536 FAMILY XVII. ENDOMY* .'IIID.K. 



II. SYMBIOTIC Redt. 1S4D. (Gr.. "living together.") 



Small, elongate-oval species, having the body pubescent with re- 

 cumbent hairs: antenmv 11-jointed. first two joints thick. 3 to 8 sub- 

 equal. !)-!! for.Miinu a prominent club; thorax with a prominent 

 transverse basal impiession. from wbich a narrow impression or 

 suleus extends forward on each side nearly one-half the length of 

 thorax; elytra with punctures arranged irregularly or in rows; 

 sutural stria distinct. One species has been taken in Indiana. 



1H23 (- -). SY.MIIIOTI-S DUKYI Walton .MS. 



Oblong-oval, subconvex. Uniform dull brownish-yellow, sparsely pubes- 

 cent with bright yellow hairs. Thorax twice :is broad as long, sides evenly 

 curved en apical two-thirds, parallel on basal third, apex truncate: disk 

 with an oblique carina on each side extending from middle to near hind 

 angle, this tbe outer boundary of the lateral snlcus extending forward from 

 the basal impression; margins reflexed but not flattened; surface finely and 

 evenly punctate. Elytra with sides nearly parallel to beyond middle, thence 

 narrowing to a rounded apex, margins distinctly retlexed : surface with 

 rows of very fine punctures. Length 2.1! mm. 



One specimen in Wolcott collection from n-ear Battle Ground. 

 Tippecanbe County. July 4. 



III. RHANisLec. 1853. (Gr., "a spot.") 



Hen- belongs one narrow, elongate, nearly glabrous species, hav- 

 ing the last joint of the maxillary palpi cylindrical; prosternum 

 obsolete between the front eoxa\ 



1024 (3178). RHAMIS UNICOLOR Ziegl., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1844, 

 272. 



Elongate, subparallel. Iteddish-brown, shining; elytra usually black 

 with the shoulders often indistinctly and the apex very broadly, reddish: 

 sometimes uniform reddish-brown throughout. Upper surface rather finely 

 and sparsely punctate. Length 3.. r > mm. 



TlirouglKiiii the State; frequent. April 4-September 21. Some- 

 times found in autumn on the flowers of thoroughwort (Eupa- 

 toriiim) ; more often sifted from the debris of beech .stumps. 



IV. PHYMAPHORA Newm. 1838. (Gr., "tumor + bearing.") 



Small elongate species having I he proslernum narrow but dis- 

 tinct be! ween the Front coxa- inrsosl ernu m bic.-irinate ; antennal club 

 oF male very I a rue. perFoliate. }\<, b.-isal .joint as large or larger than 

 Hi' 1 I"'-'"!. (Fig. 4. No. 8.) One species occurs in tin- State. 



