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March 12th. Distr. Canada to Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Mex - 
ico, including Lower California. Reaches to the high Transition of Col- 
orado. 
375. Disonycha varicornis, Horn. — Taken on Opuntia leptocaulis , 
June 5th, on which plant the yellow larvae feed externally. Also num- 
bers found on cotton, July 1st. Taken by Schwarz at San Diego, Texas, 
on Opuntia leptocaulis. Distr. Known only from Texas, according to 
Schwarz. 
376. Disonycha mellicollis, Say. — Taken by Schwarz in June. Distr. 
Atlantic coast to Texas. 
377. Haltica burgessi, Cr. — Beaten in palmetto jungle at Santo 
Tomas, June 16th. Distr. Known only from Florida Keys and South- 
ern Texas, according to Schwarz. Doubtless a tropical American species 
extending through Mexico. 
378. Haltica nigritula , Linell. — Beaten in palmetto jungle at Santo 
Tomas, June 9th and 16th. Also taken by Schwarz at San Diego and 
Corpus Christi, Texas, April to June. Distr. Known only from South- 
ern Texas. Belongs to the tropical fauna. 
379. Epitrix parvula. Fab. — Taken by Schwarz in June. Distr. New 
Mexico to Texas, Southern States, Mexico, West Indies, and South 
America. 
380. Plectroteta, n. sp. — One specimen taken indoors, March 1st. 
Length, five and one-third mm. Whole underside and legs reddish-yel- 
low, except tibiae, tarsi, and distal tips of hind femora, which are brown. 
Antennae brown, yellowish basally. Head and thorax entirely yellowish, 
eyes brown. Elytra very dark green. Distr. Known only from this 
region. 
381. Longitarsus, sp. — Taken by Schwarz in June. Distr. Known 
only from this region. 
382. Glyptina spuria , Lee. — One, at light, June 11th. Distr. Atlan- 
tic coast to Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Texas. 
383. Glyptina atriventris, Horn. — At light, June 22nd. Distr. 
Southern New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. Widely distributed, according 
to Schwarz. 
384. Chaetocnema decipiens, Lee. — Taken by Schwarz in June. 
Distr. Kansas to Southern Texas. 
385. Microrhopala dimidiata, Horn. — One beaten from tangles of 
Clematis drummondii in palmetto thicket at Santo Tomas, June 16th. 
Two beaten in woods near Rock’s Resaca, June 25th. Distr. Known 
only from Southwest Texas, according to Schwarz. 
386. Microrhopala , sp., probably melsheimeri, Cr. — Five specimens 
taken on Abutilon holosericeum at Santo Tomas, June 6th and 18th. 
Length, three to four mm. Color, tawny or creamy yellowish. Male 
