrowed posteriorly, sides feebly arcuate, the marginal line
strongly sinuous, liind angles with an obtuse elevation ; disc convex, with a me-
dian. rather sharp impression posteriorly, broadly transversely impre.ssed in front,
at sides a deep oblique impression almost reaching the dorsum, surface coarsely
transversely strigose. without punctures; scutellum transversely carinate ; elytra
very feebly sinuate behind the humeri and with a feeble posterior broadening,
the abdomen concealed, apices separately rounded, serrulate, disc slightly flat-
tened with very feeble trace of costa, the sutin-al edge slightly elevated behind
the middle, basal depressions not deep; surface closely finely granulate; body
beneath black, slightly violaceous; prosternal lobe bi'oadly emarginate, intercoxal
process gradually narrowed, acute at tip; propleurte finely scabrous, ojiaque;
metasternum at sides roughly scabrous, somewhat strigose. Abdomen tran-s-
versely strigose with line punctures along the edge of the strigte, smoother along
the middle and at apex than at the sides; pygidium coarsely punctate, not cari-
nate; claws similar on all feet. Length .20 inch. ; 5 mm.

Male. — Prostenmm opaque, sparsely punctate, with short pubes-
cence, ventral segments not impressed nor flattened. IMetasternum
longitudinally impresed. Anterior tibite with an extremely feeble
incurved mucro at tip, middle and hind tibite siinjile.

Female. — LI n k n o w n .

So closely does this species resemble raficollis, that at first glance
it might readily be supposed to belong to that species. They are

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easily separable by the fact that tbe former lias a well marked j)ro-
jecting Carina, while this has not. The occipital impression gives
the appearance from above of a bilobed head, and the impression
does not extend downward on the front, while in rnficollis the occiput
is rather concave and the impression reaches the clypeus.

Occurs in Florida at St. Augustine.

•\. aiij^elicus ii. sp. — Form rather robust, as in muticus ; color brassy, mod-
erately shining. AuteuiiEe piceoiis, bronzed, not reaching the middle of the
thora.x, serrate from the fourth joint. Head slightly convex, a finely impressed
line from the occiput to the clypeus, surface finely, not closely strigose, sparsely
punctate, clypeus much broader at base than long at middle. Tliorax broader
long, base and apex equal, sides arcuate in front, sinuate behind the middle,
hind angles rectangular with a short, acute, straight carina, disc convex, a vague
median depression, another broad depression at the sides; surface transversely,
not coarsely strigose with intermediate sparse punctures; scutellum not trans-
versely carinate ; elytra distinctly sinuate behind the humeri and broader bebind
the middle, the apices separately rounded and very feebly serrulate ; disc convex,
without trace of costae, the basal depressions moderate, surface rather finely im-
bricately sculptured ; body beneath more shining than above; prosternal lobe
obtuse, broadly but feebly emarginate, the intercoxal process gradually narrow-
ing, the apex acute, propleurae with reticulate sculpture; metasternum coarsely
punctate, reticulate. Abdomen finely punctate-strigose at middle, a little more
coarsely at the sides, the first segment but little more rugose; pygidium coarsely
punctate, feebly carinate ; claws similar on all the feet. Length .25inch.: 6.5 mm.

The only specimens seen are females, and sliow no secondary sexual
characters. The lower appendage of the claws is less incurved than
usual, reaching the form seen in difficilis. Should the form of claws
induce one to place it elsewhere, it would be placed in the series near
muticus, from any of which it will be known by the acute prosternum.

One specimen collected by Mr. D. W. Coquillett near Los Angeles ;
Sta. Cruz ^Mountains, Cal. (Nat. Mus.)

A. iiiacer Lee. — Elongate, cupreo-aeneous, feebly shining. Antennae piceous,
with brassy lustre, nearly reaching the middle of the thorax, serrate from the
fourth joint; front flat, or slightly concave; occiput feebly impressed, the line
extending to the middle of the front, surface rather uneven, densely coarsely
punctate, slightly strigose on the occiput, a well marked transverse ridge at the
base of the clypeus. Thorax nearly a third wider than long, very slightly nar-
rowed at base, sides feebly arcuate, margin slightly sinuate, hind angles rectan-
gular, the carina well marked and directed internally, disc convex, a vague me-
dian depression near the base, lateral depression broad, but not deep ; surface not
deeply transversely strigose, punctate between the strig*, near the sides and
front angles more densely strigoso-punctate ; elytra narrowed from the base with
a very feeble post-median broadening, the ajiices rounded, rather strongly ser-
rate, disc with a well marked costa extending from the humeri nearly to apex,
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thirds to base, basal depressions shallow, surface punctate-granulate, rather
densely between the costie, more sparsely at the sides; body beneath similar in
color; prosternal lobe broadly emarginate, the interc.oxal process broad with
parallel sides, very abruptly narrowed at the apex, where it enters the meta-
sternum; propleurie closely punctate, finely fulvo-pubescent ; metasternum at
sides very densely punctured and subopaque, finely pubescent. Abdomen
densely punctured at the sides, especially in front, rather sparsely along the
median line ; last segment very obtuse, subtruncate, the vertical portion of the
segments rather densely fulvo-pubescent; pygidium carinate, the carina pro-
jecting and emarginate at tip ; claws divaricate, broadly toothed at base. Length
.35 — .58 inch. ; 9 —15 mm.

Male. — Front slightly concave ; scutelluni scarcely visibly carinate.
Prosternntn densely punctate and slightly pubescent along the mid-
dle. Ventral segments simple; anterior tibite feebly mucronate.

Female. — Front flat, but irregular; scutellum distinctly carinate ;
prosternum not densely punctate nor hairy ; tibiae simple.

No variation worthy of note has been observed in this species.

In the original description the scutellum is said to be not carinate,
but this proves in this instance to be merely a sexual peculiarity, as
it is quite certain that Dr. LeConte had a male before him.

No difficulty need be experienced in recognizing this species, as it
is one of but few having a well defined elytral costa, and for this
reason, especially, seems rather out of place among our species.

Hah. — Texas, at Eagle Pass, and other localities in the southwestern
jiortion of the State.

-4. vittatocollis Eand. — Form generally resembling a ]nr^e rujicoHis ; head
and thorax coppery, subopaque, elytra black, opaque. Anteniipe passing the
middle of the thorax, serrate from the fourth joint, piceons, faintly bronzed ;
front slightly concave, the occiput more deeply impressed, the median impressed
line extending to the base of the clypeus, surface rather closely strigose and
punctate, clothed with golden-yellow pubescence, except near the upper half of
the eye. Thorax fully one-third wider than long, sides rather strongly arcuate,
the margin sinuate, disc convex, with a median shallow imj)ression extending
from base nearly to apex, lateral depressions vague, hind angles not cai-inate.
surface closely strigose, the strigte. oblique in front, transverse near the base, a
median band of golden pubescence extending from the basal to the apical margin,
a l)roader band of similar pubescence adjacent to the lateral margin, the hind
angle, however, not pubescent; scutellum transversely carinate; elytra distinctly
sinuate behind the humeri, broadened behind the middle, nearly concealing the
abdomen, apices rounded, serrulate ; d i.sc slightly flattened, without trace of costse ;
the sutural edge slightly elevated at apical third, basal fovete moderate; surface
densely granulate and opaque; body beneath black, slightly seneous, with very
sparse, fine golden pubescence ; prosternal lobe obtusely truncate, the intercoxal
process broad, very little narrowed, except at apex, where the narrowing is ab-
rupt, at which point the sides are slightly bent downward forming a tooth ; the
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puiictiite iuul strigose. Abdomen finely punctate, sparsely along the median line,
more densely at the sides, especially on the first two segments, which ai-e also
slightly strigose, the vertical portion of the segments densely clothed with golden
])iihescence ; last segment obtuse at tip; pygidium coarsely punctate, rather
strongly carinate, the carina projecting and truncate at tip ; claws dissimilar in
the sexes. Length .31 — .37 inch.; 8 — 9.5 mm.

Male. — Prostennmi densely jtunctured and opaque, not pnltescent.
First ventral segment slightly flattened at tniddle and rugulose, the
second with a very feeble longitudinal depression ; tibiae of all three
pairs distinctly inucronate at the inner apical angle ; claws of front
feet almost truly bifid, middle feet less so, posterior feet nearly toothed.

Female. — Prosternum less densely punctate and more shining.
Ventral segments not impressed ; tibiae not inucronate at tip ; claws
rather broadly toothed on all three jiairs of tarsi.

Among the numerous specimens examined no variation worthy of
mention lias been observed. Jiesemhles fuscipennis, but the color of
the thorax of that species is due to varying color of the surfoce, and
not to the presence of pubescence, as in the present species.

Hab. — Massachusetts, westward to Illinois. A specimen ( 9 ) in
my cabinet from Nevada is at present not sejiarable, but the male
may show it to be distinct when discovered.

.4. audax n. .sp.

The species for which this name is proposed so closely resembles
vittatocullis, that it seems unnecessary to repeat the description, only
the points of diflerence will be given.

Thorax similar iu color, but rather more evidently transversely strigose, the
median line of golden pubescence does not reach the apical margin, the lateral
pubescent area is separated from the margin by a naked edge, hut the pubes-
cence extends to the hind angles; body beneath more brassy, the propleurae,
mesopleurie, metapleurai and outer half of coxal plate with golden pubescence.
Length .35— .40 inch. ; 9 — 10 mm.

Male. — Prosternum closely punctate, not pubescent, the intercoxal
process gradually narrowed without dentiform reflexion of the edge.
First ventral segment slightly flattened at middle, the second with a
rather deep smooth groove, which is wider in front, extending three-
fourths to the posterior edge of the segment; anterior and middle
tibirn feebly inucronate, the posterior simple ; claws nearly as in
vittatocollis.

Female. — Prosternum less closely and deeply punctate. Ventral
segments simple ; tibiie not inucronate ; claws as in vittatocollis.

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for one species to have to another. The males are abundantly dis-
tinct by the ventral charactei’s, but both sexes can be separated from
vittatocollis by the hairy jdeuras and coxal plates.

Hab. — Texas.

A. biliiiesitii!^ Weber. — Black, with sometimes a slightly greenish tinge,
opaque; sides of thorax clothed with yellow pubescence, and a vitta of same
from the humeri three-fourths to the tip of the elytra. Antennae slightly aene-
ous, extending beyond the middle of the thorax, serrate from the fourth joint;
front slightly convex, densely coarsely punctured, occiput impressed, the line
extending to the middle of the front. Thorax one-third wider than long, dis-
tinctly narrower at base, sides nearly straight anteriorly, sinuate near the hind
angles, which are sharply rectangular and not carinate, margin sinuous; disc
convex, a very vague median depression, the lateral oblique impression short;
surface rather finely transver-sely strigoso-punctate, the sides broadly clothed
with golden, rarely whitish pubescence ; scutellum transversely carinate; elytra
sinuate behind the humeri, broadened behind the middle, apices rounded, serru-
late ; di.sc flattened, the basal depressions moderate, sutural edge slightly elevated
at apical third, surface densely granulate and subopaque, with a vitta of yellow
or whitish hairs extending from the basal depression three-fourths to apex ; body
beneath more shining than above and more greenish ; prosternal lobe truncate,
intercoxal process rather broad, gradually narrowed to apex, propleurse granulate,
sparsely pubescent ; meso- and metapleur® and outerside of coxal plates rather
densely pubescent. Abdomen finely and sparsely punctate along the middle and
more densely and coarsely at the sides, the first segment rougher and strigose,
the vertical portions of the segments densely pubescent; pygidium coarsely
punctate, with a strong median carina, which projects at apex ; claws dissimilar
in the sexes. Length .22— .37 inch. ; 5.5 — 9.5 mm.

Male. — Head more or less green, more densely punctate and opaque.
Prosternum densely punctate and subopaque, esjtecially between the
coxte, not pubescent. First ventral segment slightly flattened at
middle, the second with a deep smooth groove ; anterior tibite slightlv
mucronate at apex, the others sinq)le ; anterior and middle claws
almost truly bifid, the posterior claws with a slender, acute tooth.

Female. — Head more convex, less densely punctured, more shining,
with lirassy or cuj)reous lustre. Prosternum more shining, less densely
punctured. Ventral segments simple; tibiie not mucronate ; claws
with a slender acute tooth on all the feet.

Variations. — The hair forming the lateral space of the thorax and
the vittie on the elytra is usually golden-yellow in color, but speci-
mens often occur with hair quite white with intermediate shades.
jNIore rarely specimens occur without any pubescent markings above,
the absence of hair not being due to abrasion, as might be suspected,
but seems to be the result of starved development, as all the speci-
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Habits. — Not rare on Oak foliage, logs, stumps, etc., July ; INIas-sa-
cliusetts (Blanchard, “ Ent. Am.” v, p. 32). Taken on White Oak,
June (Tolman, ‘‘ Insect Life,” i, p. 343).

I[(ib. — Occurs from Maine westward to the Rocky Mountains, and
south to Texas.

.4. gran 111 at us Say. — Form rather slender, color bra.ssy bronze, each ely-
tron with three indistinct pubescent spots — basal, median and ante-apical, the
first often wanting. Antennte slender, nearly reaching the hind angles of the
thorax, serrate from the fourth joint, slightly greenish ; front rather flat, occiput
with a linear impression extending to the middle of the front; surface coarsely
closely punctate, occiput slightly strigose. Thorax wider than long, scarcely
narrowed at base, sides regularly arcuate, lateral margin faintly sinuous, disc
convex with three depressions, the one larger in front of scutellum, the two
others in front on each side of middle less distinct, or even absent, the lateral
oblique inqn-ession well marked, hind angles with a well defined, arcuate carina;
surface transversely strigose, punctate in front; scutellum transversely carinate ;
elytra feebly sinuate behind the humeri, slightly broadened behind the middle,
apices acute, serrulate; disc slightly flattened at middle, the sutural margin
elevated behind the middle, basal foveas moderate, surface rather coarsely im-
bricate; body beneath darker than above ; prosternal lobe emarginate, the inter-
coxal process rather broad, parallel, acute at tip, the propleurse with the entire
side of body densely clothed with yellowish pubescence. Abdomen not very
closely punctate, the sides of each segment with a more densely punctured spot
clothed with pubescence, the vertical portion of the segments, except the second,
densely imbesceut; pygidium coarsely punctate, with a strong median carina,
which projects at tip; claws dissimilar in the sexes. Length .30 — .35 inch.;
7. .5 — 9 mm.

Male. — Front somewhat greenisli. Prostermim quite densely
punctured between tlie coxte, more sparsely in front; first ventral
segment longitudinally impressed with a smooth median line, second
segment more deeply impressed, the impression smooth and extending
nearly to the suture; anterior and middle tihiie feebly nuicronate,
the posterior simple ; anterior and middle claws almost bifid, being
cleft at the tip, posterior claws broadly toothed.

Female. — Front cupreous. Prosternuin coarsely jiunctured be-

tween the coxie, much smoother in front Ventral segments simple ;
tibim sinqile; claws broadly, but acutely toothed on all the feet.

Variations. — In all well preserved specimens there will be obsei'ved
a line of pubescence extending from the front angles of the thorax
to the base, passing inside of the carina. The pubescent spots of the
elytra are at most faint, and are easily removed by abrasion, but their
position is always indicated by a small and more densely punctured
area. The three discal impressions of the thorax are variable. The

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position is always distinct, but the two in front may escape observa-
tion.

Of the habits of this insect nothing is certainly known. Care
must be taken not to confound small specimens of this with ohlongo-
guttatm (mterruptus) or fallax, but neither of the.se has the pygidial
spine.

It is quite clear that this is the species Say had before him from
his remarks in the original description, and a subsequent note (vide
edit. Lee. ii, pp. 104 and 596). LeConte, in his “ Revision,” p. 245,
admits both granulatus and quadriguttatus, but it is very clear that
he has used the female as his type of the former and a male for the
latter.

Hub. — New England States westward to IMissouri.

iievadeiisis n. sp. — Form elongate, elytra very acute at ape.v, piceous.
subopaejue, with feeble violaceous lustre beneath. Antennse nearly attaining the
hind angles of the thorax, with bronze lustre, serrate from the fourth joint;
front feebly convex, a moderately impresed line extending from the occiput to
middle of front, surface closely punctate, a vague fovea each side of middle.
Thorax uearly a half wider than long, sides arcuate with a slight sinuation near
the hiud angles, these with a strong arcuate carina, disc convex, with a broad,
but vague median impression consisting of an anterior and posterior division,
lateral depression shallow, surface comparatively smooth each side of middle,
some vague strigse posteriorly and punctate near apex, at sides densely punctate;
scutellum not transversely carinate ; elytra scarcely sinuate behind the humeri,
without post-median dilatation, the sides of the abdomen exposed, apices sepa-
rately acute and somewhat prolonged, serrulate, disc slightly flattened at middle,
a vague costa on each side and three depressions, which are slightly pubescent;
basal, median and one-third from apex, surface vaguely not closely imbricate,
less closely than in cavatus ; prosternum closely punctate, the lobe distinctly
emarginate, intercoxal process gradually narrowed, acute at tip, propleurse closely
punctate, scabrous, sparsely pubescent; metasternum at middle comparatively
smooth, at sides closely punctate and slightly strigose. Abdomen nearly smooth
at middle, very sparsely punctate at sides, even on the first two segments, very
sparsely pubescent, the vertical portion of segments sparsely pubescent ; pygidium
coarsely punctate, with a median carina, which projects rather strongly at apex.
Length .40 inch. ; 10 mm.

Male. — U nkno wn .

Female. — Tiltite not mucronate, claws similar on all the feet, cleft
posteriorly to the tip, the lower portion forming an acute tooth.

This species is totally unlike any other in our fauna from the acute
and somewhat prolonged elytra. Its general form is not very unlike
macer. It will be known, however, among the species with projecting
carina by its feeble sculpture, the presence of the three pubescent

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s])ots (altliongh these are uot very distinct) and the comparatively
smooth abdomen without conspicuous jnibescence.

Hah. — Western Nevada (Morrison).

A. iii v('i vditri^ n. sp. — Form rather more slender than politus ; color
bright coppery, with the thorax slightly brassy, varying to olivaceo cupreous.
Antenna? ieneous, attaining the middle of the thorax, serrate from the fourth
joint. Head feebly convex, a slight median impressed line from the occiput to
the middle of the front, the latter densely punctate, occiput slightly strigose.
Thorax one-third wider than long, sides regularly arcuate, lateral margin slightly
sinuate, hind angles with a strong, arcuate carina, disc convex, with a vague
median depression composed of an anterior and a posterior depression, lateral
dej)ression feel>le; surface transversely strigose, with punctures between the
strigse; in some specimens the striga? are very feehle; scutellum transversely
carinate; elytra sinuate behind the humeri, slightly broadened behind the mid-
dle, apices separately rounded, finely serrulate, disc slightly flattened at middle
with an extremely vague costa; surface with imbricate sculpture, less close and
more shining than in politus, with three indistinct pubescent spots, often merely
indicated by a slightly denser punctuation, these spots placed as in nevadensis ;
prosternum densely punctured, the lobe acutely emarginate at middle, the inter-
coxal proce.ss i)arallel, acute at tip, propleurse densely punctured with consiiicuous
whitish pubescence; metasternum at sides densely |ninctate and transversely
sti’igose, pubescent as in the propleurpe. Abdomen sparsely punctate at middle,
more densely at the sides and finely strigose, especially on the first two segments,
vertical portions of the segments densely white jiubescent; pygidium coarsely
punctured with a strong median carina, projecting at apex. Length .25 — .37
inch. ; 6.5 — 9.5 mm.

Male. — Front slightly flatter; tibise not distinctly inncronate;
claws cleft one-third from apex, forming an achte tooth ; first ventral
segment flattened at middle, the second with a slightly depressed,
smooth space at anterior half of middle.

Female. — Front slightly convex ; tibite not inncronate; claws cleft
at middle, forming an acute tooth. Ventral segments convex at
middle, the first much smoother than on the male.

VariatioiU. — The color variation has been referred to. In many
specimens there is on each side of the median line, nearer the front,
a fovea which is as often absent. In very carefully collected speci-
mens the sides of the thorax above have a white efflorescence, and
the body beneath, at sides, seems very densely pubescent, owing to
the efflore.scence between the hairs. This is, however, so easily lost,
one might readily suppose two specimens to be distinct species which
had been unecpially handled in collecting.

The three jnibescent spots on the elytra are, at best, very feeble,
and some care must be used in their observation.

Habits. — Nothing is known to me.

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Hub. — Western Nevada ; Los Angeles, Cal., and Arizona, near
Ynina.

.4. pensile n. sp. — Foraiof arcuatiis ; color slightly cupreous, feebly shiiiiug.
Anteunse rather slenrter, passing the middle of the thorax, slightly greenish,
serrate from the fourth joint. Head feebly convex, occi{)ut slightly impressed,
the line extending to the middle of the front, the front coarsely and closely
puuctate, occiput less closely. Thorax broader than long, not narrower at base,
sides regularly arcuate, lateral margin sinuate, hind angles with a fine, short
Carina; disc convex, but irregular, a vague depression in the front and base of
the median line, sometimes a fovea on each side; lateral oblique impressions
distinct, but short; surface vaguely transversely sirigose and punctate; elytra
slightly sinuate behind the humeri, and a little broadened behind the middle
apices subacute and serrulate, disc slightly flattened, the sutural edge elevated
from the middle to the apex ; surface imbricate, more closely at a])ical third and
in the basal foveae, which are modei'ately deep ; body beneath similar in color to
the upper surface, but more shining; prosternal lobe feebly emarginate at mid-
dle, the intercoxal process moderately broad, acute behind the coxae, the pro-
pleurae grauulate-imbricate, sparsely pubescent; metasternum at sides roughly
imbricate. Abdomen finely punctate, very sparsely at middle, more closely at
the sides, the first segment finely strigose, the outer surface including the ver-
tical portion of the segments finely and sparsely pubescent; last ventral segment
very obtuse or truncate ; pygidium coarsely punctate, with a strong carina, w'hich
projects at tip ; claws dissimilar. Length .30 — .32 inch.; 7.5 — 8 mm.

Male. — Front more or less greenish. Prosternuin roughly punc-
tured, more sparsely in front, not pubescent ; first ventral segment
flattened at middle, the second with a smooth but not deep gi-oove
extending two-thirds the length of the segment; anterior tibite feebly
mucronate, middle and posterior tibiie simple ; claws of front tarsi
cleft close to apex, almost bifid, middle or hind claws broadly toothed.

Female. — Front cupreous, and somewhat more convex. Proster-
num but little smoother than the male. Ventral segments simple;
tibise not mucronate; claws broadly toothed on all the feet.

The six specimens before me show no variation. In its general
appearance the species greatly resembles some of the forms of politus.

From the species which seem most closely related to this (anxms
and Blanchardi) the present differs primarily in color, this being
cupreous, they olivaceous. Color characters are, however, not greatly
to be regarded, as great variations do occur. On the male sexual
characters it is better to place more reliance, as these are far more
constant.

Hab. — Massachusetts (Blanchard ).

A. Blaiieliardi n. sp. -Form moderately robust, olivaceous bronze, sub-
opaque. Antennse scarcely passing the middle of the thorax, serrate from the
fourth joint, surface bronzed. Head rather flat, occiput highly impressed, the

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line extending to the middle of front; surface closely punctate, more densely in
male. Thorax one-third wider than long, not narrowed at base, sides regularly
arcuate, margin sinuous, hind angles with a strong arcuate carina in both sexes,
disc convex, with a median shallow depression formed by two fovese, on each
side of middle usually a smaller fovea, lateral depression moderately deep, but
short; surface finely transversely strigose with fine punctures between; scutel-
lum transversely carinate ; elytra slightly sinuate behind the humeri, slightly
broadened behind the middle, apices subacutely rounded, serrulate, disc some-
what flattened with a vague costa, the sutural margin elevated behind the
middle, basal depressions moderately deep; surface rather densely imbricate-
granulate; body beneath more shining than above; prosternal lobe subtruncate,
intercoxal process moderately broad, acute at tip, proplenrse granulate, finely
pubescent; metasternum at sides roughly transversely strigoSe. Abdomen finely
])unctate, s]>arse along the middle, closer along the sides and dense at the side of
the first segment; vertical portions of the segments finely pubescent, apical
segment truncate; pygidium coarsely punctured and with a median carina pro-
jecting strongly at apex ; claws dissimilar on the feet. Length .35 inch. ; 9 mm.

Male. — Prosternum densely punctured between the coxse, more
sparsely in front; surface not pubescent; first and second ventral
segments each with a deep, smooth median groove, that on the second
segment extending nearly to the suture posteriorly ; anterior tibite
very distinctly mucronate, middle less distinctly, posterior tibiie sim-
ple ; claws of middle and anterior tarsi cleft so close to the tip as to
seem bifid, posterior claws broadly toothed at base.

Female. — This sex has not, with certainty, been found among my
specimens. It probably differs from the male in the manner usual
in the group.

In well preserved specimens of this species the underside of the
body is more or less clothed along the side with a whitish efflores-
cence, whereby the pubescence is made more evident, and apparently
more dense.

This species closely resembles pensus and auxins, so that it will be
difficult to separate the females, especially from the latter, but the
ventral characters of the male will enable it to be at once recognized.

Hab. — Lake Superior region. New York, Massachusetts.

A. Gory. — Form moderately robust, olivaceous bronze, suhopaque.

Autemiae attaining the middle of the thorax, serrate from the fourth joint,
slightly bronzed ; front rather flat, occiput slightly impressed, the line scarcely
reaching the middle of the front; surface roughly punctured, somewhat stri-
gose. Thorax wider than long, not narrowed at base, sides regularlj" arcuate,
margin sinuous, hind angles with a strong arcuate carina in both sexes, disc
convex, a vague median depression conij)osed of two parts, on each side often a
small fovea, lateral depression moderate, surface indistinctly transversely stri-
goso-punctate ; scutellum transversely carinate; elytra slightly sinuate behind
the humeri, a little broader behind the middle, apices subacute, serrulate; disc

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sliglitly flattened with a vague costa, sutural edge elevated behind the middle,
basal depre-ssions moderate, surface closely imbricate-granulate ; body beneath
more shining than above and more greenish ; pi'osternal lobe distinctly emar-
ginate at middle, the intercoxal process moderately broad, acute at tip, propleurse
not closely punctate, very little pubescent, sides of metasternum densely, not
coarsely, asperate. Abdomen moderately closely punctate, less so at middle,
dense at sides of first segment; last segment truncate, vertical portion of ventral
segments sparsely ptibescent; pygidium coarsely punctate, the median carina
produced at apex; claws dissimilar on the feet. Length .30 — .45 inch. ; 7.5 —
11.5 mm.

Male. — Front more densely punctured, usually greenish. Proster-
nnni densely punctured between the coxse, more sparsely in front,
not hairy ; fir.st ventral segment vaguely depressed along its middle,
but not smooth, the second with a smooth, deep impression extending
two-thirds to the suture; anterior tibise feebly mucronate, middle
and posterior tibite simple; claws of anterior and middle feet cleft
at apex, apparently bifid, posterior claws cleft near base, forming a
short, acute tooth.

Female. — Head somewhat' cupreous, less densely punctate. Ven-
tral segments simple; tibiie not mucronate; claws broadly toothed
at basal half. ■

The color of this species is remarkably constant, varying but little
from olivaceous, becoming but slightly green or plumbeous, resem-
bling closely both pensus and Blanchardi, from either of which ref-
erence must be had to the male characters for separation, although
the carina of the hind angles of the thorax is, in both sexes, stronger
and more arcuate than in any species related here. In my cabinet
a male specimen from an unknown locality agrees in all particulars,
except that the hind claws have the same form as on the middle and
front feet, and the angular carina is much less distinct. While it
may represent a different species, it seems preferable to allow it to
pass with mere mention.

A careful examination of the types of torpidus and gravis })rove
them identical with the present species. Both were founded on
female specimens.

Hab. — Massachusetts and New Hampshire; westward to Colorado.

.4, itciitipeiiiiis Mann. — Form moderately robu.st, color variable from blue,
or blue-black to olivaceous; surface feebly sbining. Anteuiife slightly passing
tbe middle of tbe tborax, bluisb or greenisb. serrate from tbe fourtb joint.
Head densely coarsely puii(;tured. front ratber flat, with a vague crescentic de-
]iression, occiput ratber concave, tbe median iinpre.ssed line extending to tbe
middle of tbe front. Tborax one-fourtb wider than long, not narrowed at base.

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sides arcuate, lateral margin sinuate, hind angles not at all, or only %’ery obtusely
carinate ; disc convex, with a vague median depression divided at middle, usually
on each side a fovea, lateral depression well marked; surface transversely stri-
gose, but not coarsely, with finer punctures in the intervals; scutellum trans-
versely carinate; elytra sinuate behind the humeri, slightly broadened behind
the middle, apices suhacutely rounded, serrulate, disc flattened at middle, some-
times with a vague costa, basal fovea moderate, suture elevated behind the mid-
dle, surface densely imhri cate-granulate ; body beneath more shining than above ;
prostenial lobe snhtruucate, vaguely emarginate, intercoxal j)rocess broad, nearly
])arallel, acute at tip, vaguely impressed longitudinally, propleurse densely punc-
tate and rather densely clothed with whitish pubescence, sides of metasternum,
metapleuraj and outer side of coxal plates densely punctate and with whitish
pubescence. Abdomen moderately closely punctate, at sides of first ventral
strigose, last segment oval at tip, vertical portion of the ventral segments densely
clothed with whitish pubescence, except sometimes on the second segment; py-
gidium coarsely punctate, the median carina prolonged at apex ; claws variable
on the feet. Length .32 — .40 inch.; 8 — 10 mm.

Male. — Front less irregular, the median impression well defined,
but with feeble traces of oblique depressions; anterior and middle
tibite feebly mucronate, posterior tibiae simple ; claws of anterior and
middle tarsi cleft very near the apex, nearly bifid, posterior claws
acutely cleft, but less close to apex ; first ventral segment convex at
middle, the second with a deep, smooth, abruptly formed groove ex-
tending from the finst suture more than half to the second.

Female. — Front more irregular, the median groove less sharply
defined, the oblique depressions more evident ; tibiae not mucronate ;
claws similar on all the feet, cleft behind the apex, forming an acute
tooth. Ventral segments convex at middle, not grooved.

Variaiiona. — Two well marked varieties may be indicated based
on color, between which there are, however, distinct intermediates.

Var. acutipennis Mann. — Color deep blue, becoming blue-black in
one direction, or slightly olivaceous in the other.

This form is usual in the more southern regions, although my
darkest specimen is from Massachusetts, as well as that intermediate
between the blue form and the next variety.

Var. . — Color olivaceous, the thorax somewhat brassy.

This variety seems confined to the more northern regions of the
country ; in fact, all I have seen are from Massachusetts.

Habits. — j\Ir. Blanchard states that he has taken the acutipennis
form on the foliage of Oak shrubs, the other on foliage of Poplar
si)routs. These observations do not give any positive indication of
the wood into which they bore.

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While I have united the two forms with some reluctance I will
admit that I have been unable to find any structural character sepa-
rating them. The extremes are quite distinct in color, but the inter-
mediates form a complete union.

Hah. — Massachusetts to Kansas, Florida and Texas.

