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whole iId not seem to be in accord as to the limits of genera, so that we 

 have on the one hand a multiplicity and on the other a synonymic union 

 which does not seem tenable. Lacordaire, under the name Euryomia, 

 collects the contents of about ten genera, all of which, with one exception, 

 arc the creation of Burmeistcr. This aggregation is again dispersed in the 

 Catalogus (G. and II.) with Erirhipis alone suppressed. It seems highly 

 probable that neither of these extremes is correct. 



The name Euryomia, at present used in our literature, has for its type 

 a Madagascar species, which presents characters entitling it to be separated 

 from the forms which occur in our fauna, whatever may be its relations 

 with the other old world types which Lacordaire has united with it, con- 

 sequently our species should bear some other name. Euphoria is adopted 

 as most convenient, because the name suggests no special character. 

 Lacordaire states that the genus is not capable of being defined, seeing 

 that the species differ more among themselves than they do in the aggre- 

 gate from the other neighboring genera. It is, he says, "a genus estab- 

 lished on geographical distribution alone." 



In a limited series, such as our fauna presents, Stephanucha might be 

 allowed to remain separated, but this seems hardly necessary until the 

 limits of all the genera are better defined than they are now. 



Having given the reasons for adopting the generic name, the following- 

 table of species is presented for the consideration of our students : 



Clypeus dentate in front. Base of thorax entire. 



Quadridentate [Stephanucha] areata Fabr. 



Bidentate verticalis, n . sp. 



Clypeus entire or feebly emarginate, the angles rounded. 



Mesosternal protuberance round or nearly so 2. 



Mesosternal protuberance transverse 11. 



2. Thorax either shining or punctured and pubescent 3. 



Thorax opaque, scarcely punctured, not pubescent 10. 



3. Base of thorax at middle not emarginate 4. 



Base of thorax emarginate at middle 5. 



• 4. Thorax arcuate at base, elytra not sulcate aestuosa, n. sp. 



Thorax truncate at base Kernii Hald. 



5. Punctuation of thorax dense, surface pubescent or hairy 6. 



Punctuation sparse, surface glabrous or scarcely pubescent 7. 



6. Body beneath and legs very hairy hirtipes, n. sp. 



Body beneath and legs normally hairy sepulcralis Fabr. 



7. Mesosternal protuberance punctured and hairy beneath., devulsa, n.sp. 

 Mesosternal protuberance glabrous beneath 8. 



8. Punctuation of thorax course, elytra with short and inconspicuous 



pubescence melancholica Q. & P. 



Punctuation of thorax sparse, usually inconspicuous, body above en- 

 tirely devoid of pubescence 9. 



9. Elytra reddish yellow with black fascia-. « fascifera Lee. 



Elytra variable, the surface with green or blue lustre . . .fulgida Fabr. 



