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in the preparation of the figures. Finally, I wish to express my 

 indebtedness to Prof. C. L. Metcalf, head of the Department of 

 Entomology at the University of Illinois, under whose direction this 

 study w^as made. 



Genus GLIPA LeConte 



OUpa LeConte, Coleoptera of Kansas and eastern New Mexico, p. 17, 1857. 

 GLIPA HIEROGLYPHICA Schwarz 



Figure 17, k 



OUpa hieroglypliica Schwarz, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 17, p. 372, 1878. 

 Tomoxia hilaris Smith, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., vol. 10, p. 80, pi. 1, figs. 30, 32, 



1882. 



Six specimens: Two from the Dominican Republic, June-July 

 1913 (H. W, Foote, Yale Expedition) ; one from Alhajuelo, Panama, 

 April 12, 1911 (A. Busck) ; one from Porto Bello, Panama, March 4, 

 1911 (A. Busck) ; one from Taboga, Panama, February 23, 1912 

 (A. Busck) ; one from Trinidad Rio, Panama, March 8, 1912 (A. 

 Busck) . 



This species, originally described from Florida, has, I believe, 

 been wrongly suppressed as a synonym of G. hilaris (Say) (1835, 

 p. 190) since the publication of the J. B. Smith paper in 1882. 

 Additional specimens, from the Dominican Republic and Panama, 

 as recorded above, tally more closely with the Florida types in the 

 United States National Museum than with true specimens of hilaris 

 {vide Barber, on pin label of specimen, det. 1935). Structurally, 

 there can be no doubt that the two species are distinct. Comparison 

 of specimens of hilaris from Illinois with the above-mentioned exam- 

 ples of hieroglyphica shows distinct differences in the maxillary palpi, 

 antennae, and tarsal claws (fig. 17, k^ I). In addition, the pattern of 

 the dermal color and pubescence of the dorsal surface is distinctly 

 different. In my opinion there can be no doubt that hieroglyphica 

 merits valid specific standing. 



Genus TOMOXIA Costa 



Tomoxia Costa, Fauna Regni Napoli, Mordellidae, p. 8, 1854. 



TOMOXIA SPINIFER Champion 



Tomoxia spinifer Champion, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Coleoptera, vol. 4, 

 pt. 2, pp. 261, 462, pi. 9, figs. 8, 8a, 1S91. 



Three specimens: One from Turrialba, Costa Rica (Schild and 

 Burgdorf) ; one from Livingston, Guatemala, April 5 (Barber and 

 Schwarz) ; one from Peru, October 3, 1935, found dead in dried wood 

 at Washington, D. C. (H. Y. Gouldman). 