C'oiiosii Lee. — Elongate, somewhat depre.s.sed, slightly concave on the
dorsal line when viewed laterally, color golden-green, moderately shining, sides
of thorax and elytral vitte piibescent. Antennse rather short, not attaining the
middle of the thorax, feneous, serrate from the fourth joint. Head broadly
concave, more deeply impressed along the middle, a tubercle each side of middle
of front, a rather deep transverse groove above the base of clypeus, between the
antennal fovea, surface very coarsely punctate, occiput slightly strigose. Thorax
one-third wider than long, slightly narrowed at base, sides feebly arcuate, mar-
gin sinuous, hind angles rectangular, with a slight obtuse elevation in the male
and a feeble carina in the female; disc moderately convex, with a broad and
rather deep groove extending from base to apex, sides obliquely depressed, sur-
face punctate and rather coarsely strigose, except on a space each side of median
groove, broadly clothed with yellowish white pubescence at sides: scutellum not
transversely carinate: elytra slightly sinuate behind the humeri, feebly broad-
ened behind the middle, apices obtusely rounded, serrulate, disc comewhat flat-
tened. with a very well defined costa extending from the humeri very nearly to
apex, in latter region slightly sinuous ; surface pubescent, but forming a distinct
vitta within each costa, extending from the feeble basal depression to apex and
near the latter region twice interrupted, punctuation dense and fine between the
cost*, coarser exterior to them ; body beneath more shining than above; proster-
uum sparsely punctate in both sexes, the lobe emarginate, iutercoxal process
broad, obtusely pointed at apex, propleui-* densely punctate, somewhat strigose.
distinctly pubescent; metasternum at middle sparsely punctate, at sides more
densely and finely and with the episterna and outer half of coxal plate pubes-
cent. Abdomen very sparsely punctate at middle, first and second segments with
a densely punctured and pubescent stripe at a distance from the lateral margin,
the next three segments with a pubescent triangular spot at sides, the lateral
marginal line on the first two segments indistinct and sinuous, the vertical por-
tions of the segments densely pubescent; pygidium with a feeble carina, which
does not project ; claws cleft, forming a broad tooth in both sexes. Length .38 —
.44 inch. ; 10- 11 mm.

Sexual characters. — The sexes are differentiated with some difficulty.
I observe that the male has the dorsum less depressed and the carina
of the hind angles merely a feeble elevation.

Very few specimens have been seen, and no variations observed.

This species and cavatus are of an entirely different facies from the
remainder of our species, being of the type more commonly observed
in Mexico. It has been supjiosed to be identical with perkicklns
Gory, an opinion which Crotch thought not well founded.

Occurs in Arizona and southern New Mexico (Snow).

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A. eavatiiK Cbcv.— Elon<;ate, much narrowed posteriorly, cupreous or cu-
preo-ff*ueous. sliiuing; elytra with pubescent spaces. .Auteuuie jeneous, attaiiiiuK
the middle of the thorax, serrate from the fourth joint. Head deeply excavated,
forming two tubercular elevations at lower inner border of eye, a deep transverse
depression above the base of clypeus, surface coarsely not closely ))uuctaie'
Thorax nearly a half wider than long, slightly wider at base than apex, sides
feebly arcuate, margin sinuate, hind angles rectangular, with a slight tuberosity
replacing the carina. disc convex, with a deep oval depression widest posteriorly,
lateral depressions moderately deep, surface punctate and transversely strigose;
scutellum transversely carinate; elytra parallel for a short distance behind the
humeri, then slightly sinuate and gradually narrowed to apex, apices rounded and
serrate, disc slightly depressed with a vague costa extending from the humerus
two thirds to apex, less distinct in the female, basal dejtression moderate, surface
not closely punctate, somewhat imbricate at the sides, a sparsely pubescent vitta
from the humeral depression two-thirds to apex, a small spot posteriorly ; body
l)eneath more brassy than above ; prosternum sparsely punctate, the lobe rounded,
intercoxal process rather broad, obtusely pointed at apex, propleurse more closely
punctate, strigose and sparsely pubescent ; metasternum sparsely punctate, the
episternuin and outer half of coxal plate densely pubescent. Abdomen sparsely
punctate.'somewhat strigose on the sides of the first two segments, third segment
with a densely pubescent spot at side ; vertical portion of the segments densely
pubescent, except the second ; pygidium coarsely punctate, the carina not pro-
jecting. Length .36 — .,56 inch. ; 9 — 14.5 mm.

Sexual characters. — The males may be known by their smaller size,
more slender form, the abdomen less dilated beyond the sides of the
elytra, the elytral costa better defined, and the tuberosity in the hind
angles of the thorax less so. There are no ventral characters. The
claws are cleft quite near the tip, forming an acute tooth in the front
and middle claws, more broadly toothed on the posterior. The tibite
are not mucronate. The female claws do not differ.

Variations. — When carefully collected specimens are at hand the
elytral vitta extends from the humerus two-thirds to apex, forming
at its end a denser spot, on each side there is a short pubescent vitta
opposite the end of the former and a short distance in the front of
the apex a small pubescent spot. By abrasion the greater ]>art of
the vitta is often lost, and there then remains a basal spot, the denser
end of the vitta and the ante-apical spot.

Hab — Southwestern Texas, extending well into Mexico.

.A. coiieiiiiiii^ n. sp.— Form somewluit resembling ?uacer, but more obtuse
posteriorly, thorax more or less cupreous, elytra bicolored, the outer side brassy
green, the middle on each side of suture dull olive-bronze, almost black. An-
tennae attaiuiug the middle of the thorax, piceous, slightly bronzed, serrate from
the fourth joint, the serrate joints wider than long. Head not deeply concave,
a vague median depression and a feeble transverse depression slightly above the
middle of the front, surface not closely punctate, vaguely strigose, more evi-

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dently strigose on the vertex. Thorax one-third wider than long, slightly nar-
rowed at base, sides in front very feebly arcuate, thence nearly straight to hind
angles, which are rectangular and without trace of carina, lateral margin slightly
sinuous, disc feebly convex, a rather deep elongate oval median depression,
widest near base, lateral oblique depressions moderate, color cupreous, the sides
aeneous, surface closely punctate, scarcely at all strigose, the sides with a broad
hand of yellowish pubescence covering the brassy margin ; scutelluin not cari-
nate; elytra feebly sinuate at the sides, very slightly broadened behind the
middle, apices rounded and minutely serrulate, disc depressed, vaguely channeled
each side of suture, color dark olive-bronze or nearly black in the channel,
brassy at the sides, surface punctate and feebly imbricate: body beneath piceous,
slightly asueous, metasternum slightly cupi-eous; prosternal lobe deeply emar-
giuate, with a deep transverse depression, intercoxal process bi'oad, acutely oval
at tip, propleurre roughly strigose; metasternum at sides transversely strigose.
Abdomen sparsely finely punctate, somewhat strigose at the sides of the first
segment, vertical portions of the segments densely pubescent ; last ventral seg-
ment truncate and feebly emarginate ; pygidium sparsely punctate, not carinate ;
claws broadly toothed. Length .50 inch.; 12.5 mm.

In the five specimens examined no sexual differences have been
observed.

Tlie posterior tibite have a form wliich has not been observed in
any other of our species. Near the apex the tibia is rather abruptly
narrowed. The fringe of short bristly hairs which is observed along
the posterior edge of the tibise in all the species in a varying degree
is here present, but ends abruptly at the point at which the tibia is
narrowed.

The facies of this sjiecies is so unlike the style of those of our
fauna, that 1 remained for some time in doubt as to the correctness
of the locality. Recently, however, a specimen has been sent me
from the National Museum removing all doubts.

Hub. — Georgia, Florida (Nat. Mus.).

.4. Walsiiigliaiiii Crotch. — Moderately elougate, of rather robust facies,
but little narrowed posteriorly, color variable from bluish to cupreous and brassy.
Anteimte short, joints longer than wide, color variable, serrate from the fourth
Joint. Head convex, with a median depression from the occiput, which becomes
broader on the front, a deej) transverse depression at base of clypeus, surface
coarsely and closely punctate. Thorax one-third wider than long, sides feebly
arcuate, lateral margin nearly straight, hind angles rectangular, without trace of
carina; disc convex, with a median depression extending from base to apex,
lateral depressions feeble, surface coarsely moderately closely ])unctate, without
trace of strigosity ; scutelluin very indistinctly carinate ; elytra feebly sinuate
behind the humeri then nearly parallel, narrowed at apical third, apices rounded,
feebly serrate, disc rather convex, basal depressions feeble, on each side two fine
vague costfe extending two-thirds to ajjcx, surface closely imbricately sculptured
and with small white pubescent spots arranged as follows: in the basal depres-
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oiie-fourtli from apex witliin the costa; body beneath more shining than above .
prosternum sparsely punctate, lobe deeply ernarginate. intercoxal process broad,
very obtuse at tip, propleune densely punctate and clothed with white pubes-
cence; metasternum densely punctate at the sides and with the episternum and
coxal plate clothed with white pubescence. Abdomen not closely punctate, ex-
cept at the sides of the first segment, the suture between it and the second w'ell
marked at the sides, segments two to five with a pubescent space at sides placed
transversely, vertical portion of the segments with white pubescence : last seg-
ment serrate at sides near apex; pygidium coarsely punctate, the oarina not
projecting; claw's cleft behind the apex, forming an acute tooth. Length .40 —
.50 inch. ; 10 — 13 mm.

Sexual characters. — Although both sexes are before me, tliere seem
to he no external characters by means of which they can be se})a-
rated, excepting that all the tibite of the male have a short mucro
at tip on tlie inner apical side, while in the female tliey are simple.

Variations. — Beyond the color nothing has been observed. The
pubescent spots may be abraded, although they seem unusually per-
sistent. The smaller spots, jiosterior to the base, form on the elytra
an elongate hexagon.

Hab. — Oregon and northern California ; Boise City, Idaho ; Luna,
N. Mex. ; following the distribution of Melanophila miranda.

A. piileliellilK Bland. — Subcylindrical, moderately robust, dorsum slightly
depressed, head brassy, thorax green, elytra bicolored, the sides cupreo-feneous,
a broad common stripe green or purple. Antenufe rather robust, scarcely at-
taining the middle of the thorax, usually cupreous, serrate from the fourth joint,
the serrate joints wider than long. Head deeply impressed along the median
line, almost bilobed, surface coarsely punctured and somewdiat strigose, clypeus
very narrow between the anteunse, mouth inferior. Thorax quadrate, nearly as
long as w'ide, sides scarcely at all arcuate, margin straight, hind angles rectan-
gular, with a slight elevation, but not truly carinate ; disc convex, with a median
depression variable in form, lateral oblique depression not deep, surface coarsely
strigose, obliquely at the middle of base, transverse in front and at sides; scu-
tellum not carinate; elytra scarcely sinuate at sides, and but feebly broadened
behind the middle, the abdomen distinctly exposed at sides in the female, apices
rounded, feebly serrulate ; disc slightly flattened, not silicate, basal depressions
feeble, surface relatively coarsely and closely granulate-muricate, slightly stri-
gose at the sides; body beneath leneous or cupreous, the entire side broadly
clothed with silvery-white, scale-like hairs, with intermixed efflorescence, except
the met-episternum and tlie posterior angles of the first four ventral segments;
prosternal lobe emarginate, intercoxal process parallel, obtuse at apex ; met-
e]iisternum and hind angles of first four ventral segments roughly granulate-
strigose. .4.bdomen submuricately punctate, not closely, last segment serrulate
at sides; pygidium subacute at apex, the cariua well marked, but not projecting;
claws dissimilar in the se.xes. Length .25 — .36 inch. ; 6.5 — 9 mm.

Male. — Head brightly leneous or cupreous; prosternum closely
punctate and slightly hairy. Ventral segments not impressed ; claws

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of anterior and middle feet cleft close to apex almost bifid, those of
the posterior feet cleft more nearly the middle.

Female. — Head dull cupreous or purplish ; prosternum sparsely
indistinctly punctate, scarcely jiubescent ; claws acutely toothed a
little in front of middle.

In the two females before me the underside is purplish black, in-
cluding the legs, while all the males are brassy.

Variations. — In the males the thorax is green, inclining somewhat
to purplish occasionally, while the two females are deep purple. The
sides of the elytra in both sexes are cupreous, sometimes seneous in
the males, the intermediate space green, varying to purple in the
male, and ])urple in the female.

For this species and one closely allied from Mexico, Mr. Water-
house (Biol. Cent. Am. vol. iii, ])t. 1, p. 50) has suggested the generic
name Eng^jaulus, which he separates from Agrilm by the convex
front, and the mouth consequently more inferior, and the short first
joint of the posterior tarsi. In a study of our species these charac-
ters are shown to have no value, as will be seen by an examination
of the form of the head in the species near which pidchellus is placed
— Walsinghami, obolinus and mntieus. While the first joint of the
hind tarsus is short, it is still equal in length to the next two, so that
when conqiared with these or with the tibia the length is scarcely
less than in very many species before me. From the fact that there
are no valid characters for retaining Engyavlus apart from Agriius
our species is returned to the latter genus.

Hab. — Arizona and Colorado.

A. ol»oliiiii»« Lee. — Facies rather robust, color from seiieo-cupreous to i)liini-
beous, feebly shining, sparsely finely jnibescent. Antenna* short, scarcely attain-
ing the niiddle of thora-x, seneous, serrate from the fourth joint; front concave,
coarsely closely punctured. Thorax very little wider than long, sides feebly
arcuate, margin sinuate, hind angles rectangular without trace of carina, disc
convex, with a median impression extending from base to apex, widest poste-
riorly, lateral oblique depression moderate, surface punctate, rather coarsely not
closely, without strigosity ; scutelluin without trace of transverse carina ; elytra
feebly sinuate behind the humeri, slightly broadened behind the middle, apices
obtuse without serrulation, disc moderately convex, with feeble basal depressions
and two very vague costte on each side, surface moderately closely imbricately
punctate; body beneath scarcely more shining than above; prosternal lobe
broadly emarginate, the intercoxal process broad and very obtuse at lip: pro-
pleurpe coarsely punctate and slightly strigose ; metasternum densely and more
finely punctate, slightly strigose. Abdomen finely putictate, sparsely at middle,
more densely at the sides, especially on the first two segments; last ventral seg-

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ineiit serrate at sides near apex, vertical portion of segments sparsely pubescent;
pygidiuin coarsely i)unctate, the carina not projecting; claws cleft near the tip,
forming a broad tooth. Length .32 — ..36 inch. ; 8 — 9 inm.

Male. — Prosteriiuni rather Hat, densely j)unctate, finely pubescent.

Female. — Prosteriiuni more convex, more sparsely punctate and
shining, not pubescent.

Variations. — Nothing has been observed, except in the color.

The elytra have been described as serrulate, but this is an error
of observation, from the fact that the sides of the last ventral are
rather strongly serrate, a rather unusual character not heretofore
recorded in our species.

Hab. — Kansas, Texas, Arizona and southern California (Ulke).

A. nintieus Lee. — Form rather robust, color ])liimheous, or with slight
bluish lustre. Anteniiffi scarcely attaining the middle of the thorax, piceous,
serrate from the fourth joint; head convex, front alone impressed along the
middle, the surface densely punctate. Thorax nearly square, sides slightly sin-
uous, margin sinuate, hind angles slightly everted and with a feeble straight
carina, disc convex, a vague median depression near the base, lateral depressions
feeble, surface densely punctate with a finely strigose arrangement; elytra sin-
uate behind the humeri, very feebly dilated behind the middle, apices slightly
sinuate, not serrulate, disc slightly flattened, basal depressions feeble, surface
densely, finely, imhricately granulate ; scutellum not transversely carinate ; body
beneath more shining than above; prosternal lobe truncate, or slightly emar-
ginate, intercoxal process broad, slightly broader at apex and emarginate; pro-
pleurse and sides of metasternum densely punctate, the latter slightly strigose.
Abdomen finely not closely punctate, more closely at the sides and on the first
segment, vertical portion of segments pubescent, but not conspicuously; last
segment very finely serrulate at sides near apex ; pygidium punctate, indistinctly
carinate at middle; claws cleft, the lower portion forming an acute tooth. Length
.28 — .35 inch. ; 7 — 9 mm.

Male. — Prosternum more densely jtunctured and subopaque, pu-
bescent; metasternum flat, first ventral segment vaguely sulcate at
middle, densely punctate, slightly pubescent.

Female. — Prosternum less closely jninctate and less pubescent ;
metasternum less flattened ; fir.st ventral convex at middle.

Variations. — This species seems remarkably constant in form and
color, varying only in size. The carina of the hind angles is at most
feeble and specimens occur without any trace of it.

Hab. — Kansas to Texas.

A. jaeobiims ii. sji. — Form cylindrical, moderately robust iu facies, faintly
cupreous, inclining to plumbeous, subopaque. Anteunse rather short, scarcely
attaining the middle of the thorax, piceous, slightly cupreous, serrate from the
fourth joint; head convex, with a slight median depression from the occiput to

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the clypeus. densely and rather roughly punctate, sparsely pubescent. Thorax
very little wider than long, sides feebly arcuate, margin sinuate, hind angles
rectangular, with a distinct, nearly straight carina, disc convex, without median
dorsal imjiression, lateral depression feeble, surface rather roughly granulately
sculptured: scutellum rather uneven, but without distinct transverse carina:
elytra slightly sinuate behind the humeri, then nearly parallel, gradually nar-
rowed at apical third, apices rounded, indistinctly serrulate, disc slightly flat-
tened with a vague costa each side, between which and the suture the surface, is
somewhat concave, basal depressions very feeble, surface rather densely granu-
late, more finely in the dorsal groove, surface sparsely clothed with short, fine
pubescence, apparently closer in the groove, giving an appearance of a vitta;
body beneath more brassy than above; prosternal lobe rounded, intercoxal pro-
cess broad, with its apex squarely truncate, i)ropleurfe densely granulate-punctate ;
metasternum at sides closely punctate. Abdomen ratber coarsely and moder-
ately closely punctate, very little more densely at the sides, surface sjjarsely
pubescent, vertical portion of the segments s[iarsely pubescent; last segment
finely serrulate at the sides near apex; pygidium coarsely punctate, feebly cari-
nate; claws dissimilar in the sexes. Length .24 — .28 inch.; 6 — 7 mm.

Male. — Prosternum densely punctate and with silken hair, which
extends along the middle of the metasternum ; first two ventral seg-
ments slightly flattened, a little more pubescent along the middle ;
claws cleft close to the apex, almost bifid.

Female. — Prosternum less densely jiunctate and less hairv ; ventral
segments convex at middle ; claws cleft at middle, forming an acute
tooth.

No variations have been observed.

The structural characters of this species will enable it to be readily
))laced among those with more or less serrulate last ventral segment,
non-carinate scutellum, elytra! apex nearly without serrulation and
hind angles of thorax but feebly carinate.

Hab. — San Diego, Cal.

.4. polituft Say. — Moderately elongate, slightly depre.ssed on the dorsum,
color variable from rather bright brassy to cupreous, purplish, plumbeous, bluish
or greenish, moderately shining. Antennse rather short, not reaching the mid-
dle of the thorax, variable in color, serrate from the fourth joint; head slightly
convex, a feeble median depression from the occiput to the middle of the front;
front coarsely granulate, occiput strigo.se. Thorax one-third wader than long,
sides slightly arcuate, margin feebly .sinuate, hind angles feebly carinate in both
sexes, disc convex with two feeble median depressions, one near base and one
STiialler near apex, lateral oblique depression feeble, surface rather coaivsely
transversely strigose, punctate between the strigte ; scutellum transversely cari-
nate ; elytra sinuate behind the humeri, dilated behind the middle, more notably
in the female, slightly sinuate near the apices, which are rounded and serrulate;
disc slightly flattened, sometimes with a very vague costa in the male, basal de-
jn-essions feeble, surface closely iinbricate-granulate ; body beneath more shinitig
than above; prosternal lobe truncate, or vaguely einarginate, intercoxal process

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moderate, acute at tip, propleiiraj densely punctate granulate ; inetaiileurse rugose,
soniewliat strigose. Al)domen finely punctured and finely transversely strigose.
more densely at the sides, especially on the first two segments, vertical portion
of the segments sparsely pubescent; last ventral segment finely serrulate at sides
near the apex: pygidium coarsely punctate, feebly carinate along the middle:
claws dissimilar in the sexes. Length .20 — ..34 inch.; 5 — 8.5 mm.

Male. — Front more densely punctured and flatter; prosternuin
densely punctured, hairy ; claws of anterior and middle feet cleft
near the apex, nearly bifld, posterior claws cleft at middle, forming a
broad tooth.

Female. — Front more shining, more convex ; prosternuin less punc-
tate, with short, sparse hair; claws of all the feet cleft at middle,
forming a tooth.

Variations. — In recent specimens the surface is clothed with a very
tine, short pubescence, which gives them a pruinose aspect, the vast
majority of cabinet specimens have no {luhescence.

The differences of color have given rise to several names which do
not seem to he worthy of retention, even as varietal names inasmuch
as the intergrading of color is so gradual as to render it impossible
to separate them.

A. cupreolm Lee. was founded on a uni(|ue of rather larger size
than usual, jeneo-cupreous in color.

.4. poliius Say, is the more common form of cupreous color.

A. pl'iimbeus Vec. founded on specimens of a dull leaden color;
these intergrade with the cupreous and the green forms.

^1. desertiis || Lee. was founded on a single specimen of smaller
size and more brilliant color than the preceding forms. The sculp-
ture is less dense. These may be either bright brassy, blue or green.

Habits. — This species lives on Willows in whatever part of the
country it is found.

Hab. — Canada and the New England States westward to the Pa-
eifle coast, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and
throughout California. In the Atlantic region it extends as far south
as Maryland, but no specimens have been seen from any of the
southern Atlantic or Gulf States nor from the region south of the
Ohio River.

.4. fstllax Say. — Form moderately elongate, dark olivaceous, sometimes
greenish, each elytron with three small pubescent spots. Anteniiie slender and
long, reaching to the hind angles of the thorax, usually greenish, serrate from
the fourth joint; head rather flat, with a feeble median imjiression from occiput
to clypeus, front granulate and alutaceous, occii>ut slightly strigose. Thorax

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very little wider than lon.s, arcuate in front, slightly sinuate in front of the
hind angles, which are acutely rectangular and with a sharply defined straight
Carina, margin feehly sinuate; disc convex, with a vague median depression pos-
tei'iorly, lateral ohliqne depressions moderate, surface transversely strigose with
fine, distant imnctnres between ; scuteilum transversely carinate ; elytra slightly
sinuate behind the humeri, feehly dilated behind the middle, ajiices rounded
and serrulate, disc slightly flattened with a very vague costa, basal depression
feeble, surface imbricate, on each elytron three round pubescent spots, basal,
ante-median and one-third from apex; body beneath more hi'assy tlian above;
prosternal lobe entire or snhtruncate, intercoxal process gradually narrowed,
acute at apex, itroplenrpe scabrous in sculpture, sparsely pube.scent; metasternum
subgranulate and transver.sely strigose. Abdomen sparsely pui}ctate at middle
and alutaceous, at sides somewhat strigose. vertical portion of the segments
sparsely pubescent; jiygidium coarsely punctate, carinate at middle anteriorly;
claws dissimilar. Length .16 — .24 inch.; 4 — 6 mm.

Male. — Head Hatter, more oitaque and more granulate, usually
green ; prosternum densely punctate and with rather long pubes-
cence ; metasternum Hat, densely punctured ; first two ventral seg-
ments longitudinally impressed at middle, their entire length, sparsely
pubescent ; claws of anterior tarsi cleft very near the apex, nearly
bifid, middle and posterior claws cleft at middle, forming a broad
tooth ; anterior and middle tibire slightly mucronate.

Female. — Head cujireous or bras.sy, less distinctly sculptured, more
convex ; prosternum sparsely punctate, not hairy ; metasternum
slightly convex, simply {)unctate ; first two ventral segments convex
at middle ; claws cleft at middle, forming a broad tooth ; tibife not
mucronate.

Variations. — Slight variations in color will be seen as usual in the
dark species. The median impression of the thorax may consist of
an anterior fovea or a feebly impressed median line.

When the pubescent spots are removed by abrasion, this species,
especially the smaller specimens, greatly resembles egenus, and great
care must be used in separating them, but the serration of the an-
tennae is quite different in the two species.

Of its habits I know nothing.

Hab. — Canada southward to Louisiana and Texas, westward to
Nebraska.

A. obsoletOgiittRtiiS Gory. — Form slender, elongate, color brassy black
or dark olivaceous, feebly shining, each elytron with three pubescent spaces, the
middle one elongate. Antennae slender, passing the middle of the thorax, more
or less aeneous, serrate from the fourth joint; head coarsely punctate, occiput
strigose. front flat, with a depression at its upper part in chevron. Thorax very
little wider than long, slightly narrowed at base, sides feebly arcuate, slightly
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defined, straight carina, margin sinuate, disc conv'ex, a median depression near
the apex, lateral oblique depressions feeble, surface transversely strigose and
punctate between the strigfe ; scutellum transversely carinate; elytra slightly
sinuate behind the humeri, feebly dilated behind the middle, apices rounded and
serrulate, disc slightly depressed, a very vague costa each side, basal depression
moderate, on each side, within the costa, are three t)nbescent spots, OTie at base,
an elongate spot in front of middle, a smaller oval spot one-third from apex,
usually also a small spot exterior to the costa near the end of the middle spot,
surface rather closely imbricate-granulate : body beneath more shining than
above; prosternal lobe rather deeply emarginate, intercoxal process parallel be-
tween the coxjE, acute at tip, propleurse closely punctate; metasternum at sides
densely and rather finely granulate-punctate. Abdomen sparsely finely punc-
tate and alutaceous, a much denser spot of punctuation at the side of the third
segment; suture between the fir.st two segments evident at the sides, vertical
portion of segments not conspicuously pubescent; pygidium coarsely punctate,
carinate at middle; claws cleft near the middle, forming a broad tooth. Length
.'24 — .32 inch. ; 6—8 mm.

Male. — Front usually green, more densely punctate; prosternuin
densely punctured and pubescent, anterior portion of nietasternum
hairy ; anterior and middle tibite distinctly mucronate ; first and
second ventrals rather roughly granulate at middle.

Female. — Front less closely punctate, ajneous or cupreous; jtro-
sternum more shining, not hairy; tibim not mucronate; ventral
segments simply punctate.

Variations. — No variation of moment has been observed. Badly
preserved s|)ecimens are often without spots, but the elongate narrow
form of the insect will make it easily known.’

This species is especially notable in the long slender legs. The
hind tarsi are especially elongate, being longer than the tibia, the
first joint longer than half the tibia.

Habits. — Found on the foliage of Oak shrubs.

Hah. — Massachusetts westward to Illinois, south to N. Carolina.

A. scitiiliiM u. sp. — Form oi fallax ; head aud thorax brassy, elytra dark
olivaceous, with pubescent spots as in ohsoleto-gnttatus. Antennae slender, reach-
ing the hind angles of the thorax, serrate from the fourth joint, more or less
teneous; head viewed from above slightly convex, front with a broad, but shal-
low depression i)unctate aud obliquely strigose, occiput longitudinally strigose,
front beneath pubescent, a transverse carina at base of clypeus. Thorax a little
wider than long, sides irregularly arcuate, hind angles rectangular, with a sharp,
straight carina, margin sinuate, disc coTivex, a faint ante-scutellar depression,
another more faint near the apex, lateral oblique depression moderate, surface
shining, transversely strigose at middle, obliquely at the sides, finely punctate
between the strigse, a narrow pubescent area along the side; scutellum trans-
versely carinate; elytra sinuate behind the humeri and somewhat broadened
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with a vague costa each side, basal depression feeble, surface imbricately sculp-
tured with a pubescent spot in the basal depression, a larger spot behind this not
reaching the middle, exterior to the end of which is a very small spot, one-third
from apex a small I'ound spot; body beneath more shining than above; proster-
nal lobe rather broadly and deeply emarginate, intercoxal process broad, parallel
and with rounded apex, propleurse finelj’ punctate and strigose, sparsely pubes-
cent; metasternum at sides densely punctate and with the outer half of coxal
]>late sparsely pubescent. Abdomen sparsely punctate, more densely at sides of
first two segments and somewhat strigose, with sparsely pubescent spaces on the
first two segments midway between the middle and side and on the third seg-
ment at the side, vertical portion of segments sparsely pubescent; pygidium
coarsely punctate, indistinctly carinate ; claws broadly toothed at middle. Length
.18— .20 inch. ; 4.5 — 5.5 mm.

Male. — Prosternuin densely jumctate, finely pubescent, the pubes-
cence extending on the front of the inetasternuin ; first ventral seg-
ment slightly flattened at middle, not pubescent ; anterior and middle
tihiie distinctly mucronate.

Female. — Unknown.

This species is not especially conspicuous among those with ornate
elytra. With the form of fallax or egenus, the markings, when per-
fect, resemble those of obsoleto-guttatiis, and from any of them the
structural characters either of the antennae, legs or prosternum will
.separate.

Hab. — The few specimens examined were collected by Belfrage in
Texas, probably at Waco.

.4. oruatiilii»$ n. sp. — Form of egemis, but a little stouter, piceous, elytra
somewhat shining, ornamented with pubescent spaces, thorax opaque. Antenna*
attaining the middle of the thorax, piceous, serrate from the fourth joint; head
convex, with a very feeble impression of the occiput, front convex, indistinctly
punctate, smoother at middle. Thorax a little wider than long, sides regularly
arcuate, margin absolutely straight, not deflexed in front, hind angles rectan-
gular^ without trace of carina, disc convex without depressions, merely slightly
concave along the side, surface punctate, obliquely strigose at middle, longitudi-
nally at the sides; scutellum transversely carinate ; elytra sinuate behind the
humeri, broadened behind the middle, apices rather obliquely rounded without
serrulation, disc depressed at middle, a very vague costa each side, basal depres-
sions feeble, surface indistinctly imbricate, slightly strigose at the sides, with
pubescent spaces of sparsely placed silvery white hair in the basal depression, a
transverse band behind these, then a longitudinal band reaching the middle
bending obliquely outward and backward, apical third entirely pubescent, the
anterior edge oblique on each side; body beneath with distinct aeneous lustre;
prosternal lobe broadly and deeply emarginate, intercoxal process slightly broad-
ened behind the coxae and obtuse at apex, propleurae feebly punctate; metaster-
num at sides asperately punctate. Abdomen sparsely finely punctate, a slight
pubescent area at the sides of the third segment, the vertical portions of the

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segments piihescent; pygidimn sparsely punctate, finely (;arinate along the mid-
dle; claws broadly toothed at base. Length .14 inch. ; 3.5 mm.

Sexual characters. — The only points noticed in the nninerons speci-
mens examined are found in the more opafpieand sctmewliat nigulo.se
prosternum of the male, while it is sjiarsely punctate and smoother
in the female.

No variations have been olxserved, the markings .seeming very
constant. In some specimens there will be observed a golden hue
about the margins of the pubescent spaces.

Hab. — Southwestern Texas, no precise locality known.

\, n. sp. — Form oblong, subcylindrical, cupreo-ffineous, moder-

ately shining, elytra with faint siibsutural pubescent vitta. Antennte piceous,
faintly bronzed, attaining the middle of the thora.x. serrate from the fourth
joint; head convex, with a faint median impression from the occijiut to the cly-
peus, coarsely not closely i)unctate. Thorax nearly square, sides feebly arcuate,
margin .straight, deflexed in front, hind angles rectangular, without trace of
Carina, di.sc convex, without depressions either at middle or sides, not concave
along the margin, surface ]mnctate along the middle, vaguely strigose at the
sides ; scutellum indistinctly carinate ; elytra slightly sinuate behind the humeri
and dilated behind the middle, ai>ices rounded, finely serrulate, disc convex, the
basal depressions feeble, surface rather coarsely and roughly imbricate with a
sparsely pubescent subsutural vitta extending from the base iiearly to the apex ;
body beneath seneous; prosternum acutely but not deeply emarginate at mid<lle,
not wide between the coxa, tip not acute, propleurre |)unctate, sparsely pubes-
cent; metasternum at sides transversely strigose, somewhat reticulate in cei tain
lights. Abdomen sparsely punctate, with distant striga* at the sides of the first
two segments, suhreticulate in appearance, the posterior edge of the second, and
to a less degree the third segment, prolonged at middle in a short laminate pro-
ce,ss, which occupies one-third the width of the segment; claws toothed near the
base. Length .13 inch.; 3.5 mm.

Unfortunately, tlie two specinieu.s before me of tins species present
no special characters of a sexual nature. The prosteruum is some-
what rugose and slightly pubescent, and the first ventral roughened
at middle of base, and from these feeble characters they are assumed
to be males.

The most curious character observed is in the v'^entral segments,
and seems unique in the genus. The posterior edge of the second
ventral segment is free and slightly prolonged in an arcuate manner
over the next .segment. The same in a less degree is observed on the
third segment. This may prove to be a male peculiarity.

The sculpture of the disc of thorax viewed in certain lights seems
reticulate, as in some Anthaxia, and the elytral sculpture very
coarse for so small a species.

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111 general appearance the species resembles, somewhat, Taphrocems
agriloides.

Hub. — New Mexico, no ])recise region known.

