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GG Tempora very short and obliquely arcuate behind the eyes; 
elytra very coarsely, rather sparsely, punctured except at the 
apex, black, ferruginous or bicoloured, the sides strongly 
smuate. (51) vagans Oliv. 
FF Elytra feebly dehiscent at apex, testaceous, usually with apical and 
basal black marking, not densely but coarsely punctured, the 
sides strongly sinuate, apices angulate next the suture; length 
7 to 8 mm. (52) drcumdata QMv. 
DD Antennae black, not annulated; elytra at most only feebly dehiscent at 
apex. 
E Tempora very short behind the eyes; punctation of pronotum close; 
elytra black or with yellow and black transverse markings. 
F Elytra finely and densely punctured; the tempora obliquely 
arcuate. 
G Pronotal and elytra! pubescence dark, entire body black. 
(53) pemigra Linell. 
GG Pronotal and elytral pubescence pale, elytra generally maculate, 
rarely entirely black. (54) vexatrix Mann. 
FF Elytra rather coarsely and sparsely punctured; entire body black; 
the tempora obliquely angulate. (55) pubera Say. 
EE Tempora obhque but produced far behind the eyes; pronotum and 
elytra polished, sparsely punctured; elytra narrow and elongate, 
strongly, transversely impressed on the scutellar lobes, generally 
black with testaceous vittse on basal two-thirds or less. 
(, Strangalepta Csy.) (56) vittata Oliv. 
Judolia Mulsant, Col. Fr. Long., ed. 2, p. 496, 1863, has been recog- 
nized in recent European works as a distinct genus. The group has been 
left in this paper as a section of the genus Anoplodera Muls. Judolia applies 
in our fauna properly only to the sexmaculata group, including the species 
from quadrata Lee. to amabilis Lee. This section is so closely allied to the 
carbonata group on the one hand and to the nitens group on the other that 
it would seem improper to give Judolia generic status without at the same 
time treating the two groups just named, as well as several others, in the 
same way; so that the present genus Anoplodera would be divided into a 
series of distinct genera. We do not consider these groups equivalent in 
rank to the genera of the Lepturini recognized in this paper, and the 
recognition of so many genera, separated in many cases by what we con- 
sider to be minor differences, would probably confuse rather than simplify 
the classification. For the same reason we are opposed to the recognition 
of subgeneric names to this section of the Coleoptera. Unless a group is 
sufficiently distinct to require a separate generic name, we believe it better 
to refer to it as a group under the name of one of its most prominent species. 
(1) Anoplodera carbonata Lee., 1860, Proc. Ac. Phil., p. 355. 
Length 16 mm. cf, 18 mm. 9 . Although closely allied to A . nigrella 
Say and A. brevicornis Lee. this species can be distinguished readily by the 
sparsely punctured disk of the pronotum. 
The type has been examined by us and two specimens are before us, a 
male and a female, kindly sent us by Mr. Fisher. The elytra of the male 
are reddish brown, possibly immature. The antennse are stout and short, 
but not clavate, hardly passing the elytral third; pronotum with strong, 
basal, transverse impressions, apical margination stronger than usual, the 
disk flattened, with broad impressions on each side in the female, smooth 
on the middle of the disk with sparse fine punctures, coarser at the sides, 
sides wider at middle; elytra rather closely punctate, moderately at base, 
