BY EDWARD NEWMAN. 



389 



A pretty little insect, apparently partaking of the characters 

 of Harpalus and Ma::oreus, but not referable to either genus. 

 Inhabits the United States of North America, but appears 

 rare. A single specimen was taken by Mr. Foster at Trenton 

 Falls. 



Natural Order. — Endomycites, Newman. 

 Genus. — Phymaphora, Newman. 



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Caput parvum fere in 

 prothorace reconditum : 

 antennse prothorace ^ 

 longiores, capitatse, 11- 

 articulatae, articulus l"^ 

 latitudineduplolongior, 

 2"'. brevis, 3"\ ad 8"«>. 

 brevissimi, 8"^. prece- 

 dentibus duplo Jatior, 

 castera incrassata, dila- 

 tata,capitulam forman- 

 tia : labrum transver- 

 sum, medio vix emar- 

 ginatum ; mandibulse validae apice incurvas, bifidse, intus sub 

 apicem dentibus duobus minutis instructae, tunc lobo magno mem- 

 braneo auctas, basi serratae ; maxillarum lacinia parva, erecta, 

 linearis, apice pilosa ; galea similis at paull(> major paullo longior ; 

 maxipalpi 4-articulati, articulus 1^^ minutus, brevissimus, 2"'. 

 incrassatus, cyathiformis,3"^ brevis sed incrassatus,4"^. incrassatus 

 conicus apice ipso truncato ; labium transversum, antice angustius, 

 lateribus rotundatis ; labipalpi S-articulati, articulus 1^^. brevis- 

 simus, 2"'. incrassatus, 3"^. subconicus ; ligula lata rotundata : 

 prothorax subquadratus antic^ paullo latior, lateribus antice ro- 

 tundatis : elytra ampla, medio prothorace latiora, lateribus con- 

 vexis, apice rotundatis : tarsi tetrameri. 



Phym. pulchella. Lcete ferruginea^ glabra, nitida ; oculis, ver- 

 tice, elytrorum fascia lata mediand alterdqiie apicali nlgris : 

 elytra juxta suturam utrinque profunde \-striata. (Corp. 

 long. '15 unc. ; lat. '05 unc.) 



Inhabits the United States of North America, 

 day took three specimens at Trenton Falls. 



Mr. Double- 



