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to mark oft seven or eight yellow cells on each elytron. Distr. Lower 
Rio Grande. 
344. Cryptocephalus , sp. — Three specimens beaten from mesqnite, 
April 9th, a pair being in coitu. Length of male, three mm. ; of female, 
four and one-third mm. Color, shining black, elytra each with a bright 
red spot on onter base and smaller one at tip. Underside and legs deli- 
cately white pubescent. Distr. Lower Rio Grande. 
345. Griburius larvatus, Newm. — One beaten, from Leucaena pulver- 
ulenta in palmetto jungle at Santo Tomas, June 9th. One on cotton, 
June 24th. Distr. Southern Florida, Southern Texas, and Tropical 
Mexico. I took this species at San Rafael (near Jicaltepec), State of 
Vera Cruz. It goes as far north in Texas as Cuero and Bastrop. It is 
a Neotropical species. 
346. Pachybrachys , sp. — One specimen on Mimosa, June 5th. Distr. 
Lower Rio Grande. 
347. Diachus auratus, Fab. — One taken by Schwarz in June. Distr. 
Atlantic coast and Canada to Vancouver Island, Oregon, California, 
Lower California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Florida, 
and Mexico. 
348. Fidia cana, Horn. — Beaten in palmetto thicket near Santo 
Tomas, June 27th. Distr. Known only from Texas, according to 
Schwarz. 
349. Glyptoscelis albidus , Lee. — One on cotton. July 1st. Distr. 
Washington State and California to Texas and Mexico. 
350. Myochrous denticollis , Say. — One beaten in palmetto thicket at 
Santo Tomas, June 7th. Two at light, June 19th. One in field, June 
21st. Distr. Kansas, Nebraska, and New Mexico to Southern Louisiana 
and Mexico. 
351. Typophorus canellus , Fabr. — Beaten in palmetto thicket at 
Santo Tomas, June 7th. Distr. Widely spread, according to Schwarz. 
352. Typophorus canellus , var. sexnotatus , Say. — Two specimens on 
cotton. May 24th, eating leaves at edges, Carmen, near Brownsville. 
Distr. Widely spread. 
353. Typophorus viridicyaneus , Cr. — A pair, in coitu, beaten in pal- 
metto thicket near Santo Tomas, June 27th. Distr. Throughout the 
Southern States to Texas and Mexico. 
354. Chrysodma globosa, Say. — Common on mesqnite, in coitu and 
eating the leaves, April 9th. Beaten from Ehretia elliptica in palmetto 
thicket near Santo Tomas, June 7th. Distr. New Jersey to Texas. 
355. Rhabdopterus picipes , Oliv. — Taken by Schwarz in June. 
Distr. Widely spread. 
356. Leptinotarsa 11-lineata, Stal. — Nine specimens, April 19th, 
feeding on Solanum eleaginif olium , near Matamoros, Tamaulipas, to- 