A. blaiidiiK n. sp. — Rather robust, subcyliiidrical, slightly narrowed behind,
cupreo geneons, sides of thorax with white pubescence, elytra with a vitta from
base to near the apex. Anteniue passing slightly the middle of the thorax,
seneons, serrate from the fifth joint; head slightly convex, a feeble median im-
pression from the occiput to the clypens. the latter broad at base, surface rather
coarsely punctate and obliquely strigose. Thorax a little wider than long, sides
regularly arcuate, slightly sinuate near the hind angles, which are rectangular
and without trace of a carina, lateral margin sinuous, disc convex, without trace
of median sulcus, lateral oblique impression feeble, surface rather closely punc-
tate with feeble obliijue strigse, sides pubescent, more broadly behind ; scutellum
transversely carinate; elytra very slightly sinuate at middle and slightly broad-
ened. apices rounded, serrulate, disc, convex, basal depression feeble, surface
rather coarsely imbricate and with a vitta of whitish pubescence from the base
to the apex close to the suture; body beneath cupreo-teneous ; prosternal lobe
truncate, with a feeble emargination at middle, the inten'.oxal proc^ess narrowed
from base to apex, the tip obtuse, propleurje punctate, with scale-like white hairs
and effloresence ; metasternum at sides irnbricately sculptured and with the
ejiisternum and outer half of coxSl plate clothed with white inibescence. Ab-
domen moderately closely imbricate, more roughly at the sides of the first two
segments, clothed along the sides with whitish pubescence, vertical portion of
first segment with white pubescence; pygidium coarsely punctate, feebly cari-
nate; claws broadly toothed at middle. Length .25 inch. ; 6.5 mm.

Male. — Prostenium coarsely punctured, s[)arsely pubescent ; first
two ventral segments roughly sculptured at middle; anterior tibia
distinctly, middle tibia feebly mucronate, the posterior simple.

Female. — Prosternum less closely punctate, scarcely hairy ; first
two veutral segments simply punctate ; tibite all simple.

Variaiiom. — The three specimens before me seem to have been
collected with care and have a rather dense efflorescence between the
hairs, so that they seem very conspicuous. It is |)robable that speci-
mens collected in alcohol or wet in any way, lose the efflorescence,
and the pubescent spots will appear le.ss distinct. There is no varia-
tion in the specimens examined.

Hab. — Tehachepi, Cal. Collected by H. F. Wickham.

.4. ab, jectiis n. sp. — Subcyliiidrical, slightly narrower behind, dull cupreous,
each elytron with three faint pubescent sjiots. Antennse .scarcely passing the
middle of the thorax, serrate from the fifth joint; head convex, with a broad
depression from occiput to clypens. surface rather coarsely punctate and obliquely
strigose. Thorax fully as long as wide, widest one-third from apex, slightly
narrowed to base, sides feebly arcuate in front, slightly sinuate posteriorly, hind
angles rectangular without trace of carina, margin sinuate, disc convex, with a

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linear median impression, lateral depressions feel)le, the sides not explanate.
surface transversely, rather roughly strigose, with punctures between the strigge ;
scutellum transverselj^ carinate; elytra very feebly sinuate at sides and very
little dilated bebind the middle, apices rounded, serrulate, disc very slightly de-
pressed, basal fovese feeble, surface imbricately sculptured and with three faint
l)ubescent s])ots on each side, one at base, second in front of middle, the last one-
third from a))ex ; body beneath rather more shining than above; prosternal lobe
truncate and broadly emarginate, intercoxal process very little narrowed to apex,
the tip truncate, propleurae punctate and subreticulate ; metasternum at sides
strigose, somewhat reticulate, pubescent at its posterior angle, as is also the outer
si<le of the coxal plate. Abdomen sparsely punctate at middle, the sides of the
first two segments strigose and somewhat reticulate, the vertical portion of first
segment pubescent ; pygidium indistinctly punctate, carinate along the median
line ; claws broadly toothed. Length .24 inch. ; 6 mm.

The male differs from the female in having the prosterniim slightly
more densely punctate and the first two ventral segments more ru-
go.se at middle. Five specimens have been examined, four of which
are in the National Museum.

This species is not conspicuously marked, but among those in which
the antenntc are serrate from the fifth joint it may be known by the
very convex thorax, with feeble median depression, the absence of
angular carina and the feeble j)ube.scent spots of the elytra.

Hah. — Texas, precise locality unknown.

.4. silboiiictiiM Gory. — Form relatively robust, piceous with faint bronze
lustre, more evident on the thorax, elytra ornate with pubescent spaces. Antennge
scarcely reaching the middle of the thorax, piceous, slightly bronzed, strongly
serrate from the fifth joint; head convex, with a median depression from the
occiput to the clypeus, surface relatively coarsely strigose. Thorax wider than
long, sides regularly arcuate, margin sinuate, hind angles rectangular, without
trace of carina, disc convex, with a rather broad but not deep median depression
extending from base to apex, lateral depression well marked, extending toward
the base, surface transversely strigose at middle, obliquely at sides, punctate near
the margin; scutellum transversely carinate; elytra slightly sinuate behind the
humeri, dilated somewhat behind the middle, apices rounded, serrulate, disc
slightly flattened with a vague costa, sutural margin elevated, except at basal
fourth, surface coarsely imbi-icate, somewhat strigose at middle, smoother near
apex, a pubescent space extending from the humeri to the middle, with two in-
terruptions, then turning obliquely outwards, a second oblique baud one fourth
from apex; body beneath more shining than above; prosternal lobe broadly
emarginate. intercoxal process gradually narrowed, acute at apex, propleurte
sparsely punctate; metasternum transversely strigose, somewhat reticulate.
Abdomen very sparsely, indistinctly punctate over its entire surface, vertical
portion of segments not conspicuously pubescent; pygidium sparsely punctate,
not distinctly carinate; claws broadly tootbed at middle. Lengtb .16 — .18 inch.;
4—4.5 mm.

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find any well marked secondary sexual characters. One specimen,
seemingly a male, has the prosternum somewhat more opaque and a
little more pubescent.

Varmtiom. — The usual variations dependent on abrasion must be
expected here as elsewhere. While the vast majority of specimens
have the antennce serrate beginning with the fifth joint, one in my
cabinet begins at the fourth, that is, the fourth joint more nearly
resembles the fifth than the third. Such cases as this must be classed
as abnormalities, and are very confusing to a systematist, or to one
attempting to determine sjiecific names with but little material.

Hab. — Canada to North Carolina, westward to Illinois. It is not
recorded from the New England States, but probably occurs there.

A. piitilliiM Say. — Form nearly of subcinctus ; dark olivaceous bronze, mod-
erately shining. Antennae scarcely attaining the middle of the thorax, piceous,
serrate from the fifth joint; head convex, with a feeble occipital impression,
front s])arsely indistinctly punctate, slightly alntaceous. Thorax one-third wider
than long, sides regularly arcuate, margin sinuous, hind angles rectangular
without trace of carina; disc convex, with a feeble linear median impression,
lateral depressions deep along the side, surface transversely strigose, but more
evidently punctate near the apex; scutellum transversely carinate ; elytra ex-
tremely little sinuate at middle, apices rounded, serrulate ; disc slightly depressed
at middle, a feeble basal fovea, on each side a suhcostiform elevation, between
which and the suture on each side the elytra are vaguely channeled, surface
imbricate, hut not closely; body beneath usually darker, hut more shining than
above; prosterual lobe subtruncate, sometimes feebly emarginate, intercoxal
process relatively broad, obtuse at apex ; propleurae comparatively smooth ;
metasternum at sides rather finely punctate and substrigose. Abdomen sparsely
punctate over the entire surface and faintly alntaceous ; pygidium very indis-
tinctly punctate, not at all carinate; claws broadly toothed at middle. Length
.12 inch. ; 3 mm.

Male. — Front greenish, more opaque and more closely sculptuTed.
Prosternum more closely punctate along the middle and slightly pu-
bescent. Abdomen simple, not roughened at base.

Female. — Front aeneous, more shining and more sparsely punctate.
Prostern u in not pubescent.

Variations. — The color is very constant. The discal cosUr of the
elytra vary considerably in their distinctness, and are sometimes
nearly absent. In the outline of the upper surface, when viewed
laterally, some are nearly straight, others quite arched.

This species is the smallest found in the Atlantic region proper,
and is remarkable in having the lower angle of the eve acute.

Hab. — Canada (Pettit), Illinois, Indiana (Say).

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A. abstoi’KiiH n. sp. — Moderately elongate, siibcylindrieal, narrower bebind,
dark brassy bronze, moderately shining. Antennse piceotis, faintly bronzed,
iittaining the middle of the thorax, serrate from the fifth joint; head convex,
without trace of impression, sparsely indistinctly punctate. Thorax a little
wider than long, slightly narrowed at base, sides feebly arcuate, sliglitly sinuate
in front of the hind angles, which are rectangular and without carina, margin
nearly straight, feebly deflexed in front; disc convex, without impressions, eitlier
median or lateral, surface distantly obliquely strigose, with a reticulate aj>pear-
auce; scutellum not carinate; elytra scarcely sinuate at the sides, the apices
rounded and serrulate; disc convex, without trace of costae, basal dei)ression
feeble, surface imbricate, a little more roughly near the apex; body beneath as
above; prosternal lobe truncate and broadly emarginate, the intercoxal process
pai-allel and obtuse at ti}), jiropleurae widely reticulate; metasternum at sides
with distant strigse. Abdomen sparsely punctate, with a somewhat widely re-
ticulate appearance ; pygidium sparsely punctate, not distinctly carinate; chiws
broadly toothed. Length .12 — .15 inch.; 3 — 3.75 mm.

4/u/e.— Prosternum moderately tdosely punctate, sparsely pube.s-
eeut ; tirst ventral segment with a short, smooth, median groove at
its posterior edge.

Female. — Prosternum sparsely jtunctate ; ventral segments simple.

Variations. — None have been observed in the many specimens
seen .

This species, like ventralis of the preceding series, resembles
Taphroceras a.griloides, and in the present rather more so than in that
from the fact that there is here no pubescent elytral vitta.

When the thorax is viewed fi'om above and from behind, the
scul|)ture has a reticulate appearance, but when seen from in front
is very obliquely and not closely strigo.se.

Hab. — Southern Arizona. Collected rather abundantly by i\[or-
rison, and by him widely distributed in collections.

A. Ijeooiitei Sauuders. — Form rather more robust than fallax. dull olivace-
ous bronze, sometimes slightly brassy, elytra with ])ubesceut spaces. Anteuuse
sliglitly passing the middle of the thorax, piceous with slight feneous lustre,
serrate from the fifth joint; head slightly convex, or very feebly impressed me-
dian line, and a slight transverse depression below the middle of the front in
some specimens, surface coarsely punctate, occiput slightly strigose; clypeus
broad at base. Thorax a little wider than long, sides feebly arcuate, margin
sinuate, hind angles rectangular, with a well defined straight carina; disc mod-
erately convex, with a deep median impression composed of two fovea united by
a groove, lateral obli(pie depression moderately deep, surface coarsely punctate,
sometimes .slightly transversely strigose; scutellum transversely carinate; elytra
feebly sinuate behind the humeri, slightly broadened behind the middle, apices
almost conjointly rounded, serrulate; disc slightly depressed at middle with a
very vague costa each side, surface subgrauulate, with pubeshent spaces as fol-
lows; at basal depressions an indistinct broad band iii front of middle, oblique

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on each side, apical third vaguely puhescent, enclosing a naked spot on the
suture; body beneath scarcely more shining than above, spansely puhescent;
prosternal lobe broadly and deeply eniarginate, intercoxal process rather broad,
narrowed at tip, pro])leuiffi grannlate-punctate, sparsely pubescent; metasternum
closely punctate, slightly strigose. Abdomen sparsely ])unctate, slightly strigose
at the sides of the first two segments, vertical portion of segments scarcely pu-
hescent; pygidium coarsely punctate, feebly carinate; claws cleft at middle,
forming a broad tooth. Length .18 — .22 inch.; 4.5— 5.5 mm.

Male. — Front ratlier more distinctly impressed. Prosternum
densely punctured and pubescent. Metasternum concave, densely
punctured aud pubescent; anterior tibiae distinctly mucronate, mid-
dle and posterior simple ; first ventral segment slightly fiattened at
middle.

Female. — Front less impressed ; in this sex the transverse depression
is more often seen. Prosternum rather sparsely punctate, not hairy.
INIetasternum flat, not closely punctate, nor hairy ; ventral segments
simple; tibiae mucronate.

Variations. — The color is but little variable, but the pubescence
may be more or less abraded. The median dorsal depression of the
thorax may be more or less dee[), but still preserving the form of
two foveae united by a groove.

Nothing is known of the habits of this species, although rather
widely distributed.

Hab. — Canada to Texas.

A. n. sp. — Moderately elongate, dark olive bronze, feebly shining,

elytra with sparsely pubescent areas forming a design. Anteniife piceous, slightly
bronzed, attaining the middle of the thorax, serrate from the fifth joint; head
convex, with a faint linear median impression, closely punctate and reticulately
strigose. Thorax one-fourth wider than long, sides arcuate, slightly sinuate
near the hind angles, these rectangular, and with a sharp, straight carina, mar-
gin sinuate, disc moderately convex, with a median broad depression, with a fine
impressed line at bottom extending three-fourths from base to apex, lateral ob-
lique depressions well marked, surface transversely and rather closely strigose;
scutellum transversely carinate; elytra sinuate behind the humeri, then slightly
broadened, obliquely narrowed to apices, these rounded and serrulate ; disc
slightly flattened, with a very vague costa each side, basal depressions well
marked, surface closely imbricate, with the pubescent spaces arranged nearly as
in Lecontei, but less densely pubescent; body beneath more shining than above
and with scattered pubescence; prosternal lobe rounded, the intercoxal process
moderately broad, slightly wider hehind the cox® and truncate at tip, propleurte
punctate aud strigose; metasternum at sides finely punctate and not closely
strigose. Abdomen finely punctate aud finely strigose, the vertical portions of
the segments more evidently puhescent ; pygidium sparsely punctate, not dis-
tinctly carinate ; claws broadly toothed. Length .18 inch. ; 4.5 mm.

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'File three specimens of tliis species examined were all females, .so
that I am unable to state the sexual differences. They show no
variation.

This species resembles Lecontel (subfasciatus) so closely, that I
found it mixed with that s[)ecies in my own and another cabinet.
The form of the prosternal lobe will, however, separate them at once.
Suiierficially, the sculpture of the middle of the thorax will distin-
guish them. In this species there is a straight depression, Avhile in
Lecontel there are two depressions, anterior and posterior united by
a narrower depressed space.

Hab. — Texas, no special region known.

A. paliliaeolliN n. sp. — Moderately elongate, piceoiis, with bronzed surface
lustre, moderately shining, each elytron with three pube.scent spots as in fallax.
.\ntemiiE piceous, slightly seneous, not reaching the middle of the thorax, serrate
from the fifth joint; head convex, with a slight occipital impression, front rather
coarsely punctate, occiput strigose. Thorax wider than long, sides feebly arcuate,
sinuate in front of the hind angles, which are rectangular and i-ather feebly
carinate, margin straight, scarcely deflexed in front; disc convex, without me-
dian imiiression, lateral depressions feeble, surface very obliquely strigose, but
not closely; scutellum transversely carinate; elytra feebly sinuate at sides,
slightly broader behind the middle then obliquely narrowed to apex, a])ices ob-
liquely rounded, serrulate ; disc slightly depressed, basal fovea* feeble, on each
side three pubescent spots, as in fallax; body beneath as abf>ve : prosternal lobe
obtusely rounded, iutercoxal ju-ocess relatively broad, truncate at tip, propleurse
punctate; metasternum at sides roughly punctate and substrigose. Abdomen
spar.sely punctate, strigose at sides of first two segments, vertical portion of first
segment densely pubescent with white; pygidium spar.sely punctate, feebly
carinate; claw's broadly toothed. Length .12 — .18 inch.; 3 — 4.5 mm.

Male. — Head very densely punctate, cupreous. Prosternum
sparsely pubescent; first two ventral segments impressed at middle,
more deejily on the first.

Female. — Front less punctate, teneous. Prosternum scarcely pu-
bescent ; ventral segments simple.

The numerous specimens examined are constant in appearance,
varying only in size.

There are but few species so obliquely strigose ou the thorax as
this one, the strigosity beginning at the middle and running diago-
nally forward, Tho.se so sculptured are I'eadily known by their
structural characters.

Hab. — Western Texas and southern Arizona (Morrison).

•A. Felix n. sp. — Form moderately robust, suhcyliudrical, slightly depressed,
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pubescence. Antennae short, scarcely reaching the middle of the thorax, piceous,
strongly serrate from the fifth joint; head feel)ly convex, a vague median im-
pression more evident in the female, surface rather roughly punctate-strigose.
Thorax as long as wide (male), or a little wider than long (female), sides nearly
straight 'J, , or slightly arcuate 9, hind angles rectangular, with a fine straight
Carina, more evident in the J, margin sinuous; disc regularly convex, without
median or lateral depressions, surface rather coarsely transversely strigose, with
a pubescent space at sides, broadest behind, enclosing the carina; scutellum
transversely carinate ; elytra scarcely sinuate behind the humeri, apices rounded,
more acute and more distinctly serrulate in % ; disc with a very vague costa,
between which and the suture, in a slight channel, is the pubescent vitta; sur-
face moderately closely imbricate; body beneath geueous, with fine short pubes-
cence; prosternal lobe obtusely rounded, the iutercoxal process rather broad,
truncate at tip, propleurse punctate and pubescent; metasternum at sides closely
punctate and somewhat strigose. Abdomen moderately closely finely punctate,
denser at sides of first segment; pygidium sparsely punctate, not carinate ; claws
dissimilar in the sexes. Length .22 — .24 inch. ; 5.5 — 6 mm.

Male. — Front flatter, tlie median imprecision feeble. Thorax as
long as wide, tlie sides nearly straight. Prosternuin roughly punc-
tate, sparsely pubescent. Abdomen simple, the first segment rather
rough at middle ; claws on all the feet cleft very near the apex,
almost bifid ; tibite simple.

Female. — Head more convex, the median impression deeper. Tho-
rax a little wider than long, the sides moderately arcuate. Proster-
num less rugose, scarcely pubescent. Abdomen le.ss rugose ; claws
broadly toothed.

Variation. — In this species, as in others already noted, there is be-
tween the pubescence a whitish efflorescence, which makes the pu-
bescence seem denser and whiter, but when this is removed by acci-
dental moistening the reverse is produced.

This species resembles jacobinm, of the preceding series, in form
and color, but differs in the form of the antennm and the presence
of the pubescent vitta. It resembles still mure blandus but that
has no trace, whatever, of carina in the hind angles, and the proster-
nal lobe is more distinctly emarginate.

Hab. — Arizona, probably near Tucson.

A. iiii|>exii!it u. sp. — Subcylindrical, slightly flattened above, dull cupreo-
seneous, each elytron with three indistinct pubescent spots. Antennae not reach-
ing the middle of the thorax, piceous, with slight aeneous lustre, serrate from
the fifth joint; head broadly, but feebly coucave, with a median impressed line,
surface closely punctate-strigose. Thorax scarcely wider than long, the sides
very feebly arcuate, slightly sinuate near the hind angles, which are rectangular
and distinctly carinate, margin sinuous; disc convex, with a median depression
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extending from base ne-irly to apc.x, lateral oblique depre.ssiotis moderately well
marked, surface closely transversely stri};ose, becoming oblique and longitudinal
toward the sides : scuteliiim transversely carinate ; elytra feebly sinuate behind
the humeri, the apices rounded, serrulate; disc slightly flattened, but not snlcate,
basal depressions feeble, surface closely granulate-imbricate, somewhat strigose
at sides in front, each elytron with three faint pubescent spots, one at base, one
in front of middle, the posterior one-third from apex; body beneath more shin-
ing than above ; prosternal lobe obtusely rounded, iiitercoxal process rather wide,
parallel, trinicate at apex, propleurie closely strigose punctate; metasternum at
sides coarsely transversely strigose. Abdomen moderately closely punctate,
more or less strigose over the whole surface, but more coarsely at the sides of the
first two segments; jiygidium indistinctly punctate, feebly carinate; claws
broadly toothed. Length .27 — .29 inch. ; 7 — 7.5 mm.

Male. — Front more closely punctate, but rather less concave.
'riiora.N with a feebler median impression without impressed line.
Prosternum densely punctured, sparsely pubescent, the pubescence
extending on the metasternum, which is flattened and closely punc-
tate ; first two ventral segments vaguely sulcate their entire length
and pubescent in the depression ; tibiie simple.

Female. — Head less closely punctate, the concavity a little more
jironounced ; median depression of thorax well marked with a fine
impressed line at bottom. Prosternum less densely punctate, scarcely
pubescent. Metasternum slightly convex ; ventral segments not
impressed.

Variations. — In the two specimens before me the variations have
been alluded to, and seem to be sexual.

'fhe pubescent spots of the elytra are not distinct in either speci-
men, except at base of elytra, but are very plainly indicated by the
denser and finer punctuation. Closely resembles Jinridanus, but in
the latter the ])ygidium is not carinate, and there is scarcely a trace
of median impression of the thorax.

Hub. — Arkansas and Nebraska.

\. Iloritlaiiii!^ Crotch. — Moderately robust, subcylindrical, slightly de-
pressed above, bright cupreo-ieneous, each elytron with three pubescent spots.
-\ntennte attaining the middle of the thorax, piceons, serrate from the fifth joint ;
head slightly concave with a fine median impressed line, surface closely punctate-
strigose. Thorax one-fourth wdder than long, slightly narrowed at base, sides
feebly arcuate, slightly sinuate near the posterior angles, which are rectangular,
and with an obtuse, straight carina, margin sinuous; disc convex, a flattening
or slight depression in front of the .scutellum, lateral oblique impressions well
marked, surface transversely punctate-strigose, but not roughly ; scutellum trans-
versely carinate; elytra scarcely sinuate at the sides, the apices rounded and
serrulate; disc somewhat flattened, basal depressions feeble, surface closely and
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arranged in the usual manner; body beneath more sliining than above; proster-
nal lobe truncate and vaguely einarginate, intercoxal process rather broad, trun-
cate at apex, propleurse coarsely punctate, sparsely pubescent; metasternum at
sides rather roughly strigose and punctate. Abdomen moderately closely punc-
tate, strigose at sides of first two segments; pygidium sparsely punctate, with a
smooth median line; claws cleft, forming a broad tooth. Length .28 inch. ; 7 mm.

Male. — Prosternum densely punctured, pubescent; first two ven-
tral segments very feebly impressed along the middle, scarcely pu-
bescent ; tibite not mucronate.

Female. — Prosternum less roughly punctate, not pubescent ; ven-
tral segments not impressed.

The two specimens before me do not vary. The types are before
me and show that while the species is fairly, but too briefly described
by Crotch, its position in his analytical table is erroneous. He men-
tions pubescent patches at the sides of the last three ventral segments,
but this is merely the result of a slightly denser punctuation.

Hah. — Northern Florida, probably near Jacksonville.

A. addeiidiis Crotch. — Moderately robust, dull cupreo-aeneous, subopaque,
elytra with three pubescent spots on each side, sometimes absent or very faint.
Antennae piceous, serrate from the fifth joint, reaching the middle of the thorax ;
head, from above, concave, a moderately deej) impression from the occiput to the
clypeus, surface rather roughly granulate-strigose, sparsely pubescent. Thorax
very little wider than long, slightly narrowed posteriorly, sides feebly arcuate,
slightly sinuate in front of hind angles, which are rectangular and with a
straight, well defined carina; disc convex, with at most a feeble median impres-
sion, which may he entirely absent, lateral oblique impression moderate, surface
closely transversely strigose; scutellum transversely carinate; elytra feebly
sinuate at sides and but little broadened, apices rounded, feebly serrulate ; disc
slightly flattened, a vague channel each side of suture, basal fovese feeble, surface
moderately closely, but not roughly imbricate, the pubescent spots, when present,
as in fall ax ; body beneath more shining than above; prosternal lobe obtusely
rounded, with a vague sinuatiou at middle, intercoxal process parallel, squarely
truncate at apex, propleurfe shining, indistinctly reticulate; metasternum at
sides roughly punctate-strigose and with the episternum and outer side of coxal
plate pubescent. Abdomen sparsely punctate, strigose at sides of first two seg-
ments, the vertical portion of first two segments densely pubescent ; pygidium
sparsely punctate, not carinate; claws broadly toothed. Length .1,5 — .24 inch.;
4 — 6 mm.

Male. — F rout with simply the longitudinal depression. Prosternum
densely punctured and hairy. Metasternum flat, as densely punc-
tured as the prosternum ; first two ventral segments feebly impressed
along the median line.

Female. — Front often with a crescentic, transverse impression in
addition to the median. Metasternum convex, sparsely jiunctate;
ventral segments not impres.sed.

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Yarlatiom. — Two forms may l)e separated in this species, those
witli tlie i)ubescent spots well marked and those without them. The
former variety shows some pubescence at the sides of the thorax and
at the sides of the last three ventral segments. Those without spots
show in nearly all the specimens the spaces with denser fine punc-
tuation, but even this may be absent. In the typical specimens, as
Crotch states, there is a tendency to form a basal and subapical spots.
Between the specimens with no spots and the others I have every
necessary link in my cabinet.

The median thoracic imjn'ession is, at best, faint, but in some speci-
mens entirely wanting, in others represented by a slight antescutellar
depression.

Hah. — d'exas (Belfrage), Arizona.

.4, laciistris Lee. — Moderately elongate, nearly parallel, slightly depressed
above, color variable, dark bronze, green or bine. Antennfe piceous. not reaching
the middle of the thorax, serrate from the fifth joint: head convex, a feeble
median furrow from the occiput to the middle of the front, surface roughly
puuctate-strigose. Thorax scarcely wider than long, the sides feebly arcuate,
slightly sinuate near the hind angles, these rectangular with a short fine carina,
margin straight, deflexed in front only; disc convex, sometimes with a vague
median impression, the lateral depressions absent, surface transversely and
rather closely strigose, with fine punctures; scutellum variable, either carinate
or not; elytra feebly sinuate at sides and but little dilated behind the middle,
apices rounded, serrulate; disc slightly flattened, basal fovea feeble, surface
closely and rather roughly imbricate; body beneath more or less blue; proster-
nal lobe broadly rounded, intercoxal process rather broad, truncate at apex, pro-
pleurse strigo.se and punctate, sparsely pube.scent ; metasternum at sides trans-
versely strigose, not roughly nor closely. Abdomen transversely strigose, not
roughly nor closely; pygidium sparsely punctate, not carinate; claws broadly
toothed. Length .16 — .30 inch.; 4— 7.5 mm.

Male. — Front scmiewhat more opaque. Prosternum densely punc-
tured and hairy. Metasternum concave ami hairy; first two ventral
segments rather deejtly impressed their whole length, the impression
hairy; tibite simple.

Female. — Prosternum coarsely sculptured, transversely strigose,
but not hairy. Metasternum slightly convex, transversely roughly
strigose, not hairy ; ventral segments not imjiressed.

Vaviatmu. — The color varieties have already been recorded. The
blue forms are, however, very rare. The scutellum may be trans-
versely carinate or not, sometimes the carina is interi-upted in the
middle. Fully developed specimens usually have the carina very
distinct; in the small and feeble forms it is wanting. The same is
true of the feeble median depression of the thorax.

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This species was originally named from some small and feeble forms
from the North, which, at first sight, are very unlike the larger forms
from the Texan region. It is also evident that LeConte had speci-
mens of another species along with his types as tlie so-called male is
really that of defedus. At present the specimen is not found with
tlie types, having |)robably been removed either by himself or Crotch.

The larger Texan forms were described l)y LeConte as cuneus from
a single specimen in Ulke’s cabinet. From not finding a type in the
LeConte cabinet. Crotch subsequently named the specimens in my
cabinet pubiventris.

Hah. — Illinois, Lake Superior region; Lapointe, Missouri; Texas,
Arizona.

.4. egeims Gory.— Moderately elongate, olive bronze, sometimes slightly
greenish. Antennie rather slender, reaching the middle of the thorax, joints
longer than wide, the third obviously shorter than the fourth, piceous. slightly
bronzed, serrate from the fifth Joint: front Hat. a very feeble median impression,
densely punctate, occiput strigose. Thora.x wider than long, sides not strongly
arcuate, hind angles rectangular, with a well defined, slightly oblique carina,
margin nearly straight, deHexed in front; disc convex, without median depres-
sion, lateral oblique depressions well marked, surface transversely strigose with
fine punctures between; scutellum transversely carinate ; elytra feebly sinuate
at sides, slightly broader behind the middle, apices rounded, serrulate, basal
fovefe moderate, disc slightly depressed, surface imbricate; body beneath rather
more shining than above; prosternal lobe truncate, more or less emarginate, the
intercoxal process narrowed at apex, propleur® sparsely punctate; metasternum
at sides asperately punctate. Abdomen very sparsely punctate ; pygidium sparsely
punctate, not carinate ; claws broadly toothed. Length .14 — .20 inch. ; 3.5 — 5 mm.

Male. — Front more densely punctate, more opaque, bluish green.
Prosternum densely punctured, hairy, the hair extending somewhat
on the metasternum ; first two ventral segments flat or feebly ini-
pressed at middle, slightly pubescent.

Female. — Front slightly more convex, the punctures coarser and
less clo.se, more shining, teneous. Prosternum not hairy ; ventral
segments not impressed.

Farndm/i,s.— Notwithstanding the wide area over which this spe-
cies is distributed, there seems to be no variation, except slightly
in color and size. Some of the narrower forms with a slight greenish
color resemble offo.sqt.s considerably, but the structure of both antenuDe
and claws will separate them. On the other hand, some of the forms
oi fallax deprived of pubescence are apt to be mixed with the present
species, and are not easy to separate without great care, but the form
of the antenme and the flat base of clypeus in the present sj)ecies
will render them separable.

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Of the habits of this species nothing is known.

Hah. — Canada, Massachusetts south to North Carolina, Texas and
Arizona, Illinois, Dacota, Nebraska.

A. iiiiltollis Cr. — Dull seneous, feebly shining, similar to egenus, but stouter.
Anteuufe pa.ssing the middle of the thorax, aeneous, serrate from the fifth joint,
the serrate joints wider than long; head convex, with a faint median furrow,
surface very coarsely punctate, the occiput strigose. Thorax wider than long,
slightly narrowed at base, sides feebly arcuate in front, oblique, with a slight
sinuation posteriorly, lateral margin straight, defiexed in front, hind angles
rectangular, with a moderately long, but not strongly elevated carina ; disc con-
vex, without trace of a median impression, lateral oblique impressions feeble,
surface rather coarsely transversely strigose with luinctures in the furrows;
scutellum usually carinate, sometimes not; elytra faintly sinuate at the sides
and scarcely dilated behind the middle, the apices rounded and serrulate, disc
slightly depressed, the basal fovese feeble, surface rather coarsely imbricate; body
beneath colored as above; prosternal lobe broadly rounded, the intercoxal pro-
cess rather wide and truncate at apex, propleurse punctate, but not roughly nor
closely; metasternum at sides coarsely transversely strigose. Abdomen feebly
transversely strigose, more roughly at the sides of the first two segments; py-
gidium sparsely punctate, the median line smooth, not carinate; claws broadly
toothed at middle. Length .18 — .22 inch.; 4.5 — 5.5 mm.

Male. — Front rather less convex, with more distinct median im-
pression and more coarsely punctate. Prosternum roughly and
ckxsely punctate, hairy. Metasternum closely punctate and slightly
hairy ; first two ventral segments flattened at middle, closely punc-
tate and with short hairs.

Female. — Head more convex and more evidently strigose. Pro-
sterjuun and metasternum transversely strigose, not {)ubescent ; first
two ventral segments convex, not closely ])unctate and not hairy.

The numerous specimens examined show no variation, except a
little in size in specimens from the most remote localities.

The species resembles egenus somewhat, but is more robust, has
shorter antenme and an entire prosternal lobe. Specimens of lacus-
tris have been seen which somewhat resemble this one, but the male
characters will then readily separate them.

Hab. — Massachusetts, Dracut (Blanchard), Florida, Georgia and
Texas.

.4. abditiiH n. sp.

