80 
Transactions Texas Academy of Science. 
foliage in woods, near Rock’s Resaca, June 25th. One taken on Mozinna 
spatulata , August 10th. Distr. Pennsylvania to Alabama, Louisiana, 
New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. 
324. Dorcasta cinerea, Horn. — One on Verhesina encelioides at Gran- 
jeno, Texas, May 9th. One on cotton three miles south of Matamoros, 
June 1st. One on cotton at Santo Tomas, June 6th, and one on Solarium 
eleaginif olium , June 7th. One at light, June 11th. Said by Schwarz to 
breed in dead stalks of cotton and other plants. Distr. Known onl} 
from Southern Texas and Mexico. 
325. Mecas inornata, Say. — One beaten by Wickham in palmetto 
thicket at Santo Tomas, June 27th. Det. Wick. Distr. Wisconsin, 
Iowa, Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, and Nevada to Missouri, Kansas, 
Louisiana, Texas, and Mexico. 
326. Mecas per grata, Say. — One beaten by Wickham in palmetto 
jungle, at Santo Tomas, June 23rd. Det. Wick. Distr. Dakota, 
Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico to Louisiana, 
Texas, and Mexico. 
327. Amphionycha amoena, Hamilton. — One beaten in palmetto 
jungle, at Santo Tomas, June 9th. Distr. Known only from the Lower 
Rio Grande, and belongs to the tropical fauna. Hamilton suggests that 
this species may be set in a separate genus, for which he proposes the 
name Cathetopteron. 
328. Amphionycha suturalis, Linell. — Four beaten in palmetto jungle 
at Santo Tomas, from tangles of Clematis drummondii, Ehretia elliptica , 
and other foliage, June 9th to 23rd. Also taken by Schwarz at Santo 
Tomas in June. Distr. Known only from the Lower Rio Grande, and 
belongs to the tropical fauna. According to Linell, this species is doubt- 
less to be referred to the Neotropical genus Erana of Bates. 
CHRY SOMELID AE. 
329. Megascelis texana , Linell. — Beaten in May and June in palmetto 
jungle at Santo Tomas, being common during the latter month on low 
shrubbery in that locality. Also taken by Schwarz. Distr. The genus is 
a Neotropical one, not before known to occur within the United States. 
The species is known only from the Lower Rio Grande. 
330. Lema trilineata, Oliv. — One specimen, May 27th. Distr. 
Atlantic coast to Colorado, Texas, and Mexico. Reaches high Transition 
in Colorado. 
331. Lema jacobina, Linell. — One taken by Schwarz at San Diego, 
Texas, May 26th. Distr. Known only from Southern Texas. Allied 
to L. se'xguttata, Oliv. 
332. Lema lebiodies, Linell. — One beaten in palmetto jungle, at Santo 
