AMERICAN COLEOPTKRA. 377 



thickened, each with an oblique red spot on the callus, and a common elongate 

 red sutural spot at three-quarters ; epipleura at base and sides of body pale red. 

 L. -25— -26 inch. 



% , head in front, anterior angles of thorax and base of femora pale red. 



Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas. 



E. marginipennis. (Lee.) Ann. Lye— Rounded, sub-convex, black, 

 thorax opaque, alutaeeous; elytra shining punctate, with the margin and a 

 sub-scutellar spot testaceous; tibife and tarsi testaceous. L. -11 — -15 inch. 



% , head, legs, anterior margin and sides of thorax yellowish-red. 



Var. aethiops, Bland, Proc. Ent. Soc— Hardly visibly punctured, alutaeeous. 

 entirely black. 



This speeies is very variable in coloring, the testaceous color some- 

 times predominates, enclosing two irregular spots on each elytron ; or 

 as in the Colorado specimens the whole insect is black. 



The punctuation also varies from the strong clear punctuation of 

 the New England specimens to the opaque smooth surface of the 

 Western ones. 



E. contristatus, Muls. Trim., p. 492, 16; childreni, Muls. 1. c, p. 1035: 

 iiue.ri, Lee. Proc. Phil, vi., p. 232, 1. — Orange-red, rounded, sparsely and faintly 

 punetulate, body beneath black; thorax and a sub-apical spot on each elytron 

 black. L. -10 inch. 



% . head, legs, anterior angles (narrowly) and sides (broadly) of thorax 

 orange. 



Florida, New Mexico. 



CENEIS. Muls. Trim., p. 500. (Type obscura.) 

 Elytra deeply foveolate for the femora, prosternum produced in 

 front so as to conceal the mouth. 



O. pusilla, Lee. Proc. Phil, vi., 135, 2; puncticolUs, 9, Lee. 1. c— Short 

 almost globose, very shining, black, thorax sparingly punctured, distinctly 

 margined; elytra iinpunctate, legs piceous. L. "06 — -07 inch. 



£, , head, sides of thorax and legs yellow. 



(Jeorgia, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New York, Washington. 



Hyperaspides. 



Elytral epipleurse foveolate for the femora, abdomen with six seg- 

 ments in the female, seven in the male ; surface glabrous, anteunae 

 very short. 



BRACIf YACANTHA, Dej. (Type dentipes, F.) 



Anterior tibiae armed with au acute spine on the external margin. 



Cocc./elina, Fabr., may be referable to this genus, but the descrip- 

 tion does not fit any known species accurately. B. bis-H-pustidata. 

 ( Fab ) is refered by Mulsant (p. 350) to the United States, but I have 

 never seen any specimens. 



