HANCOCK 45 



Surv. Terr., V., 245 (1873), Cuba; Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. 

 Belg., XXXI., 202, 203 (18S7), Jamaica; Scudder, Index 

 N. Am. Orth., 76 (1901). 



PHYLLONOTUS, gen. n. 



Allied to Choriphyllnm, but distinguished by having the 

 dorsal margin of pronotum in profile between the antero-pos- 

 terior extremities arcuato-subangulate, anteriorly convexly 

 advanced over and beyond the head, posteriorly reduced and 

 obliquely truncate. 



Choriphyllum, Bol. 



DISPOSITION OF SPECIES. 



Dorsal margin of pronotum in profile arcuato-subangulate 

 between the antero-posterior extremities. 



1. Body large, highest over the head. sagrai, Serv. 



2. Highest point of pronotum at the middle, body 



small. saiissiirci, Bol. 



2. 2. Highest point of pronotum a little behind the 



middle. Length of body, ten millimeters. 



plagiatuin. Walk. 



PHYLLONOTUS SAGR.^I, SERV. 



Head granulate. Pronotum densely punctate; dorsum 

 largely foliaceo-dilate, posteriorly the apex passing the 

 femora, in profile in front greatly elevated over the head, 

 from here forward greatly declined, backward distinctly 

 angulate, posteriorly obliquely truncate, behind the middle 

 dorsal margin sinuate. Anterior femora compressed, above 

 foliaceo-carinate, below with a small triangular lobe; middle 

 femora carinate; posterior femora wide at the base, carina 

 very highly compressed, the apical half suddenly reduced and 

 serrulate; tibia annulated with yellow; the third pulvillus of 

 the posterior tarsus below straight and longer than the second. 



Bod}' length, ?, 10 mm.; pronot., 19 mm.; post. fem. 

 7 mm. 



Locality, Cuba (Bolivar). 



