320 FAMILY X. rSELAl'IHI)^;. 



cc. Thorax without punctures; abdominal carinae rather long; elytra 



punctured and subrugose. G09. RADIANS. 



6&. Carinae separated by a space wider than that between the sutural 



lines, but less than one-fourth the width of segment, 

 r. Thorax distinctly punctate; pubescence short; carinse of first dor- 

 sal nearly one-half as long as the segment, divergent and sep- 

 arated at tip by one-fourth the width of segment. CRIBRICOLLIS. 

 ee. Thorax not punctate. 



/. Pubescence short and strongly recurved ; pale reddish-brown ; 



median fovea of thorax very small. CONGENER. 



ff. Pubescence long, bristling and semierect; elytra shorter than 



wide ; piceous, the elytra paler. 



//. Abdominal carinae fully one-half the length of segment, feebly 

 curved and strongly divergent ; form less convex. 



610. RUBICUNDA. 



(l(l. Abdominal cai-inae one-third the length of segment, straight, 

 less divergent ; form narrower and more convex. 



Gil. GRACIIIS. 

 <ia. Carinae of first dorsal separated at base by one-third or more the width 



of segment; pubescence short and strongly recurved. 

 7(. Antennae similar and unmodified in the sexes. 



/. Thorax strongly and closely punctured; carinae of first dorsal sh rt. 

 straight and parallel. PTNCTICOLLIS. 



//. Thorax not punctured ; body black or piceous, with bright red ely- 

 tra ; male with last dorsal with a broad rounded notch and last 

 ventral broadly concave. CORPORALIS. 



/,//. Antemire dissimilar in the sexes, that of male with fifth joint strong- 

 ly diluted, the sixth scarcely longer than seventh; elytra dark red- 

 dish-brown. PROPINQUA. 



HIT (1'Jl'si. J.'KICHENBACIIIA GEMMIFER Lee.. Trans. Amer. Knt. >(-.. VIII. 

 1880, 182. 



Dark reddish-brown; antennae, legs and elytra paler; pubescence very 

 fine and short. Head as long as wide, the three fovea? circular and equal 

 in size. Antennae half as long as body; second joint as long but not as 

 thick as first; third to eighth cylindrical and subequal; ninth obcouical. 

 slightly longer and thicker; tenth larger, subglobnlar ; eleventh twice as 

 thick as tenth, as long as the three preceding. Thorax subglobular, strongly 

 convex, median foveae small, deep: side ones as large as those of head; disk 

 finely, evenly but distinctly punctate. Elytra at base one-third wider than 

 thorax, smooth except near lips; each with a wide shallow discal line. 

 Carinse of first dorsal short and strongly divergent. Length 1.4 mm. 



Putnam County; vare. April 17. Taken by sifting. 



COS (9388). REICHENIJACHIA CANADENSIS Brend., Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 



XIV, 1S87. 201',. 



More slender than r/anniifn; with darker body. Thorax one-third 

 broader than long, densely and coarsely punctured, the median fovea 

 smaller. Elytra at base not wider than thorax, distinctly but finely and 

 sparsely punctate; discal lines deeper and more distinct. Length 1.5 mm. 



