TRIBE XIV. MKCININI. .'il'T 



gray scales; legs dark reddish-brown. Beak smooth, striate and feebly punc- 

 tured near base. Thorax two-thirds wider than long, sides feebly rounded 

 and strongly converging from base to apex, disc densely, finely and shallow- 

 ly punctured. Elytra slightly wider at base than thorax, shining; stria? 

 deep, feebly punctured; intervals flat, each with two rows of punctures 

 bearing suberect gray hairs. Length 2 mm. 



Marion and Hamilton counties, Ind., rare; June 2(5 August 

 IS. Several localities in Xew Jersey, June to August. Ranges 

 from Quebec and New England to Illinois, Florida and Texas. 

 Breeds in the seed capsules of Indian tobacco, Lobelia infliita L. 

 (B1<iii<-lnir(l) ; and in those of the great lobelia, L. si/jiliiliticu L. 

 (UlJce.) 



488 (- -). MIARUS PURITANUS Casey, 1910, 144. 



Oval, convex. Deep black without lustre; thorax clothed with short, 

 erect gray hairs; elytra with long sparser paler ones, interlacing across the 

 suture near apex; antenna? and tarsi reddish-brown; scutellum white 

 Thorax with sides strongly converging from base to apex, disc rather 

 coarsely, very densely punctate. Elytra oblong-oval, slightly longer than 

 wide, much wider than thorax; stria? rather fine and shallow, distinctly 

 not coarsely punctate; intervals wide, flat, feebly punctate. Length 2.3 

 2.7 mm. 



Putnam County, Tnd., rare; July 20. Casey's tviie was from 



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.Massachusetts. 



489 (- -). MIARUS iLi.ixi Casey, 1910, 144. 



Elongate-oval, convex. Black, clothed with short erect, very stiff dusky- 

 gray hairs. Beak much longer than head and thorax, slender, feebly cur- 

 ved, the antennae inserted slightly beyond basal third. Thorax rather 

 finely, densely punctate, the converging sides strongly curved. Elytra 

 one-fifth wider than thorax and one-fifth longer than wide; stria? very fine, 

 rather remotely and finely punctate; intervals flat, shining, sparsely sub- 

 rugosely punctate. Sides of sterna densely clothed with brownish-gray, 

 plumulose scales. Length 2.4 mm. 



Illinois. 



490 (- -). MIARUS XAXUS Casey, 1910, 144. 



Elongate-oval. Black, thorax thinly clothed with short erect hairs; 

 elytra with sparse longer yellowish-gray ones, antennae and tarsi reddish- 

 brown. Thorax nearly three-fourths wider than long, sides strongly con- 

 verging from the base, disc coarsely, less densely punctate than in puritan- 

 us. Elytral striae much deeper than there, strongly not coarsely punctate; 

 intervals narrower, less flat, shining, very finely and sparsej 

 Length 1.8 mm. 



Massachusetts. 



