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ing to the front angles, base much broader than apex, basal angles broadly rounded, 

 punctuation very fine and sparse on the disk, coarser at sides. Scutellum triangular 

 black, shining with a few sparsely placed punctures. Elytra broader than long, 

 greenish black, sutural stride distant from the suture, but gradually approaching the 

 suture towards apex, very close to the suture a row of very fine closely placed punc- 

 tures, discal strise represented by extremely fine, feebly impressed irregular lines, 

 hardly visible at sides, interstices confusedly punctate ; apex broadly rounded in both 

 sexes, faintly sinuate before the sutural angles. Prosternum more coarsely punctate 

 at middle, than protho'ax, widened behind the coxae, sparsely clothed with fine yellow 

 hairs, metasternum a little more coarsely punctate than prosternum and abdomen, 

 produced between the coxte, marginal striae obliterated in front ; femora grooved for 

 the reception of the flattened tibi^, tarsi short, clothed thickly with yellow silken 

 hairs. Length, 6 mm.; width, 4 mm 



Brownsville, Texas, 2 specimens in the collection of the Museum 

 of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 



A small number of this species were collected by Dietz, it was also 

 taken by Prof. Wickham. 



The genus Campfodes enters the tribe Cychramini of the family 

 Nitidulidae and will best be distinguished from the allied genera by 

 the following table, which is the same as in the " Classification " with 

 some slight alterations and the genus Camptodes added. Psilopyga 

 is said to be distinct from Oxycneinus by Dr. Sharp. 



Mesosternum protuberant in front, middle cox;^ widely separated. 

 Prosternum prolonged, broadly dilated at tip ; body glabrous. 



Labrum deeply bilobed ; hind tarsi longer than the middle tarsi ; prosternum 



at apex covering entirely the mesosternum Psilopyga Lee. 



Labrum feebly bilobed ; middle and hind tarsi equal in length ; prosternum 



at apex not covering entirely the mesosternum Catnptodes Er. 



Prosternum less prolonged and feebly dilated at tip, not covering entirely the 



mesosternum, bodypubescent Amphicrossus Er. 



Mesosternum small, oblique not protuberant. 



Metasternum protuberant, widely separating the middle coxae ; prosternum not 

 prolonged at tip, not laminiform, vertical behind the anterior cox£e ; body 



glabrous Cyllodes Er. 



Metasternum not protuberant, middle coxae narrowly separated. 



Hind tarsi longer than the others; body glabrous Pallodes Er. 



"farsi equal in length, body pubescent Cychramiis Kugi 



Throscinus schwarzii, new species. 



Elongate oval, somewhat depressed, blackish green, underside and legs ferrugi- 

 nous to piceous, pubescence very short and fine. Head very finely punctate with 

 larger sparsely placed punctures intermixed, deeply inserted in the thorax as far as 

 the eyes, which are large but not very prominent ; antennae slender, first four joints 

 pale, last seven joints black, slightly longer than the head and thorax ; first two joints 

 stout, but the second not quite as wide as the first, three and four narrower than the 



