196 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xxvi. 



nor is it in the old collection of Fabricius in Kiel as I was informed 

 by Dr. Walther Horn. 



Not being able to clear this point at present it is better to follow 

 the determinations of Leconte, Reitter, Horn and others in calling our 

 common Atlantic coast species virescens. 



Temnochila virescens var. chlorodia Mann. 



The specimens from the Pacific coast, which are the chlorodia of 

 Mannerheim, are certainly distinct enough to be listed as a variety of 

 virescens. They differ from virescens by being shorter, stouter and 

 more convex, apical angles of prothorax more prominent and acute, 

 basal angles of prothorax less prominent and humeral angles of elytra 

 more or less acute. T. cyanca Reitt. and T. viridicyanea Mann, are 

 synonyms of this form. 



The specimens from the Atlantic coast are always more elongate 

 and more depressed and the humeral angles of elytra are never as 

 acute as in those from the Pacific coast. 



Temnochila peninsularis new species. 



Very near acuta Lee. in size, form and color but joints of antennal club 

 relatively smaller with the sensitive spaces narrower than acuta. Length 



Santa Rosa, Lower California (Beyer). 



The three males before me are a little more robust than acuta and 

 (vrca and the head and abdominal segments are a little less alutaceous 

 than acuta but these parts are not as shining as in ccrea. 



Temnochila aerea Lee. 

 Temnochila nyeiita Dow. 



Leconte's specimen is described from San Francisco, Cal., but I 

 have no doubt that this is a mistake. The species, as far as known 

 occurs only in southern California and Arizona. The type of ccrea 

 is a male and has the same ventral characters as Dow's nycnta. In 

 the majority of specimens the frontal impression of the head is faint 

 or absent but specimens occur in which it is more or less distinct. 

 This distinct species is also erroneously placed as a synonym of 

 virescens, but is a larger species and the male has the ventral seg- 

 ments of abdomen as in acuta. 



