[November 1884.. BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM. SOC. VOL. VII. 99 
type of the genus is varzadilis which is so well known than an extended 
description is unnecessary. With the assistance of Dr. Horn we have 
compiled the following table: . 
SYNOPSIS OF PHYMATODES. 
Thorax yellowish, surface metallic. 
Larger species. 
- Thorax, elytra and legs yellow, more or less marked with blue ...... variabilis. 
(Color fUsGOUSe iairec ce se lene ce cies )s)0 o/h aeeeetaastene Paros aicheve aie thers tances infuscatus, 
Smaller species. 
LOI SAID, ESC ES, OO NESE IGRI | c occ LO RO OOO ROr Uo nee nines thoracicus. 
Elytra blue. 
Nintenmeerallcarksss a1 ict tess \s ow « eR TOS ole Giuieuc a siete tio acheles amoenus. 
basal yom ofantennces pales. a... Sees etic ere oicie eels ei erciere blandus, 
Thoraxsnmous with broad. blacks vitta =). tomes eee cesses weusce maculicollis. 
Thorax and elytra unicolorous. 
Brown ombluishv black, larger species: . yj. qaemeeweee ts cn seis s Os cence obscurus. 
Opaque brown or black, smaller species. .......2000c0cees cece nese eecees ater. 
Shininoe lackey invetersiese civ clan sides, s ss. lc RMIE err oust Ate ee also aeneus, 
Thorax dark, elytra of lighter shade before the middle.................. dimidiatus. 
Thorax variable, elytra fasciate. 
Bi lyiinaviwrat One FASCIA. a aine sje c cycle, “se ne (a PARR NN DENS avefesayelon cichsneve ti 97s vulneratus, 
Elytra opaque with two fasciee. 
FEET IESILASVCESEOC ot ec. utes. acs SMT ree) he gk Un ae varius. 
INBISCHED (015) TORS AS act etry Oe es OS ERReRCie, Gs cickclg MORIA RCE rita 6 decussatus. 
Blyiranveny shining. swith twoascize. ./: - geen wee sies ek eu eminent e sae nitidus. 
P. variabilis, Linn. Fr. Suec. p. 192; Kb, Fn. Bor. Am. IV, p. 172; Costa, Fn. 
di Nap, II. p. 33, t. 33, f. 1—4; testaceum Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. X, p. 396; Oliv. Ent. 
IV, 79, p- 15, t. 1, f. 11; Schoenh. Syn. Ins. I, 3, p. 443; Muls. Col, Fr. ed. I, p. 50; 
ventrale Hald. Trans, ea Phil. X, p. 37. 
The coloring of this species varies greatly, it being sometimes en- 
tirely yellowish and sometimes entirely suffused with a metallic blue 
which reaches the thorax and tibie. Every variety between these ex- 
tremes is found. Length .52 inch, =13 mm. Hab. United States, 
P infuscatus, Lec. Proc. Ac. Phil. 1859, p. 285. 
This is, fide Dr. Horn, almost surely a synonym of varzabzlis. 
P. thoracicus, Muls. Col. Fr. ed. I, p. 51. 
The thorax varies in color somewhat, heing yellowish testaceous with 
more or less darker blotches at sides. ‘The elytra are uniformly piceous, 
in specimens before us with a faint metallic lustre. The (j\ antennz are 
very long and filiform. Length .36 inch, = 9 mm. Hab. Canada 
and M, States. The species is an imported one. 
