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for comparison and the great joersonal kindness extended to me 

 during my short visits to the larger cities of Europe, 



134. DiCERCA OBSCURA {Fobr.) Lee. is B. lurida and consimilis 

 Gor}-^ and Laporte. 



135. D. hilaris Lee. 9 ; manca Lee. % , is tuberculata G. and L. 



136. D. DISTINGUENDA G. and L. is colored like hilaris^ but 

 stouter, with the hind angles of prothorax less prolonged; pro- 

 bablj' a bright % specimen of D. tenebrosa Kirb3\ 



137. D. PRUiNOSA G. and L. resembles lurida, but the prothorax 

 is slightly wider behind; middle tibiae % obtusely angulated on 

 inner side ; sor^or Lee. 



138. D. obscura J Gory is baltimorensis (Herbst.) Lee. 



139. D. scoBiNA Chevr. is molitor Mels. and asperata L. and G. 



140. D. SPRETA G. and L. is imjjj^essifrons Mels. 



141. D. TUBERCULATA Chevr. is Dumoulinii Gory ; the prothorax 

 is widely dilated on the sides as in crassicollis* Lee, and the 

 disk is deeply excavated obliquel}' each side; the markings are 

 irregular as in scobina. 



142. JD. coryphsea \. Dej. is a very large southern form of spreta. 



143. D. maculosa 4- Gory is lepida Lee. 



144. D. erect a L. and G. is P(ECIL0N0Ta cyanipes (Say). 



145. Ancylochira dilatata Motscli. is l^viventris Lee. 



146. A. crenata Motsch. is Langii Mann. 



141. A. villosa n. sp. Elytra like aurulenta, prothorax flat- 

 tened, side margin thickened, disk with a broad dorsal stripe, and 

 oblique space each side smooth ; prothorax and under surface thinly 

 clothed with long soft white hair. California, coll. Mniszech. 



148. A. AFRICANS Ilerbst. A specimen was collected by Lor- 

 quin in California. 



149. llelayiophila luteosignata Dej. is a small variety' of notata 

 with more convex prothorax. 



150. Anthaxia bivittata L. and G. Not in our collections ; 

 nearly as elongate as flavimana. 



151. A.yENEOGASTER L. and GAsexpansa 9 audfoveicollis % Lee. 



152. Chrysobotiiris errans L. and G. is very near cupro.enea 

 L. and G. ^oni Caj-enne, and is probably from South America. 



153. C. Alabamse Gor}^ is similar to the ordinary race of femo- 

 RATA, but the prothorax is more narrowed behind and more deeply 

 channelled ; C. nigritula Gory is similar but more deeply punctured. 