This species so closely resend)les imbellis that it is deemed necessary
merely to recite the differences :

Aiitenuffi sc.arcely passing the middle of the thorax; thorax with a vague me-
dian depression; prosternal lobe truncate, or feebly emarginate. Length .18 —
.20 inch. ; 4.5 — 5 mm.

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Male — Front greenish, snbopaque, very indistinctly punctate,
sparsely pubescent. Prosternuin closely punctate, sparsely hairy.
Metasternuin slightly jiubescent in front. Abdomen slightly flat-
tened at middle of first two segments, rather roughly sculptured,
not hairy.

Feiaale. — Front brassy, more shining, feebly punctate, not ])ubes-
cent. Prosternum rather sparsely punctate, not hairy. Abdomen
convex at middle, sparsely punctate.

No variations have been observed. While resembling very closely
imbelHs, it will be at once known by the feeble sculpture of the head
in both sexes, the median depression of the thorax and the sexual
characters.

Hub — Western Nevada (Morrison).

.4. piisilliis Say. — Form of aclimiuutive rujicollis ; head and thorax usually
seueous or cupreous, elytra purple-hlack (but variable), moderately shining. Au-
teunse reaching the middle of the thorax, piceous, serrate from the fifth joint,
serrate joints wider than long; head convex, a feeble median impression from
the occiput to the base of the clypeus, surface moderately closely coarsely punc-
tate. Thorax wider than long, slightly narrowed at base, sides arcuate in front,
slightly sinuate near the hind angles, which are rectangular and distinctly cari-
nate. margin nearly straight, deflexed in front, disc convex, a broad transverse
depression in front of base, so that, when viewed laterally, the median line of
the thorax is more convex in the anterior half, lateral oblique depression mod-
erately deep, surface moderately coarsely transversely strigose, with coarse punc-
tures in the grooves; scutellum carinate or not; elytra sinuate at the sides,
distinctly dilated behind the middle, apices rounded, serrulate ; disc flattened,
usually a vague costa on each side, a feeble concavity each side of the suture,
basal depressions feeble, surface with imbricate sculpture, not rough nor close;
body beneath piceou.s, shining, faintly bronzed; prosternal lobe truncate and
broadly emargiuate, the intercoxal process acutely oval at tip, propleurse punc-
tate and strigose; metasternum at sides strigose and subreticulate. Abdomen
sparsely finely punctate, a little more coarsely at the side of the first segment;
pygidium sparsely punctate, not carinate ; claws broadly toothed. Length .12 —
.16 inch. ; 3 4 mm.

Male. — Front flatter and more opaque; flrst ventral slightly flat-
tened at middle and rugose.

F emale. — Front more shining and rather more convex ; first ventral
convex and not roughened.

Variations. — The general aspect of this species is that of a diminu-
tive rujicollis with the thorax less conspicuously cupreous. The tho-
rax is often brassy with purplish spaces at the sides. Sometimes the
elytra are seneous. These last forms resemble jjutillus, but these
have no carina in the hind angles of the thorax, and the disc has a
distinct median impression.

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This species was placed by LeConte in the group with the incurved
tootli of the claws, but the claws and an ten life are both different from
that series.

The name parvus has been suggested for this species by Saunders
in “ Catalogus Bnprestidarum,” but there seems to be no valid reason
for the the change. It is certainly ])ermissible to use jnisUhis and
putillus in the same genus.

Hab. — Kansas, Colorado and Arizona.

Bibliography and Synonymy-

AGRILUS Steph.

A. dififlcilis Gory, Mon. Snppl. p. 224, pi. xxxvii, fig. 215: Lee.. Trans. .Amer.
Philos. Soe. xi, 1859, j). 244.

occid entail s Uhler, Proe,. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. vii. p. 416.

A. obtusus n. sp.

A. fuscipennis Gory, Mon. Siippl. p. 238, pi. xxxix, fig. 230 ; Lee., loc. cit. p. 242.
A. ruficollis Fab., Mant. Ins. i, p. 184; Oliv., Ent. xxxii, p. 28, pi. 9, fig. 101:
Hbst., Col. ix, p. 249, pi. 1.55, fig. 9; Say, Trans. Ain. Phil. Soc. vi, p. 161 ;
L. et G., Mon. ii, Agr. p. 60, pi. xii, fig. 78; Lee., loc. cit. p. 243.

A. lateralis Say, Jonrn. .4cad. Phil, iii, p. 160; Trans, .\iner. Philos. Soc. vi, p.
162; edit. Lee. ii, pp. 103 and 596.

S!ayi Saunders, Catal. Buprest. p. 126 (name unnecessary).

A. otiosus Say, Trans. .\mer. Philos. Soc. vi, p. 163; edit. Lee. ii. p. 597 ; Lee.,
loc. cit. p. 244.

geminatus 9 Say. Jonrn. Acad. Phil, iii, p. 163; edit. Lee. ii, p. 105.
virens Gory, Mon. Suppl. p. 259, pi. xliii, fig. 252.

A. crinicornis n. sp.

A. masculinus n. sp.

A. delectus Lee., loc. cit. p. 244.

lacustris 'J, f Lee., loc. cit. p. 250.

A. arcuatus Say, .\nnals Lye. N. Y. i. 1325, p. 251 ; Trans, .\iner. Philos, iii, p.
162; edit. Lee. i, p. 387, ii, p. 596.
torquatuF! Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. xi, p. 243.
fnlgens Lee., loc. cit. p. 243.
ohliquus Lee., loc. cit. p. 243.

A. cupricollis Gory, Mon. Snppl. 240, pi. xl. fig. 232.

arcuatus X Lee., loc. cit. p. 242.

A. ang-elicus n. sp.

A. macer Lee., Proc. Acad. 1853. p. 70; Trans, .\tner. Philos. Soc. xi, p. 248.

A. vittatocollis Rand., Bost. .lourn. ii, p. 38.

frenatus Gory, Mon. .Snppl. ]i. 239, pi. xl, fig. 231.

A. audax n. sp.

A. bilineatus Weber, Obs. Ent. ji. 74; Say, .\nn. Lyc. i, p. 250; Trans. Amer.

Philos. Soc. vi, p. 162; edit. Lee. i, p. 386, ii, p. 596; Lee., Tians. Amer.
Philos. Soc. xi, p. 251.

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NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.

335

trivittatiis Kby., Fanua, Am. Bor. lus. p. 161.
flavolineatits Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1837, p. 110.
auroHneatus Gory, Mon. Snppl. p. 248, pi. xli, fig. 241.

A. granulatus Say, .Tourn. Acad, ill, p. 162; Trans. Anier. Philos. Soc. vi, p.

162: edit. Lee. ii. p. 104 and 596; Lee., Trans. Ainer. Philos. Soc. xi, p.
245.

qmdrignttatus Gory, Mon. Suppl. p. 228, pi. xxxviii, fig. 219: Leo., loc. cit.
p. 245.

aleus Gory, loc. cit. p. 250, pi. xli, fig. 242.

A. nevadensis n. sp.

A niveiventris n. sp
A. pensus n. sp.

A. Blanchardi n. sp.

A. anxius Gory, Mon. Suppl. p. 226, pi. xxxvii, fig. 217; Lee., loc. cit. p. 247.
gravis Lee., loc. cit. p. 247.
torpidus Lee., loc. cit. p. 247.

A. acutipennis Mann.. Bull. Mosc. 1837, p. 109; Gory, Mon. Suppl. p. 225, pi.
xxxvii, fig. 216.

latebrm L. et G., Mon. ii, Agr. p. 38, pi. ix, fig. 50; Lee., Trans. Anier.
Philos. Soc. xi, p. 246.

quadri-impressHS Ziegler, Proc. Acad, ii, p. 267.

. Couesii Lee., Proc. Acad. 1866, p. 384 ; Crotch, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1873, p. 94.
. cavatus Chev., Silberm. Rev. Ent. v, p. 95.

lexanus Crotch, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1873, p. 94.

A. concinnus u. sp.

A. Walsingtiami Crotch, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1873, p. 95.

A. pulchellus Bland, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 382.

A. obolinus Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. xi, p. 248.

A. muticus Lee., Proc. Acad. 1858, p. 70; Trans. Anier. Philos. Soc. xi, p. 248.
A. jacobinus n. sp.

A. politus Say, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. i, p. 251; Trans. Anier. Philos. Soc. vi, p. 162;
edit. Lee. i, p. 387, ii, p. 596; Lee,, Trans. Anier Philos. Soc. xi, p. 248.
cupreolus Lee., loc. cit. p. 248.
plumbeus Lee., loc. cit. p. 247.
deserhis II Lee., loc. cit. p. 249.
solitarius Genini. and Har. Catal. p. 1445.

A. fallax Say, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. vi. p. 163; edit. Lee. ii. p. 596; Lee.,
Trans. Anier. Philos. Soc. xi, p. 246.
zemes Gory, Mon. Snppl. p. 234, pi. xxxix, fig. 225.
impressipennis Uhler, Proc. Acad, vii, p. 415.

A. obsoletoguttatus Gory. Mon. Supjil. p. 256, pi. xliii, fig. 249.
nigricans Gory, loc. cit. p 257, pi. xliii, fig. 250.
interruptus Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. xi, p. 246.

A. scitulus n. sp.

A. ornatulus n. sp.

A. ventralis n. sp.

A. blandus n. sp.

A. abjectus n. sp.

A. subcinctus Gory, Mon. Siijipl. ji. 252, pi. xlii, fig. 225: Lee., Trans. Amer.
Philos. Soc. xi, p. 246.

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A. putillus Say, Trans. Anier. Philos. Soc. vi, p. 163; edit. Lee. ii, p. .597.

A. abstersus n. sp.

A. Lecontei Saunders, Catal. Bupr. p. 117.

subfasciatus || Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. xi, p. 245.

A. abductus n. sp.

A. palmacollis n. sp.

A. felix n. sp.

A. impexus n. sp.

A. floridanus Crotch, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1873, p. 94.

A. addendus Crotch, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1873, p, 95.

A. lacustris Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. xi, p. 250.
cimeus Lee., Proc. Acad. 1866, p. 384.
pubiventris Crotch, Proc. Acad. 1873, p. 95.

A. egenus Gory, Mon. Suppl. p. 258, pi. xliii, p. 251.

cephalicus Lee., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. xi, p, 249.
puncticeps Lee., loc. cit.

A. imbellis Crotch, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1873, p. 94.

A. abditus n. sp.

A. pusillus Say, Ann. Lyc. i, p. 252; edit. Lee. i. p. 388; Lee., Trans. Amer.
Philos. Soc. xi, p. 244.

parvtis Saunders, Catal. Bupr. p. 116 (name unnecessary).

EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII.

Fig. 1. — Elytral markings of A. ConesH.

2.—

A. fallax.

3.—

A. obsoletoguttatus.

4.—

.4. ornatulus .

5.—

( i

A. Lecontei.

6.—

A. Walsinghami.

7. — Form of elytron of A. politm, etc.

8. — Form of elytron of .4. difficilis.

9. — Profile of thorax of A. macer with sinuate margin.

10. — Profile of thorax of A. lacustris (cuneus) with straight margin.

11. — -Antenna of A. obsoletoguttatas.

12. — “ A. ruficolHs.

13. — “ A. egenus.

14. — “ A. imbellis.

15. — Claw of A. ruficolHs, etc.

16. — Claws of A. bilineatus, etc. ; a, 'J, ; b, J .

17. — Claws of .4. Lecorttei, etc. ; a, "J) ; b, 9-

18. — Hind leg of A. otiosus % .

19. — Hind leg of A. obsoletoguttatus. etc.

20. — Middle tibia of A. Walsinghami.

21. — Abdomen of A. ventralis.

22. — The same in profile.

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On a collection of Hyinenoptera made in Jamaica
during April, 1891.

BY WILLIAM J. FOX.

The collection on which this article is based was made in Jamaica,
during April of the present year, by myself and Mr. Charles W.
Johnson, of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia.

About seventy species are giyen herein, which will be increased to
nearly one hundred when the Formicidie and a number of species
of Andrenidie have been classified.

EVANIID^E.

lAania (Hyptia) sp.

Three specimens; Port Antonio. It is entirely black with the
metathorax bright rufous, and the ajiex of the petiole banded with
whitish.

ICIINEUMOXID.E.

llemiteles iiicertii!^ Cr.

Hemiteles incertus Cr., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. iv, p. 22, 9 'h •

Port Antonio ; Kingston ; Bog Walk. Several 9 S sjiecimens.

EiphoMoma aiiiiiilata Cr.

Eiphosoma anuulata Cr., Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phila., iv, p. 54, 9 "h ■

One 9 specimen ; Kingston.

Eiphosoma iiigcovittata Cr.

Eiphosoma nigrovUtata Cr., Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phila., iv, p. .55, 9-

Eiphosoma sp. ?

One 9 specimen ; Port Antonio.

Ophioii thoracicns Cr.

Ophion thoracicus Cr., Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phila., iv, p. 55.

Two specimens; Bog Walk, Parish of St. Catherines.

Ophion coneolor Cr.

Ophion concolof Cr., Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phila., iv, p. 56.

Several specimens; Port Antonio.

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<>|>lii<»n flavii!« Fahr.

Ichneumon flavns Fahr.. Ent. S.vst. ii, p. 179.

Ophion _fl(ivus Fahr., Ent. Syst. Siippl. p. 2.36; Guer., Gen. des Ins. Hymen,
pi. iii, 2e, liv., No. 7.

Nunieroiis specimens; Port Antonio.

chalcidid.p:.

^iinicra iii^ropiola Or.

Smicra nigropicta Cr., Proc. Ent. Soc. Pliila., iv, p. 95.

Several specimens ; Port Antonio.

('lia)ciK iiicertiis Cr.

Chalch incertns Cr., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., iv, p. lOI.

One Specimen ; Port Antonio.

SCOLIID.E.

.ll.yziiie iiitida Sin.

Myzine nitkla Sm., Catal. Hym. Brit. Mas. iv, p. 77. % ; Cress., Proc. Ent.
Soc. Phila., iv, p. 113, 'J, .

9- — Black, sparsely clothed with pale hairs; scape of antenuse, basal half of
mandibles, tegulae and legs, except coxfe, rufous; clypeus, two spots above the
antenme sometimes confluent, a spot before anterior ocellus, a line on inner orbits,
which converges on the vertex, the cheeks entirely so, being connected by a line
extending across the occiiuit, an interrupted line on anterior portion of protho-
rax, an abbreviated line before its posterior margin, a large spot on dorsulum. a
spot before the tegulae, two large spots on the pleura, the anterior spot elongate,
somewhat emarginate on its posterior margin, basal half of scutellum, postscu-
tellum, a large spot on each side of metathorax, which is acutely and deeply
emarginate anteriorly, and a medial line above, most of the coxae, a large spot on
each side of the abdominal segments 1-5 above, a broad band on segments 1-3
beneath, that on the first segment emarginate medially on its posterior margin,
the one on the two next segments interrupted medially, all yellow; flagellum
testaceous, front strongly punctured, the i)unctures becoming spai-se towards the
vertex, which is shining. Prothorax rather strongly and closely punctured, on
the sides of the thorax beneath the wings, the punctures are stronger and more
widely separated, the rest of thorax very sparsely punctured ; metathorax above
with exceedingly fine punctures, on the sides transversely striated, the striations
becoming almost obliterated on the posterior face ; wings hyaline, nervures and
stigma Ijlack ; outer margin of posterior tibiae with a row of strong, short spurs.
Abdomen smooth, shining, with a few sparse punctures about the middle of the
segments, each of the segments with a transverse row of punctures, before their
api(ral margin, the last segment is finely and longitudinally striated, bronzy in
certain lights, beneath the abdomen is ob.scurely rufous. Length 13 mm.

Port Antonio ; Annotto Bay. Three 9 and nuinerons S speci-

mens.

WEST INDIAN HYMENOPTERA.

331)

Klis (Dielis) fulvohirta Cr.

Seolia (Elis) fulvohirtn Cr., Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phila., iv, p. II9, 9 % .

One % specimen ; Port Antonio.

Elis (Diolis) trifaseiafa Fahr.

Tiphia trifasciata Fabr., Fut. Syst. ii, p. 246.

Scolia trifasciata Klujj., Weber and Mohr., Beitr. i, p. 32.

Kingston ; Port Antonio. Nnnierons 9 S specimens.

Elis (Dielis) atrata Fabr.

Scolia atrata Fabr., Fnt. Syst. ii, p. 228.

Colpa atrata Lep. St. F. Hyin. iii, p. 535.

Scolia micans Guer.. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. pt. 2, p. 251 ; Beauv., Ins. Afr. et
Anier. p. 258, pi. x, fig. 3, 9-

Port Antonio ; Annotto Bay. Several % specimens.
POMPILID^.

l*oiii|>iliis ciibeiisis Cr.

Pumpilus anceps Cr. (nec. Smith), Proc. Fnt. Soc. Phila., iv, p. 130, 'J, , 1865.
Pompilus cubensis Cr., Trans. Am. Fnt. Soc. i, p. 93, 9 % > 1867-68.

Two 9 specimens ; Port Antonio ; jMorant Bay.

Pompilus pi'opinqiiiis n. sp.

9 . — Black, the abdomen with a bluish reflection, the thorax but slightly so ;
front convex, with a strong medial impressed line; clypens prominent, its ante-
rior margin strongly incurved medially, sparsely punctured, and with a few long,
black hairs: posterior margiTi of the prothorax angular; metathorax smooth,
rounded behind ; wings dark fuscous, with a strong violaceous reflection, third
submarginal cell tria7igular, the width at the top equal to one-half of the space
between the second transverse cubital nervure and second recurrent nervui'e ;
all the tibiae and tarsi spinose, those on the anterior tibiae within, longest and
fewer, the outer margin scarcely spinose, tarsal claws armed with an acute tooth
near base. Abdomen on the third to fifth segments beneath thinly clothed with
long, black hairs, the last segment above and beneath more thickly so. Length
10 mm.

One specimen ; Kingston. Closely allied to the preceding species,
but is much smaller, the violaceous reflection is not so strong, and
the anterior tibife, as well the others, are spinose.

Poiiipilii»« a‘ueopiirpiireiii« n. sp.

9 . — Head and thorax bluish purple, the abdomen with a strong bronzy reflec-
tion in certain lights; antenna; black, longer than the thorax; a slight longitu-
dinal impression between the antenna;, extending to the center of the face;
clypeus prominent, its anterior margin slightly incurved in the middle: head
much broader than the thorax, which is a little broader before than behind ;
posterior margin of prothorax angular ; tcgulse black ; metathorax smooth, with
a medial impressed line: anterior wings smoky, with a bronzy reflection, the
apical margin, the subtnedian cell, a cloud in the marginal, first and second sub-

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marginal darker; jiosterior wings, except apex, hyaline: tihife spinose, the an-
terior pair l)ut slightly so on their inner margin, tarsal claws armed with a tooth
near the base, the posterior tibiae within and the tarsi in certain lights fuscous.
Abdomen smooth, polished, the last segment clothed with long, black hairs.
Length 8.5 mm.

■J, . — Closely resembles the 9 < 's narrower and smaller, the face and cly-
peus are slightly tinged with green, the anterior margin of the clypeus suhtrun-
cate, the face is sparsely clothed with silvery ])ubescence, the anterior wings are
darker, and the third submarginal cell narrower and more triangular, the legs
more feebly spinose, and the apex of abdomen has a fringe of short hairs ; the
tarsal claws are cleft. Length 7 — 8 mm.

One 9 and three % specimens; Kingston and Port Antonio.

l*oiii|>ilH!<i Dewitz.

Fonipilns Cressonii Dewitz, Berl. Ent. Zeits. xxv, p. 203, t. v, fig. 6, 9 “S • ’81.

(4ne 9 specimen; Kingston.

Kaliiis opacilroiiM n. sp.

9 . — Black, front opaque, with a slight medial impressed line ; antenufe as long
as the head, thorax and fir.st two segments of the abdomen together, the last
joint bent inward medially on its inner edge, .so that there appears to be two
joints; anterior margiTi of clypeus smooth, polished, very slightly incurved;
mandibles shining: posterior margin of prothorax angular; metathorax with a
strong medial furrow, otherwise smooth ; anterior w'ings subhyaliue, iridescent,
with a broad fuscous band at the basal nervure, and a large dark cloud in the
region of the marginal, second and third submarginal, and the third discoidal
cells, posterior wings subhyaline, paler towards the base ; tibige and tarsi spinose,
the anterior pair feebly so, the posterior tibite serrate-spinose ; first joint of the
posterior tibiae at base, on its inner margin, with a cilia of short bristles, the
inner spur of the posterior tibiae at base also bristly. .Abdomen slightly shining,
shorter than the thorax, segments 2-5, and the last segment above and beneath
with long, black hairs. Length 8 — 9 mm.

Six specimens; Bog Walk, Parish of St. Catherines; Kingston ;
Port Antonio.

This species may belong to the snbgenus Cyjjhononyx Dhlb., the
claws being cleft, but the metathorax is not armed with “ a little
curved hook on each side before the stigma.”

.4geiiia coinprei^sa n. sp.

%. — Black, clothed with .sericeous pile, more dense and silvery on the face,
thorax on sides and beneath, and the legs; tips of mandibles reddish ; anterior
margin of clypeus subtruncate; ])osterior margin of the prothorax angular;
metathorax above deeply furrowed, the furrow becoming very feeble on the i)os-
terior face ; wings hyaline, the anterior pair with a fuscous baud envelojiing the
marginal, second and third submarginal and ]iart of the third discoidal cells, a
more faint band crosses the wings in the vicinity of the basal nervure, second
recurrent nervure angular at about the middle, third submargiual cell larger
than the second, narrowed towards the marginal and receiving the second re-

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current iiervure before its middle. Legs black, the tibial spurs and a sjwt at
base of posterior tibise white, the anterior tibiae and tarsi fuscous, posterior tibiae
feebly spined. Abdomen petiolate, compressed, two transverse spots on the
second and third segments, and the last segment white. Length 7 mm.

Four specimens ; Port Antonio.

Flaiiioeps eulVralis n. sp.

'J, . — Black, clothed with silvery sericeous pubescence, more dense on the face,
anterior and posterior coxae and the metathorax. Antennae short, thick, the
second joint of the flagellum longer than the first; clypeus rounded in front;
front with a slight medial impressed line: posterior mai-gin of the prothorax
subarcuate; metathorax above strongly furrowed, ihe posterior face de]ir(S.‘^cd
medially or slightly excavated; medial and posterior tibiae rathei’ strongly
spinose, the posterior femora within very smooth and shining; wings’ hyaline,
iridescent, the apical margin of the anteriors fuscous, second recurrent nervure
received by the cubital nervure beyond the second submarginal cell the latter
contracting on its upper half. Abdomen a little shorter than the thorax, shining,
the basal portion of segments 2-4 above, with a band of silvery sericeous ]>ubes-
cence. Length 5.5 mm.

One S|)ecimen ; Port Antonio. Closely allied to F. feralis Cr. from
Florida and Texas.

C’ei’opales ciibeiisis Cr.

Ceropales cubensis Cr., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. iv, p. 132, J ; Trans. Am. Ent.
Soc. i, p. 141, 1867-68.

Two specimens, 9 j Kingston.

SPHEGIICE.

^[iplie.v ielineiiiiionea Linne.

Var. <loi‘!^alis Lep.

Sphex dorsalis Lep. St. F. Hym. iii, p. 347, Sm. Cat. Brit. Mus. Hym. iv,
]). 259, 9 •

Two 9 specimens; Port Antonio. This variety can be distin-
guished by the petiole and a broad band on the apical half of the
third and on the fourth and fifth segments of the abdomen being
black.

Var. lulviveiitris Guer.

Sphex ichneumonea var. fulviventris Kohl., Ann. k. k. Natur. Hofm. Bd. V, p.
4.30.

One specimen ; Port Antonio.

Splie.Y 8iiigiilari!>» Sm.

Sphex singnlaris Sm., Brit. Mus. Cat. Hym. iv, p. 261, , 1856.

Two S specimens; Port Antonio ; Annotto Bay.

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S|>liex ( I*rioiioiiy.v) Fahr.

Sphex thomse Fabr., Syst. Ent. ]>. 346.

!^phex thomas Dhlb., Hyin. Eur. i, pp. 28 et 425, 'J, 9 .

One 9 specimens; Kingston; Port Antonio; An

notto Bay-

LARRTDiE.

Larra f iilviveiitri!^ Gner.

Lyrops fulviventris Guer., Icon. Ees. Anini. iii, p. 440.

Lnrrada fulviventris Sm., Cat. Hyra. B. M. iv, p. 286.

Larva fidviventris Kohl., Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien., xxxiv, p.

Three specimens ; Port Antonio.

liarra viiiiileiita Cr.

Larrada vinulenta Cr., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. iv, p. 1.38.

Two specimens; Port Antonio.

There are at least three more species of this genus, which, at the
present time, 1 am unable to determine with accuracy-

Tachytes ■iif^iilaris Cr.

Tachytes insalaris Cr., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. iv, p. 140, 9 "S -

One specimen, % ; Port Antonio.

BEMBICID.R.

Bembe.x si>. ?

Five specimens, males ; Kingston ; Morant Bay. Seems to be
closely related to B. ji^Midipicta Sm. (Ann. Mag. N. H. (4), xii, p.
300, 9 ) fi'oni Mexico.

Keiiibex argentifrou^ Cr.

Bemhex argentifrons Cr., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. iv, p. 141, 9 % ■

Several females ; Kingston.

.^foiiedula !<iigiiata Linnc.

Vespa signata Linne, Syst. Nat. i, p. 952.

Apis vespiformis DeG., Ins. iii, j). 570, pi. xxviii, tig. 3.

Bembex signata Fabr., .Syst. Ent. p. 361.

Monedida signata Latr., Gen. Cr. et Ins. iv, p. 100.

Five specimens, 9 ^ ; Port Antonio ; Morant Bay.

MIMESID.F.

I*!>«eii ai’g;entiri’ou$« Cr.

Psen argentifrons Cr., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. iv, p. 1.52, 9 'h ■

Two 9 specimens; Port Antonio.

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CRABRONID^.

Trypoxylon oxcavatiiiii Sm.

Trypoxylon excavatnm Sm., Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. iv, p. 380, 9 S ■

One specimen, 9 ; Kingston.

C’rabro ereesiis Lep. St. F.

Solenius croensus Lep. St F., Aun. Soc. Eut. Fr. iii, p. 727.

Crahro croesus Sm., Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. iv, p. 424.

Numerous S aiul 9 specimens; Port Antonio.

EUMENID.E.

Kiiinenes coloiia Sauss.

Eumenes colona Sauss., Guepes Sol. p. 70, 9 • 1852.

One specimen ; Kingston.

Odyiierus tibialii^ Sauss.

Odynerus tibialis Sauss., Synopsis Amer. Wasps, p. 241, 9 'J) > 1875.

Fiv^e 9 specimens ; Kingston ; Port Antonio.

These specimens agree well with Saussure’s description, except
that the legs are reddish fulvous. His types come from Venezuela
and Haiti.

Odynerus bticueiisis Sauss.

Odynerus bucu Sauss., Moii. Guepes. Sol. p. 185.

Odynerus buccuensis Sauss., Mon. Guepes. Sol. Suppl. p. 232.

Three % specimens ; Kingston.

Odynerus siuiplicicornis Sauss.

Odynerus simplici CO niis Sauss., Mon. Guepes. Sol. Suppl. p. 253; Guer., La
Sagra’s Hist. Cuba, lus. p. 771, pi. xix, fig. 5.

Three specimens; Kingston.

VE8PID.E.

Folistes aiuerieauiis Fabr.

Vespa crinita Felton, Philos. Trans. 1773, liv, p. 53, tab. (1.

Vespa americana Fabr., Syst. Ent. p. 370.

Vespa tricolor Fabr., Syst. Eut. p. 369.

Polistes Billardieri Fabr., Syst. Piez. p. 274.

PoUstes americana Fab., id. p. 275.

Common in all localities visited.

ANDRENID.E.

.\ngochlora regina Sm.

Angochlora regina Sm., Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. (Audrenidpe), p. 77, 9 •

Several specimens ; Port Antonio.

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APID.E.

I'asilos Cr.

Pasites p'dipes Cr., Proc. Eiit. Soc. Pliila. iv, p. 183, 9-

One specimen ; Kingston.

Ei»eolii«$ vi<Mnu!>« Cr.

Epeolus vicinus Cr., Proc. Eut. Soc. iv, p. 185. 9 •

Nine 9 ^ specimens ; Port x4.ntonio.

Epeoliif^ ruf"o-<*l.vpeiis n. sp.

9. — Black, the clypeus, labrum, mandibles, except apical third, basal two-
thirds of anteniiEe, tegiilte, thorax, on sides and scutellnrn obscurely so, and legs
reddish ; face, cheeks, occiput, line on prothorax, two short longitudinal lines on
dorsuluiu anteriorly, as well as its posterior margin, a line over the tegnlse, tu-
bercles, sides of thorax spar-sely so, posterior margin of scutellnm, postscutellnm,
a spot on each side of metathorax, the posterior coxae, a somewhat angular mark
on each side of fii’st abdominal segment above, and a line on the apical margin
of the second, third and fourth segments, all pale yellow, the markings of the
head and thorax palest; anterior margin of clypeus slightly incurved, the cly-
])eus finely and closely punctured, front and vertex strongly and closely punc-
tured. Thorax rather strongly )>unctured, more distinctly so on the sides;
scutellnm rounded, slightly emarginate medially, with a strong, blunt tootb on
each side, base of metathorax with an encIo.sed triangular space, whi(di is very
finely punctured, and with a slight medial impression ; wings yellowish hyaline,
the nervures yellowish ferruginous, second submarginal cell in one wing petio-
late, in the other subpetiolate. Abdomen beneath, and the fifth segment above,
brownish ; the enclosed space on the fifth segment very finely punctured, and
with a cilia of pale hairs on its apical margin, which is truncate. Length 8 mm.

(4ne .specimen ; Kingston. This may be the 9 of .E". pulchellm Cr.
from Cuba.

C'celio.^ys vig^ilan!<) Sm.

Caslioxys vigilans Sm., Descr. of n. sp. Hymen, p. 105, 9 'h 1 1879.

Two sjtecimens, 9 ^ ! Kingston, t ; Port Antonio, 9 •

.Uegaeliile .Hartiiulalei u. sp.

9 — Black ; head, thm-ax and first two segments of the abdomen above clothed
with dark orange-rufous (uibescence, that on the cheeks much paler ; clypeus
nearly naked, strongly ininctured, with a smooth and polished central carina,
its anterior margin slightly incurved, with a very slight tooth medially ; man-
dibles with two large teeth at tip, with an acute carina before and on the apical
half of the outer margin, between the inner carina and the inner margin the
mandibles are rugoso-striate. .Autennse black, the last joint somewhat flattened ;
vertex behind the ocelli finely and closely punctured. Thorax very finely punc-
tured, beneath thinly clothed with yellowish fuscous pubescence; basal two-
thirds of wings pale yellow, the rest smoky, slightly iridescent, nervures black,
except at extreme base of the wings, where they are ferruginous; tegulse ful-

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vous; legs black, the anterior pair and the posterior tarsi withiii, clothed with
pubescence somewhat similar to that on the cheeks, the rest of the legs clothed
with pale pubescence: basal half of tarsal spurs reddish. Abdomen shining,
very finely punctured, sparsely clothed with black hairs, the apical margin of
the third, fourth and fifth segments above with a line of white pubescence, be-
neath segments 2-5 densely clothed with long, pale pubescence, which is much
darker than that on the apical inaigins of the segments above, the apical seg-
ment beneath is clothed with long black pubescence. Length 14 — 15 mm.

— Differs from the ? as follows: the front, face aiid clypeus is den.sely
clothed with pale yellow pubescence: the anterior trochanters are armed with a
stout tooth; the apical margins of the abdominal segments beneath on their
apical margin with white pubescence: the last .segment strongly and roundly
emarginate, its surface rugo.se. Length 14—15 mm.

Four specimens, Kingston.

This species seems to be related to M. singular is Or. from Cuba.
Dedicated to Mr. T. C. Martindale, of tlie Acad, of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia.

.Me$;acliile Poeyi (luer.

Megnchile Poeyi Guer., Icon. Regu. Anim. iii, p. 4.50; La Sagra’s Hist. Cuba,
Ins. p. 778, pi. xix, fig. 10.

