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fornian E. consfrictus Lee. slightly, and in E. miirinus searcely 

 at all emarginate. Those of the second genus have the eyes very 

 slightly einarginate; in both the eyes are less finely granulated 

 than in the first and third groups. Bactrocerus occurs in Lower 

 California. 



Group III. — Pedili. 



This group consists of but a single genus, Corphyra, repre- 

 sented by numerous species in both the i\tlantic and Pacific dis- 

 tricts. Tliey are prettily colored insects, with the thorax globose, 

 polished, and usually yellow; in the males of some species the 

 tips of the elytra are convex and polished, resembling somewhat 

 a vesicle, in others subcaudate, rarely simple as in the female. 

 The antennae are usually slender and subserrate in both sexes, 

 species however occur with the male antenna? pectinate or almost 

 flabellate. 



The mandibles are truncate; the epistoma separated from the 

 front by a transverse suture ; the maxillary palpi feebly dilated ; 

 the middle coxae are contiguous ; the abdomen of the male has 

 six distinct ventral segments ; the jDenultimate joint of the tarsi 

 is bilobed, and the claws are suddenly dilated at base into a 

 broad tooth. 



Tribe II.— XYLOPHILIXI. 



A few small species, found on leaves and flowers, are contained 

 in this tribe ; they have entirely the form and appearance of 

 species of Anthicus, but are known at once by the emarginate, 

 hairy, and coarsely granulated eyes. 



The head is much deflexed, and constricted immediately l)ehind 

 the eyes ; the epistoma is separate from ' the front; the neck is 

 very small; the last joint of the maxillary palpi is large and 

 securiform; the middle coxae are contiguous; the hind coxte are 

 nearly contiguous, the intercoxal process being very small; the 

 first joint of the hind tarsi is extremely long; the antepenulti- 

 mate joint is bilobed, and the claws are simple. 



One species, Xylophilia^ Mchheimeri Lee, is remarkable for 

 the antennae of the male lieing flabellate; in another sjiecies, X. 

 ba.^alis Lee., the last joint of the antenufe is considerably longer 

 than the others. X. brunnipennis extends from the Atlantic 



