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Var. a|ii<*ali$$ Walther Horn, 1897, Ent. Nach., sxiii, p. 17. 

 Length 11.2-12.5 mm. =.45-50 inch. 



Habitat. — Kackley, Kansas, collected by Mr. Warren Knaus 

 Differs from togata by its greater size, more robust form, eyes less 

 prominent, and by the apex of the 9 elytra being much less 

 rounded, while that of the male is more acuminate. 



Pamphila group. 



Thorax rounded at the sides, hind angles prominent; palpi pale; apex of elytra 

 slightly prolonged, conjointly rounded 9. ^'th a sutural spine %: 

 densely hairy beneath even to the head ; anus testaceous. 



pamphila. 



C. pamphila Lee, 1873, Proc. Ac. Phil., p. 321; Chaud. Cat. Coll. Cic, 1865, 

 p. 28, No. 130 (only the name). 

 Length 10.5-11 mm.^.42-.44 inch. 



Habitat. — La., Tex., along the beach on dirty ground, where the 

 great salt marshes open to the sea. Prof Wickham found it abund- 

 ant at Point Isabel, Tex., during June and the early part of July. 



Olivaceous opaque above, beneath brilliant green ; elytra! mark 

 ing consisting of very broad white margin, humeral lunule protrud- 

 ing but little, middle band long, oblique, nearly reaching the suture, 

 hooked at tip, apical lunule with its anterior portion cutting deeply 

 into the dark sutural space. Head green, shining, bald, striate be 

 tween and in front of the eyes, granulate on occiput ; labrum white, 

 one-toothed ; thorax granulate, rugose, haii-y above, slightly convex, 

 sides rounded, feebly constricted behind, hind angles rectangular, 

 prominent ; elytra strongly punctured, except in the white spaces, 

 not serrulate at tip, which is slightly prolonged and has a sutural 

 spine in the male and is equally rounded in the female. Beneath, 

 the sides of the head, flanks of thorax, sides of abdomen, pleurje, 

 legs, palpi and coxae are clothed with white decumbent hair. Eyes 

 very large and prominent, legs very long and slender, anus and 

 trochanters testaceous. 



CiRCUMPiOTA group. 



Thorax rounded at the sides; palpi pale; apex of elytra conjointly rounded % , 

 separately rounded 9; hairy beneath, the sides of the head and the 

 middle of the abdomen glabrous ; trochanters purplish, markings con- 

 nected at margin circumpicta. 



Middle baud obliquely prolonged var. prietextata. 



Markings not connected at margin - • • • var. califoriiica. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVIII. JUNE, 1902. 