Six 9 specimens; Kingston.

^le^acliile iiinlti<leiis n. sp.

9 . — Black ; head very finely and closely punctured, front and vertex opaque :
clypeus rather strongly punctured, with a longitudinal polished line medially.
Antennae black, basal half of mandible.s, sides of face, front and cheeks, clothed
with pale pubescence; dorsulum and scutellum finely and closely punctured;
the suture between the dorsulum and scutellnm and the posterior margin of the
latter, a line over the tegulse, the pleurae, metathorax and legs, clothed with pale
pubescence, the dorsulum and scutellum are otherwise than the parts mentioned,
uaked ; wings hyaline, nervures black, tegulae pale yellowish; legs black, the
inner margin of the anterior tibiae and tarsi as well as the inner side of the pos-
terior tarsi with brown hairs. Abdomen very finely punctured, a .spot on the
side of the first, and the apical margin of segments 1-5 with pale pubescence,
the pubescence sometimes interrupted medially, beneath thesegments are clothed
with pale fuscous pubescence. Length 8 mm.

'S • — The male varies in the color of the pubescence, it being usually pale or
golden yellowish, but in some specimens it is colored as in the 9, and in the
number of teeth on the last segment of the abdomen ; front and clypeus entirely
covered with long pubescence. Antennae long, reaching to the metathorax, black ;
legs black, clothed with pale pubescence, anterior coxae unarmed, last segment
concave on each side of the. middle, covered with appressed ])ubescence, its apical
margin strongly and roundly emarginate medially, with a long tooth or spine on
each side, and with from one to five smaller teeth between the base and the
tooth at the side of the emargination. Length 7 — 8 mm.

Five 9 eight % specimens ; Kingston.

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He$;ac‘liile Cress.

Megachile curia Cress., I’roc. Ent. Soc. Phila. iv, p. 178, 'J, .

9. — Black, shining, front opaque, occiput and vertex shining, finelj' ]>unc-
tnred, clothed with long fuscous or black hairs; base and apex of clypeus, the
sides of the face and the cheeks with long, pale hairs, those on the side of the
face mixed with black hairs, the mandibles shining, clothed with short, pale
fuscous jmbescence at base, and with a few erect reddish brown hairs on the
other portions, a broad sulcus extends from near the base, which is, on the a])ical
two-thirds, formed into a moderate outward curve, the sulcus extending between
the two large teeth at the apex ; clypeus shining, strongly punctured, the ])unc-
tures becoming sparse medially, at which place there is a longitudinal smooth
and polished line. Antennse black, the flagellum testaceous beneath ; thorax
very finely punctured, the punctures becoming larger and more .separated toward
tlie apex of dorsulum ; seen from above, the dorsulum and .scutellum appear
nude, from the side they are clothed with short, erect, black hairs, those on the
scutellum becoming longer toward the apical margin; tegulse black, shining, a
l)atch of hairs above and beneath the tegulte, a much larger patch on each side
of the metathorax white, two transverse irregular patches at apex of dorsulum
yellowish, the rest of the thorax is clothed with pale fuscous hairs; wings hya-
line, iridescent, the apical margin broadly fuscous, nervures and stigma black ;
legs black, clothed with pale pubescence, that on the tarsi, especially the poste-
rior pair within, reddish brown ; outer side of posterior tibiae and first joint of
the tar-si, which is slightl.v concave, shining, strongly rounded ; tibial si)urs
brownish. Abdomen with exceedingly fine punctures, the first segment in front
clothed with pale fuscous hairs, a patch on each side of the first segment whitish,
the apical margins of segments 1-5 clothed with pale yellowish hairs, the pubes-
cence interrupted medially on segments 1-3, sometimes that on the fourth seg-
ment is also interrupted, ventral scopa white, the sides margined with black
hairs. Length 8 — 10 mm.

. — Black, shining; the mandibles, at base, armed with a strong tooth on
outer edge, the face, front and clypeus thicklj^ clothed with long pale hairs, in-
termingled with black ; wings subhyaline, nervures and stigma black-brown,
anterior coxfe armed with a strong tooth, the anterior tarsi not flattened. An-
tennae reaching to the apex of first abdominal segment; abdominal segments 1-5
above with a transverse impression before the apex, those on segments 4 and 5
interrupted medially, a spot on each side of the first, and a transverse mark on
segments 2-4 laterally, as well as the pubescence of the legs and abdomen be-
neath, white; sixth segment above slightly carinated medially; the last segment
emarginate medially, with a strong depression before the emargination. Length
8 — 9 mm.

Var. a. — Pubescence of the head, in front, yellow, 'fhe tooth at base of man-
dibles slightly longer.

Five 9 and four % specimens ; Port Antonio.

'rhis s[)ecies seems to be allied, according to the description, to M.
ornata Sm. from 8t. Domingo.

'riiree specimens ; Kingston.

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.Megacliile ]»e<lali!« n. si>.

%. — Black, elongate; front and vertex strongly and closely punctured ; cly-
peus strongly punctured, shining medially, mandibles black ; basal portion of
flagellum obscurely rufous ; front and cheeks clothed with long pale hairs ; thorax
finely punctured, sparsely clothed with pale pubescence, which is more dense on
the sides and beneath, in the sutures between the dorsulum and scutellum and
the scutellum and metathorax; tegulffi reddish; wings subhyaline, the apical
margin but slightly darker, nervures and stigma brownish ; legs ferruginous,
the anterior and posterior coxje black; the anterior femora and tarsi within,
with white pubescence, that on the femora long, the rest of the legs sparsely
clothed with short, brownish pubescence, anterior coxae armed with a strong
tooth. Abdomen shining, rather strongly punctured, the first segment oblique
in front, concave, segments 1-5 with an apical band of white pubescence, the
bands interrupted medially ; last segment above rugose, its apical margin deeply
and broadly emarginate; beneath, the apical margin of the first and second, and
the third and fourth entirely, reddish. Length 7 — 9 mm.

Three specimens ; Kingston.

trifasciata Cr.

Mellissodes trifasciata Cr., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1878, p. 208, ^ .

Port Antonio ; numerous specimens.

.'VIellis»o<le!« inimiea Cr.

Mellissodes mimica Cr., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii, p. 298, .

Kingston ; Port Antonio. Numerous specimens. This is probably
the male of the preceding species.

Xyloeopa iiiorio Fahr.

Apis morio Fahr., Ent. Syst. il, p. 315, 9-
Xylocopa morio Fahr., Syst. Piez. p. 338.

Xylocopa morio Sm., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 285.

One 9 specimen. Given to me by Mr. Henry Vendreys, of
Kingston.

KxonialopsiK piilcliella Cr.

Exomalopsis pidchella Cr., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. iv, p. 191, 9 ■

Numerous S and one 9 specimens. Kingston ; Port Antonio.

KxomalopsiK riifitai'NiM Sm.

E-.comalopsis rujitarsis Sm., Descr. of new species of Hym. 1879, p. 126, 9-

Three specimens ; Port Antonio.

Kxonialop!«is<» sp. ?

One % specimen, Kingston. It agrees tolerably well with the
description of E. piibescens Cress., from Cuba, but the i)ubescence is
whitish and the apical margin of the wings are fuscous.

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CoiifriM liinii(>rrli4»i(lali!S Fahr.

Centris hiemorrhoidnUs Fabr., Syst. Piez. p. 359, 'J, ; Lej)., St. Farg. Hym. ii,
p. 15.5, ?.

Three 9 s^pecimens; Kingston; Port Antonio.

Onti'is sp. ?

'Fwo S specimens. It agrees well with the description of C. cras-
sipes Sm. (Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) xiii, p. 372, S ), hut the posterior
femora are not incrassate, and the clypeus has two white obli(iue
spots, it not being entirely white as in C. crassipei^.

<’eiilri« faMciafa Sm.

Centris fasciatn Sni., Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. (Apidffi), p. 377, 9 S •

Two 9 <^>'6 % s])ecimens; Kingston,

Riiglosi^a piliveiiti'ij^ Gner.

Euglossa piliventris Guer., Icon. Eegne Anim. p. 458, 9 •

One 9 specimen. Taken at Bog Walk, Parish of St. Catherines.

iMelipona fulvipes Guer.

Melipona fulvipes Guer., Icon. Eegne Anim. iii, p. 462, pi. 75, fig. 6; Poey,
Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, i, p. 142, pi. 6, figs. 14-22.

Numerous specimens. Taken from the nest, near Kingston.

Apis nielli fica Linne.

Apis mellifica Linne, Faune Suec. 1697.

Common at Kingston and Port Antonio.

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Ufotes oil ^"ortli American TACHIXII>^E sens. str. with
ileseriptioiis of new CJenera and Species.

PAPER II*

BY C. H. TYLER TOWNSEND.

The study of the Tachinidse has progressed considerably of late
in the line of descriptive work. Up to within a few years a large
number of forms, necessitating the foundation of new genera, had
remained unnoticed. iNIr. van der Wulp has given us descriptions
of a considerable number of these, which, however, are mainly con-
fined to Old Mexico. Messrs. Brauer and von Bergenstamm have
erected a great number of genera from all parts of the w’orld, some
of which can be em})loyed ; but many are unfortunately either based
on invalid characters, or insufficiently de.scribed and without figures
to enable their recognition. A few other authors have contributed
isolated descriptions of genera in this grou]). Notwithstanding these
recent additions I believe it necessary at this time to erect a number
of new genera for the reception of forms herein described, which
cannot be reconciled with any of the published descrii»tions or figures
of previous genera.

The present jiaper is the result of a study of a considerable col-
lection of material, all from within the limits of the United States ;
and will, the writer hopes, contribute toward a more accurate know-
ledge of our many species among these useful parasitic Hies.

SIPHOPLAGIAf 11. gen.

Belongs in the sub-group with Plagia, from which it differs prin-
cipally by the elongate, slender proboscis, and absence of bristles on
the sides of face. Head, thorax and abdomen of nearly equal width
in the 9 ( ? abdomen narrower in S ). Eyes bare ; front wide,
prominent ; frontal liristles strong, descending but little below the
base of antennae ; a strong pair at each vertical angle directed back-
ward, the outer bristle also directed outward ; three orbital bristles,
the middle one weak ; first frontal bristle from the vertical pair
directed outward and backward, the second inward, a little back-

■* Paper I was published iu the Proc.- Eiit. Soc. Washiiigtou, vol. ii, pp. 134-146.

t (siphon) -f- Plagia.

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ward, the others directed inward, decussate, especially in front; sides
of face moderately broad, without bristles, but with scattered, short
hairs, which extend also among the frontal bristles ; face somewhat
retracted, oral margin prominent, facial ridges bare ; vibrissse decus-
sate, inserted near the oral margin ; cheeks broad, one-half the
liight of eyes in 9 ( ? narrower in S ), bare, with a fringe of bris-
tles on the lower and front border, extending but slightly above the
vibrissie. Anteniue little more than two-thirds the length of the
face ; first joint short, second somewhat elongate, third almost twice
the length of the second, not widened, rounded at the end ; arista
curved outward, thickened nearly to the tip, extremely fine and
short jiubescent, distinctly o-jointed, the second joint elongate. Pro-
lioscis elongate, about twice as long as hight of head, geniculate,
licnt forward, slender and corneous, labella very slightly developed ;
palpi well developed, cylindrical, slightly thickened at tip. Scutellum
with a decussate, ajiical pair of macrochietie ; a long lateral jiair
reaching to base of third abdominal segment ; still a third shorter
lateral pair. Abdomen ( 9 ) long oval in outline, flattened, vaulted,
first segment abbreviated ; macrochsetse of abdomen all marginal
on segments one to four. Legs moderately long. Wings with a
small costal spine ; apical cell ending on the front border of the wing
very much before the apex, narrowly open or almost closed in the
margin ; hind cross-vein very oblique, arising ojiposite or a little
behind the small cross-vein, approximating the bend of the fourth
longitudinal ; apical cross-vein also oblique, both nearly parallel with
the hind border of wing; fourth vein with a very long stump at its
angle; third vein spined on the proximal two-thirds of its extent.
Type, S', anomala n. sp.

This genus diflers from Plagia, as above stated, by the structure
of the proboscis, and the absence of rows of bristles on the sides of
the face ; also by the macrochsetie being only marginal. It agrees
with it in all other essential characteristics.

Kiplioplagia u. sp. 9 cinereous. iJi/es brown ; face

and cheeks silvery-white polliuose; front fully one-half the width of head,
shaded with cinereous; frontal vitta brownish, anteriorly about one-third the
width of the front, widening behind where it sj)lits on each side of the ocellar
area; four pairs of ocellar bristles, a rather weak pair at the vertex directed
outward and backward, but inclined forward at the point, a weaker pair Just in
front of these directed forward and a little outward, a strong pair farther in
front directed widely outward and but very slightly forward, and a weak pair
iniinediately outside the last directed outward and more forward, weak bristly

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hairs amons the In-istles; first and second antennal joints reddish yellow, secord
hlack-hristly, a longer bristle on the lower front border; third joint and arista
blackish, the third joint a little less than twice, as long as the second ; proboscis
black, palpi reddish yellow, with several black bristles on underside; occiput
cinereous pollinose, gray hairy, with a fringe of black bristles on orbital mar-
gins. Thorax and scutellum cinereous pollinose, covered above with .short, black,
bristly hairs and long black bristles posteriorly inclined ; the thorax with two
median, posteriorly divergent black vittre, which generally become obsolete a
little behind the transverse suture, and with a wider, irregularly defined, inter-
rui)ted blackish vitta outside these which runs nearly to the scutellum ; humeri
and pleuraj cinereous polliose, covered with short hlack bristly hairs; the pleuia*
with black bristles on the hind border posteriorly inclined, except the two lower
ones which are anteriorly inclined ; some bristles below humeri directed upward,
outward and forward. Abdomen cinereous pollinose, covered with short, black,
depressed bristles, with some longer bristles on the sides and beneath ; first seg-
ment bearing a lateral marginal macrochaeta usually with a weaker one in front
of it; second with a lateral marginal one, a weaker one outside it, and a median
marginal pair above; third segment with eight marginal macrochsetfe, the outer
ones below the lateral border; fourth segment with six marginal ones above and
several intermixed with shorter bristles below. Legs black, more or less cinere-
ous ; femora and tibiae black, hairy and with stout bristles, particularly the tihiae ;
coxse with posteriorly directed bristles on the forward surface; claws and pul-
villi rather short. Wings grayish hyaline, slightly flavous at base, veins mostly
flavous ; first longitudinal vein spined nearly to the costa; tegulfe silvery white,
with fiavous borders; halteres fuscous. Length 8—9 mm. ; of wing about 6 mm.

Described from three female specimens ; Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Taken June 9-10 on flowers of Aster spinosns. This seems to ap-
proach V. (1. Wulp’s Flagia incognita, but it has a long stump at the
bend of the fourth vein, and the abdomen is nearly uniform cinereous
pollinose instead of hlack with gray front borders to tlie segments.

CiOXIOt’H.ETA*- n. gen.

Like Siphoplagia, hut with short fleshy proboscis, a row of bristles
on the sides of the face, and short, distinctly geniculate arista.
Belongs in the suh-grouj) with Flagia. Head, thorax and abdomen
of equal width in 9 ; the abdomen of % narrower. Eyes bare ;
front broad, prominent; vibrissre decussate and inserted near oral
margin ; frontal bristles arranged as in Siphoplagia (except the
ocellar bristles) ; three orbital bristles in both sexes, the middle one
weaker ; sides of face and front with some fine, short, scattered
hairs; cheeks about one-third of eye-hight in 9 , one-fourth in %,
bare, with a fringe of bristles on lower border ; facial ridges bare ;
sides of face with a row of bristles descending to near the oral mar-
gin as though a continuation of the frontal row. Proboscis rather

I'or'v (knee) -f- (clueta).

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C. H. TYLKK T0WNSP:NI).

sliort, not as long as higlit of head, Hesliy, labella well developed ;
palpi snb-filifonn, very slightly thickened toward the tip. Antennie
shorter than the face (about two-thirds its length) ; first joint short,
second somewhat elongate, third less than twice the length of the
second ; arista bare, short, somewhat thickened, 8-jointed, genicnlate,
the second joint nuicli elongate ; inacrochajde of scntellum and ab-
domen as in Slphoplagia, the longest pair on the scntellum reaching
almost to the middle of the third abdominal segment. Abdomen of
$ nearly oval, more pointed behind than in Siphoplagia ; of %
much narrower, almost conical ; frst abdominal segment abbreviated.
\Vi ngs without costal spine; posterior and apical cros.s-veins very
obli(|ue, parallel with the hind border of the wing; posterior cros.s-
vein arising much before the small cross-vein, terminating in the
middle between the latter and the bend of the fourth vein, which
hears a very lon_g stuni|) of a vein ; apical cell almost closed in the
margin, ending very much before the tip of the wing; third vein
spined very nearly its whole length, frst spined all the way to costa.
Tv])e, G. plagioldes n. sp.

This genus differs from Plagia principally in the geniculate arista.

(lioiiioclliBtii n. sp. 9 silvery. Eyes dark hr own ;

front about five-nintlis the width of head, face of equal width ; front, face and
cheeks silvery white; frontal vitta hrownish cinereous, split posteriorly enclosing
the ocellar ai-ea ; two pairs of ocellar bristles intermixed with black hair, the
pair behind the ocelli directed backward and a little outward, the longer curved
))air in front directed outward and a little forward; first and second antennal
joints and base of third, particularly the posterior hasal ])ortion, reddish yellow;
arista and remainder of third joint black ; second joint with a hlac^k bristle on
its anterior surface, third joint a little more than one and one-half times as long
as the second ; proboscis brownish ; palpi yellow, with scattered hairs and three
black bristles on under surface near tij); occiput silvery, clothed with gray hair,
with a fringe of black bristles on the orbital margin. Thorax and scntellum
silvery, clothed with short bristly hairs and posteriorly inclined macrochsetse ;
two narrow, median, posteriorly divergent, black vitte begin at anterior border
of thorax and become obsolete a little beyond the suture, a median vitta arising
between them at the suture ; a wide, less well defined vitta on each side, inter-
rupted at the transverse suture ; humeri and pleurte silvery, latter with poste-
riorly directed bristles on hind border, excejit two lowest, the U])per one of which
is directed outward and upward, the lower one outward, downward and forward :
some bristles below humeri directed outward, forward and u])ward. Abdomen
covered with short, black, dejiressed bristles, first segment black ; basal half of
second, third and fourth segments sil very pollinose, posterior half lilack, shining;
first segment with a lateral macrochaeta on margin; second with a lateral and a
median pair on margin ; third segment with eight marginal macrochaetw, the
outer ones on the ventral surface and apparently still others on venter; fourth
segment with four marginal macrochtetic above and several intermixed with

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sliorter bristles below. Legs black, femora and coxfe more or less silvery ; femora
and tibife clothed with hlack hairs and stout bristles, some macrochfetfe on the
middle tibia* ; coxie with posteriorly dilated bristles on anterior surface ; claws
and pulvilli rather short. Wings grayish hyaline, very slightly fulvous at hase,
veins mostly flavous; tegulte nearly white, borders almost concolorous; halteres
fu.scous.

'J, . — Differs as follows; Front and face narrower, about three-sevenths the
width of head; cheeks about one-fourth bight of eyes; form narrower; abdo-
men narrowed, nearly conical ; claws and pulvilli about same length ; orbital
bristles same. Length 8 mm., or slightly more; of wing 5.5 — 6 mm.

Described from one Z and one 9 ; Las Cruces, New Mexico.
The 9 taken June lOtli on flowers of Aster spinosus; the Z taken
July 10th. This form seems at first to approach Plagia americana
V. d. Wulp, but it is very distinct in the short and geniculate arista,
and the long stum}) at bend of fourth vein.

Genus Tachinodes Br. and Bgst., Zweifl. kais. Mus. W. iv, 133.
This genus, so far as I can ascertain from comparison, of the descrip-
tions, is the same as N^einochoeta v. d. Wulp. Mr. van der Wulp’s
genus has priority, as it was described in 1888 (Biol. C.-A. Di})t. ii,
38). The above authors give no figure of their genus Tachinodes,
which was erected for Tachina hystrix Fab. from Brazil.

Tacliiiia spiiiosiila n. sp. 9 (’)• — Blackish cinereous. Head a little
wider than thorax, which is about same width as abdomen. Eyes brown, bare ;
front considerably more than one-third the width of head, golden or brassy-
cinereous on the sides, somewhat prominent before; frontal vitta blackish, with
a golden shade in some lights, hardly one-third the width of front, except be-
hind, where it widens and splits on each side of the ocelli; frontal bristles de-
scending about half-way down the sides of face, sparse, some fine hairs outside
them ; a pair of bristles at each vertical angle, the inner stout one directed
strongly backward, the outer one directed outward ; next frontal bristle short,
directed outward and backward ; next one long, directed backward ; rest directed
inward, hardly decussate to base of antennie ; two orbital bristles; face silvery,
facial depression rather wide below, facial ridges bare, except a few bri.stles above
vibrissse; sides of face not wide, bare, except for descending frontal I'ow of bris-
tles ; vibrissfe decussate, inserted near oral margin ; cheeks invaded by occipital
area, moderately wide, black hairy under eyes, silvery, with bristles on lower
border; anteniife blackish, shorter than face: first joint short, second elongate,
more or less silvery, bristly above ; third joint about one and one-half times as
long as second, only moderately wide, truncate, posterior apical corner rounded ;
arista black, thickened almost half its length, microscopically short pubescent,
indistinctly 3 (?)-jointed, second joint not elongate; proboscis about as lung as
bight of head, brownish or blackish, considerably thickened, labella well de-
veloped ; palpi orange-yellow, darker at base, slender, hardly thickened on distal
two-thirds, with some long black hairs on underside; occiput cinereous, thickly
gray hairy, with a fringe of black hairs on orbital margins. Thorax and scntel-
lum hairy and bristly, cinereous, with four narrow dark vitta;; scutellum with

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C. H. TYLER TOWNSEND.

a sliort, decussate apical pair of iiiacrochajtaj ; a long pair just outside tbeiii which
would I'each about to base of third abdominal segment, two more lateral macro-
clijeta^ on each side; humeri and ]deuraj cinereous. Abdomen rather ovate,
vaulted, clothed with short, black bristles; first segment somewhat shortened,
entirely black; other segments blackish, more or less silvery or cinereous: first
segment with a median marginal pair of macrochfetje ; second with a median
discal and two median marginal pairs; third with a median discal pair and eight
long marginal macrochajtae above, some shorter ones below; anal segment with
a median discal pair, surmounted by a tuft of rather short macrocliEetae. Legs
blackish, black-hairy, femora and tibiee slightly silvery, latter with stout bristles;
claws and pulvilli a very little elongate. Wings a little longer than abdomen,
moderately narrow, grayish hyaline, .slightly pale tawny at base, with small costal
spine, third vein wdth a few spines at base; apical cell nearly closed in the mar-
gin well before ti}> of wing; fourth vein bent at an angle, with a wrinkle at
bend; hind cross-vein nearly straight, oblique, nearer to bend of fouiTh vein;
tegulse nearly white, margins slightly yellowish; halteres fuscous, yellowish at
base. Length 6 mm. ; of wing 4.5 mm.

Described from one specimen received from Mr. Chas. Robertson,
Carlinville, 111. This is a good, typical Taehina in the sense of
Schiner; the only difference being in the nearly closed aj)ical cell.
Doubtless, further specimens will show the apical cell to be normally
more open.

Taehina aletise Riley, Can. Ent. xi, 162.

As the eyes are described “ thinly pubescent,” this is not a Trichina.
Besides, the third antennal joint is said to be “three or four times
the length of the second,” while in Taehina it is at most twice the
length of the elongate second. The description is insufficient to
indicate the genus. The surmise would be that the sjiecies belongs
in Exorista.

Taehina (Masicera) armigera Coquillett, Ins. Life i, 3.32.

This species should evidently be referred to Masicera.

l*acliyoi>lit halm IIS aurilroiis n. sp. '5,. — Blacki.sh, cinereous. Head
a little wider than thorax, abdomen a little narrower. Eyes large, occupying
more than two-thirds the front surface of the head, brown, bare; front about
one-fifth the width of head, narrowly produced beyond the eyes, face widening
from antennge to oral margin ; sides of face and front gohlen, especially when
viewed from behind, shading to dark on vertex; frontal vitta very narrow,
blackish, widened and pronged behind enclosing the ocelli ; frontal bristles de-
scending only to base of antennse, rather thick, nearly all equally strong, in a
double row, the outer row weaker, the most of the inner row directed inward
and forward, decussate ; both bristles of the pair at vertical angles directed out-
ward, the inner one longer and directed more backward ; the usual two ])airs of
ocellar bristles intermixed with weak hairs ; facial depression and cheeks silvery ;
cheeks moderately wide, invaded by the cinereous, black hairy occipital area.

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bristly on lower border, otherwise bare ; sides of face narrow, bare; facial ridges
bristly for a short distance above vibrissae, which are decussate and inserted a
little above oral margin at a constriction of the facial ridges; antennee very short
inserted below middle of head, blackish or brown ; fii-st joint short, second much
longer, bristly in front with a longer bristle before apex, third joint but little
longer than second ; arista thickened for little less than half its length, with
some microscoi'ic very short pubescence, black, 3-jointed, second joint not elon-
gate; proboscis moderately stout, about as long as bight of head, black, brown
at tij), labella well developed ; ])alpi rather slender, hardly thickened towai-d tip,
blackish, with several black bristles on undersurface; occiput cinereous, black
hairy, brownish-cinereous around the borders, with a fringe of black hairs on
orbital margins. Thorax and scutellum cinereous, with three wide, brownish
cinereous vittie terminating at scutellum ; thorax sparsely hairy, with very few
bristles; scutellum with an apical, decussate pair of macrochtetse reaching be-
yond base of second abdominal segment, two lateral ones on each side in front
of the apical pair; humeri and pleune light cinereous. Abdomen conico-ovate in
outline, first segment not shortened; color black, unevenly cinereous ])ollinose,
black-hairy, with weak macrochfette only marginal; fir.st two segments each
with a median pair of macrochsetaj and a lateral macrochseta-like bristle ; third
segment with about ten, anal with about eight macrochfetfe. Legs black, femora
slightly cinereous, long-hairy, middle and hind tibiae bristly; claws and pnlvilli
elongate. IT'/wps a little longer than abdomen, narrow, without costal spine,
grayish hyaline; apical cell opien, ending a little before tip of wing; fourth vein
bent at an angle, with a well defined wrinkle at the bend ; hind cross-vein not
straight, nearer to the bend of fourth vein ; tegulae grayish white, halteres
flavous.

9 . — Differs only in the considerably shorter claw’s and pnlvilli. The front is
about the same width. Length 51 — mm. ; of wing 4 — 4S mm.

Described from one % and three 9 specimens received from Mr.
Cliarles Robertson, Carlinville, 111. Differs from Schiner’s description
of }facronychia as follows : Tbe sides of face are narrow and bare ; the
front is rather narrow, and of equal width in both sexes ; the arista
is seen to be distinctly 3-jointed under a high-power lens. It belongs
to Pachyophthahmis Br. and Bgst. as separated by them from Mucro-
nyc.hia; and on account of still other differences beside those men-
tioned above may perhaps better be located in the new genus. It
has the front narrower than in Miltogramma.

(lavicoriiis n. sp. % . — Black, cinereous and reddish.
Eyes light brown, bare, facets larger in front; front a little over one-fourth width
of head, rather prominent before, brassy or slightly golden, with some short,
weak hairs outside the frontal bristles; face much wider than front; frontal
vitta brownish, very narrow before, widening toward ocelli, where it divides into
a prong on each side; face and cheeks silvery-white, facial dei)ressiou occupying
one-half the width of face, sides of face, therefore, moderately wide, bare; frontal
bri.stles de.scending only to base of antennae ; a pair of posteriorly directed bris-
tles at each vertical angle, the outer shorter ones directed also outward ; next
frontal bristle directed mostly backward, rest directed inward, decussate ; four

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(?) orbital l)ristles, tbe posterior one directed backward, the three others forward
(in tbe only under observation there are three orbital bristles on one side and
the forward one is directed backward like the posterior one, while on the other
side there are four orbital bri.stles and only the posterior one is directed back-
ward); the usual two pairs of ocellar bristles, front pair directed strongly for-
ward and somewhat outward, the shorter hind pair directed a little outward ;
cheeks wide, invaded under the eyes by the occijiital area, otherwise bare, with
bristles on lower and forward borders; vibrissfe decussate, inserted well above
the oral margin at a coirstriction of the facial ridges, which are bristly fora short
distance above them; face hardly straight, a little oblique, epistoma hardly
promineut ; antenme a little more than one-half length of face, flavous, first joint
extremely short; second of moderate length, well clothed with short, black bris-
tles, and with a long straight bristle on front border; third joint about twice
the length of second, not widened, light flavous; arista black or dark brown,
bare save for a microscopic pubescence, thickened about half its length, distinctly
8-jointed, the second joint a little elongate; proboscis black, about as long as
bight of head, not thick, labella considerably developed ; palpi flavous, rather
loTig, slender, thickened at tip, with several fine, black bristles on under surface;
occiput cinereous, silvery-bordered, black-hairy, with fringe of black hairs on
orbital margins. Thorax and scutellum cinereous with a sort of brassy tinge,
hairy, with but few bristles on thorax mostly behind ; a median pair of narrow,
more or less indistinct, sometimes sub-obsolete dark vittge on thorax ; scutellum
with an apical pair of macrochsetfe, which are decussate or barely so, and reach
nearly to middle of second abdominal segment, and two lateral macrochsetse on
each side; humeri and pleurae cinereous. Abdomen rather short, conical, clothed
with appressed black bristles; first segment hardly shortened, blackish, reddish
below and on the side.s, sometimes above on the hind margin except in middle;
second segment all reddish or orange, covered with a silvery sheen, except a me-
dian black vitta very narrow in front and much widened behind ; third segment
reddish in front, silvery, broadly blackish behind, the posterior widened portion
of the median vitta more distinctly shining black ; anal segment broadly silvery
in front, the median posterior portion blackish ; the silvery pollen of the segments
has much of a golden tinge in some lights, especially on the anal segment; venter
mostly orange, blackish at anus ; first and second segments without macrochsetie ;
third .segment with about eight rather weak, marginal macrochffitje, the outer
ones only a little stouter than the bristles of tbe abdomen; anal segment with
about six similar, marginal macrochsetse. Legs black, femora more or less silvery
cinereous, femora and tibife bristly; claws and pulvilli elongate. Wings grayish
hyaline, without costal spine, third vein with a small bristle at base ; apical cell
oi)en, terminating considerably before tip of wing, fourth vein bent at an angle,
with a wrinkle ajipearing like a stump; hind cross-vein a little curved, well ap-
proximated to the bend of the fourth ; tegulse nearly white, halteres somewhat
fuscous.

9- — Differs in having the claws and pulvilli short. The front is nearly the
same width, or slightly narrower. Length 6 — 6.5 mm. ; of wing 4.5 — 5 mm.

Described from two specimens from Mr. Charles Robertson, col-
lected near Carlinville, 111., which I am confident are S and 9 t)f
the same sjiecies, although both of them have the facets of the eye

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enlarged in front, and the one with the short claws seems to have the
front slightly narrower. The claws of the other are very elongate.

1 have a very much smaller S received from Mr. Robertson with
the above, which is only 4.5 mm. long. It has the claws and pul-
villi elongated and very closely resembles the larger S , which is

6.5 mm long. I hesitate to describe it from one specimen, as it seems
to differ only in its very much smaller size and darker abdomen.
The abdomen is but slightly reddish on sides of second segment, rest
blackish, silvery pollinose. The arista, however, is not so distinctly
jointed. It differs from the following two species in its brassy or
golden front, and long flavous third antennal joint. In case it is
recognized from this description and found to be distinct, it may be
called M. simills.

The only differences between the above described Miltogrammas
and Schiller’s generic description are that the arista is quite distinctly
3-jointed, and the third antennal joint is about twice the length of
the second.

