1865.] 398 



Genus 2.— PHYTOSUS. Curtis. 

 1. Phytosus opacus, Lee. 



Phytosus opacus, Lee. Descr. N. Am. Coleoptera, i. p. 28. 



Linear, depressed, opaque testaceous ; head, thorax and elytra very 

 finely alutaceous, with sparse obsolete punctures and scarcely visible 

 pubescence ; thorax obsoletely channelled ; elytra a little shorter than 

 the thorax ; abdomen finely punctured, antepenultimate segment black- 

 ish. Length .13 inch. 



Hah. — San Diego, California ; on the shores of the ocean. This 

 species resembles so closely the figure given by Duval of the European 

 P. nigrirentris, that it is scarcely necessary to add anything to the 

 above description, to enable it to be readily recognized. The spines of 

 the anterior tibiae are very small, and not by any means conspicuous. 

 The body beneath is finely and densely punctured, and finely pubescent, 

 and rather darker colored than the upper surface. — Le Conte. 



•(■f Tibise not spinous. 

 1. Labial palpi 3-joifated. 

 a. Ligula long, slender, bifid at the extremity: joints of hind tarsi 

 1 — 4 equal. 



Genus 3.— HOPLANDKIA. Kraatz. 

 1. Hoplandria pulchra, Kraatz. 



Hoplandria pulckra, Kraatz, Linn. Ent. Zeits. xi. p. 6. 



Nigro-piceous, shining, somewhat pubescent; base of antennae, and 

 the legs, testaceous; thorax, and base of abdomen, rufous; elytra cov- 

 ered with fine rugulose punctures. Length \\ line. 



Hah. — Louisiana ; Georgia. 



Nigro-piceous, shining. Antennas scarcely as long as the head and 

 thorax, fuscous, the base and apex testaceous, the first three joints slen- 

 der, subequal, the 4 — 6 joints a little longer than broad, the 8 — 10 

 joints slightly transverse, the two penultimate joints of equal length. 

 Head deflexed, rounded, narrower than the thorax, nigro-piceous, shin- 

 ing, sparsely and very finely punctured. Thorax a little narrower than 

 the elytra, more than twice broader than long; the sides and base 

 slightly rounded and margined ; apex truncate, anterior angles obtuse, 

 the posterior ones rounded ; upper surface densely and finely punctured, 

 sanguineous. Elytra one-half longer than the thorax, nigro-piceous, 

 the humeri occasionally reddish, with dense, strong, rugulose punctures. 

 Abdomen rufous, the apex black, slightly narrowed towards the tips ; 

 upper surface smooth, the segments with scattered punctures. Legs 

 testaceous. 



Male. — Exterior apical angles of the elytra with a rather large tooth. 



