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Calleida Dej. 

 The following species is to be placed near viridipennis Say : 



Calleida striata n. sp. Anterior parts slender when compared with 

 the hind body, moderately convex and shining, black, the head and 

 pronotum with rather obscure violaceous lustre, variegated with metallic 

 green, of which a vitta parallel to and not very near the thoracic margin 

 from apex to base is especially noticeable; elytra vivid green, gradually 

 with feebly cupreous lustre broadly toward the sides; head as wide as the 

 prothorax and distinctly longer, the sides long and gradually oblique 

 behind the eyes; antennae slender, obscure, the first three joints pale; 

 prothorax slightly longer than wide, nearly as in viridipennis but much 

 more broadly and feebly rounded at the sides, the latter less converging 

 basally, the angles rounded and the base subequal in width to the apex; 

 elytra similar in shape but rather less elongate and more narrowed from 

 posterior third to the base, two and one-half times as wide as the pro- 

 thorax, the striae fine, obsoletely and irregularly sculptured or punctulate 

 and deeply impressed, the intervals notably convex, especially toward 

 the sides, not visibly punctate but much more strongly micro-reticulate 

 than in viridipennis, the third with the usual two setigerous punctures; 

 under surface metallic green; legs black, the tarsi finely sulcate above, 

 the fourth joint deeply bilobed. Length 8.8 mm.; width 3.2 mm. 

 Florida (locality unrecorded). 



Differs from viridipennis in its narrower form, coloration, deeper 

 striae, more convex and subalutaceous intervals, relatively narrower 

 base of the elytra and many other features. 



Cymindis Latr. 



Some of the synonymy proposed by the late Dr. Horn in this 

 genus is unaccountable, even aside from the well known taxonomic 

 idiosyncrasies of that author. For example, the small brevipennis 

 of Zimmermann, is not only said to be the same as planipennis Lee., 

 but is made the type of his description of the latter. These species 

 are as widely separated as any two in the section of the genus 

 having broadly reflexed thoracic margins and resemble each other 

 in scarcely any respect whatever. Planipennis is one of the largest 

 species and seems to be rare ; I am fortunate enough to find a single 

 example in my collection, taken in Colorado; it would weigh fully 

 as much as six average individuals of brevipennis. Again venator 

 Dej., does not seem to be the same as americana, as shown by the 

 male sexual characters, at least of species so identified below, and 

 abstrusa Lee., is not exactly cribricollis Dej., though these mistakes 

 are more excusable. Cribricollis is however not very definitely 

 T. L. Casey, Mem. Col. IV, Oct. 1913. 



