OF I'lIILADKLl'llIA. 171 



A vcy remarkable and distinct species; the reticulated elytra 

 give it a very peculiar aspect. The antennas arc similar to those 

 of L. Nuttalli, but the body is proportionally shorter. [306] 



NEMOGXATIIA Illig. 



1. N. ATRlPENNis. Testaceous; elytra black. 

 Inhabits Arkansa. 



Testaceous, punctured : head with concave punctures, remote 

 on the vertex and confluent between the antennae: antennae, 

 mandibles, and palpi, black : labrum piceous : thorax, punctures 

 rather large, remote : elytra black, punctures profoundly impres- 

 sed, rather distant, more numerous on the margin and tip : post- 

 pectus, knees, tibia at tiji, and tarsi, l)la(k. 



Length less than two-tifths of an inch. 



Found near the base of the Rocky Mountains, and between 

 the rivers Arkansa and Platte. 



The genera Zouitis and Nunvijuutlut are similar to the genu? 

 Iloria in the form of the tarsi, which are bifid and pectinated, 

 in this respect widely difi'ering from Lytta, &c., of which the 

 tarsi are simply bifid. 



2. N. MINIMA. — Testaceous; head and thorax elongated; post- 

 pectus black. 



Inhabits Arkansa. 



Body somewhat elongated, testaceous, punctured, with numer- 

 ous hairs : head elongated : vertex obtusely and slightly indented : 

 antennae black, dusky, rufous at base : labrum blackish : palpi 

 dusky : maxillae blackish, elongated : thorax conic, much nar- 

 rower than the elytra: elytra paler than [307] the head and 

 thorax, punctures confluent: postpectus, and venter at base, 

 black : feet varied with dusky : tarsi black. 



Length from one-fourth to three-tenths of an inch. 



This is the smallest species I have seen; it is proportionally 

 much narrower than others. I observed numbers of them near 

 the Rocky Mountains. It belongs to genus Gnatlio of Kirby. 



[Unknown to me. — Lec] 



BRUCHUS Fab. 



B. niscoiDEUS. — Black, with dense cinereous hair beneath ; a 

 large rufous spot on each elytron ; anus white, with four spots. 



Inhabits Arkansa. 

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