SUBFAMILY VIII. TACHYGONINJE. 95 



throughout, except the tip of the elytra, which is red; antennae and four 

 anterior legs pale flavotestaceous; basal half of hind femora above and 

 distal extremity of corresponding tarsi pale rufous; beak rufous at tip. 

 Hind tibiae much narrower, less bent and only feebly undulated along the 

 external edge. The prostrate white hairs of the body, as in lecontei, are 

 composite, consisting of three to seven hairs split from a very short com- 

 mon footstalk.* Length 2.1 mm. 



Described from New Jersev. Recorded bv Smith from Erie;- 



*j tf O 



lish Creek, lona, Landisville, Dacosta and Seaville, N. J. ; also 

 taken at Lakehurst and Yaphank; May 20 Oct. 1. Occurs on 

 oak. 



124 (- -). TACHYGOXUS GRACILIPES Casey, 1897, 680. 



Broadly oval, subdepressed. Black, shining, elytra with a narrow su- 

 tural stripe and a broad median cross-bar, pale reddish-brown; antennas, tip 

 of beak, front and middle legs pale brownish-yellow; hind legs black, the 

 tarsi and tips of tibia? paler. Thorax conical, coarsely, sparsely and irreg- 

 ularly punctate. Elytra shaped as in lecontei, the disc with rows of large, 

 deep, close-set punctures, each bearing an erect grayish seta; intervals nar- 

 row, convex; a small tuft of soft white hair on the suture near basal fourth 

 and numerous scattered, semiprostrate hairs near tip. Under surface 

 coarsely and sparsely punctate, sparsely pubescent, more densely along the 

 sides. Hind tibia? longer than the tarsi, slightly curved, finely subserrate 

 on the outer side. Length 2.2 2.5 mm. 



Posey County, Indiana, rare; June 11. Described from Ohio. 

 Recorded as T. tardipes Lee. from Ohio by Dury, who took it in 

 numbers by beating- white elm, TJlmus americana L., June 19; 

 also under the same name as rare near Washington, D. C., by 

 Hike. Tardipes is a southwestern species described from Texas, 

 and Casey's rhombus from Arizona is probably only a melanistic 

 form of it. 



125 (8824). TACHYGONUS FULVIPES Lee., 1876, 266. 



"Brown, feet uniform reddish-testaceous. Body above thinly clothed 

 with long-, erect gray hairs; thorax sparsely and coarsely punctured, with a 

 tuft of white hairs at the basal angles. Elytra with regular stria? com- 

 posed of large punctures, intervals narrower than in tardipes; an elongate 

 sutural spot of white hair in front of the middle. Hind thighs with about 

 four small teeth on the under side; hind tibia? comparatively shorter than 

 in tardipes, not serrate on the outer edge. Length 1.8 mm." (LeConte.) 



Described from Illinois ; not recorded elsewhere. The single 

 type is in the Cambridge museum. 



*Casey has applied the name "multifurcate" to these hairs. Champion calls them 

 "radiato-pectinate" and states that they are present in Lirmorclicstcs. some Otidocef'li- 

 ali/s, etc 



