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antennae; front with an elongate fovea; scape reaching hind border of eye. 

 Thorax one-third wider than long, narrowed at base and apex, sides broadly 

 rounded, disc finely and densely punctate, with a short smooth line at 

 middle. Elytra elongate-subcylindrical, one-third wider at base than thorax; 

 striate, the striae with rather large, close-set punctures; intervals feebly 

 convex. Female with femora toothed. Length 5.5 7 mm. 



Three specimens taken by Harold Morrison near Indianapolis, 

 Ind. A common European species. 



XXVII. SCYTHROPUS Schonh., 1826. (Gr., "morose.") 



Beak short, stout, slightly narrowed in front, its antennal 

 grooves badly limited, slightly curved ; eyes round, distant from 

 thorax; scape slender, passing the eyes, funicle T-jointed, first 

 joint slightly longer than second, 3 7 shorter, club elongate- 

 oval; scutellum small, nearly oval; elytra wider at base than 

 thorax, humeri obtusely prominent; articular surface's of hind 

 tibiae terminal. Eight species have been described from the 

 United States, only one of which occurs east of the Mississippi 

 River. For a table of the species see 



FaH, H. C.In Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., XXVII, 1901, 309. 



171 (8334). SCYTHROPUS ELEGANS Coup., Can. Nat., 1865, 63. 



Oblong. Surface densely clothed with scales of variable hue, from bril- 

 liant green or slightly cupreous to ash-gray; elytra with suture always and 

 sides usually paler; legs piceous. Head and beak as long as thorax. Thorax 

 short, subcylindrical, wider than long, slightly narrowed in front, apex and 

 base truncate. Elytra oblong, evenly convex at sides, narrowed at apical 

 third; striae finely and closely punctured; intervals flat, bearing numerous 

 minute suberect hairs. Males with front tibiae distinctly curved near apex, 

 the inner and outer margins nearly parallel. Length 5 7 mm. 



Ranges from New England and Ontario to Washington and 

 California, and may, therefore, occur in the Transition Zone of 

 Northern Indiana. Occurs mainly on the white pine, Finns 

 strobus L. Chittenden (1890, 168) says that at Ithaca, New 

 York, it sometimes appears "in great abundance the latter part 

 of April, continuing in constantly decreasing numbers to the 

 middle of July. The variation in coloration is great. In the large 

 majority the normal ground color is a rather bright fawn, tinged 

 with a more or less coppery lustre; some are decidedly cupreous, 

 even brilliant, inclining to a pinkish hue, while others are of an 

 equally brilliant metallic green. Specimens taken late in the sea- 

 son have the scales worn or faded, leaving the body a nearly uni- 

 form dull cinereous." 



