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441. Anthicus spinicollis , Champ. — Beaten from vines and foliage in 
palmetto thicket at Santo Tomas, Jnne 9th and 16th. Also taken by 
Schwarz at Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamanlipas. Distr. A 
Mexican species, reaching Southern Texas. 
442. Anthicus clavicornis, Champ. — Beaten in palmetto thicket, June 
7th, and from cotton near Matamoros, Tamaulipas, June 12th. Distr. 
Mexico, reaching Southern Texas. 
443. Anthicus , sp. — Two specimens beaten from bamboo cane, April 
30th and May 2nd. Length, two and one-half to three mm. Antennae 
brownish, yellowish basally. Underside of head and thorax reddish brown. 
Legs blackish on femora and bases of tibiae, hut more yellowish on other 
portions. Underside of abdomen rather shining blackish. Upperside of 
head and thorax and bases of elytra light to dark reddish brown. Rest of 
elytra shining blackish, each elytron with a small transverse reddish yel- 
low marking in the center of the black. The rounded, widened-on-pos- 
terior-two-thirds shape of elytra, the narrow more or less collared head 
and thorax, the rounded shape of head, and the form of the antennae give 
this beetle exactly the appearance of a small ant. In fact a lens is abso- 
lutely necessary to prove to the observer that it is not a small reddish- 
brown ant, such as are commonly seen singly running up and down the 
stalks of various plants. Distr. Known only from this region. 
444. Anthicus , sp. — One taken at Hidalgo, Texas, May 9th, and one 
at Fort Ringgold, Texas, May 12th. Length two and four-fifths to nearly 
three mm. Entirely black or dark brown, a little shining. Legs and 
especially underside of prothorax brownish, the antennae also being 
brownish in the Fort Ringgold specimen. Distr. Known only from this 
region. 
445. Anthicus, sp. — Three specimens taken under pieces of drift wood 
on beach at south end of Padre Island, June 13th and 29th. Length, 
three mm. Color of elytra light yellowish, a little fuscous on bases in one 
specimen, and with a wide band of fuscous across the middle. Thorax 
and legs nearly same yellowish, or pale reddish. Head, antennae and 
underside more brownish yellowish. Distr. Known only from this 
region. 
MELOIDAE. 
446. N emognatha lurida, Lee. — On thistle flowers at Refugio, Texas, 
May 14th. Distr. Kansas, New Mexico, and Texas to Arizona and 
Lower California. 
447. N emognatha vittigera, Lee. — A brownish yellow and a yellowish 
brown specimen taken on flowers at coast line south of Point Isabel, 
Texas, June 29th. Distr. Missouri, Kansas, New Mexico, and Arizona 
to Texas and Tamaulipas. 
