(j4 j. l. leconte, m. d. 



4. C. retiferum n. sp. ante, 20. 



5. C. tricarinatum n. sp. ante, 20, 21. 



C^NIA Newm. 



1. C. dimidiata Fabr., (Lycus), Syst. El. ii, 111; Lee. loc. cit. 76; var. scapularis 



Newm. Ent. Mag. v, .381 ; Waterh. loc. cit. i, 23, pi. vi, f. fi. 



2. C. amplicomis n. sp. ante, 22. 



CELETES Newm. 

 1 . C. basalis Lee, loc. eit. 76 ; Waterh. loc. cit. 23, pi. vi, f. 4 ; marginella J ISTewm. 

 Ent. Mag. v, 381 ; var. mystacina Lee. loc. eit. 77 ; var. tiibida Lee. ibid. 77. 



LOPHEROS Lee. n. g. 

 1: L. fraternus RanfLall, [Omalisus), Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. ii. 15. 



EROS Newm. 



1. E. thoracicus Randall, (Omalisus), Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, ii, 14; pracfcctus 



Newm. Ent. Mag. v, 382; Waterh. loc. cit. i, 37, pi. ix, f. 6. 



2. E. hamatus Mann., (Diciyopterus), Bull. Mosc. 1843, ii, 245. 



3. E. simplicipes Mann., (DictyoptA, Bull. Mosc. 1843, ii, 245. 



4. E. Isetus Motsch., (Dictyoptera), Schrenck, Amur, 115. 



6. E. coccinatus Say, [Omalisus), Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, i, 155; ed. Lee. ii, 633. 



6. E. mundus Say, (Omalisus), ibid, i, 155; ed. Lee. ii, 633. 



7. E. sculptilis Say, (Omalisus), ibid, i, 156; ed. Lee. ii, 633; Lee. Journ. Acad. 



Nat. Sc. Phila. 2d, i, 78 ; axillaris Mels. Proc. ejusd. ii, 302 ; oblitus Newm. 

 Ent. Mag. v, 382; Erotides obi. Waterh. loc. cit. i, 38, pi. ix, f. 9. 



8. E. humeralis Fabr., (Lyons), Syst. El. ii. 111 ; Lee. loc. cit. i-, 78, (syn. exel.) ; 



Omal. obliquus Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, i, 156 ; ed. Lee. ii, 634; incestus 

 Lee. loc. cit. i, 78; oblitus f Lee. ibid, (nee Newm.) 



9. E. trilineatus Mels., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila. ii, 303; Lee. loc. cit. i, 79. 



10. E. crenatus Germ., (Omal.), Ins. Nov. 61; Lap. Hist. Nat. Col. i, 263; Lee. 



loc. cit. i, 70 ; Omni, cruciatus Randall, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, ii, 15. 



PLATEROS Bourgeois. 



1. P. timidus Lee., (Eros), loc. eit. i, 80. 



2. P. modestus Say, (Lyons), Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, i, 153; ed. Lee. ii, 631. 



3. P. canaliculatus Say, (Lycus), ibid, i, 154; ed. Lee. ii, 632; alatus Newm. 



Ent. Mag. v, 382; Waterh. loc. cit. i, 26, pi. viii, f. 4; Eros sooius Lee. 

 loc. cit. i, 81. 



4. P. soUicitus Lee.. (Eros), Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila. 2d, i, 83; lascivus Lee. 



ibid. i. 83. 



5. P. lictor Newm., (Eros), Ent. Mag. v, 382; Waterh. loe. cit. i, 25, pi. viii, f. 5; 



vanus Mels. (Diet), Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phila. ii, 302; mollis Lee. loc. eit. 



83 ; vilis Lee. ibid. 83. 

 f). P. floralis Mels., (Dictyopterus). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila. ii, 302; mivutus 



Lee. loc. eit. 82. 

 Lyous margivellus Fabr., Syst. El. ii. 118, evidently belongs to this genus, l)ut is 

 irrecognizable. and should be dropped from the lists. 



which is tlio best 1 can give for the variable species in our fauna. Their true 

 relations can only be ascertained by a more profound and careful study of' the 

 tropical species with which they are allied, and which seem to have been mul- 

 tipliiMl ill the liooks without measure and without distinctive characters. . 



