SYNOPSIS OF GENUS PHYTHOLAEMA — SAYLOR 11 



PHYTHOLAEMA FLAVIPES Philippi 



FiQxmE 1, i, j 



Phytoloema flavipes Philippi, Anal. Univ. Chile, 1861, p. 735. — Van den Brandbn, 

 Ann. Soc. Ent Belgique, vol. 27, p. cxviii, 1883. — Gesimain, Anal. Univ. Chile, 

 vol. 108, p. 996, 1901. 



Areoda elaphocera REOTENBACHEat, Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara 

 . . . , Zoology, vol. 2, Coleoptera, vol. 2, p. 65, 1868. 



■ Entirely piceocastaneous above ; head with light greenish luster on 

 front; clypeus and underparts testaceous. Clypeus moderately 

 strongly reflexed. Antennal club of male with fifth segment three- 

 fourths the length of the sixth. Thorax unicolorous, finely moder- 

 ately densely punctured over disk, more coarsely punctured with long 

 erect hair at sides. Scutellum sparsely punctured. Elytra rugose, 

 nonstriate. Hind tarsi shorter than tibiae, middle tarsi distinctly so. 

 Claws with strong subbasal tooth. Length, 9.5 mm; width, 5.5 mm. 



Material examined: 1 male from "Southern Chile", collected by 

 M. J. Kivera. 



The combination of the unicolorous dorsal surface, the short middle 

 and hind tarsi, and the rugose but nonstriate elytra will readily sep- 

 arate this species from the others ; the genitalia are also slenderer and 

 quite different from those of the other two species in the genus. 



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