THE SKTN BHETI.KS. ~>S!I 



mi. Tarsi simple: front coxal cavities open behind: tarsal claws simple. 



It. Head without a simple eye or ocellus on the front; length <> or 

 more mm. II. DKRMESTKS. 



l>b. Head with a distinct ocellus; length not over 5 mm., usually less. 

 c. Body either pubescent or covered with small scales; prosternum 



visible between the front coxa*. 

 <l. Antennal grooves wanting; basal joint of hind tarsi much shorter 



than second; middle coxa 1 narrowly separated. 

 r. Antenna 1 11-jointed; hind coxal plates narrow; mesosternum 

 deeply emarginate in front. III. ATTAQENUS. 



cc. Antenna 1 0-jointed; hind coxal plates short and wide; meso- 

 sternum sulcate its full length. IV. DEARTHKUS. 



dil. Antennal grooves or pits distinct; basal joint of hind tarsi but 

 little shorter than the next two combined: middle coxa' widely 

 separated. 

 /. Body pubescent. 



il. Antenna' stout, subserrate. the club <i- to 8- jointed in male. 

 4-jointed in female; mandibles and labrum not covered by 

 prosternum in repose. V. TROGOOERMA. 



(Id. Antenna'' with a large compact 1'- jointed club, received in a 

 deep pit beneath side margin of thorax; mandibles cov- 

 ered, labrum not covered by pr.isternum. 



VI. CRYPTORIIOPALUM. 



/'/'. Body covered with small scales; antennal club received within 



a deep pit at the apical thoracic angles. VII. ANTHRENUS. 



cc. Body glabrous: the mouth in repose covered by front legs; pro- 



sternum not visible between the front coxa>. VIII. ORPHILUS. 



I. BYTURI-S Latr. 17!>ii. 



Head very large 1 , front as v\ide a 3 long' with- 

 out ocellus; eyes prominent, coarsely granulated; 

 antenna? 11-jointed. club ^-jointed, not received 

 in pits or grooves ; scutellnm large, quadrate. 



andb^ltoothofclaw: (After 



1123 (341(i). BYTURUS TTNICOLOR Say. Journ. I'hil. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., III. isii:-',. 1JIT; ibid. II, iLMi. 



Oblong-oval, convex. Uniform reddish-yellow or pale brown. 

 rarely piceous, thickly clothed with Hue, paler silky pubescence. 

 Thorax one-third wider than long, coarsely and densely punc- 

 tate; sides regularly curved, margins broadly depressed, base 

 slightly broader than apex. Elytra three times as long as wide. 

 rather coarsely and densely punctured. Length .">.7 1.5 mm. "" 999 



(Fig. L'22. ) (After 'Forbes.) 



Throughout the State; frequent. May 16 July 6. Occurs on 

 the flowers of blackberry and raspberry, on which it feeds. The 

 fruit is also often infested with the larva, a small white worm known 

 as the "raspberry fruit worm," which clings to the inside of the 

 berry. 



