U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 92°35 PELATE:3s 
ELYTRAL DECLIVITY IN PHLOEOS!INUS 
10, P. punciatus LeConte, female; 11, P. punctatus, male; 12, P. cupresst Hopkins, female; 
12a, same, details of first and second interspaces; 13, P. cupressi, male; 13a, same, 
details of first two interspaces; 14, P. variolatus Bruck, female; l4a, same, details of 
second interspace; 15, P. vartolatus, male; 15a, same, details of first two interspaces. 
