236 BUPRESTIDAE OF NORTH AMERICA 



* Genus RHAEBOSCELIS Chev. 



1837-8 Chevrolat p. 203. 



Type of the genus R. PURPUREUS Chevrolat. 



397. TENUIS Lee. (9561) 



1863 Leconte p. 82. 1904 Schaeffer p. 211. 



1878 Schwarz p. 452. 1909 Smith p. 295. 



1892 Kerremans p. 240. 1919 Nicolay p. 20. 



1902 Ulke p. 22, 47. 1922 Knull p. 86. 



1903 Kerremans p. 293. 1925 Good p. 272 fig. 46. 

 Type locality: Maryland, Illinois?. 



Distribution : New York to Florida, west to Illinois. 

 New York: Dyker Medow, L. I. (19) ; Bellport VI-27 (19). 

 Pennsylvania: Angora VI-15; Philadelphia VII; Lester VI-5. 

 New Jersey: Five Mile Beach VII-4 (8); Anglesea VII (4); Ruther- 

 ford VII (4); Smoke Hill VI-13 (16). 

 Florida: Orlando (16). 

 Illinois: (Leconte). 

 Host: Swamp Rosemallow (Hibiscus vioscheutos). 



398. TEXANA Schaeffer (9562) 



1904 Schaeffer p. 211. 



Type locality: Brownsville, Texas. 

 Distribution: Extreme Southern part of Texas. 



Texas: Hidalyo Co. (8); Combes V-20 (10); Victoria VIII-7 (10); 

 Brownsville VIII-4 (c). 



Genus SCHIZOPUS Leconte 

 1858 Leconte p. 70. 



Type of the genus SCHIZOPUS LAETUS Leconte. 



399. LAETUS Lee. (9302) 



1858 Leconte p. 70-71. 1901 Fall p. 118. 



1859 Leconte p. 222 pi. 13 fig. 4. 1902 Kerremans p. 44. 



1891 Horn p. 46. 1907 Kerremans p. 593. 



1892 Kerremans p. 101. 1913 Woodworth p. 196. 

 Type locality: Florence, Arizona. 



* According to Dr. Jans Obenberger our American species do not belong to 

 the genus Rhaeboscelis but to Paragrilus. 



