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Phymaphora Nexvman, 



Antennae articulo 3io non maiore, tribus ultimis abrupte maioribus (maris 

 maximis) clavam perfoliatam formantibus ; palpi maxillares articulo ultinno 

 cylindrico ; prosteriium inter coxas anticas angustum, distinctum ; mesosternum 

 elongatum, bicarinatum. 



1. P. pule hell a, elongata convexa, nitida, ferruginea, fronte nigra, thorace 

 quadrato, parce punctulato, medio nigro, impressionibus basalibus brevibus linea 

 basali coniunctis, elytris parce punctatis, basi, fascia postica obliqua apiceque 

 ferrugineis ; stria suturali distincta. Long. '15. 



Newman, Ent. Mag. 5, 389. 



Lycoperdi7ia puncticollis Ziegler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. 2, 271. 



Lycoperdi7ia crassicoryiis Mels. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. 3, 176. 



Found in every part of the Atlantic States. In the male the club of the an- 

 tennae is larger than the head, and the middle tibiae are slightly dilated internally 

 near the tip. This species is Rhanis pulchella Dej. Cat. 



Lycoperdina Latr. 



Antennae articulis 2 et 3 longioiibus ultimis vix abrupte maioribus, lOmo obli- 

 quo ultimo truncato; palpi maxillares articulo ultimo cylindrico; prosternum 

 inter coxas anticas obsoletum ; mesosternum fere triangulare ; femora clavata. 



1. L. ferrruginea, picea, antennis pedibusque rufo-piceis, thorace quad- 

 rato, impressionibus basalibus longis, linea basali coniunctis, elytris convexis, 

 thorace latioribus, subtiliter punctulatis. Long. '19 21. 



Le Conte, Ann. Lye. 1, 172, tab. 11, fig. 14, (1824.) 



Eumorpluis angulatus Say, Jonrn. Ac. Nat. Sc. 5, 304. 



Middle and Southern States. The femora are tolerably strongly elavate ; the 

 anterior tibiae of the male are strongly mucronate internally at the middle. This 

 species is <S. glabrata Dej. Cat. 



Rhanis. 



Antennae articulis 2 et 3 paulo longioribus, tribus ultimis subabrupte maiori- 

 bus, perfoliatis, ultimo ovali ; palpi maxillares articulo ultimo cylindrico ; pro- 

 sternum inter coxas anticas obsoletum; femora non clavata- 



1. R. uni color, elongata, rufa nitida, thorace convexo quadrato, postice 

 subangustato, basi marginato, veisus angulos posticos profunde foveato, disco 

 subtilius punctulato, striis 2 antice abbreviatis insculpto, elytris convexis, 

 thorace non latioribus, punctulatis, nigris, apice late testaceis, vel totis testa- 

 ceis. Long. '14. 



Lycoperdina unicolor Ziegler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. 2, 272. 



Lycoperdiiia apicalis Mels. ibid. 3, 177. 



Middle and Southern States, not rare. The anterior tibios of the male are 

 armed internally at the middle v^dth a short sharp tooth. 



It is unfortunate that this pretty little species should have been first described 

 from an unusual variety, as the specific name proposed is not applicable to well 

 colored specimens. 



I cannot find the genus Rhanis described in any work, and therefore do not 

 cite any authority for it. As here defined it is intermediate between Phyma- 

 phora and Lycoperdina. The name first appears inDejean's Catalogue, for two 

 species from the United States, one of which (R. hremorrhoidalis) is the type 

 here described, while the other is Phymaphora pulchella Newman, 



The Committee on the following paper by Prof. Haldeman, reported 

 in favor of publication in the Proceedings : 



