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and figured as virtually black, with the marginal interval bright 

 green and not of a uniform vivid green throughout as in pimalicus; 

 the tarsi, also, are said to be piceo-rufous. 



Anomoglossus Chd. 



This genus is well defined and differs from Chlcenius in the absence 

 of a tooth in the emargination of the mentum, more uniformly 

 punctate abdomen and generally much more deeply emarginate 

 labrum. The species are more numerous than hitherto supposed 

 and six are now known; they seem to be confined to the nearctic 

 faunal regions and are as follows: 



Last joint of the maxillary palpi glabrous; body larger in size; labrum 

 deeply emarginate 2 



Last joint with sparse stiff hairs; body of small size 4 



2 Punctures of the elytral striae extremely minute, confined to the fine 

 striae. Body narrower and less ventricose, shining, metallic green, 

 the elytra opaque and deep blackish-blue; under surface black and 

 shining, the legs pale-testaceous; vestiture short, stiff, fulvous; head 

 smooth, the occiput transversely sparsely punctate; frontal foveae 

 small, feeble and indefinite; antennae slender, testaceous; prothorax 

 but little wider than long, much wider than the head, convex, the 

 sides very evenly and moderately arcuate from apex to the basal 

 angles, which are slightly obtuse and blunt but distinct; apex almost 

 truncate and but very little narrower than the base, which is broadly 

 sinuate medially as usual; surface strongly and somewhat loosely 

 punctate, gradually densely toward base and near the median line, 

 which is strongly impressed; fovese elongate and very deep, slightly 

 oblique; elytra nearly three-fourths longer than wide, about a 

 fourth wider than the prothorax, parallel and broadly arcuate at 

 the sides, obtusely rounded at tip; striae very fine; interspaces flat, 

 finely, closely punctate, the punctures evidently stronger than those 

 of the striae; sterna throughout with very coarse and more or less 

 close-set punctures, the abdomen finely, sparsely punctate. Length 

 ( 9 ) 11.5 mm. ; width 4.35 mm. New York (central), delectans n. sp. 



Punctures of the elytral striae strong and coarser, rather wider than the 

 striae basally 3 



3 Body of rather large size, stout, elongate-oval, cupreous and moder- 

 ately shining anteriorly, the elytra very dull and blackish-blue, with 

 moderately long and rather fine, dull fulvous vestiture; under 

 surface and legs throughout as in the preceding; head three-fifths 

 as wide as the prothorax, rather rugulose, the occiput transversely 

 and strongly punctate; mandibles rather elongate; frontal foveae 

 very small; antennae long and very slender, testaceous; prothorax 

 very nearly as long as wide, the sides broadly rounded, gradually 

 converging anteriorly from the point of greatest width, which is well 



