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Swept in numbers, January 29 — April 2, from the foliage of 

 the fleshy-leaved seaside plant, Batis maritima L., which covers 

 large tracts along th^e inner borders of the mangrove swamps on 

 Hog Island, opposite Dunedin. With the exception of piincti- 

 collis Say, 7-8.5 mm. in length, this is the only Monoxia definitely 

 known from east of the Mississippi River, though LeConte, in 

 1865,* mentioned one of his types of obtusa (now placed as a 

 synonym of his debilis**) as having been found at Andover, Mass. 

 Horn in his "Galerucini" states,*** however, that this locality 

 "is much more than doubtful." From debilis M. batisia may be 

 known by the much more distinct median impression of head, 

 different form of thorax with the basal margin distinctly emar- 

 ginate and by the much deeper emargination of the last ventral of 

 male. 



In this connection it may be mentioned that Fabricius in 

 1801 1, described from jCarolina a Galenica atomaria, the status of 

 which is in doubt. His description, based mainly on colour, is 

 as follows: 



"atomaria, C— Pallida, elytrorum sutura, atomisque ferru- 

 gineis. Statura parva G. teiiellcE. [3.2-4 mm.] Antennae ferru- 

 gineae. Caput ferrugineum, vertice nigro. Thorax marginatus, 

 pallidus, immaculatus. Elytra Isevia, pallida, sutura, quae tamen 

 apicem haud attingit, puncto maiori distincto in medio atomisque 

 ferrugineis. Corpus pallidum." 



Habitat in Carolina Mus. D. Bosc. 



LeConte (loc. cit. 205) states that " this was probably a species 

 of Monoxia," and it was so listed by Gemminger & Harold. It is 

 possible that this is the species I have described as M. batisia, but 

 it cannot be so determined from the brief description of Fabricius. 



 Haltica nana Crotch. 



One specimen swept from low herbage, October 26. Horn^ 

 gives its range as South Carolina to Florida. 



*Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat Sci., 222. 



**Since obtusa was described first on the same page, it should be made the 

 name of the species, with debilis as the synonym. 

 ***Trans. .'\mer. Ent. Soc, XX, 1893, 86. 

 tSvst. Eleiit. I, 490. 

 jTrans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XVI, 1889, 221. 