,^Iiltoj;raiiima argentif roiis a. sp. 'J, . — Differs from M. flavicornis a,s
follows: Smaller, without red ou abdomen. Front silvery, iucludiug vitta, sides
darker iu some lights; only three orbital bristles; frontal bristles not so nu-
merous or closely set, rather sparse; anteunse entirely dull blackish, except
apical rim of second joint, which is light yellowish, third joint scarcely longer
than the second ; arista black, thickened only at base, bulbous, indistinctly
jointed; sides of face finely hairy ; facial depression narrow, scarcely any bris-
tles on facial ridges above the vibrissse ; palpi blackish or dark brown ; apical
scutellar pair of macrochsetse sometimes not, but usually decussate. Abdomen
blackish or dark brown, light cinereous pollinose, no distinct median vitta ; first
segment with a weak lateral macrochgeta on the margin ; second with a lateral
marginal one and a median marginal pair; third segment with eight marginal,
and anal segment with six marginal, as in the above species. Claws and pulvilli
elongate. Tr«(f/s smaller ; halteres flavous. Length 4 — 5.5 mm.; of wing 3.5 —

4.5 mm.

Described from four % specimens received from Mr. Charles
Robertson, Carlinville, 111. One of these specimens is much larger
(5.5 mm.) than the three others (4-4.5 mm.), and also differs in hav-
ing a median macrochteta (its mate probably lost) on margin of first
abdominal segment. The sides of the face are only very slightly hairy.
It does not otherwise differ appreciably.

Mlltogramma trilineata v. d. Wulp, Biol. C.-A. Dipt, ii, 89. One
specimen from S. Illinois (Robertson) I believe should be referred
to this species. It much resembles, but is larger than M. argentifrom
Towns.

358

C. H. TYI.ER TOWNSEND.

.llilt og;raiiiina oiiierascens n. sp. 9 (?)— Differs from M. jlmncornis as
follows; Smaller, wholly golden-cinereous. Front narrower, fi-ontal bristles
sparse, less numerous; three orbital bristles; front, face and cheeks light golden,
sides of face finely hairy; frontal vitta a little deeper golden, blackish toward
antennse; antennte dull blackish, second joint reddish at tip, third joint only a
little longer than second ; arista black, thickened only at base, bulbous, rather
indistinctly jointed ; facial dei)ression narrower, sides of face slightly wider,
scarcely any bristles on facial ridges above vibrissse ; proboscis black, brown at
base; pal])i stouter, club-shaped, light brown, iji one specimen dark brown,
lighter at base. Thorax, scutellum and abdomen almost entirely cinereous, the
abdomen with more of a golden reflection, hind borders of the segments usually
darker; a weak lateral macrochreta on margin of first abdominal segment; sec-
ond segment with a lateral maginal one and a median marginal pair; third with
about eight, and anal segment with about six marginal macrochietse. Claws and
pulyilli only slightly elongate. Wings smaller, halteres flavous. Length 4.5 to
nearly 5 mm. ; of wing — 3§ mm.

Described from three specimens received from Mr. Cliarles Rob-
ertson, Carlinville, 111.

.Hiisieera iiig^ritsi n. sp. % . — Black, shining, somewhat cinereous. Thorax
and abdomen about same width, head a little wider. £’i/c.'? brown, bare; front
about one-third the width of head, considerably produced before, face much
wider; front and f;ice silvery pollinose, cheeks toward oral margin narrowly
reddish or brownish ; frontal vitta blackish, about one-third width of front,
pronged behind enclosing ocelli; frontal bristles descending about to base of
third antennal joint; a pair of bristles at each vertical angle, the inner long
one directed backward, the outer short one directed outward ; next two on each
side directed backward, the posterior one also outward, remainder directed in-
ward. more or less decussate; no orbital bristles; a row of bristly hairs outside
the frontal bristles; ocellar area with a pair of rather strong bristles in front
directed forward and a little outward, and a very short pair behind at the vertex ;
sides of face moderately narrow, bare; cheeks replaced beneath the eyes by an
extension of the occipital area, bordered below by some strong bristles; vibrissse
decus.sate, inserted almo.st on the oral margin ; face strongly oblicjue, receding,
facial depression rather wide, considerably hollowed, a little elongate; facial
ridges with a few bristles above the vibrissse, surmounted by several fine hairs;
antennse shorter than the face, blackish ; first joint short, second a little longer,
bristly before; third about four times the length of the second, a little widened,
truncate at apex, the posterior corner rounded ; arista black, minutely pubescent,
thickened more than half its length, apparently only 2-jointed, the basal joint
very short; ))roboscis black or brownish, short, thick, fleshy, not so long as bight
of head, labella well developed; palpi blackish, rather thick, curved, club-
shajied, short hairy with several longer hairs on lower surface before tip ; occijmt
black, more or less cinereous, black hairy with fringe of bristly hairs on orbital
margins. Thorax and scutellum black, somewhat cinereous, black hairy and
bristly; thorax with a median ])air of narrow, posteriorly divergent, blackish
vittse in front, becoming obsolete about the suture; two lateral pairs of stout
macrochietffi on scutellum. the hind pair reaching nearly to base of third ab-
dominal segment, apical pair directed almost straight ujnvard and curved inward,
strongly decussate ; humeri and pleurae cinereous or slightly silvery. Abdomen

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oval, hardly vaulted, black, shiniug, covered with short depressed black bristles,
covered with short depressed black bristles, first segment a little shortened,
second to fourth segments faintly rather broadly silvery at base; macrochselie
rather stout and abundant, first segment with a median marginal pair, and one
lateral marginal macrochgeta; second segment with a median discal and marginal
pair, and a lateral marginal one; third segment with a median discal and mar-
ginal pair, a lateral marginal pair each side, several marginal on venter, and
some shorter subdiscal and discal ones on sides; fourth segment well armed
with discal, snbdiscal and marginal macrocluetie. Legs moderately long, black,
faintly cinereous or silvery; femora a little, tibiae strongly bristly, especially
middle and hind pairs. Claws and pulvilli elongate. Wings but little longer
than the abdomen, without costal spine, grayish hyaline, extreme base and veins
slightly flavous ; apical cell ending before tip of wing, closed in border; fourth
vein bent at an angle, without stump or wrinkle ; hind cross-vein nearly straight,
oblique, a very little approximated to the bend of the fourth vein ; tegulse nearly
white, halteres fu.scous. Length 6 mm, ; of wing 4.5 mm.

Described from one specimen received from i\Ir. Chas. Robertson,
Carlinville, 111. This belongs in the subgenus Ceromasia Roud. and
is very near 31. luctuosa v. d. Widp. But it is more black, very
faintly cinereous, and the apical cross- vein is distinctly curved or
bowed.

itiasicera sordicolor n. sp. 'J, . — Cinereous. Head, thorax and abdomen
nearly equal in width. Eyes brown, bare ; front at vertex about one-fourth widtli
of head, widening before, prominent, face much wider ; frontal vitta black, nearly
equal in width, enclosing the ocelli ; frontal bristles descending about to base of
third antennal joint, a strong one at each vertical angle, all the rest except two
last ones directed inward and mostly decus.sate ; no orbital bristles; a very few
scattered fine hairs outside the frontal rows; twm pairs of ocellar bristles, the
forward pair directed inward and forward, decussate; face, cheeks and sides of
front silvery-cinereous; sides of face moderately narrow, bare; face oblique,
receding, facial depression moderately wide, facial ridges bare, except a few
bristles just above the vibrissse, which latter are decussate and inserted very
much above the oral margin; cheeks slightly invaded by occipital area, black-
hairy below posteriorly, with bristles on lower and forward margins ; antenna;
considerably shorter than the face, narrow, brownish, third joint slightly yel-
lowish at base, second joint bristly before, first joint very short, second a little
elongate, third about twice as long as second ; arista blackish or brownish, thick-
ened on its basal two-sevenths, microscopically pubescent, apparently 2-jointed.
basal joint not elongate, proboscis moderately stout, brownish, labella well de-
veloped (proboscis not extended in this specimen), palpi orange-yellow, club-
shaped, thickened at tip, black-bristly above and below; occiput cinereous,
slightly gray hairy near center, black-hairy outside with a fringe of black hairs
on orbital margins. Thorax, scutellum, humeri and pleurae cinereous, hairy and
bristly ; thorax with four moderately narrow, dark vittae, the outside pair obso-
lete in front and interrupted at the suture; scutellum with an apical, nearly
straight pair of macrochaette, three shorter lateral ones on each side, and one at
forward angle. Abdomen conico-ovate, somewhat flattened, entirely cinereous,
covered vvith short black hairs, first segment considerably shortened, macrochaeta'

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all weak ; a median marginal pair, and a single lateral marginal macrochifita on
each side on first segment, a lateral and a median marginal pair on second seg-
ment, third segment with about ten marginal ones ; anal segment with some weak
discal and marginal macrocluet®. Legs blackish, femora and tibise somewhat
cinereous, bristly, the tibise more strongly so. Claws and pulvilli very long.
Wings grayish hyaline, longer than abdomen, moderately wide, with only two
slightly longer costal spines at termination of auxiliary vein, third vein not
spilled at base, apical cell open, terminating but little before tip of wing, bend
of fourth vein rounded, without stump or wrinkle, hind cross-vein sinuate,
nearer to the bend of fourth vein, tegulte smoky white, halteres flavous. Length
7.5 mm. ; of wing 6.5 mm.

Described from one specimen received from Mr. Chas. Robertson,
Carlinville, 111. This species I have located temporarily in Masicera,
although it does not (piite agree with the characters of that genus.
The ajiical cell is opened only a little before the wing’s tip, and the
form is rather narrower than is usual in Masicera. It apparently
approaches Telothyria v. d. Wulp, but differs from it by the promi-
nent front, receding face and distinctly 2-jointed arista. Additional
specimens will be needed to decide its location.

IIYI»KRTROPIIO<’ERA* n. gen.

Belongs in the Tachinince s. str., in section with bare eyes and
apical cell closed in the margin. Head, thorax and abdomen nearly
same width. Eyes bare, extending a little more than two-thirds the
distance to the oral margin. Front nearly one-half the width of
head, face wider; frontal bristles descending in a single row close to
facial ridges as far down as lower border of the eyes; the bristles at
the vertical angles and next one on each side directed backw'ard, rest
above antennfe directed inward, those below anten me directed down-
ward ; three orbital bristles, and sometimes other smaller bristles
intermixed. Front almost in a horizontal plane, strongly projected
forward. Sides of face rather wide above, narrower below, bare
except for the row of frontal bristles ; cheeks bare, wude, nearly one-
half the eye-hight, with some bristles on lower border; face strongly
oblique, receding, facial depression very long, narrow, facial ridges
bare ; vibrissae inserted on oral margin, not very long, decussate.
Antennae about as long as the face ; first joint erect, rather short ;
second joint about same length ; third joint not much wddened, but
considerably thickened, very long, fully ten times the length of the
second, apex angular on front border, rounded behind ; arista dis-
tinctly 3-jointed, microscopically pubescent, thickened its whole

* 'YnfpTpaftirji (hypertrophied) -f- Kepaia (autenna).

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length, rather long, the second joint slightly longer than thick.
Proboscis short, hardly one-half as long as hight of head, ileshy,
labella well developed ; palj)i well developed, a little thickened at
tip. A^pical pair of scutellar inacroch?eta? not decussate, leaching
onlv the second segment ; a small pair in front of these, and a lateial
pair nearer the suture. Abdomen rather broad, ovate, somewhat
vaulted, first segment not abbreviated; macrocheetre marginal on
third segment, discal and marginal on fourth (sometimes the second
segment with some longer lateral bristles, which appear like macio-
chtetm). Legs not elongate, rather slender. Wings with a small
costal spine, third vein spined at base; apical cell closed in margin
a little before the tip of the wing ; fourth vein bent at an obtuse
angle, without stump or wrinkle at its bend ; hind cross-vein sinuate,
slightly nearer the bend of fourth vein. Type, H. parvipes n. sp.

This genus can hardly be confused with Fhorocera, to which it
bears some resemblance. The facial ridges are bare, but the frontal
bristles descend in a row just outside the facial ridges, and near
enough to cause reasonable doubt as to whether they should be con-
sidered cdiate. Besides this distinction, the ej es aie bare, and the
apical cell is closed.

Ilypertrophoeera parvipes 11. .sp. 9 (?). — Grayish ov cinereous. Eyes
very flark brown, front and face silvery white pollinose, cheeks inclining to
flesh color, frontal vitta broad, very light grayish brown, enclosing the ocelli
behind ; antennai entirely light brownish yellow, first joint a little moie deeply
colored, the second joint with some black bristles, arista black ; proboscis brown-
ish yellow, partly blackish behind toward base, palpi brownish yellow, black
bristly; occiput cinereous, black hairy, fringe on orbital margins not so well
defined. Thorax, humeri and pleiirce cinereous, with short black hairs and pos-
teriorly directed black bristles; .scutellum cinereou-s, widely browuisb yellow on
bind border. Abdomen light brownish yellow, silvery pollinose, tawny toward
the hind margin of segments, sutures lighter, with a broad median cinereous
pollinose vitta interrupted at the sutures and indistinct in some lights, entirely
covered with short, black, appressed bristles; ten marginal macrochfette on third
segment, and about as many each of discal and marginal on last segment; first
and second segments without macrochsetse, except some macrochfeta-like bristles
on side of second segment. Legs blackish, brownish yellow^ at joints, femora
cinereous; coxse. femora and tibipe bristly; tarsi ratber delicate, claws and pul-
villi short. TI"i?it;s subhyaline, slightly grayish, veins light brownish or tawny ;
tegulffi white; halteres brownish yellow, knobs whitish. Length i.5 mm.; of
wings 6 mm.

Described from oue sjtecimeii, taken July 8th; Las Cruces, N. M.

ApliriR oeypterata n. sp. . — Much the. facies of an Ocyptera; black,
silvery, abdomen reddish on sides. Head, thorax and abdomen nearly equal in

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width. Eyes brown, bare (except several microscopic, extremely indistinct hairs
on lowest portion); front about one-third width of head at vertex, widening
before, prominent, fi’ontal bristles strong and thick, descending a little below
base of antennpe, about to ba.se of third antennal joint ; one stout bristle at each
vertical angle directed backward and slightly outward ; next frontal bristle much
shorter, directed backward ; next stout, directed backward and slightly inward,
rest directed inward, decussate to base of antennae, no orbital bristles ; two pairs
of ocellar bristles, jiosterior pair shorter, nearly erect, pointed forward at ti]i, the
forward pair long, curved strongly forward and a little outw’ard ; some fine hairs
on front outside the frontal bristles; front, face and cheeks silvery white, the
sides of front appearing bluish in some lights, frontal vitta yellowish brown, of
equal width ; sides of face of moderate width, bare below frontal bristles ; cheeks
one-third eye-hight in width, bare except a few hairs on lower posterior portion,
with strong bristles on lower l>orders ; face oblique, receding, epistoma prominent^
facial ridges bare, vibrissse inserted a short distance above the oral margin,
slightly decussate; antennae black, first joint short; second joint elongate,
somewhat silvery; third joint widened, about one and one-half times as long as
second; arista short, black, minutely pubescent, thickened more than half its
length, distinctly 3-jointed, second joint elongate! i>roboscis black, long, rather
slender, straight, more than twice as long as bight of head, corneous, labella but
little developed; palpi light yellowish, slender, slightly thickened and darker
at tip, black hairy; occiput convex, silvery, with grayish hair in centre, and a
fringe of black bristles on orbital margins. Thorax and scutellum bluish black,
silvery, more so on humeri and pleurae, with macro'chaetae and fine black hair ;
scutellum with a subapical pair of macrochaetai, not decussate, reaching nearly
as far as to base of third abdominal segment: a pair of decussate bristly hairs
are situated between them and represent the apical, decussate macrocha;tae ; a
lateral macrochseta near the forward border of scutellum. Abdomen very elon-
gate-oval, vaulted, first joint shortened; color shining black, bases of second to
fourth segments more or less widely silvery, sides of second segment broadly
orange-red (except sometimes hind margin) extending on the segment in front
and behind; abdomen covered with short, black, depressed bristles and stout
macrocluetfe, tbe latter only marginal, except on last segment; first segment
with one lateral macroclueta ; second with a single lateral one and a median
pail-; third with eight above, and about as many weaker ones below; fourth
segment with discal and marginal macrochsetfe interspersed with shorter, stiff
bristles, producing quite a s]dny ajipearauce. Legs black, femora and tibice
slightly silvery, quite bristly, especially the middle and hindtihise; claw-sand
pulvilli elongate. Wings grayish hyaline, slightly yellowish at extreme base,
just as long as alidomen, with a strong costal spine, third vein spined more than
half its length; apical cell closed in the border, ending considerably before the
tip of the wing; curvat\ire of fourth vein rounded, without stump or wrinkle;
hind cross- vein oblique, not straight, about in the middle between the small
cross-vein and bend of fourth vein ; stump of fifth vein strong, nearly reaching
the margin; tegulse white, halteres light yellow-ish,

9 . — A female which I refer to this species differs as follows ; Eyes more notice-
ably, microscopically hairy on lower portion ; front wider; vibrissje more decus-
sate ; two orbital bristles directed forward, and, particularly the front ones, out-
ward; frontal bristles less thick; third antennal joint no longer than second;
bristles on lower border of cheeks much w-eaker; sides of first abdominal seg-
ment broadly orange; claws and pulvilli short. Length 7 mm. ; of w-ing 5 mm.

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Described from two specimens ; a % from Prof. J. M. Aldrich,
Brookings, South Dakota, and a 9 from Prof O. Lugger, Minn. (?)
have })referred to locate this species in the genus Apliria, although
in some features it closely approaches OUvierla, but differs from it
also in others very essentially. The jiroboscis is long, but bardly
bristle-like and not horizontally protruded. It is straight and per-
pendicularly extended, of about the same size and length as in
Ocyptera, but, unlike that genus, possesses well-formed palpi. The
eyes are extremely thinly pubescent and the apical cell closed in the
margin, both of which characters lead to Aphria in Schiner’s table,
but are denied it in his generic characterization. From Olivi.eria it
differs in the receding (not almost perpendicular) face, in the longer
and more slender proboscis, and in the absence of discal macrochpetic
on the abdominal segments.

Nemonea 7nasnrius Wlk., N. clasides Wlk., and N. trixoicles Wlk.
Mr. van der \Yulp has called attention to the fact (Biol. C.-A. Dipt,
ii, 47) that none of these three species belong in the genus Nemnnv.a,
since the eyes in all of them are bare.

Kxorisfa. ciliata n. sp. . — Head ratber small, not as wide as thorax,

abdomen wider. Eyes reddish brown, thickly pubescent; front at vertex and
middle hardly more than one-seventh the width of head, widening a little before,
face much wider; frontal bristles in a single row, descending nearly to base of
third antennal joint, front thickly fine had ry outside the rows of bristles; the
pair of bristles at vertical angle very short, the inner one longer; no bristles in
frontal row for nearly one-half way from vertical border of occiput to base of
antennae, only fine black hair; rest of space occupied by frontal row, the bristles
directed inward, decussate, except below antennae; occipital area finely black
hairy, with two pairs of short bristles, the forward pair a little longer; no or-
bital bristles; vertex blackish, sides of front cinereous; frontal vitta blackish,
velvety, moderately narrow, split behind on each side of ocelli; sides of face
narrow, silvery-cinereous, rather thickly black hairy; facial depession silvery-
cinereous, rather wide below, facial ridges bare, except a very few bristles just
above vibrissm, the latter decussate and inserted well above the oral margin ;
cheeks replaced under eyes by the cinereous, black hairy occipital area, also hairy
in front, with bristles on lower and front borders; antennse much shorter than
face, blackish, third joint more brownish; first joint very short, second slightly
elongate, bristly ; third once and a half as long as second, but slightly widened ;
arista long, brown, slightly thickened about half its length, microscopically
short pubescent, distinctly 3-jointed, second joint not elongate; proboscis ap-
parently but half as long as hight of head, blackish, labella much developed ;
palpi flavous, dark at base, somewhat club-shaped, black bristly; occiput cine-
reous, densely gray hairy, with fringe of black bristles on orbital margins.
Thorax, widened, bluish black, slightly cinereous, hairy, bristly, with four cpiite

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well-defined black vitlte; humeri and jdeurie cinereous; scutellum broadly
tawny brown, narrowly blackish at base, vvith an apical decussate pair of macro-
chsetai, and two longer and one shorter lateral macroebsetae. Abdomen very
broad oval, almost round, vaulted, flattened, covered with short black bristles,
first segment not shortened ; color black, sides of second and third segments
pale orange, sometimes also ])art of first segment, apical half of anal segment
orange or I'ulvous, basal portions broadly silvery pollinose, except first segment;
first two segments with a lateral marginal macrochaetse ; third segment with
eleven (probably twelve normally) marginal macrocbaetse ; anal segment armed
wdth somewhat weaker macrocbaetse interspersed with bristles. Legs black,
femora and tibiae silvery, more or less bristly, hind tibiae ciliate on outer border;
claws and pulvilli very elongate. Wings much longer than abdomen, narrowed
at tip, widening tow’ard base, grayish hyaline, without costal spine, third vein
not bristly ; apical cell open, ending a little before tip of wing ; fourth vein bent
at an angle, without stump or wrinkle; hind cros.s-veiu long, sinuate, nearly
parallel with bind margin, nearer to bend of fourth vein ; tegulae whitish, hah
teres tawmy. Length 8.5 mm. ; of wing 7 mm

De.scribed from one specimen receiv'ed from Mr. Charles Robertson,
(’arlinville, 111.

A 9 specimen, which, for the present at least, I prefer to regard
as this species, ditfers as follows:

Head fully as wide as thorax; front nearly one-third width of head, sides
golden pollinose; frontal bristles normal, extending back nearly to vertex, the
two posterior ones on each side (not counting vertical bristles) directed back-
ward ; the pair of bristles at each vertical angle much longer ; two orbital bris-
tles; antenna; a little longer, third joint larger, crooked, bowed outward ; palj)!
more yellowish. Thorax not widened. Abdomen narrower, only a little broader
than thorax, with no red on sides, the anal segment nearly all deep fulvous;
first segment without macrochsetse, second with a median marginal pair in addi-
tion to the lateral marginal one on each side; third segment with ten marginal
macrochtetfe, anal segment not so bristly. Claws and pulvilli but little elongate.
Wings not so pointed toward tip ; third vein spined at base. Length 8 mm. ; of
wing 6.5 mm.

One specimen (Robertson), Carlinville, 111.

This is not the genns Madpoda Br. and v. Bgst., but connects that
genus with Exorista. It belongs in the vicinity of E. tricolor v. d.
Wulp from iNIexico.

Exorista Jiaviccmda Riley. This species shonld he known as Eron-
tina Jiavicauda Riley. Two specimens from ]\Ir. Charles Robertson,
collected in South Illinois, agree well tvith the descri[)tion and tignre,
and belong to the genus Frontina.

NOKTU AMKIMCAN DIPTKKA.

3G5

I.ACX’0I»I50^»0I»A«- n. gen.

Belongs in the Taehinina? s. str. Has much the general facies of
a Sarcophagid. Head, thorax and abdomen of nearly same width,
hlyes hare, extending about two-thirds distance to the oral margin.
Front somewhat prominent, about one-third the width of head, face
much wider; a pair of bristles at each vertical angle, the inner long
one directed inward and backward, almost decussate with the corre-
sponding one on the other side, the small one directed outward ; suc-
ceeding frontal bri.stles directed inward, decussate, except the poste-
rior two pail’s; three orbital bristles, sometimes a well developed
fourth one; short hairs outside the frontal bristles. Sides of face of
moderate width, with a row of bristles from the base of antenme to
the lower border of eyes, otherwise bare. Face much hollowed, not
long, rather wide, fiicial ridges bristly nearly half the way up from
the oral margin, the decussate vibris.sse being inserted in the midst
of these, at a constriction of the facial ridges, and considerably re-
moved from the oral margin ; cheeks bare on forward portion, except
for terminal bristles of row on sides of face, wide, nearly one-half
the eye-hight, very widely replaced beneath the eyes by the hairy
occipital area. Antenme much shorter than the face; first joint
v'ery short, second about twice as long, or a little longer; third joint
about twice as long as second, considerably widened and convex be-
hind ; arista thickened for half its length, minutely pubescent, dis-
tinctly 3-jointed, the second joint not elongate. Probo.scis fleshy,
about as long as bight of head, labella well developed ; palpi mod-
erately large, club-shaped, very considerably thickened at tip. Apical
pair of scutellar maci’ochpetae sti’ongly decussate, reaching about as
far as to the base of third abdominal segment; a small discal pair
in front of them, and two strong lateral jiairs. Abdomen broad
ovate, flattened, first segment hardly shortened ; macrocluetm onlv
marginal, on segments one to four. Legs rather long ; claws and
pulvilli considerably elongate. Wings longer than abdomen, rather
broad, with small costal spine, third vein spined a short distance at
base; apical cell ending a little before tip of wing, open ; fourth vein
bent at an angle, without stump, but with a slight wrinkle at the
bend; hind cross-vein curved, well approximated to bend of fourth
vein. TyP^j sarcophagina n. sp.

The wide cheeks of this genus exhibit, posteriorly, a peculiai’lv
complete invasion by the occipital area, which almost entirely re-
places the original genal surface below the eves.

Aa/c/co5 (a hollow) 7Tp6<;(OTToi> (face).

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LaceoproNopa <sar(‘oplia$;iiia n. sp. (?).— Black and cinereous.

Eyes brown ; front, face and cheeks cinereous, blackish in some lights, with a
silvery lustre in others; frontal vitta dark brown or blackish, averaging one-
third the frontal width, split behind enclosing the ocelli ; anteniue dark brown,
second joint lighter, very bristly, third joint blackish; arista very dark brown
or blackish, excei>t a section at end of thickened ]iortion, which is yellowish ;
proboscis blackish, light brown toward ti]> ; palpi reddish brown, blackish toward
tip, black bristly; occiput ciTiereous, black bristly, particularly so on the genal
portion below the eyes, where the bristles are longest, orbital margins with a
fi-inge of bristles. Thorax bluish black, black hairy and bristly, with four cine-
reous vittae, the median pair more distinct; scutellum, humeri and pleurae bluish
black, more or less shaded with cinereous. Abdomen blackish, shining, covered
with short black bristly hairs, basal portions of segments more or less broadly
and interruptedly cinereous iiolliiiose, not showing in some lights, anal segment
almost entirely cinereous; first and second segments each with a small, lateral
macrochaeta, and some macrochaeta-like bristles on sides; third segment with a
median pair, a lateral pair, and a single macrochaeta between the median and
lateral pairs, some longer bristles below; fourth segment with a strong lateral
pair on each side, and several weaker median bristles. Legs black, faintly
silvery, black bristly, except tarsi ; claws and pulvilll somewhat elongate, iriaps
grayish hyaline, veins brown ; tegulae white, slightly silvery ; halteres brownish.
Length 7 mm.; of wing 6 mm.

Described from one specimen received from Mr. Chas. Robertson,
Carlinville, 111.

Phorocera e<lwar«lsii Willi.st, Scudd. Butt. N. E. 1921, pl.*lS9, fig. 25, .

— Black and cinereous. Head, thorax and abdomen nearly same width. Eyes
light brown, thickly pubescent; front about one-third the width of head, promi-
nent, golden or brassy pollinose on the sides, with some fine hairs outside the
frontal bristles; frontal vitta very dark brown, blackish, about one-third width
of front, widening behind, where it splits on each side of the ocelli ; ocellar area
with two pairs of bristles and a tuft of black hair, the front pair of bristles
strong, directed forward and outward ; a very strong bristle at each vertical
angle directed backward, two nearly as strong exactly in front and similarly
directed, the three on each side being in a straight line and equidistant from
each other ; no orbital bristles ; the other frontal bristles weaker, directed in-
ward, decus.sate to base of antennpe, extending downward on sides of face to
below the hase of third antennal joint (a little below middle of eyes); sides of
face otherwise bare, silvery white, moderately wide; face receding, epistoma
prominent; facial depression rather deep, wide, silvery white; facial ridges
strongly ciliate nearly to base of third antennal joint, beyond the ])oint to which
the frontal bristles descend ; cheek space rather wide, silvery, black hairy below,
with some black bristles on low'd' and front margins; vibrisste strong, decussate,
inserted considerably above the oral margin ; antennre not quite as long as the
face, blackish, second joint reddish yellow, black bristly before; fii-st joint short,
second but little longer, third about four times the length of second, of moderate
and equal breadth ; arista blackish, thickened for more than half its length,
microscopically very short pubescent, distinctly 3-jointed, the second joint not
elongate; proboscis hardly or about as long as the bight of head, moderately
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thickened on distal two-thiids, black bristly with some longer bristles on under
surface; occiput cinereous, densely gray hairy, with a fringe of black hairs on
orbital margins, very long hairs alternating with very short ones. Thorax sil-
very-cinereous, hairy and bristly, with four more or less distinct, rather narrow,
black vittiE ; scutellum a little blackish at base, broadly tipped with tawny
brown, with a rather small, decussate apical pair of macrochse tie ; just outside
these a strong pair reaching to base or nearly to middle of third abdominal seg-
ment; two lateral macrochsetie on each side: humeri and pleui-se silvery-cine-
reous. Abdomen rather oval, covered with short, thick, black bristles, first seg-
ment somewhat shortened ; color black, bases of all but first segment broadly
silvery, fully covering the basal half; sides of second segment more or less red-
dish ; first segment with a median marginal pair of macrochsetie ; second with
a median marginal pair, and a lateral marginal one; third with about ten mar-
ginal macrochaetfe, six of these being on the upper side; anal segment well
armed with discal and marginal macrochsetie. Legs black, femora silvery, tibiie
slightly so, femora bristly, tibiae more stronsly so ; claws and pulvilli quite elon-
gate. Wings a little longer than abdomen, not wide, grayish hyaline, very
slightly tawny toward base, with costal spine, third vein spined at base ; apical
cell ending well before the tip of wing, open ; fourth vein bent at an angle, with
a well defined wrinkle at its bend; hind cross-vein oblique, somewhat crooked,
nearer to the bend of fourth vein ; tegulae nearly white, halteres brownish.
Length 6 — 9 mm. ; of wing — 6§ mm.

I believe that P. appendiculata v. d. Wulp is the same as this spe-
cies. I refer four S specimens here ; one from So. Florida and three
from So. Illinois (Robertson). All four, however, show a more or
less faint rufous tinge on the sides of the second abdominal segment.

Acroslossa hespericlariiiu Willist. Scudd. Butt. N. E. 1917.

I have one specimen of this interesting genus and sjiecies from
Kansas. It agrees perfectly in every particular with Dr. Willistou’s
descriptions.

Froiitiiia acroglossoicles u. sp. 'J, (?). — Blackish, cinereous. Head,
thorax and abdomen broad, of equal width. Eyes light brown, bare; front one-
third width of head at vertex, wider before, blackish, cinereous on forward por-
tions ; frontal vitta brown, rather wide, cleft behind on each side of the ocelli ;
frontal bristles descending but little below base of antennae, the rows widely
divergent below ; a pair of posteriorly directed bristles at each vertical angle,
the outer smaller one also directed outward ; next frontal bristle directed poste-
riorly, rest directed inward, slightly decussate; two orbital bristles; ocellar area
clothed with black haii-s, with two pairs of bristles, the forward pair longer,
directed forward and outward; sides of face and fi-ont clothed with fine hairs ;
sides of face and upper part of cheeks golden polliuose, sides of face wide ; cheeks
one-third eye-hight, silvery and black hairy below, with a row of bristles on
lower borders ; face receding, silvery-white, epistoma somewhat prominent,
facial ridges with a row of bristles extending nearly to base of third antennal
joint; vibrissse decussate, inserted well above the oral margin ; antennse shorter
than face, first joint short, dark brown ; second joint considerably longer, light

O. II. TYLER TOWNSEND.

3P)8

brown, black bristly before; third joint blackish, less than three times as long
as second, rather narrow; arista brown, darker at base and tip, microscopically
pubescent, moderately thickened most of its length, distinctly 3-jointed, second
joint elongate, sometimes almost geniculate; proboscis fleshy, shorter than bight
of head, black, labella brownish, well developed ; palpi well developed, consid-
erably thickened, curved uj) at tip, brownish yellow, black hairy with several
black bristles on under surface before tip; occijuit cinereous, gray hairy, with
fringe of black bristles on orbital margins. Thorax above silvery-cinereous,
hairy and bristly, with three blackish vittse, indistinct in some lights, but dis-
tinct when viewed from behind , scutellum silvery-cinereous, broadly reddish
yellow on apical portion, with three pairs of strong macrochtefae, a weaker apical
pair between the hind pair; humeri and pleurae silvery-cinereous. Abdomen
blackish, silvery-cinereous, covered with short black bristles, broadly oval, first
segment somewhat shortened, anal segment orange-colored ; segments one to
three with a slight median depression, giving the appearance, in a side light, of
a median vitta; first segment with a lateral marginal macrochaeta, and a median
marginal pair; second with a median discal and marginal pair, and a lateral
marginal one ; third segment with a median discal pair, and eight marginal
ones above, with about three on each side below on the venter ; fourth segment
with four marginal and a row of weaker discal macrochietse ; venter silvery,
except the orange anal segment, with long bristly hairs. Legs blackish or
l)rownish, silvery, except the tarsi, hairy; femora, and especially the tibiae, with
black bristles, stouter on the tibiae; claws and pulvilli but little elongated.
JVings longer than abdomen, grayish hyaline, veins brownish, with very small
costal spiTie, third vein slightly spiny at base ; apical cell open, terminating con-
siderably before tip of wing ; fourth vein bent nearly at a right angle, not sharply
bent, but rounded, without stump or wrinkle, distal two-thirds of apical cross-
vein curved backward; hind cross-vein long, oblique, a little crooked, nearer
the bend of the fourth vein ; tegulae nearly white; halteres fuscous, yellowish
at base. Length 10 mm. ; of wing 8.5 mm.

