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Species removed from the genus: Three species that were inchided 

 in this genus in catalogs are mentioned here for the sake of clarifica- 

 tion. The first is Monachus viridis F. E. Melsheimer (1847). Mel- 

 sheimer's type has not been studied but from his description, it seems 

 to be synonymous with Diachus auratus (Fabricius, 1801). The first 

 author of this synonymy is unknown to the writer, but this is shown 

 in Leng (1920). The next two species were originally described under 



16 



18 ^ 19 



Figures 15-19. — Male aedeagi: 15, Lexiphanes guerini {Verbose) Bill Williams Fork, Ariz.; 

 16, L. ynexicanus (Jacoby), C. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico; 17, L. saponatus (Fabricius), 

 Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pa.; 18, L. affinis (Haldeman), Saluda Co., S.C.; 19, 

 L. seminulum (Suffrian), St. Augustine, Fla. 



Clythra Fabricius: nitidula Fabricius (1801) and piinctulata Fabricius 

 (1801). These two species were listed under Monachus by Clavareau 

 (1913). They also appeared in the Leng catalog (1920) as question- 

 ably occurring in the United States. Blackwelder (1946) lists them 

 under Clytra Laicharting, a senior synonym of Clythra Fabricius, and 

 reports them to occur only in South America. I have not seen spec- 

 imens of these species ; probably Blackwelder is correct in placing both 

 in the genus Clytra. 



