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The species were later placed in a new genus, Ephelis, by Fauvel, 

 who redescribed two of the species, guttata and notata, from speci- 

 mens in his possession. He distinguishes them thus : 

 a. Corselet subcordiforme, non transverse, nettement dilate au ler 



tiers anterieur guttata 



h. Corselet subquadrangulaire, legerement transverse, a peine elargi 



au ler quart anterieur notata 



He comments on the genus thus : " Ce genre me parait bien dis- 

 tinct des Coryphium et des genres voisins par la forme des palpes 

 maxillaires et surtout la structure de ses tarses anterieurs et pos- 

 terieurs. Son facies est aussi tres different et special." The palpi 

 of Ephelis are described thus: "Palpi maxillares articulo penultimo 

 apice truncato, ultimo brevissimo, minus gracili, vix conspicuo." 

 According to Leconte the first joint of the posterior tarsi is slightly 

 longer. (Lee. Horn, Class. Col., p. 104.) The genus is changed to 

 Ephelinus Cock, in the latest catalogue for nomenclatural reasons. 

 (Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 19, p. 83.) 



The description of the head and thorax given by Stephens and 

 Mulsant and Rey for Coryphium and Fauvel for Ephelis are as fol- 

 lows: Stephens — "head triangular, unequal above; thorax not so wide 

 as the head, obcordate, with the sides somewhat margined " ; Mulsant 

 and Rey — "Tete grande, proeminente, subtriangulaire, environ de la 

 largeur du prothorax, bifoveolee en avant, subechancree et forte- 

 ment resserree a la base, portee sur un col tres court mlis bien 

 tranche, aussi large ou a peine plus large que la moitie du vertex"; 

 Fauvel — " Caput basi non constrictum, insertum, linea basali trans- 

 versal! nulla"; and in the redescription of guttata Lee. — " thorace 

 paulo longiore quam latiore, latitudine maxima capite paulo latiore." 

 From these descriptions it would seem that in LeConte's three species 

 the head is as wide as the thorax or slightly narrower and that the 

 thorax is not or less strongly transverse than in Coryphium. 



It is worth noting that the description of Coryphium given by 

 Ganglbauer (Kafer, Mittleu., H, p. 701) is not in accord with the 

 original description in Stephens or the later one in Mulsant and Rey. 

 " Halsschild quer, breiter als der Kopf und viel breiter als lang, vor 

 der Mitte gerundet erweitert, massig gewolbt, mit sehr schmall aber 

 deutlich gekehlt abgesetztem, fein gekerbtem Seitenrand." 



Four specimens labelled Borcaphilus henningianus Sahl. have been 



