340 PHYTOPHAGA.—SUPPLEMENT. 
S. violacea agrees with Scelidopsis in the very narrow prosternum ; but differs from it 
in the thorax being without depressions, the elytra metallic and strongly punctured, 
and the epipleure not so broad. It may have eventually to be separated from this 
genus. 
MIRACES (p. 611). 
Miraces exneipennis (p. 611). 
To the localities given, add :—Mexico, Amula in Guerrero (H. H. Smith). 
MONOLEPTA (p. 619). 
12 (a). Monolepta morosa. 
Violaceous-black ; thorax obsoletely impressed at the sides, finely wrinkled and punctured ; elytra extremely 
minutely punctured, opaque. 
Length .1 3-2 lines. 
Of elongate shape, entirely violaceous-black, opaque ; head with a few fine punctures; the antenne extending 
beyond the middle of the elytra, the second and third joints short, the third slightly longer than the 
second: thorax one-half broader than long, very slightly rounded at the sides, the anterior angles 
thickened, the posterior ones rounded and obsolete, the surface with an obsolete depression on either 
side, extremely finely wrinkled and punctured; elytra very similarly sculptured, bnt less distinctly 
wrinkled, the epipleura indistinct below the middle; legs slender; the first joint of the posterior tarsi 
nearly equalling half the tibia in length. 
Hab. Muxico, Amula and Xucumanatlan, both in Guerrero (H. H. Smith). 
Many specimens. 