De.scribed from one specimen received from Mr. Chas. Robertson,
Carlinville, 111. This species may be looked upon as connecting the
two genera, Frontina and Acroglossa. It has the arista nearly as in
Acroglossa, sometimes subgen icnlate, while it pos.sesses the proboscis
of Frontina. In general appearance it greatly resembles Acroglosm
hesperidarvm. The whole fourth abdominal segment, however, is
reddish or orange. It further differs from ^4. hesperidarum as fol-
lows: the cheeks do not have bristles, but they are clothed with fine
bristly hairs. The sides of face are golden, and the first abdominal
segment bears a median j)air of macrochaetie on its hind margin, as
well as the second segment, though they are weaker. This specimen,
a % (?), also has the third antennal joint scarcely three times the
length of the second.

Kiplioiia u. sp. 9- — Deep golden, cinereous. Eyes dark

brown, bare, nearly reaching the oral margin below; front and face nearly equal
in width, occupying one-third width of head; front of a brassy-golden color.

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frontal vitta but little darker, occupying one-balf width of front, cleft before
and behind; frontal bristles descending only to base of third antennal joint; a
pair at each vertical angle, the inner longer one directed backward, the outer
shorter one directed outward and backward ; next frontal bristle directed out-
ward and backward, next backward, rest inward, but not decussate; two orbital
bristles on each side; two pairs of ocellar bristles, posterior pair shorter, erect,
directed a little backward and outward, anterior pair long, appressed, directed
forward and strongly outward; face and cheeks silvery-white; sides of face
extremely narrow, bare; cheeks rather narrow, restricted posteriorly beneath
the eyes, bare with bristles on lower border; face nearly perpendicular, epistoma
rather prominent; vibrissfe inserted a little above the oral margin, not decussate,
a short bristle above and a longer one below them ; antenn* quite as long as the
face, first two joints light yellowish brown, second joint a little longer than first,
very short bristly before ; third joint blackish, over three times as long as .second,
widened, convex behind, straight before, posterior apical corner rounded ; arista
brownish, thickened more than half its length, minutely pubescent, distinctly
3-jointed, second joint strongly elongate, sometimes geniculate; proboscis very
long, bristle-like, twice geniculate, apical portion folded back, light brownish
yellow, blackish at distal geniculation,labella not developed; palpi rather slender,
thickened at tip, yellow, black-hairy, with two black bristles on under surface
before tip ; occiput golden-cinereous, black -hairy, with a fringe of bristly hairs
on orbital margins. Thorax and scutellum golden-cinereous, clothed with black
bristly hairs, stouter posteriorly; thorax with a median pair of faint cinereous
vittee, becoming obsolete at suture; humeri and pleurte concolorous; apical pair
of scutellar macrochsetaj decussate, reaching middle of second abdominal seg-
ment, two lateral macrochsetse on each side. Abdomen oblong-oval, first joint
scarcely shortened ; color deep golden, with an irregular, median, dark cinereous
vitta, widening posteriorly on segments two and three, nearly obsolete on seg-
ment four, all segments covered with short, black, appressed hairs ; macrochteta?
only marginal ; first segment with one lateral macrochfeta ; second with a me-
dian pair and one lateral one (frequently another macrochseta-like bristle, giving
the appearance of a lateral pair) ; third with six macrochsetfe, a pair on each
side the median pair; anal with four macrochtetie above; venter golden. Legs
light reddish golden, except tarsi which are blackish ; black-hairy, tibite bristly,
femora slightly so; claws and pulvilli short. TEmgs grayish hyaline, slightly
longer than abdomen, with costal spine, third vein spined as far as small cross-
vein; apical cell ending at tip of wing, narrowly open ; fourth vein bent in a
gentle curve, without stump or wrinkle; hind cross vein slightly nearer to the
small cross-vein than to bend, or about in the middle; te^ulse nearly white,
halteres yellowish. Length 4 mm. ; of wing 3 mm.

Described from two sjfecimens received from Mr. Chas. Kobertson,
Carlin ville. 111.

PII.4$$10CL.IST.4 * n. gen.

Differs from Schiner’s description of Clista only as follows; Me-
tallic dark green species. Eyes bare; face a little receding; sides
of face very wide, fully as wide as facial depression, covered with

Phasia + Clista.

(47)

TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XVIII.

DKCEMBEE, 1891.

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C. ir. TYLER TOWNSENJ).

rows of hairs, and with a somewhat indistinct ol)lique suture exteiul-
iu(>- from lower border of eye to base of antennre ; cheeks nearly
one-half the eye-hight, mostly bare ; palpi quite well developed.
iNIacrochfetre only marginal. Wings without costal spine ; apical
cell closed in border or narrowly o})en, ending just before tij) of
wing ; hind cross-vein a little nearer the bend of fourth vein, or some-
times nearly in middle between the bend and the small cross-vein.
Type, P. metal Ilea n. sp.

'Fids genus diffei’s from Phasiopteryx Br. and Bgst. 1)}' tlie wide and
hairy sides of face ; the very wide cheeks; the shorter third antennal
joint, which is but little longer than the second; only marginal
inacroehietDe ; costal margin of wing not produced between second
and third veins in % ; and apical cell not open. It differs from
En.mjomma Twns. almost wholly in the absolutely bare eyes.

iiietalliesi u. sp. . — Sliiuing, metallic dark green. Tho-
rax and abdomen nearly equal in width, head much wider. Eyes rather large,
brown, hare, clo.sely ai)proximated in front of ocelli, making the front very nar-
row on its posterior third or more, from whence it widens abruptly, the face
being very wide, and, with the front, triangular; front a little prominent before,
blackish on sides; some very weak frontal bristles directed inward, somewhat
decussate, weakest posteriorly, not descending below base of antennse; vertical
and ocellar bristles very short, the forward ocellar pair the stoutest of all the
bristles on the front and directed strongly forward, those at vertical angles di-
rected inward ; no orbital bristles; frontal vitta brown, very narrow, almost ob-
solete posteriorly, wider in front, longitudinally canaliculate ; sides of face wide,
reddish brown, shading above to blackish, silvery pollinose, clothed with rows
of hairs ; cheeks very wide, nearly one-half bight of eyes, reddish brown, some-
times shading to blackish behind, mostly bare, but with a few hairs on upper
portion, with bristles on lower margin ; facial depression one-third width of face,
reddish brown ; facial ridges bare above the vibrisste, which are decussate and
inserted very much above the oral margin at a constriction of the facial ridges ;
antennte inserted about middle of head, very short, reddish brown, third joint
darker; first joint very short, second a little elongate and somewhat bristly,
third about once and a half as long as the second ; arista blackish, sometimes
partly brownish, thickened only at base, bulbous, indistinctly jointed, micro-
scopically ]Hibescent; ])roboscis black, partly brownish, not as long as bight of
head, labella developed ; palpi brown, or nearly black, a])ical two-thirds some-
what thickened, bristly; occiput black, a fringe of black hairs on orbital mar-
gins. Thorax, scutcllum and abdomen shining, metallic, greenish black ; thorax
and scutcllum hairy and bristly, abdomen covered with short black appressed
bristles; the decussate ap>ical ])air of macrochaitie the longest on the scutellum,
two lateral macrochsetse on each side ; the abdomen much rounded in outline,
vaulted, first segment not shortened ; first and second segments without macro-
chffitee, third segment with about eight or ten marginal, anal segment with six
or eight marginal. Legs black, femora and tibiffi somewhat bristly; claw's and
pulvilli elongate. TFiafifs longer than the abdomen, narrowed toward tip, grayish

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hyaline, deeply tawny on basal and costal portions, without costal spine, third
vein not spined at base; apical cell closed in border, slightly before tip of wing;
fourth vein rounded at bend, without stump or wrinkle ; hind cross-vein not
straight, a little nearer the bend of the fourth vein ; tegulse deep tawny ; halteres
fuscous, tawny at base. Length 5.5 — 6 mm. ; of wing 4.5 — 5 mm.

Described from two S specimens received from i\lr. Clias. Rob-
ertson. Carlinville, 111., and So. Florida.

E n. gen.

Metallic dark green or blacki.sh species, difiering from Clida and
Phasioc/ista chiefly in the hairy eyes. Head slightly wider than
thorax and abdomen. Eyes more or le.ss thickly pubescent, closely
apjtroximated in front of ocelli in S ; front much widened before,
somewhat prominent, frontal bristles weak, mostly on forward por-
tions: no orbital bristles ; sides of face as wide as facial depression,
with rows of hairs ; face hardly receding; vibris.ste situated well
above oral margin at a contraction of the facial ridges, the latter
bare. Sides of face and cheeks divided by a more or less distinct
suture extending obliquely from lower border of eyes to base of an-
tennse. Cheeks nearly as wide as half the eye-hight, more or less
hairy. Antennae half the length of the face, third joint a little
longer than second ; arista very short pubescent, 3-jointed, second
joint not elongate, third joint thickened at base. Proboscis short,
fleshy, labella and palpi well developed, the latter nearly cylindrical,
somewhat thickened toward tip, bristly. Thorax and scutellum with
macrocluetae. Abdomen as wide as thorax, not elongate, rounded,
first segment hardly shortened, macrocluetce only marginal. Legs
bristly ; claws and pulvilli of Z elongate. Wings longer than
abdomen, narrowed toward tip, without or with a very small costal
sj)ine ; apical cell open or closed in border immediately before tip
of wing; curvature of fourth vein rounded, without stuni]) or wrinkle;
hind cross-vein sinuate, nearer to bend of fourth vein, or in the mid-
dle between the bend and the small cro,ss-vein ; 9 unknown. Type,
E. clistoides n. sp.

Eiiiiyoininii elistoides n. sp. 'J, . — Differ.s from Phasioclista metallica as
follows: Eyes thickly pubescent; second antennal joint bright rufons, thiid
joint but little longer, dark brown ; arista distinctly 3-jointed, not so bulbous
at base; cheeks very wide: sides of face hairy, obliquely cut out below; palpi
blackish. A short pair of median marginal macrocbsetie on second abdominal
segment, a bristly hair at sides; third segment with about ten marginal macro-
chsetse, last segment with about eight above. Tibise quite bristly. Apical cell

* (to clothe) -j- 6/n/aa (eye).

872

C. H. TYLER TOWNSENL.

well opened just before tij) of wing; hind cross-vein strongly sinuate, nearer
bend of fourth vein ; wings same shape, deeply tawny yellow on costal and basal
portions; tegulfe tawny, partly whitish. Length 8 mm.; of wing 6 min.

I)e.scribec1 from one specimen from iNIr. Cluis. Robertson, Carlin-
ville, 111.

Genus Mylomintho Rr. and Bgst., Zweifl. kais. Mus. W. iv, 138. —
'rids genus seems to be very near Anisia v. d. AVulp. It is hardly
possible to separate it from the description alone.

C’lytia flava n. sj). . — Flavous yellow, thorax brassy. Head wider than

thorax and abdomen. Eyes bare, brownish, not large; front from vertex not
quite half way to base of autennse about one-fifth the width of head, widening
from that point forward, at base of antenme about three-sevenths width of head ;
sides of face and cheeks bright golden yellow, front duller golden ; frontal vitta
and antenme, including arista, more deeply colored, flavous; frontal vitta mod-
erately wide, with a row of weak bristles on each side extending onlj' to base of
antennffi, decussate in front; ocellar area shining black, with usual two pairs of
bristles, a shorter inwardly directed vertical bristle on each side of the hind
pair; some hairs outside the frontal bristles; no orbital bristles; sides of face
moderately narrow, bare; cheeks wide, one-half the eye-hight, bare above, hairy
and silvery on whole lower portion where invaded by occipital area, with a row
of bristles on lower and front borders; vibris-sse not decussate, inserted well
above the oral margin at a constriction of the facial ridges ; facial depression
rather wide, golden with a silvery sheen, facial ridges with a few hairs above
vibrissse; first antennal joint short, a little bristly ; .second considerably longer,
bristly; third joint hardly more than once and a half as long as second, slightly
widened, rounded at apex; arista thickened a little on hasal third, microscopi-
cally almost imperceptibly pubescent, distinctly 3-jointed, second joint quite
elongate; proboscis not very stout, hardly as long as hight of head, brown,
labella flavous, well developed ; palpi small, pale yellowish or whitish, sub -fili-
form, slightly thickened excejit at base, black bristly on thickened portions;
occiput cinereous on upper half, pale silvery yellowish on lower half, gray hairy,
with fringe of black hairs on orbital margins. Thorax and scutellum brassy-
cinereous; humeri yellowish, pleuraj cinereous; scutellum more or less broadly
yellowish on apical portion, with a decussate or not decussate apical pair of
macrochffitte and a single lateral one; thorax hairy and somewhat bristly, meso-
notum with two thread-like dark vittfe becoming obsolete at transverse suture,
and outside them a less distinct one extending farther posteriorly but interrupted
at the suture. Abdomen oblong, slightly vaulted, first segment not shortened;
whole abdomen clothed with short black hairs, deep yellow or more fulvous
posteriorly, a more or less irregularly triangular, posterior, median black spot on
second and third segments; first two segments each with a median marginal pair
of macrochfetfe, and a lateral marginal one; third segment with about ten mar-
ginal, anal segment with eight or more marginal macrochfetffi ; venter yellow,
black bristly. Legs deep tawny yellow, black hairy and bristly, especially hind
tibiie, tarsi darker; claws and ])ulvilli elongate. Triups longer than abdomen,
moderately narrow, nearly hyaline, pale flavous on costo-basal portion, without
costal spine, thii-d vein usually slightly spined at base; apical cell narrowly

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373

open or almost closed in border just at or very slightly before tip of wing;
fourth vein curved at bend, without stump or wrinkle! hind cross-vein curved,
more or less sinuate, nearer bend of fourth vein; tegulse whitish, tinged with
pale yellowish ; halteres yellowish. Length 5.5 mm. ; of wing 5 min.

De.scribed from two S specimens from Mr. Chas. Robertson, Cai--
linville, 111. This species approaches very closely the genus Cenosoma
V. d. Wulp, but is, I think, better referred to Clytia.

ATR0PH01»0I>.4« n. gen.

Form rather narrow ; head and thorax of equal width, abdomen
at widest somewhat narrower. Eyes rather thinly, short hairy, aji-
parently more thickly so on lower portions. Front at vertex about
one-third the width of head, of S slightly narrower; face of 9
three-fifths the width of head, of S one-half the width of head ;
frontal bristles descending in a row to the lower border of the eyes,
almost to the vihrissje ; a long bristle at each vertical angle directed
backward and a little inward, next frontal bristle directed ujiward
and backward, the following ones directed forward and down-
ward. Both sexes (?) with two orbital bristles on each side. Sides
of face moderately w'ide, widening towards base of antenufe, with
some minute short bristly hairs on anterior portion extending up-
ward among the bristles on the front ; cheeks wide, fully one-half
the hight of the eye, very short antero-posteriorly, with a few vei\y
fine hairs, and some bristles on lower and lateral borders ; vibrissae
decussate, inserted a little above the oral margin ; face strongly re-
ceding ; facial ridges bare, only one or two bristles above vibrissae.
An ten me shorter than the face ; first joint short, second a little longer,
third more than four times the length of the second, very narrow,
linear, the posterior apical corner rounded ; arista distinctly 3-jointed,
thickened more than half its length, clothed with short and delicate
])ubescence, second joint short, not much longer than wide. Pro-
boscis short, not longer than hight of head, more or less fleshy, la-
bella developed; palpi filiform, hardly thickened at tip. Scutellum
with an apical decussate pair of inacrochsetae, and a longer lateral
one directed outward and extending to about the middle of the sec-
ond abdominal segment. Abdomen ovo-conical, the first segment a
little narrowed and somewhat abbreviated ; macrochsetie only mar-
ginal, except on last segment. Legs rather elongate ; anterior claws
and pulvilli exceedingly small, minute, those of middle and hind
feet well developed and distinct, but short and small. Wings with a
\Tpo(j>o': (atrophied) -f- wou? (foot).

374

C. II. TYLER TOWNSEND.

pair of costal spines ; ajiical cell clo.sed in the margin, or very short
pctiolate, ending oidy a little before the tip of the wing ; posterior
cro.ss-vein nearer the bend of the fourth longitudinal, which is an-
gular and without stump or wrinkle ; third vein spined on proximal
one-fourth of its length. Type, A. singn/m'is n. sp.

This genus seems to a])proach Eggeriu somewhat. It did'ers very
markedly, however. The arista is clothed with very short pubes-
cence; the sides of the face are not broad ; the facial ridges are hare,
while the frontal bristles extend down in a row almost to the vi-
hi’issie ; the front is not prominent, and the face is not so receding as
in Eggeria ; the eyes are only thinly and short hairy, chiefly on their
lower portions; the antenme are shorter than the fiice, the palpi are
filiform, and the abdomen is sub-conical.

.Vti’0l>li0|>0<la Kiligiilarilit u. sp. 'J, . — Black, silvery and cinereous.
£'?/e.s reddish brown, short and thinly ])ubescent, almost entirely on lower por-
tion ; face and cheeks silvery pollinose ; front broadly cinereous on each side of
the frontal vitta, wliich is black and split behind, a pron" rnnnin}; to each bristle
on the vertical angle, thus enclo.sing the ocellar area ; two pairs of ocellar bristles,
a small pair at vertex almost straight, but inclined slightly forward and outward,
and a somewiiat longer curved pair in front inclined outward and strongly for-
ward ; some weak bristly liairs between the bristles; first two antennal joints
blackisli. second joint slightly tinged with flavous, bristly with two longei' bris-
tles on the front border below ; third joint yellowish at base, remainder blackish,
somewhat thinly but evenly covered with a very short, delicate pubescence ;
arista black; proboscis dark brown; palpi light yellowish, with some black
bristles, two longer ones on the. underside near the ti]i; occiput cinereous above,
silvery on the sides and below, clothed with white hairs, with a fringe of black
bristles on the orbital margins. Thorax and scntelliun silvery cinereous above,
clothed with a few very short scattered bristly hairs and stout posteriorly in-
clined bristles, with two broad heavy blackish or brownish black vittte termi-
nating abruptly at the scutellar suture; humeri and pleurae silvery, some bristles
below humeri inclined outward, forward and upward ; some on posterior portion
of plenrte inclined outward and backward, excejit two lowest, the posterior one
of which is inclined upward, (tntward and backward, and the anterior shorter
one ui)ward, outward and forward. Abdomen shining black, covered with short,
black, appressed bristles; bases of second to fourtb segments silvery; first seg-
ment with a lateral marginal niacro(dueta ; second with a lateral marginal one
and a median pair ; third with six marginal above, continued by others on the
underside growing smaller toward the middle of the venter; fourth segment
with a median discal pair, continued by discal bristles on the venter, a lateral
snb-discal one on each side, and four marginal above with several belotv ; venter
largely silvery. Legs black; coxre silvery and bearing some black bristles;
femora slightly cinereous or silvery, covered with short black hairs and a few
black bristles; front tibise with an anterior apical pair of short bristles, and
usually a very short bristle or tvvo toward the middle of the anterior surface;
the other tibire with several variously disposed stouter bristles; anterior claws

>H)RTH amp:kican diptp^ea.

O i •')

and i)nlvilli atrophied, minute, the others sliort and small. Fl'Mips grayish hya-
line. co.stal cells, most of basal cells, all the wing veins and their borders light
honey yellow, or the veins somewhat darker; tegulse whitish, border nearly
concolorous or slightly yellowish ; halteres fuscous, or somewhat hi'ownish.

9. — Differs by the head being wider below, the face much wider, and the
wings etitirely grayish hyaline, the veins only being yellowish. The eyes also
are distinctly i)ubescent on the upper, especially the more forward, jiortions.
The claws and pulvilH of the middle and posterior feet aie very slightly longer,
but can hardly indicate this as the 'J, . Length 7 mm. or slightl.y more; of wing
5 — 5.5 mm.

Described from two specimens received from Mr. Cbtis. Robertson.
Carlinville, 111. This species, from the elongate legs, lias quite a
Dexiid asjiect, but is evidently projierly placed in the Tacbinidat,
for the reason that the frontal bristles descend nearly to the vibrissie,
and the arista is only short pubescent.

n. gen.

Belongs in the Phytointe, not far from Dvepanofflossa, from which
it differs by the perpendicular face and prominent e|)istoma, also by
the short terminal tarsal joints. Head, thorax and abdomen differ-
ing hilt little in width, the head widest. Eyes hare, extending as
low as the oral margin. Front about one-third width of head ; a
pair of bristles at each vertical angle, the outer small one directed
outward and somewhat backward, the long inner one straight up but
curved backward at tip; the next frontal bristle directed backward,
the next forward, the rest inward meeting each other; no orbital
bristles (in % ). Frontal bristles not descending below base of an-
temne, or but slightly ; sides of face very narrow, bare ; face slightly
more narrowed than front, perpendicular, oral margin prominent,
facial ridges bare ; cheeks narrow, bare, with several long bristles
below tenninated by the vibrisste, which are not decussate, and are
inserted on the oral margin. Antenuai a little shorter than the face,
first joint short, second considerably longer ; third joint about three
times as long as second, hardly widened, nearly straight on front
border, convex behind ; arista thickened on its jtroximal third,
clothed with some extremely fine, hardly perceptible pubescence,
apparently but 2-jointed, tbe fia.sal joint very short. I’roboscis elon-
gate, bristle-like, nearly twice as long as bight of head, once genicu-
late, the distal portion curved or bowed, labella not developed ; paljti
sub-filiform, a little thickened at tip. Scutellum with four lateral
macrochtette, the apical pair atrophied, very small ; none of them
*■ ’E7ri7pv7ros (curved, of a beak) T" fivia (a fly).

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C. H. TYLER TOWNSEND.

decussate. Abdomen elongate oval, vaulted, first segment not ab-
breviated, rather elongated ; macrocbiette of abdomen all marginal,
on segments one to four. Legs rather stout and somewhat elongate,
tarsal joints very short in proportion, excei)t metatarsi, which are
strongly elongate. Wings broad, rather short, with costal spine,
third vein with a few bristles at base ; apical cell ending at tij) of
wing, closed in the margin ; curvature of foui-th vein rounded, with
out stump or wrinkle ; posterior cross-vein perfectly straight, meeting
fourth vein at a right angle, and nearer to the bow of the latter than
to the small cross-vein ; 9 unknown. Type, E. polita n. sp.

This genus is near Beskia, but the proboscis is curved backward
at tip, instead of forward, and the third joint of antennae is not
widened and truncate at apex.

Epigriiiiyia polita n. sp. % .— Black, wings fuscous. Eyes dark brown ;
frontal vitta wide, velvety black, pronged on each side of ocelli, the front on
sides silvery; face and cheeks silvery white; anteniife black, first two joints
with some black bristles, arista black ; proboscis and palpi black ; occiput cine-
reous with some short black bristles, and a fringe of same on orbital margins.
Thorax and scutellum black, shining, faintly cinereous pollinose, covered with
short hairs and posteriorly directed bristles; humeri and pleurie silvery, with
the usual bristles. Abdomen black, shining, covered with short, black, appressed
hairs, ba.ses of segments narrowly, faintly silvery in some lights; first, second
and third segments each with a lateral macrochffita and a median pair; fourth
•segment with six macrochgette ; genitalia protruded. Legs black, hairy ; coxae
and femora with bristles, tibiae vvith some short macrochaetse. except front jjair ;
claws and pulvilli slightly elongate, nearly as long as last tarsal joint, front ones
longest. Wings fuscous, darkest at base and on costa; tegulae white, borders
(‘.oncolorous ; halteres fuscous. Length 4 mm. ; of wing 3.5 mm.

De.scribed from one specimen, collected June 1st on flowers of a
ilaisy. Dixie Landing, Va. (District of Columbia.)

Celatoria crawii Coquillett, Ins. Life, ii, 2o5-36.

This new genus and species is described from California, and was
Itred from adults of Diabrotica soror. It is described as having five
abdominal segments, wdiich would properly exclude it from the Tach-
inidte sens, str., and it would fall in the Phaniidte by its other char-
acters. The first or basal segment is, however, as long as the second,
and the so-called fifth segment is probably not a segment properly
speaking, but merely the more or less concealed caudal joint or hy-
poiyygium to be found in many Tachinidte s. sti‘. In the OcyjJeridm
and Phaniidm, as \vell as in the Phasiidte, the first segment is much
shorter than the second, and it is at the ba.'ie of the abdomen that
the additional segment must be looked for.

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DKKPAlVOtil^OSSA* n. }jen.

Belongs in the Phytoinaj, perhaps in the neighborhood of Myo-
thyria v. d. Wulp. Tlie arista, however, is distinctly 3-jointed, while
the peculiar proboscis will at once distinguish it from other genera.
Body rather narrow ; thorax and abdomen about equal in width,
the head very slightly wider. Eyes bare ; front and face rather wide,
from one-third to three-fifths the width of the head ; distance between
the eyes at vertex and cheeks the same. Sides of face bare, very
narrow below, gradually widening to base of antennae ; cheeks bare,
rather narrow, with some bristles on the lower and forward margin ;
the nearly decussate vibrissae inserted on the oral margin. Frontal
bristles descending but little below the base of antennae, about to
base of third joint; a pair of unequal length at each vertical angle,
the shorter outer one directed outward, the other directed backward ;
next two frontal bristles on each^side directed backward, remainder
directed inward ; two orbital bristles on each side directed forward.
Face receding, epistoma somewhat prominent ; facial ridges bare.
AnteniRe a little shorter than the face, first joint very short, second
not elongate, third a little more than three times the length of second
and somewhat widened ; arista distinctly 3-jointed, thickened more
than half its length, very short and fine pubescent, second joint not
elongate. Proboscis quite widely extended, about three times as
long as hight of head, bristle-like, once geniculate, the distal portion
sometimes very strongly curved or bowed, usually considerably
bowed, but sometimes almost straight, labella somewhat developed ;
j)ali)i filiform, hardly thickened toward tip. An apical and lateral
pair of scutellar macrochsetje, the former longer, not decussate, and
reaching a little more than the base of second abdominal segment.
Abdomen elongate oval, sometimes shorter oval, first segment not
abbreviated ; macrbchsetae all marginal on segments two to four.
Legs moderately long, tarsi rather elongate and delicate. Wings
broad, longer than the abdomen, with costal spine, third vein spined
only at base; apical cell ending very slightly before the tip of the
wing, much narrowed on its distal portion, usually clo.sed in the
border, but often very narrowly open ; posterior cross-vein sinuate,
in the middle between the small cro.ss-vein and the bend of the
fourth or slightly nearer the bend, which is rounded and without
stump or wrinkle. Type, D. lucens n. sp.

* Apen-ai-r) (sickle) + ykiaaua. (tOIlglie).

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TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XVIII.

DECEMBER. 1891.

878

C. H. TYLER TOWNSEND.

This genus is readily distinguislied from Siphona, to which it bears
a slight resemblance, by the ))roboscis not being twice geniculate,
and the arista with the second joint not elongate. It is apparently
very near Spiroglosm Dol. of the East Indies.

Dropanogjlosxia liiceiis n. sp. % 9- — -Pfile tawny, at>clomen translucent,
thorax cinereous. Eyes reddish brown; front, face and clieeks pure silvery
white; frontal vitta broad behind, entirely covering the ocellar area, narrowed
in front to width of base of antenme, occupying one-half the width of the front
in the middle, light tawny yellow in color; two pairs of ocellar bristles, the hind
pair shorter, inclined .slightly outward, the front pair inclined forward and out-
ward ; antennae same color as frontal vitta, light tawny yellow, the arista and
distal half or so of third joint nearly black; first two antennal joints black
bristly, third very minutely pubescent; proboscis usually much bowed, basal
portion very light, slightly yellowish, distal half or more blackish ; palpi light
yellowish : occiput cinereous above, silvery white below, gray hairy, with a
fringe of alternately short and long black hairs on the border from the vertical
angle to the oral margin. Thorax scutellum above light cinereous, tinged
with tawny yellow behind and on scutellum, covered with short black hairs and
longer black bristles directed backward ; a median posteriorly divergent pair of
grayish brown vittae becoming obsolete near transverse suture; humeri and
pleurte silvery; two bristles below humeri directed outward, forward and up-
ward ; a vertical row of bristles directed posteriorly in front of base of wings,
three bristles on next sclerite below, front pair directed outward and forward,
and the hind one outward, backward and upward. Abdomen above very light
on basal portion, becoming more or less brownish yellow toward the extremity,
covered with short, appressed, black bristles; segments two, three and four
darker on hi-ud margin, a blackish median line extending from base to anal ex-
tremity ; first segment with some longer bristles on the sides, but no macro-
chfetpe ; second with a lateral one and a median pair; third with six above and
some shorter ones below ; fourth segment with six macrochteta; ; venter cou-
colorous, anus dark. very light yellowish, finely black hairy; coxae with

black bristles on forward surface directed posteriorly; femora with some weak
black bristles, the longest being on underside of hind pair; tibiae with some
shorter bristles, tarsi thickly covered with very short black hairs; claws and
pulvilli a little elongate, about half as long as last tarsal joint. Wings grayish
hyaline, wing veins light tawny; tegulae whitish, shining, margin narrowly
opaque, white ; halteres white. Length 4 — 5.5 mm. ; of wing 3.5 to nearly 5 mm.

Described from thirty-three specimens taken on windows of Agri-
cultural College building, June ‘29th to July 8th, Las Cruces, N.
Mex. Some specimens differ in the frontal vitta being of equal
width, wider than base of antennte in front, occupying throughout
one-half or more of the frontal width. The probo.scis is often not
so much bowed, sometimes nearly straight. The tar.si of some are
shorter, particularly the distal joints, the claws and pulvilli being
apparently a little less elongate. Yet these differences by no means
constantly acconi[)any each other ; I am, therefore, uncertain of the

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sexes. The smallest individuals have the front and face only one-
third the width of the head, and, were it not for their short claws
and pulvilli, I should consider them to be the males. I believe,
however, that the males are the larger ones with longer claws, wider
front, and more strongly bowed proboscis.

<’EI«ATOMYIEI.L,.\* n. gen.

