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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  XATIONAL 
  MUSEIM. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  distributed 
  in 
  collections 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  D. 
  

   lemnisvata, 
  but 
  is 
  at 
  once 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  elongate 
  third 
  antenna! 
  

   joint. 
  From 
  />. 
  vinvta 
  it 
  differs 
  by 
  the 
  fine 
  elytral 
  punctation 
  and 
  from 
  

   J). 
  J}la)uh(la 
  by 
  the 
  narrow 
  thorax 
  and 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  legs. 
  It 
  should 
  

   be 
  i)laced 
  after 
  />. 
  blanduUt, 
  in 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  Doctor 
  Horn. 
  

  

  GALERUCELLA 
  MARMORATA 
  Jacoby. 
  

   (luleriicclla 
  marmorata 
  Jacoby, 
  Biol. 
  Centr.-Amer., 
  lus. 
  Col., 
  VI, 
  Pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  491. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Guatemala 
  and 
  since 
  collected 
  at 
  Browns- 
  

   ville, 
  Texas 
  (February 
  27, 
  1895), 
  by 
  Professor 
  C. 
  H. 
  T. 
  Townseud. 
  It 
  

   is 
  varied 
  with 
  fuscous 
  and 
  obscure 
  reddish, 
  the 
  thorax 
  red, 
  with 
  three 
  

   large 
  dark 
  spots; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  densely 
  finely 
  pubescent, 
  with 
  three 
  

   elevated 
  longitudinal 
  lines, 
  the 
  one 
  nearest 
  suture 
  interrupted 
  before 
  

   mi<Idle 
  and 
  connected 
  transversely 
  with 
  the 
  second 
  line 
  just 
  behind 
  the 
  

   middle. 
  

  

  HALTICA 
  NIGRITULA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Oblong 
  oval, 
  convex, 
  shining 
  black. 
  Antenna.' 
  slender, 
  somewhat 
  

   longer 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  body, 
  ferruginous, 
  slightly 
  infuscate 
  at 
  apex; 
  joints 
  

   two 
  to 
  four, 
  equal 
  in 
  length. 
  Head 
  smooth, 
  frontal 
  carina 
  obtuse, 
  tuber- 
  

   cles 
  feeble. 
  Thorax 
  one 
  half 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  narrowed 
  at 
  apex; 
  sides 
  

   arcuate; 
  disk 
  convex, 
  very 
  finely 
  sparsely 
  punctulate; 
  the 
  transverse 
  

   ante-basal 
  imi)ression 
  deep, 
  sharply 
  defined, 
  extending 
  from 
  side 
  to 
  side, 
  

   with 
  a 
  short, 
  deep 
  longitudinal 
  fovea 
  each 
  side. 
  Elytra 
  broader 
  than 
  

   thorax, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  sides; 
  humeri 
  rounded, 
  umbone 
  not 
  prominent, 
  

   feebly 
  impressed 
  within; 
  disk 
  convex, 
  coarsely 
  punctate 
  at 
  base, 
  

   gradually 
  more 
  finely 
  toward 
  the 
  apex. 
  Ventral 
  surface 
  piceous, 
  less 
  

   shining, 
  sparsely 
  and 
  finely 
  punctulate, 
  finely 
  pubescent. 
  Legs 
  finely 
  

   l)ubescent, 
  ferruginous; 
  the 
  posterior 
  femora 
  infuscate 
  at 
  middle. 
  

   Length 
  2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  deeply 
  sinuate 
  each 
  side, 
  the 
  middle 
  

   forming 
  a 
  short 
  subtruucate 
  lobe 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  triangular 
  fovea 
  at 
  apex. 
  

  

  Type.—^o. 
  121I7, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  Collected 
  at 
  San 
  Diego, 
  Brownsville, 
  and 
  

   Corpus 
  Christi, 
  Texas 
  (April, 
  May, 
  and 
  June), 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz, 
  

   who 
  recognized 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  and 
  labeled 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  name 
  used 
  

   above. 
  

  

  This 
  small 
  species 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  H. 
  nana 
  Crotch, 
  but 
  is 
  more 
  robust 
  

   and 
  rounded 
  and 
  the 
  color 
  is 
  not 
  metallic. 
  The 
  basal 
  groove 
  of 
  the 
  

   thorax 
  extends 
  distinctly 
  to 
  the 
  side 
  margin, 
  although 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  

   well 
  defined 
  longitudinal 
  fovea 
  each 
  side. 
  

  

  CREPIDODERA 
  CARINATA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Elongate 
  oval, 
  subparallel, 
  greenish 
  black, 
  shining; 
  antennae, 
  mouth 
  

   parts, 
  and 
  legs 
  bright 
  ferruginous. 
  I 
  lead 
  snu)oth, 
  frontal 
  carina 
  obtuse, 
  

   tubercles 
  distinctly 
  limited, 
  fiattened; 
  antenna' 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  half 
  the 
  

   body, 
  very 
  slightly 
  incrassate 
  to 
  apex. 
  Thorax 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  

  

  