﻿482 
  rBOCEEBINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  a 
  distinct 
  froDtal 
  impression; 
  clypeo-froutal 
  suture 
  obliterated; 
  clypeus 
  

   sparsely 
  and 
  vaguely 
  punctate. 
  Thorax 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  narrowed 
  at 
  

   apex; 
  sides 
  stron.uly 
  arcuate; 
  angles 
  slightly 
  auriculate; 
  disk 
  very 
  

   convex, 
  obsoletely 
  punctulate. 
  Elytra 
  striatopunctate, 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   coarse 
  but 
  not 
  close, 
  somewhat 
  finer 
  toward 
  apex, 
  but 
  not 
  obliterated; 
  

   the 
  short 
  striae 
  regular. 
  Propleura 
  and 
  metasternura 
  smooth; 
  proster- 
  

   num 
  between 
  the 
  coxa* 
  rugose; 
  abdomen 
  sparsely 
  and 
  finely 
  punctate. 
  

   Posterior 
  femora 
  simple. 
  Length, 
  4.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Ko. 
  1204, 
  U.S.ISr.M. 
  Five 
  examples 
  from 
  Brighton, 
  Texas, 
  

   collected 
  June 
  27 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Taylor, 
  who 
  reported 
  the 
  si)ecies 
  to 
  the 
  

   Departu)ent 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  as 
  injurious 
  to 
  grape. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  resembles 
  ^1/. 
  nstum 
  Le 
  Conte, 
  but 
  is 
  much 
  smaller, 
  has 
  

   simple 
  femora, 
  antennse 
  iufuscate 
  at 
  apex, 
  body 
  darker 
  beneath, 
  and 
  

   the 
  elytral 
  stria- 
  distinct 
  to 
  apex. 
  

  

  PLAGIODERA 
  PURPUREA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Elongate, 
  oval, 
  feebly 
  convex, 
  violaceo 
  purpureous. 
  Head 
  coarsely 
  

   punctate; 
  clypeal 
  suture 
  arcuate, 
  distinct. 
  Thorax 
  moderately 
  densely 
  

   punctate; 
  sides 
  feebly 
  convergent 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  

   toward 
  apex; 
  anterior 
  angles 
  prominent. 
  Scutellum 
  large, 
  semioval. 
  

   alutaceous. 
  Elytra 
  strongly 
  striatopunctate; 
  intervals 
  obsoletely 
  

   punctulate, 
  finely 
  alutaceous. 
  Ventral 
  surface 
  sparsely 
  punctate. 
  

   Length, 
  4.S 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  ISo. 
  1295, 
  U.S.ISr.M. 
  Three 
  examples 
  from 
  southwestern 
  Utah 
  

   (from 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Palm, 
  of 
  New 
  York). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  approaches 
  in 
  form 
  the 
  largest 
  varieties 
  of 
  P. 
  prasinella 
  

   Le 
  Conte, 
  but 
  is 
  distinct 
  by 
  its 
  larger 
  size, 
  purplish 
  color, 
  parallel- 
  sided 
  

   thorax, 
  and 
  elytral 
  i)unctation. 
  

  

  PLAGIODERA 
  THYMALOIDES 
  Stal. 
  

  

  riaf/iodera 
  thymaloidcs 
  Stal, 
  Diagn., 
  1860, 
  p. 
  468; 
  Mon., 
  p. 
  311.— 
  Chevrolat, 
  

   Dejean, 
  Cat., 
  3d 
  ed., 
  p. 
  428. 
  

  

  The 
  above-mentioned 
  species, 
  previously 
  recorded 
  from 
  Mexico 
  and 
  

   Central 
  America, 
  was 
  collected 
  in 
  June, 
  1896, 
  in 
  Brownsville, 
  Texas, 
  by 
  

   Professor 
  C. 
  II. 
  T. 
  Townsend. 
  It 
  is 
  nearly 
  circular, 
  with 
  crescen 
  t 
  shaped 
  

   thorax 
  and 
  convex 
  elj^tra, 
  resembling 
  a 
  CocclneUa; 
  color 
  fulvous, 
  with 
  

   disk 
  of 
  thorax 
  and 
  elytra 
  aeneous. 
  Following 
  our 
  classification, 
  it 
  

   belongs 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  L'ma 
  after 
  L. 
  arhoncv 
  Crotch. 
  

  

  PHYLLOBROTICA 
  NIGRITARSIS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Elongate, 
  parallel. 
  Head 
  entirely 
  yellow, 
  smooth. 
  Antenna^ 
  black, 
  

   the 
  three 
  basal 
  joints 
  yellow, 
  the 
  third 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  fourth. 
  Thorax 
  

   broader 
  than 
  long, 
  smooth, 
  yellow, 
  slightly 
  narrowed 
  behind. 
  Elytra 
  

   yellow, 
  each 
  with 
  two 
  piceous 
  spots, 
  one 
  at 
  base 
  small 
  and 
  a 
  larger 
  

   oblong 
  one 
  behind 
  the 
  middle; 
  surface 
  sparsely 
  finely 
  punctate 
  and 
  

  

  