Belongs in the Phytohue, in the section with bare eyes and petiolate
apical cell. Of small size. Head about the width of thorax, ab-
domen much narrower. Eyes hare, reaching little more than two-
thirds way to oral margin. Front occupying one-third the width
of head at vertex, wider before, rather i)rominent ; frontal bristles
descending on sides of face to the cheeks, in a single row ; some
short bristly hairs outside frontal bristles ; a bristle at each vertical
angle, and the one next to it, directed backward ; next pair directed
inward and backward, decmssate ; next directed inward and for-
ward, decussate ; one orbital bristle directed forward ; sides of
face rather wide at base of anteniue, much narrowed below ; face
oblique, strongly receding, facial depression much lengthened,
rather wide, facial ritlges bare ; cheeks very short, but high, almost
one-half the eye-hight, extending considerably upward behind the
eyes, bare, except bristles on posterior and lower borders; vibrissie
decussate, inserted a little above the oral margin. Antenme as
long as face; first two joints short, third joint much elongate,
widened somewhat and thickened, six or seven times as long as
the second ; arista thickened for half its length, microscopically
pubescent, o-jointed, second joint not elongate. Proboscis short,
fleshy, one-half as long as bight of head, labella well developed ;
palpi slender, club-sha})ed. Three pairs of macroclnetie on scu-
tellum, the apical pair not decussate; the median pair the longest,
reaching to middle of second abdominal segment. Abdomen narrow,
elongate, conical, first joint not shortened ; macrocluetie marginal
on segments one to four, not very stout. Legs of moderate length.
Wings reaching a little beyond abdomen, of moderate width, with
small costal spine ; apical cell ending but little before tip of wing,
short petiolate; bend of fourth vein subangular, without stump or
wrinkle ; posterior cross-vein nearly straight, a tittle nearer to the
bend of the fourth vein than to the small cross-vein. Type, C.

Kepai'a (aiiteniia) -|- pvta (a tty).

conica n. sp.

o80

C. II. TYLEK TOWNSEND.

This ^enus agrees in many ways, es|)ecially in the cliaracters of
the head, with Hypertrophocera. But the aj)ical cell ends very little
before the wing’s tip, and is petiolate ; the abdomen is narrow and
conical ; and the sjiecies are of very small size.

(‘Oiiica n. sp. 9 {?).— Small, black. Eyes brownish;
front ami face black, silvery; frontal vitta narrow, rich dark brown, with a nar-
row prong behind on each side of ocelli ; cheeks light reddish brown, forward
border silvery ; anteniiffi brownish, first two joints and basal portion of third
liclit l)rownish yellow, arista brown; proboscis light brownish, palpi pale yel-
low : occiput black, soinewbat cinereous, with a fringe of short black bristles
on orbital margins. Thorax, scutelluin, humeri and pleurae black, with a slight
bluish cast, black hairy and bristly, sparsely silvery pollinose. Abdomen black,
shilling, clothed with short black bristles, bases of segments faintly silvery
l»olliiio.se ; first and second segments each with a median pair of inacrochaetae ;
third and fourth segments each with a single lateral macrochaeta and a median
pair: some longer bristles on sides of first two segments, which may often re-
semble macrochaetse. Legs brownish, femora orange-yellow, tibiae, tinged with
.same color; femora and tibiae with a few bristles; tibiae blackish, claws and pul-
villi slightly elongate. Wings grayish hyaline, costal border and extreme base
yellowish, veins light ; tegulae whitish, halteres light brownish. Length 4.5 mm. ;
of wing 3.5 mm.

Described from one specimen received from Mr. Chas. Robertson.
Carlinville, 111.

■.leiiCOMtoiilit. ittra n. sp. 'J, . — Black, shining. Head a little wider than
thorax. Eyes brown, bare, extending nearly as low as the epistoma; front not
prominent, gently rounded in profile, from vertex to middle about one-fifth the
width of head, nearly twice as wide at base of antenme, face still wider; face
and cheeks silvery white, front silvery shading to darker at vertex; frontal
vitta velvet black or brownish black, rather narrow, expanded at each end;
frontal bristles descending only to base of antennse, all equal in strength and
hight even to the pair at the vertical angles, nearly erect, mostly curved inward
and decussate, with some fine hairs outside them ; the usual two pairs of ocellar
bristles, the front pair curved outward, not forward; no orbital bristles; sides
of face narrow, bare, facial depression wide, face nearly straight, epistoma hardly
prominent ; facial ridges bare, one or two short weak bristles outside the vibrissse
and a little above; vibrissse decussate, inserted a good distance above the oral
margin ; cheeks invaded by occipital area under the eyes, which is cinereous and
black hairy, with bristles on lower and front margins; antennae short, reaching
a little more than half way to oral margin, brownish, more or less silvery; first
joint short, second and third about same length; second joint bristly before,
lighter than third, which is blackish toward apex ; arista slender, slightly thick-
ened on basal third, microscopically short pubescent, rather indistinctly jointed,
brownish, lighter at base; jiroboscis about as long as higbt of head, moderately
slim, black, with light brown well developed labella : palpi slender, a little
thickened at tip, flavous, with some bristles on underside ; occijiut cinereous, black
hairy, with a fringe of black hairs on orbital margins. Thorax and .scutelluin
shining black, with a bluish luster, hairv and bristly; scutelluin with an aiucal.

381

NORTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.

suberect, strongly decussate pair of niacrochsetse, and two stronger lateral ones
on each side. Abdomen entirely shining jet-black, clothed witli black bristly
hairs, a little narrower than thorax, rather conical, first segment not shortened :
macrochsetfe weak, only marginal ; first two segments each with a median pair
and a single lateral macrochseta ; third segment with eight or ten, and anal
segment with about six maci ochsetae, which can be distinguished from the longer
of the bristly hairs. Legs blackish, femora with long hairs, middle and hind
tibife l)ristly ; claws and ])ulvilli elongate. fFiwgs much longer than abdomen,
proportionally larger, without costal spine, grayish hyaline, slightly tawny at
base and on costal portions, veins mostly tawny ; apical cell long.petiolate, ending
a little before apex of wing; fourth vein bent at an obtuse angle, without stump
or wrinkle: hind cross-vein bowed, nearly in middle between small cross-vein
and bend of fourth ; tegulse very large, white; halteres light tawny, knob blackish.
Length 4 mm. ; of wing 3.5 mm.

Described from one specimen from Mr. Charles Robertson. Car-
linville, Jll. This species bears a considerable resemblance to a
Hyalomyia, in the form of the head, antennae, rather weak frontal
bristles, eyes, front, ])roboscis, palpi, abdomen, elongate tarsal claws
and i)ulvilli, and even in the curved fourth vein. It is to be easily
distinguished, however, by the rather weak but distinct macrocbaette
of the abdomen; only four abdominal segments; the fourth vein
not describing a perfect curve as in Hyalomyia, but somewhat an-
gular ; and the large tegulae.

V.4XI>ERWUI.PI.4 H. gen.

Bears a considerable reseadjlance to the genus Atrophopoda, even
agreeing with it in the minute, atrophied anterior claws and pulvilli.
Agrees with it also in the form of the head, thorax, abdomen, legs,
antenme, proboscis and palpi. It diders from Atrophopoda as fol-
lows : Eyes hare ; frontal bristles not extending below base of an-
tenme; arista rather long jiubescent, almost plumose on median
portion ; facial ridges bristly for some distance above vihrissie ; cheeks
not so wide. Abdomen strongly conical, except a little narrowed at
base, not in the least flattened or vaulted, macrochietpe entirely mar-
ginal. Wings without costal spine ; apical cell rather long petiolate,
ending at a considerable distance before the tip of the wing; fourth
vein at bend strong angular, with a distinct stump of a vein; hind
cross-vein nearly straight. Type, V- atropliopodoides n. sp.

Named in honor of Mr. F. M. van der Wnlp, of The Hague,
Netherlands, who has done much valuable work on the Tachinidie
of the Central American and Mexican faunas.

Vaiulerwiilpia at ropho|>o«loides n. sp. (?).— Black aud silvery,
ahdomeu red. Eyes nearly black ; front and face silvery white, blackish in some

882

C. H. TYLER TOWNSEND.

lights; cheeks silvery white posteriorly, more or less hlackish anteriorly ; frontal
vitta, antennte and arista hlack ; proboscis mostly black, labella brown, hairy; palpi
light slate color; occiput cinereous, gray hairy, with fringe of hlack bristles on or-
bital margins. Thorax and scutelliim bristly, sparsely hairy, silvery white, with
broad, median, uninterrupted black vittie reaching to apex of scutellum ; humeri
two and pleurte silvery. Abdomen deep orange-red, bases of second to fourth
segments rather narrowly silvery white ]iollinose, the whole covered with short,
appressed black bristles; first and second segments with only a median pair of
macrochaetse ; third and fourth segments each with eight erect macrochaetae, and
some shorter macrochaeta-like bristles on the concolorous venter. Legs black,
black hairy, silvery and bristly except tarsi and front tibiae; claws and pulvilii
not elongate. Wings obscure grayish hyaline, costal border and borders of veins
fuscous; tegulae pure white, halteres fuscous or brownish. Length 7.5 — 8.5 mm. ;
of wing 6 — 6.5 mm.

Described from two specimens taken July 20th. Las Caaices, X.
Mex. This is a beautiful and striking species. Although the frontal
bristles do not descend on the face and the arista is short feathered,
this species seems to claim close I’elationship with Atrophopoda. The
front claws and pulvilii in both are minute, and the general facies is
strikingly the same. It is possible that a greater amount of mate-
rial in this sub-group may demonstrate the affinities of one or both
genera with the Dexiidse.

Genus Arthrochceta Br. and Bgst., Zweifl. kais. Mus. W. iv, 134.
This genus is not sufficiently characterized to stand. It is prefixed
to a species called by the authors A. demoticoides, from Columbia,
the short specific characterization of which at the end of the woi’k
throws no light on the matter.

Note on the Dexiid genus Uromijia Rob.-Desv. — The writer has
published a note on this genus (Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, ii, 100)
calling attention to the fact that the name was first employed by
Robinean-Desvoidy, and afterwards applied by IMeigen, or a name
so nearly like it as to be misleading and confusing, to a Phaniid. In
order to avoid confusion in the use of the word, I ])ropose for Meigen’s
genus the name Neouromyia.

Note on the Dexiid genus Tropidoniyia Br. and Bgst. — Brauer
and V. Bergenstamm (Zweifl. kais. INIus. W. iv, 119, 1889), have
erected a genus which they called Trop>idomyia, for a Dexiid from
Syria. The name is preoccupied; Dr. Williston applied it to a
South American Conopid, which he described in “Can. Ent.,” Jan-
uary, 1888. Brauer’s genus must, therefore, be given another name,
and I propose that of Neotropidomyia.

ERRATA.

Page 108, lines 9, 29 and 39, for Dryobata read Dryobota.

“ 150, line 4 from bottom, for blue read hue.

“ 151, line 14 from bottom, for W. Var. read n. var.

“ 151, at top, the following :

Kiiclea cippiis Cramer (Plate IV, figs. 1-11).

1779. — Cram., Pap. Exot. i, 84, pi. liii, fig. E.
delphinii Boisduval.

1832.— Bd., Cuvier’s An. King. (Griffith) pi. ciii, fig. 6.
strigata Boisduval.

1832. — Bd., Cuvier’s An. King. (Griffith) pi. ciii, fig. 7 (larva).
querceti Her.-Sch.

1854.— Her.-Sch., Samml. Auss. Schmett. fig. 174.
quercicola Herrich-Schiiffer.

1854. — Her.-Sch., Samml. Auss. Schmett. fig. 175.
tardigrada Clemens.

1860. — Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 160, Nochelia*
monitor Packard.

1864. — Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, 337.

1881. — French, Papilio i, 145 (larva).
bifida Packard.

1864. — Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, 338.

INDEX

T}ie names of new genera and of new species are followed by the name of the

Author.

PAGE

Acalyptus 183, 270, 275

carpi ni 271

Acanthococcini 95

Acanthococcus 96

Aclerda 100

■A coma 41

Acroglossa hesperidarum 367

.\ctenodes mendax Horn 46

Ageuia compressa Fox 340

Agrilus 227, 334

abditus Horn 286, 332

abductus Horn 286, 325

abjectus Horn.... 285, 321

abstersus Horn. .285, 324

acutipennis 284, 307

addeudns 286, 329

augelicus Horn 283, 298

anxins 284, 306

arcuatus 283, 296

audax Horn 284, 300

bilineatus 284, 301

Blanchardi Horn 284, 305

blandus Horn 285, 321

cavatus 284, 310

coucinuus Horn 284, 310

Couesii 284, 309

crinicornis Horn 283. 294

cupricollis 283, 297

defectus 283, 293

difficili-s 283, 287

egenus 286, 331

fallax 285, 316

felix Horn 286, 326

floridamis 286. 328

fuscipeiinis 283, 289.

granulatus 284, 302

imbellis 286, 332

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Agrilus impexus Horn 286, 327

jacobinus Horn 285, 314

lacustris , 286, 330

lateralis 283, 290

Lecontei 286, 324

macer 284, 298

masculinus Horn 283, 295

muticus 285, 314

nevadensis Horn 284, 303

uiveiventris Horn 284, 304

obolinus 285, 313

obsoletoguttatus 285, 317

obtusus Horn, 283, 288

ornatulus Horn 285, 319

otiosus 283, 291

jialmacollis Horn 286, 326

pensus Horn 284, 305

politus 285, 315

jHilcbellus 285, 312

pusillus 286, 333

putillus 285, 323

ruficollis 283, 289

scitulus Horn 285, 318

subcinctus 285, 322

ventralis J/orw 285, 320

vittatocollis 284, 299

Walsingbami 284, 311

Agrotipliila 133

Colorado Smith 133

rigida Smith 134

Allopogon 73

Aly codes Dietz 183. 262, 275

dubius Dietz 263

Auarmostus 89

Auatrichis 35, 36

oblonga Horn 36, 37

picea 36

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indp:x.

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Aiidrena 49

alici® Roh 50, 57

asteris Roh 50, 56

bicolor 50, 51

clay ton ifB Roh 50, 59

Cressonii Roh 50, 56

erifienite Roh 50, 52

erytbronii Roh 50, 53

flavoclypeata 50, 55

Forbesii Roh 50, 59

geranii Roh 50, 54

heliantbi Roh 50, 55

illiuoiensis i2o6 50, 54

ruarise Roh 50, 58

nubecula 50, 59

uuda Rob 50, 57

Perezi Roh 50, 51

poleuionii Roh 50, 54

pruni Roh 50, 51

pulcbella Roh 50, 57

rudbeckise Roh 50, 56

rugosa Roh 50, 58

salicis Roh 50, 53

Sayi Roh 50, 52

solidaginis Roh 50, 55

violiE Roh 50, 53

zizife Roh 50, 55

Andrenidse 343

Andreiiosoina 80

Anortbodes Smith 114

pvim-A Smith 115

Anthonomiui 177, 179

Anthonomocliaeta 189, 246. 272

Autbonoinocyllus 189, 191, 272

Aiithononiopsis Diets 182,247, 274

luixtus 247

Antlioiioinorpbus 189, 194. 272

Anthononius 183, 188, 189, 272, 273

seneolus Diets 220, 223

affinis 240, 243

albopilo.sus Diets..220, 222

ater 228, 229

Bolteri Diets 207, 208

brunuipennis 208, 211

can us 240, 243

concinnus Diets. .215, 217

confusns Diets 208, 209

cousiniilis Dietz. ..214c, 216
corvulus 208, 213

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Anthononius decipiens 240, 243

di.sjunctus 228. 232

dissiinilis Diets 226

ebeuinus Diets. ...220, 221

effetus Diets 220, 224

elegans 192

elongatus 240, 244

faber Diets 220, 224

figuratus Diets ....239, 241

flavicornis 208, 211

floralis Diets 237, 238

fulvus 195

grandis 205

gularis 202, 205, 206

Hamiltoni Diets ..192, 193

heterogenus Diets 247

hirsutus 190, 191

liirtus 229, 233

inerniis 239, 242

iuterstitialis Diets 215, 219

irroratus Diets 198

jacobinus Diets ...240, 242

Julichi Diets 198

juniperinus...202, 225, 227
latiusculus Diets . ... 235
leucostictus Diets 192, 193

ligatus Diets 240, 245

lineatulus Diets...24c0, 245
inelaucholicus D. 208, 211

moleculus 235, 236

niolochinus Diets 228, 231

murinus Diets 228, 232

nuisculus 215, 216

nanus 240, 244

nebulosus 202, 203

ni grin us. 220, 222

nubilus 237. 238

ochreopilosus D...229, 233

orchestoides Diets 226

ornatulus Diets... 259, 241

pal lid us 215

pauperculus 229, 234

peninsularis 195

pervilis Diets 195, 196

pornaruin 203, 204

profundus 200

pusilliis 192, 194

robustulus 235, 236

rubellus Diets 207, 208

INDEX.

Ill

PAGE

Antlionomus nibidus 200, 201 I

riifipeiinis 205, 207

rufipes 228, 231

scutellaiis 190

scntellatus...202, 220, 225
sexgiittatus Diet3.215, 219

signatiis 202, 214, 215

squaniosus... 202, 228, 229

squanuilatus D...228, 230
subfasciatus..202, 235, 236
subguttatus Diets.208, 213

subvittatus 239, 240

snlcifrons 215, 218

suturalis 202, 207, 208, 210

sycopbanta 208, 209

tectns 228, 230

texamis Diets 197

uiigularis 202, 237

vespertimis JHets2\4, 216

Virgo Diets 205, 206

vulpimis Diets 200, 201

xaiithocnemns D.220, 223

Aiithracopteryx Horn ,30

hienialis Horn ... 31

Antonina 95

Aonidia 102

Apamea lunata i^mith 110

Aplianiavtania 73

Aphestia 78

Apbria ocypterata Towns 361

A pi die 344

Apis niellifica 348

Arcliilestris 71

ArtbrocliiEta 382

Ascelis 102

Asicya 81

Asilida; of So. Am 67

Asilinse 82

Asilns 90

Aspidiotini 101

Aspidiotiis 101

.Asterodiaspis 100

Asterolecaniurn.. 100

Atomosia 77

■Atonia 78

Atractia 89

Atroplio{)oda Towns .373, 382

singnlaris Towns .... 374
Angoclilora regina 343

PAGE

Aulonotliroscus 47

Batliypogon 71

Bees, Description of N. Am 49

Bembecidse 342

Bembex argentifrons 342

Bembidium, species.of 34

Bernardia Ashm 100

Bibliographical Ee views — Coleop-

tera 47

Blepbarepium 75

Bracbyscelinse 93, 102

Bracbyscelis 102

Biiprestidae 45

i'ienorolia 74

Cal li pappus 96

Calopbasia 107

strigata Smith 107

Capulina 95

Carneades fusimacula Smith 105

Carteria 100

Centris fasciata 348

hsemorrhoidalis 348

Ceratomyiella Towns 379

conica Towns 380

Cerma olivacea Smith 103

Cerococcus 95

Ceropales cubensis 341

Ce.roplastes 99

Cerotainia 78

Chalcididfe 338

Cbalcis incertus 338

Cbelonycluis Diets 182, 256, 278

longipes I>iets 256

Cbiouaspis 101

Cionistes Diets 183, 187. 272

insolens Diets 188

Clrrbojdianes duplicatus Smith 112

Clad i us . ... 39

Clytia flava Totvns 372

Cnemocyllus 189, 239, 274

Cocci die 92

Cocciuie 93, 94

Cocci ni 95, 97

Coccotorus.... 189, 190, 272

Coccus 97

Coelioxys vigilans 344

Coelostoma 93, 94

Colletes eulojdii Rob 61

beiiclierie Rob 61

INDEX.

PAGE

Colletes illinoiensis Rob 62

latitarsis Rob. 60

producta Rob 62

punctata Rob 62

speciosa Rob 62

si)inosa Rob 60

Willistoni Rob 60

Crabro crcesiis 343

CrabronidiE 343

t'ryptohypnus 1, 28

abt)reviatns 3, 7

ffistivns 23, 24

barbatus 4, 6

bicolor 9

cauriuus Horn 18, 20

choris 3, 13, 14

cucullatus Horn. ..13, 17
deliinibis Horn... 13, 14

dermestoides 18

dispersus Horn — 19, 20

diibiiis 19, 23

exigiuis 13, 15

funebris 10, 11

ftitilis 28

gen til is 23, 24

gradarius Horn. ...19, 21

grandicollis 4

hyperboreus 3, 4, 5

impressicollis 7, 8

inops 28

littoralis 3, 4

lucidnlm 9

Melslieinieri H..3, 18, 19

imisculiis 19, 22

nocturnus 7, 9

obliquatulus 26, 27

ornatus 13, 16

pectoralis... 3, 25, 26, 27

perplcxus 3, 23, 25

planatus 10, 11

quadriguttatus 18

qnadripustulatus 23

restrictulns 26

.Sanbonii 4, 5

squalidiis 3, 10

sti'iatulus 3, 12

tumescens 19, 22

Cryptostonia 40

Ctenochiton 99

PAGE

CnrculionidiE 179

Cyliconiera 70

Cyphotoniyia 79

Cyrtopbrys 74

Dactylopiini 95, 96

Dactylopius 96, 97

Dainalis 72

Dasycyrton 71

Dasyllis 79

Dasypecus 72

Dasypogou 67, 68, 76

Dasypogoniuse 67

Dasythrix 81

Deromyia 75

Diaspinse 93, 101

Diaspis 101

Dicraiuis 70

Die! is atrata .339

fulvohirta 339

trifasciata 339

Dioctria 69

Discoderus cordicoHis Horn 34

crassicollis Horn 35

Dizonias 69

Dolichodes 71

Uonaciffi, Eevisiou of. 159

Donacia a;qualis 163, 170

cincticoruis 162, 166

distiucta.... 163, 171

eniargiuata 164, 174

femoralis 163, 173

flavipes 164, 174

floridae Leng 162, 166

Harrisii 163, 172

birticollis 161, 164

liypoleuca 162, 168

maguifica 168

metallica 164, 174

palmata 162, 168

piscatrix 162, 169

porosicollis 163, 170

proxiuia 167

pubescens 161, 165

pubicollis 161, 165

pusilla 163, 172

rufa 164, 175

subtilis 163, 169

torosa 172

tul>erculata 163, 171

INDEX.

PAGE

Doryclius 77

Euclea

PAGE
149

Drepaiioglossa

377

cippus

149,

150

luceiis Towns

378

delphini

149, 151

Droinceolns pusillus....

elliotii

149,

152

Dryobota

107

feiTugiiiea

149,

150

curvifascia Smith

109

incisa

149,

153

elda

108

interjecta

149,

152

recti fascia Smith

108

monitor

149, 152

Dysmachiis

uana Dyar

149, 150

Dystaxia Murrayi

pfenulata

149, 153

Kccritosia

querceti

149,

151

Eiphosoiua annulatus

337

Euglossa piliveiitris

348

iiigrovittata

337

Eumecosoma

Eleodes longipilosa Horn

Eumenes colona

343

Wickhanii Horn

Eumenid®

343

Elis atrata

339

Euphorticus occidentalis Horn

fulvohirta

339

Euscelidea

trifasciata

339

Evania

337

Elleschus 183, 263,

275

Evaniidse

337

angustatiis Dietz

265

Exomalopsis pulchella

347

bipunctatus

264

rufitarsis

347

ephippiatus

265

Exorista ciliata Towns

363

Scauicus

264

flavicauda

364

Ennyomma Towns

371

Fairmairia

100

clistoides Towns

371

Fiorinia

102

Epeolus rufoclypeatus Fox

344

Frontiiia acroglossoides Towns

367

viciuus

344

Cilaphyropyga

Ephelops Dietz 183, 261,

275

Goiiiochseta Towns

351

triguttalus Dietz

261

plagioides Towns

352

Epicauta heterodera Horn

Gossyparia

Merkeliaiia Horn

Gueriuia

straba Horn

Heligmoneura .

Epiniechus Dietz 183, 257,

275

Heliophana amaryllis Smith...

130

adspersus Dietz 258,

260

obliquata Smith...

130

curvipes Dietz 258,

259

Hemiteles iucertus

337

mimicus Dietz

258

Heriades pbiladelphi Roh

nevadicus Dietz 258,

260

Holocephala

soriculus Dietz 258,

259

Holopogou

Epigriniyia Towns

375

Hymenoptera of Jamaica

337

polita Towns

376

Hypenetes

Epitriphus

Hvperphes

Erax

Hypertrophocera Towns

360

Ergates neomexicanus

parvipes Towns..

361

Ericerus

100

Hyptia

337

Eriochiton

leery a

Eriococcus

Ichueumonidaj

337

Eriopeltis

Inglisia

Eucalyptus Dietz 183, 271,

275

Kermes

testaceus Dietz

272

Kermesini

INDEX.

PAGE

hdboulbenia 95

Laccopi-osopa Towns 365

sarcophagiiia To%vns.. 366

Laniprozoiia 79

Laphria 79, 80

Laplirinse 77

Lapliystia 81

Larra fnlviventris 342

vinulenta 342

Lari'idse 342

Lasiocnemis 69

Lastauriis 73

Leacb ia 94

Lecaiiia 89

Lecauiiuffi 93, 98

Lecaniini 98, 99

Lecaniocliaspini 98, 100

Leca Ilium 100

Lecaniodiaspis 100

Lecanochiton 99

Lecanopsis 100

Lepidosaphes 101

Leptarthrus 189, 197, 272

Leptogaster 68

Leptoharpacticus 90

Leucaspini 101, 102

Leucaspis 102

Leucostoma atra Towns 380

Lictensia 99

Lophoiiotus 89

Lycomyia 81

Lygranthcecia parmeliaiia 123

rosei till eta 124

Macropis steii'onematus Eob 63

Macrorlioptus 182, 184, 272

estriatus 185

liispidus Diets 185

Magdaiiiiops Dietz 182, 183, 272

vittipeiiiiis Dietz 184

Maira 80 :

Mallopliora 82

Margarodes 97

Masicera iiigrita Towns 358 j

sordicolor Towns 359

Megacliile eiirta 346

Martiiidalei Fox 344

niiiltidens Fox 345 j

pedalis Fox 347

Poeyi 345 I

Megacliile rufimamis Eob 65

Megapoda 77

Melipoiia fiilvipes 348

Melissodes niimica 347

trifasciata 347

Metoponia macula Smith 132

Micnistyliim 70

Miltogramma argeutifrons Towns.. 357
cinerasceiis Towns... 358
flavicoriiis Towns.... 355

Mimesidm 342

Monedula signata 342

Moiioleuca obliqua 156

semi fascia ....

156

subdeiitosa Dyar 156

snlfurea

156

Monojiblebime

Moiio]iblebus

Mvtilaspis

101

Mvziiie iiitida

338

iV^aiiops Dietz

.182, 256, 275

Scbwarzii Dietz.

257

Neolaparus

Neornastix Dietz..

.183, 254, 275

punctulatus JHetz 255

solidagiuis Dietz 255

Neotropidomyia

382

Neouromvia

382

Nitularia

95, 96

Noctuidje, New species....

103

Obelopborus

Odyiierns bucuensis

.343

simplicicoriiis .

343

tibialis

.343

G^dostetbus

femoralis

Ommatius

Odiiius

Oodes

.3.37

tlaviis

.338

tboiacicus

337

Opistboscelis

102

Orcbestes

183, 266, 275

armatus Dietz...

266, 268

betuleti

266, 268

can US

epliippiatus

--66, 267

INDEX.

PAGE

Orchestes minutus 267, 269

niger 266. 267

pallicornis 267, 268

parvicollis 266, 267

puberulus 266, 268

riifipes 267, 269

salicis 266, 267

Orthezia 98

Oi'tonia 97

|•achllobia ciiierascens Smith 103

elevata Smith 104

Paohyophthalnius anrifrons Towns. 354

Packardia 156

albipuiictata 158

elegans. 157, 158

fusca 157, 158

gemiuata 157, 158

goodellii 158

Palffioxeuus Horn 40

Parantbononius 189, 199, 273

Parassa 149

cbloris 149, 154

viridus 149, 154

Parlatoria 101

Pasites pilipes 344

Pediopboiieiis 87

Perigea pulvernlenta Smith 105

Perigrapba 118

priina 119

Pbasioclista Towns 369

metallica Towns 370

Pbengodes picicollis Horn 40

phiniosa 41

Pbilaniosius 69

Pbileremus illiuoiensis Rob 64

Pbillipia 98

Pbonicocleptes 76

Pborocera edvvardsii 366

Pbysokermes 99

Plauiceps euferalis Fox 341

Plauchonia 100

Pleronia 113

obliqiiata, 114

Plesiomnia 69

Plusia angiilidens Smith Ill

Pcecilocbrns 38

Pcecdlonota debilis 45

Polia pulvernlenta Smith 106

Poliaspis 102

PAGE

Polistes ainericamis 343

Pollinia 100

Polypbylla specio.va 41

Pompilidse 339

Ponipilus seneopurpureus Fox 339

Cressonii 340

cuhensis 339

propiuquus idox.. 339

Por|)byropbora 93, 94

Priononyx thomse 342

Proctacantbus 87

Proctopborus 84

Prolepsis 70

Promac.bus 84

Psen argentifroiis 342

Pseudacoiitia crustaria 132

Pseudaiitbonomous JHet3...l83, 248, 274

brumieus Dietz 249, 2.53

cratsegi 249

facetus Dietz 249, 252

iucipiens Dietz 249, 250

loiigulus Dietz 249, 252

parvulus Dietz 249, 253

relictus Dietz 249, 254

rufuUis Dietz 249, 252

.seriesetosus Dietz 249, 251

tonientosulus Dietz 249, 251

validus Dietz 249,250

Pseudococcus 97

Pseudorus 77

Pterosticbus angustus 33

Blaucbardi Horn... 33, 34

caligans Horn 32, 33

boiiestus 34

i nan is Horn. 32, 33

Pulvinaria 99

Pulviuariini 98, 99

Pulo ! 97

Putouia 97

Pyrocbroa califoruica Horn 45

Pyrota Akburstiana Horn 44

Itbatbitbomyia 78

Rbizococcus 96

Riperia 97

Jialius opacifrons Fox 340

Sarapogon 74

Scbinia bicuspida Smith 125

biuudulata Smith 129

brucei Smith 172

INDEX.

PAGE

Schinia coiicinna Smith 128

crenilinea Smith 129

diffusa Smith 125

digitalis Smith 128

oclirei fascia Smith 126

sexplagiata Smith 124

simplex 129

uni macula Smith 126

•Schizopus 45

Scylaticus 72

Seuobasis 74

Senoi)rosopis 89

Signoretia 98

Siguoretiini 98

‘Siphoua illinoiensis Towns M68

Siphoplaga Towns 349

anomala Towns 350

Smicra nigropicta 338

Sphecodes aiiteunariie Rob 63

Spliegidte 341

Sphex dorsalis 341

fulviveutris 341

icluieumouea 341

siiigularis 341

thoiuse 342

Steuocrepis 37

Stretchia behrensiaua 120

variabilis Smith 119

Stylopoda Smith 131

cepbalica Smith 131

Tacbiiia spiuosula Towns 353

Tacbiiiida^ 319

Tacbypterus Diets: 182, 186, 272

coiisors Diets 186, 187

quadrigibbus 186

Tachytes iusularis 342

Tfeuiocampa aunulimacula Smith... 117

orobia 116

pacifica 117

pectinata ... 118

tri fascia Smith 118

Targionia 101

Tegrodera erosa 44

Telesilla carucola Smith 110

Tetruria 97

Theromyia 73

Tbrenia 88

PAGE

Tbroscus 47

Tliyfeion Sinith 121

rosea Smith. 121

Tolmerolestes 70

Tricliobarapsis 189, 196, 272

Triclioclea aiitica Smith 116

postica Smith 115

Triclis 72

Trileuca dentalis Smith 123

Tropidomyia 382

Trypoxylou 136

albi])ilosum D.136, 137, 139

albitarse 136, 138

ai)icalis Fox 136, 142

arizoueuse Fox ....137, 145
bideiitatum i'’'.136, 137, 143

carinatum 138, 147

carinifrons D..136, 137, 142

clavatum 136, 137, 140

collinum 137, 138, 146

excavatum 136, 140, 343

frigidum 136, 137, 143

.loliiisoni Fox 137, 147

ueglectum 137, 138

ornatipes Fox 138, 148

projectum Fox 136, 137, 141

rubrocinctum 137, 143

rufozoiialis Fox ....137, 145

spiiiosum 137, 145

texeiise 137, 138, 146

ti'identatum 137, 144

IThleria 102

Uromyia 382

Vaudervvulpia Towns 381

atroj)liopodoides Towns... 381

Vespidie 343

Visonia 99

Walkeriaiia 93

VVestwoodia 96, 97

Xauthodes 122

Xaiitbus Diets 183, 269, 275

liliputauus Diets 269, 270

pygmseus Diets 269

Xeiioglossa ipomcese Do6 65

Xylococcus 95

Xylocopa morio 347

Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Vol. XVIII.

PI. VIII.

CLtneus.

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