REMARKS ON THE COLEOPTERA. 



237 



pusilla Saij. J. Ac. 5, 293. 



fulvipes Lac. Chrys. 1, 192. 



cuprea Kb. N. Z. 225. 



gracilis. 



aurifer. 



gentilis. 



emarginata Kh. N.Z. 22i. 



flavipes Kb. N. Z. 223. 



jucunda. 



confusa. 

 Orsodacna Lafr. 



tibialis Kb. N. Z. 221. 



testacea. 

 Syneta Esch. Lac. 



rubicunda Lac. I.e. 1, 230. 

 *^ Taraxis. 



abnormis. 

 CRYPTOCEPnALUs Fabr. 



4-maculatus Say. J. Ac. 3, 441. 



tridens. Mels. P. Ac. 3, 172. 

 Pachybrachys. Dcj. 



M-nigrum Hd. J. Ac. N. S. 1, 261. 



abdominalis Hd. ibid.^263. 

 Heteraspis Dej. 



pumilus Dej. Cat. 

 Pachnephorus Dej. 



10-notatus. 



Colaspis 10-not. Say. J. Ac. 3, 445. 

 Pack, variegatus Dej. Cat. 



Metachroma Dej. 



gilvipes Dej. Cat. 



canella Dej. Cat. 



Crypt, canellus F. El. 2, 52. 



4-notata. 



Colaspis 4,-not. Say J. Ac. 3, 446, 

 NoDA Dej. 



pimcticoUis Dej. Cat. 



parvula Dej. 

 FiDiA Dej. 



lurida Dej. 

 Colaspis Fabr. 



lineata. 

 Phyllodecta Kb. 



*«vitellin8e teste Kb.N. Z. 216. 

 Helodes Fabr. 



trivittata Say. J. Ac. 5, 298. 

 Phytodecta Kb. 



" rufipes teste Kb. N. Z. 213. 

 Lika Meg. 



discIcoUis. 



consanguinea. 

 Chrysomela Lin. 



scalaris Lee. An. Lye. 1. 



spirajse Say. 



eonfinis Kb. N. Z 211. 



elegans Oliv. 91, ^4.. fig. 92. 

 Plectroscelis Chevr. 



chalcea Dej. 



*^ Taraxis. — Antennae basi distanteSjbreviusculse articulo 1 ™o majore crassiore, 3'o 

 secundo sesqui longiore 5 ^ 4 'o que paulo brevioribus, reliquis longitudine crassioribus. 

 Oculi emarginati. Coxai anticse parvaj globose, approximata;, prosterno non promi- 

 nulo. Abdomen articulo 5 to majore inferne emarginato, segmentulo anali aucto. Tarsi 

 articulo 3 'o late, parum emarginato, unguibus late appendiculatis. Palpi apice acumi- 

 nati. Thorax elytris angustior a medio ad basin valde angustato constrictoque, apice 

 iterum leviter constricto, elytris cylindricis apice rotundatis. 



T. abnormis. — Testacea, nitida, grosse punctata, thorace linea minus distincta 

 laevi, elytris ad scutellum et pone medium, cum vertice, pectoribusque rufescentibus. 

 Long. -15. Pic. Looks like a minute Syneta, but at once distinguished by the abdo- 

 men, tarsi and antennae. 



■*6 I give this as identical with the European on Kirby's authority. I have not been 

 able to compare specimens. 



*'' I have had no opportunity of comparing with European specimens. 



