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Dec. 1918 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 107 
NOTES ON CLERIDA. 
By) ba WoLrcort, Chicaro illinois, andeba As CHAPIN, 
Washington, D. C. 
In the course of preparing a synopsis of the genera of the 
Cleride of North America, it has become evident to the authors 
that certain names have been used wrongfully in the past and 
should be corrected. The more important of these changes are 
here made known. 
LECONTELLA nov. gen. 
Body elongate; head short, labrum transverse, slightly emarginate, termi- 
nal segment of maxillary palpi cylindrical, not tapering toward apex, 
terminal segment of labial palpi securiform, eyes emarginate, coarsely 
granulate, antennz eleven-segmented, basal segment large, somewhat bent, 
segments 2-10 slightly wedge-shaped, sub-equal, segment 11 elongate, 
cylindro-acuminate, in the ¢@ equal to segments 7-10, in 2 equal to seg- 
ments 9-10. Thorax cylindrical, without trace of lateral margin. Elytra 
long, parallel, suture closed, covering the abdomen. Abdomen with six 
ventral segments, their posterior borders coriaceous, fifth and sixth seg- 
ments simple in both sexes. Legs elongate, tarsi of five segments, all 
distinctly visible from above, segment four the shortest, first four with 
lobes beneath. Claws rather long, basal portion expanded slightly to form 
an elongate triangular process, and with a short tooth near the middle. 
Genotype: Lecontella cancellata Lec. (described as a Cymato- 
dera). . 
This genus is erected to care for a species which differs widely 
from all other known Cymatodere in the formation of the termi- 
nal antennal segment. 
The use of cancellata Lec. as a substitute for brunnea Melsh. is 
explained by the fact that Spinola* brought to life brunneum, a 
nomen nudum of Dejean. This action of Spinola’s causes 
brunnea Melsh. to become a homonym and leads to its rejection. 
Trichodes horni nov. nom. for T. illustris Horn, nec Klug, 1842. 
Klug, in his monographic essay on Cleride@ (Abh. Berl. Acad., 
1842, 333-334) gives the name illustris Stephen MS. to a species 
and gives a comparative description of it. It is unfortunate that, 
having been so characterized, the name must stand and that Dr. 
Horn’s name must give way. The above name is proposed in its 
place. 
* Spinola, Mon. Clérites, I, 147-148 (1844). 
