NOUTU OF MEXK 0. 



PIIALERIA, Lair. 

 PI,.. .. Hist. Nat. ■!. Crust, et. .1. Ins. X. p. 3 



Hi antennae of Phaleria though no ulcr, arc so compared with those ol 



the other two g mera, the first six joints h ing oh il and longer than broad ; tli 



joints are asuallj more or less transverse and gradu dly broader. The epipleurae are entire. 



The species known in our collections may be distinguished bj the following table, 

 published by Dr. Leconl \ Species, p. 125). 



I >val, finely punctulate species ; antennas » ith the onter joints transverse ; 

 (metasternnm normal, bodj winged). 

 II tse oi thorax finely margined. 



Elytra not wider than base of thorax. 



Margin of thorax and elytra with long hair-. 

 Robust species ; surface sub-op iqu 



Upp :r surface and legs >ns. r o t u n d a ta. 



Body and legs black; m if elytra I - us. limbata. 



Depressed species ; color black, shining. pil i fcr a. 



M irgin without hairs; color variable. 



S I - of thorax converging from the bi tes a. 



Side- of thorax parallel behind the middle. longula. 



Elytra wider than base of thorax ; color Mack. picip( s. 



1! ise of thorax nol margined, d e bilis . 



Small, rounded, strongly punctured species; antenna 1 with the outer joint-; 

 not testaceous; (metasternum short, body apterous). 

 ( !onvex, t< s, with black elytral spots. glo bo - 



I !ss convex, black, with red humeral spots. humeralis. 



P. rotundata, Lee. Ann. Lye. V. 148. 



The under surface of this species is mally black, the upper surface testaceous, 



and when i samincd under a high \> iwer the thorax is found to b ■ finely punctured and 

 alutaceous. The interstrial spaces of the elyti - cially those ture, arc 



finely transversely wrinkled. 



I . mgth .24 inch. 



1 ind on tic - • of ( ' difornia. 



P. limbata, robust, sub-opaque, black, aid lytra dark -. Thorax 



broader than loi t, finely punctured, anteri trnn- 



Elytra broadly tinct, interstices finely transversely wrinkled. Bod 



neath black, legs piceous, coara ly punctured. Margin of thorax and elytra fringed with long hairs. 



Length .25 inch 



Similar in form to the preceding, though rather more robust. The surface above is 



