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PuymaPHora Newman. 
Antenne articulo 3io non maiore, tribus ultimis abrupte maioribus (maris 
maximis) clavam perfoliatam formantibus; palpi maxillares articulo ultimo 
cylindrico; prosternum inter coxas anticas angustum, distinctum; mesosternum 
elongatum, bicarinatum. 
1. P. pulchella, elongata convexa, nitida, ferruginea, fronte nigra, thorace 
quadrato, parce punctulato, medio nigro, impressionibus basalibus brevibus linea 
basali coniunctis, elytris parce punctatis, Kare fascia postica obliqua apiceque 
ferrugineis; stria suturali distincta. Long. - 
Newman, Ent. Mag. 5, 389. 
Lycoperdina puncticollis Ziegler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sho, DB aeillte 
Lycoperdina crassicornts Mels. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. 3, 176. 
Found in every part of the Atlantic States. In the male the club of the an- 
tenne is larger than the head, and the middle tibie are slightly dilated internally 
near the tip. This species is Rhanis pulchella De}. Cat. 
Lycorerpina Latr. 
Antennz articulis 2 et 3 longioribus ultimis vix abrupte maioribus, 10mo obli- 
quo ultimo truncato; palpi maxillares articulo ultimo cylindrico; prosternum 
inter coxas anticas obsoletum; mesosternum fere triangulare; femora clavata. 
1. L. ferrruginea, picea, antennis pedibusque rufo-piceis, thorace quad- 
rato, impressionibus basalibus longis, linea basali coniunctis, elytris convexis, 
thorace latioribus, subtiliter punctulatis. Long. -19—-21. 
Le Conte, Ann. Lyc. 1, 172, tab. 11, fig. 14, (1824.) 
Eumorphus angulatus Say, Journ. Ac. Nat. Se. 5, 304. 
Middle and Southern States. The femora are tolerably strongly clavate; the 
anterior tibiz of the male are strongly mucronate internally at the middle. This 
species is S. glabrata Dej. Cat. 
Ruanis. 
Antenne articulis 2 et 3 paulo longioribus, tribus ultimis subabrupte maiori- 
bus, perfoliatis, ultimo ovali; palpi maxillares articulo ultimo cylindrico; pro- 
sternum inter coxas anticas obsoletum; femora non clavata. 
1. R. unicolor, elongata, rufa nitida, thorace convexo quadrato, postice 
subangustato, basi marginato, versus angulos posticos profunde foveato, disco 
subtilius punctulato, striis 2 antice abbreviatis insculpto, elytris convexis, 
thorace non latioribus, punctulatis, nigris, apice late testaceis, vel totis testa- 
ceis. Long. :14. 
Lycoperdina unicolor Ziegler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. 2, 272. 
Lycoperdina apicalis Mels. ibid. 3, i77. 
Middle and Southern States, not rare. The anterior tibie of the male are 
armed internally at the middle with a short sharp tooth. 
It is unfortunate tbat this pretty little species should have been first described 
from an unusual variety, as the specific name proposed is not applicable to well 
colored specimens. 
I cannot find the genus Rhanis described in any work, and therefore do not 
cite any authority for it. As here defined it is intermediate between Phyma- 
phora and Lycoperdina. The name first appears in Dejean’s Catalogue, for two 
species from the United States, one of which (R. hemorrhoidalis) is the type 
here described, while the other is Phymaphora pulchella Newman. 
The Committee on the following paper by Prof. Haldeman, reported 
in favor of publication in the Proceedings: 
