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joints nubilously pale basally, distinctly more than half as long as the 

 body; prothorax about as long as wide, the sides rounded, oblique 

 basally, becoming feebly sinuate at the distinct angles, very finely 

 reflexed throughout the length; apex sinuato-truncate, narrower than 

 the base; surface slightly punctate at the basal foveae, which are rather 

 coarse and deep, linear; transverse impressions both feeble, the stria 

 fine, biabbreviated; elytra evenly oblong-oval, with arcuate sides and 

 obtusely ogival apex, two-thirds longer than wide, not quite twice as 

 wide as the prothorax, the oblique apices only just visibly sinuate, 

 evenly rounded at the suture, the latter wholly devoid of prolongation; 

 striae fine but abrupt, finely punctulate; intervals flat; met-episterna 

 much elongated; legs slender. Length (9 ) 7.5-8.0 mm.; width 2.8 mm. 

 Mexico (Guerrero), — Baron. 



This small, metallic and convex species is evidently allied to 



aneipennis Chd., but in that the under surface is described as 



shining black, and the brilliantly green elytra are suffused with 



coppery reflection throughout; it is from Oaxaca. 



Lachnophorus Dej ; 



The following is very close to elegantidus Mann., but seems to 

 differ subspecifically: 



Lachnophorus elegantulus ssp. ocularis nov. — Almost exactly similar 

 to elegantulus in every way, except that it is a trifle stouter in the hind 

 body and that the legs are pale flavate throughout; eyes slightly larger, 

 separated by less than their width from a vertical point of view; thoracic 

 constriction less sharply marked, the short sides thence to the base less 

 parallel; elytra nearly similar in form and marking, but with the punc- 

 tures of the interstitial series rather more evident. Length 5.2 mm.; 

 width 2.15 mm., Texas. A single specimen. 



In elegantulus the eyes are separated by just twice their width 

 when viewed vertically.* 



Galerita Fabr. 



This remarkably isolated genus is almost peculiarly American 

 and contains a large number of species; so far as known to me 

 they may be segregated into two subgeneric groups, based upon 

 peculiarities of elytral sculpture, but it would be premature, with- 

 out the African and East Indian representatives, to assign definite 

 names to these groups. In all the subarctic North American 

 species the elytra have a perfectly even surface, with simple and 

 feebly punctate striae, the intervals with fine and evenly diffused 



*A small form occurring at Yuma, Ariz., seems to represent a valid variety of 

 Tetragonoderus fasciatus Hald., different from undulatus Lee. 

 T. L. Casey, Mem. Col. IX, Feb. 1920. 



