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flavescenti-cinereo-pubescens, elytris parallelis postice obtusis, stylo anali 
mediocri, antennis pedibusque testaceis. Long. -19. 
One specimen, Fort Yuma, California. No other species in my collection re- 
sembles this in color and pubescence. 
M. V i 1 i s , elongata sublinearis, nigra tenuiter griseo-pubescens, thorace 
parce subtilissime, elytris densius punctulato-strigosis ; stylo anali longo, 
thorace basi utrinque late sinuato. Long. '10 — -12. 
San Diego, California. This species has the form of M. nigricans Meh., 
but it is more finely pubescent, and the basal lobe of the thorax is less pro- 
minent. 
M. n u b i 1 a , elongata linearis, flavo-ferruginea, dense luteo-pubescens sab- 
sericea, thorace latitudine haud breviore, ad basin utrinque modice sinuato, 
disco postice paulo obscuriore, elytris sutura anguste, lateribusque prope 
medium paulo infuscatis ; stylo anali longo, parapleuris tarsisque posticis in- 
fuscatis. Long. '15. 
One specimen, San Diego, California. 
Anaspis Latr. 
A. p u s i o , elongato-ovalis, tota testacea concolor, dense fulvo-pubescens, 
sericea, thorace latitudine sesqui breviore ad basin late sinuato. Long. '05. 
One female. Fort Yuma, California. More robust than the other species 
known to me, but especially distinguished by its small size. 
A. laetula, elongata, flava, elytris macula communi scutellari, fascia lata 
postice obliqua suturam haud attingente ad medium, alteraque integra ante 
apicem nigris. Long. •12. 
Texas, Mr. Clark : one male. The fifth ventral segment is broadly emargi- 
nate, the anal segment has two long processes gradually dilated, and obliquely 
subtruncate at the extremity. This species is allied to A. trifasciata, but 
the markings are different. 
Another species of Anaspis was found at Frontera by Mr. Clark, but it seems 
closely allied to others in my collection, and I have not yet fully made out its 
characters ; I therefore prefer for the present not to suggest a name. 
Lytta Linn. 
L. melaena, elongata, nigra, nitida, capite parce punctato, oblongo, gutta 
verticali obsoleta testacea, angulis posticis rotundatis, thorace parce punctato, 
oblongo, latitudine longiore, antice rotundato, elytris confertim intricato-rugosis, 
ad basin sublsevibus ; tibiis posticis calcari externo crasso oblique truncate, 
concavo ; antennis extrorsum incrassatis, articulis globosis, ultimo vix longiore 
acuminato. Long. '65 — '8. 
Sonora, Mr. Schott. Resembles in form L. nitidicollis , l»ut differs by 
the color, by the finer sculpture of the elytra, and by the shorter and stouter 
antennae. These in the male are as long as the head and thorax, with the 5th 
and 6th joints broader than the following ; in the female they are a little 
shorter and uniformly thickened. 
Phodaga Lec. 
Oculi ovales integerrimi, longitudinales ; antennae inter oculos insertse, breves 
filiformes, compressse, versus apicem attenuatse, ll-articulatse, articulis haud 
laxe articulatis, Imo crasso obconico, 2ndo parvo sequente triplo breviore. 
Tarsi compressi spinulosi, subtus haud pubescentes ; ungues fissi, parte inle- 
riore breviore. Corpus alatum. 
This genus bears a very close relation to Lytta, and has very nearly the out- 
line of certain species (e. g. L. lemniscata) of that genus, except that the head 
is very much elevated, so that the vertex becomes conical, somewhat as in 
Rhipiphorus ; the eyes, moreover, instead of being transverse and emarginate 
as in all Lyttae, are longitudinal and oval ; the antennae are inserted between 
[March. 
