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Show APPENDIX C.- INSBCTS. 876 MELOLONTHA DECBMLINEATA, Say. Valley of the Great Salt Lake. PBLIDNOTA TBIPUNCTATA. Fort Gates. ABEODA LANIGEBA. Santa F& APHODIUS STRIGATUS, Say, which is common in the United States, occurs in Western Texas and as far south as Jalapa, in Mexico. HYDROCHUS FOVEATUS, Hald. Silvery- gray, varied with curious reflexions. Head coarsely and densely punctate; the largest punctures between the eyes; palpi flavous, prothorax nearly quadrangular, widest before, produced posteriorly into an obtuse angle; surface punctate with three fovea across the middle, the central forming a triangle with two others in contact with it posteriorly. Elytra each with ten rows of deep dilated punctures. Feet flavous, varied with brown; length less than two lines. Fort Gates, Texas. Allied to 27". tcabratus of Mulsant, 1844. Ann. Sci. Phys. Nat. Lyon, vol. vii. p. 873. H. gibboBUSy Melsheimer. STAPHYLINUS VILLOSUS, Crav. Mr. Eern brought a specimen of the species, which is common in the United States, and is found in Mexico and Cuba. PHILONTHUS COMPTUS, Hald, Allied to P. ceneus and P . harrmi. Polished black. Head rather narrower than the prothorax, with fovesB in a transverse line, the external one orbital and placed before the middle of the eye; the next midway between this and the medial one, which is more shallow than the others, and in advance of them. There are three additional orbital foveas posterior to the first, and several upon the posterior angles, which are strongly and sparsely punctate. Mandibles strong and incurved, with a stout tooth near the base, external margin with a groove for about half its length. Pronotum with four distant punctures arranged longitudinally |
