272 PHYTOPHAGA.—SUPPLEMENT. 
darker than above, finely punctured, and covered with long greyish pubescence; the intromittent organ 
of the male deeply bifurcate at the apex. 
Hab. Mexico, Pinos Altos in Chihuahua (Buchan-Hepburn), Hacienda de San 
Miguelito (Dr. Palmer), Guanajuato (Sallé), Morelia in Michoacan (Hége). 
An aberrant species, differing from its allies by the ungrooved thorax in connection 
with the rugosely sculptured upper surface. Some examples are of a more bluish 
colour and less strongly rugose. The description is taken from Dr. Palmer’s specimens. 
33. Haltica sublevipennis. 
Fulvous, the terminal joints of the antenne and the breast and abdomen black ; thorax with the basal sulcus 
distinct only at the sides; elytra violaceous-blue, entirely impunctate. 
Length 2 lines. 
Of posteriorly widened shape; head impunctate, the middle of the vertex longitudinally raised, the frontal 
elevations very distinct ; antenne slender und filiform, extending nearly to the end of the elytra, the lower 
four joints fulvous, the rest black, the second and the following two joints gradually becoming more 
elongate ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides rounded at the middle, with a narrow margin, the base 
with a very obsolete depression at the sides and another at the middle, the surface entirely impunctate, 
fulvous; scutellum large, black; elytra dark violaceous, extremely finely and not closely punctured, the 
punctures only visible under a strong lens; breast and abdomen black, the legs fulvous. 
Hab. Muxico, Coscomatepec (Sallé). 
This species deviates considerably from the typical members of the genus, not only 
in coloration, but in having very long antenne and an impunctate, scarcely sulcate 
thorax. The specimens received are apparently all females. Labelled Diphaulaca 
bicolor, Chevr., in the Sallé collection. | | 
SYPHREA (p. 301). 
Syphrea pretiosa (p. 302). 
To the localities given, add:—Mexico, Ventanas in Durango (Hége), Chilpancingo 
in Guerrero (H. H. Smith). 
The Mexican specimens differ from the type in having entirely fulvous legs. 
2. Syphrea angustata. 
Elongate, subcylindrical, piceous or blackish, the head, the basal joints of the antenne, and the thorax fulvous ; 
elytra nearly parallel, metallic blue, very finely and closely punctured. 
Length 2-23 lines. 
Hab. Mexico, Monclova in Coahuila (Dr. Palmer), Acapulco, Matamoros Izucar, 
Jalapa (Hoge). 
S. angustata differs considerably in shape from S. pretiosa, but possesses all its struc- 
tural characters and also a similar system of coloration; the antenne, however, are 
more robust and have either the first or the basal three joints fulvous; the thorax is 
much less transverse, more elongate, and entirely impunctate; and the elytra are not 
