NORTH AMERICAN f'OLEOPTKRA. Ill 



rate, ratlier longer and wiiler than the liead, widest in front, closely covered with 

 minute tubercles; sides rounded anteriorly, constricted towards the base, margined 

 with yellow, posterior angles acute, rather prominent; elytra long, as long and 

 nearly as wide as the head and thorax, very closely, minutely, but deeply asper- 

 ate ; sides nearly parallel, apex broad, almost straight, pale; abdomen long, ob- 

 tuse; 5 segments exposed; antennae very long, pale yellow: legs long, robust, 

 bright yellow. 



United States and South America (Dr. Scliauui '. 



NEl*llA.\i:N. 



Thomson Skand. Col. 1, p. 62. ]So9. 



AxTKNN/E 11 -jointed, last 3 unich incrassated, forminsr a moailiform 



club. 

 Head larue, porrected. 

 Pr(iN(>ti:m small, njore or less quadrate. 

 El>VTKA short, abruptly truncate. 

 Abdo.men elongate, obtuse. 

 Meso.sterxum moderate, not carinated. 



MeTjV.sterxim rather short, extending to the sides of the body. 

 \' ENTER H segments. 

 JjE(is rather short. 

 Posterior co.x.e reiuote, large, and narrowly laminated. 



Synoptic Table of Species. 



Body ratlier elongate, pubescence dense piibeNceiiff. 



Body short, pubescence sparing. 



Elytra short, size small fla(viventri!>t. 



Elytra longer, size larger lieviusculus. 



N. pubesceiis n. s.— L. c. .50 — .fi."? mm.— Oblong, elongate, rather depressed, 

 castaneous, thickly clothed with griseous hair; head large, produced in front; eyes 

 moderate, rather prominent; thorax short, transverse, not longer and scarcely 

 wider tlian the head, widest behind the middle, ornamented with small tubercles 

 irregularly arranged ; sides slightly rounded, hin<ler angles rather obtuse; elytrij 

 short, not longer or wider than the head and thorax, widest near tiie apex, closely 

 but faintly asperate in transverse rows; sides nearly stniight, apex broad, almost 

 straight: ab<loinen pale, long and obtuse; legs and antennae long, bright yellow. 



(Juatemala ( Champion). 



T feel some hesitation in placing this species in the genus Nephanes. 

 T was at first incliiunl to tliink from its elongate' shape and den.-Je pubes- 

 ct'uce that it belonged to /'tiliodfi.s. but the form of the antennje is en- 

 tirely siniiliir to Nephanes. ;ind differs much from the fornu'r genus. 



J¥. lfeviusciilii!« Matthews Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 17, p. 148. IStifi. — L. c. 

 — .C).'! HUM.— Short. Iimad, convex, shining, pitchy castaneous, clothed with pale 

 hair; liead very laru'i' and broad: eyes large iuid j)roniinent ; thora.x nitlior long, 



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