the clerim: of the public museum of the 

 city of milwaukee. 



By Albert B. Wolcott. 



Through the kindness of Dr. S. Graenicher and Mr. Richard 

 A. Muttkowski, the writer recently had the privilege of making 

 a study of the Cleridse in the collection of the museum. 



The following" annotated list records all the species repre- 

 sented, with descriptions of three recognized as new to science, 

 the types of which are contained in the collection.* 



Subfam I. TILLING. 



I. Monophylla terminata Say (Elasmocerus Lee.) Male. Female. 



Mo.; Tex. 



Verv variable in size, a male from Missouri being but 4.2 mm. 

 in length, while a female from the same state is 9 mm. in length, 

 size, however, is not dependent upon sex, as the male averages 

 as large as the opposite sex. Another female, also from Missouri, 

 is much paler than any that the writer has seen previously, the 

 head in front and beneath, the five basal joints of antennae, the 

 pronotum (except a small slightly infuscate area at middle of 

 disk), the pro-, meso- and metasternum, the abdomen (except 

 apical segment), and the legs are entirely pale testaceous. Aside 

 from color the specimen differs in no way from the typical form. 



2. TilSus collaris Spin. Male. Female. Tex. 



The examples which the writer refers to this species agree 

 very closely with Spinola's description and figure (Mon. Cler., 1, 

 p. 98, t. 2, f. 6, 1844), differing in only one structural character; 

 the color is subject to some variation in extent. In the original 



* note. — The localities "Tex." and "Wis." cited in the present paper, 

 most probably mean New Braunfels, Tex., and Milwaukee Co., Wis., 

 although this is not absolutely certain in any case. The specimens form 

 a part of a collection accumulated by Mr. F. Rauterberg, which is unfor- 

 tunately not furnished with concise locality labels, but nearly all his 

 specimens from these two states come from the places named.— [Editor. J 



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