LEXIPHANES NORTH OF MEXICO — BALSBAUGH 665 



sculptilis was found to be indistinguishable from that of L. mexicanus. 

 Eight specimens were dissected, including two L. sculptilis. 



Biology: One specimen was accompanied by associated plant data: 

 "Mesquite-catcl., Juchitlan, Jalisco, Mexico. 4300 ft., July 25." 



Type: Female, in British Museum (Natural History), "Yautepec, 

 15.175 Alexico, Jacoby Coll. 1909-28a." 



Type locahty: Yautepec (Morelos), Mexico. 



Distribution: This species occurs from southern Arizona south 

 through Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental to about central Mexico, 

 where its distribution extends eastward and southward through 

 Mexico's southernmost state, Chiapas. 



The material examined included 182 specimens from the following 

 localities: 



MEXICO: Chiapas: Carretera Panamericana, 970 km., Sept. 29; Chiapa 

 de Corzo, Sept. 25; Tuxtla Gutierrez. Colima: Colima City; Vulcano. 

 Guerrero: Acapulco; Caiion del Zopilota, 28 km. N. Chilpancingo, July 30; 

 Chilpancingo, 20 mi. S., 3700 ft.; Iguala, 20 mi. N.; Taxco, 4 mi. S., 4900 ft.; 

 Taxco, 23 mi. N., 4700 ft.; Taxco, 8 mi. NE., 5450ft.;TeIoloapan; "Gurerrero" 

 (no locality data), Sept. 13. Hildago: Ixmiquilpdn, 19 mi. W., 1700 ft., 

 July 29. Jalisco: Jalostotildn, 6 mi. NE., 6200 ft., Aug. 20; Juchitdn, 4300 

 ft., July 25. Mfixico: Amecameca; Ixtapan, La Sal, 5500 ft.; 105 km. 

 Carretera Toluca-Ixtapan de La Sal, Aug. 13; Mexico; Tonatico; Valle de 

 Bravo, July 1. Morelos: Campo Experimental Tepalcingo, Sept. 3; Cuerna- 

 vaca; Cuernavaca-Acapulco Rd.; Cuernavaca, 12 mi. E., 4300 ft.; Cuernavaca, 

 16 mi. S.; Puenta de Ixtla, July 31; YMCA Camp, Tepoztlan. Oaxaca: El 

 Camaron, 672 km., Sept. 29; Oaxaca, 5000 ft., July 8, Ruinas de Monte Alban. 

 Sinaloa: La Concha, Aug. 13. Tamaxjlipas: Victoria, 6 mi. N., Nov. 17. 



UNITED STATES: Arizona: cochise co.: Douglas, Aug. 9; Dragoon 

 Mts., Sept. 10; San Bernardino Ranch, 3750 ft.; Tombstone. 



Lexiphanes saponatus (Fabriciiis, 1801), new combination 



Figures 3, 6-9, 12, 17 



Cryptocephalus saponatus Fabricius, 1801, vol. 2., p. 55. 

 Monachus saponatus (Fabricius) . — Chevi'olat, 1837, p. 425. 

 Monachus ater Haldeman, 1849, p. 264. [New synonymy.] 

 Monachulus saponatus (Fabricius). — Leng, 1920, p. 290 (checklist). 

 Monachulus ater (Haldeman). — Leng, 1920, p. 290 (checklist). 

 Monachulus viridanus Fall, 1927, p. 139. [New synonymy.] 



Diagnostic description: Piceous black, brownish black, blue, violet, 

 bronzed green, and various other intergrade colors of these basic 

 combinations. Head : Frons of same dark color as rest of body, generally 

 flat, smooth, rugose, or rugulose and with punctures at times; the eyes 

 deeply emarginate and not contiguous; the labrum tawny or also 

 dark; antennae wuth basal segments more tawny than apical ones, 

 anteroventral sides of basal antennal segments lighter at times. 

 Segments one to five nearly uniformly round; segments six through 



