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FAMILY XXXV. DASCYLIJD/E. 



1315 (4003). HEI.ODES PULCHELLA Guer., Spec, et Icon., Ill, 1845, 13. 



Elliptical, finely pubescent. Yellow ; elytra each 

 with an oval basal piceous spot, and another much 

 larger, reaching from before the middle to apex. 

 Thorax semicircular, base Insinuate., entire margin 

 slightly retlexed, disk sparsely and finely punctate. 

 Elytra rather densely punctured. Length 3.5-5 mm. 

 (Fig. 2(57.) 



Orange, Posey and Crawford counties; 

 scarce. April IS-June 1. Eight or ten speci- 

 mens were secured on the former date by sift- 

 ing the rotten debris from the center of an 



;. 267. X 7. (Original.) ^ og j, s ^, im p 



//. fusctpomis Guer.. yellow, elytra black or piceous, length 4.5- 

 5 mm., ranges from Pennsylvania to Texas. 



1310 (4005). HELODES THORACICA Guer., lac. cit., p. 14. 



Broadly oval, nearly as broad as long. Black, tho- 

 rax and antemue yellow; body beneath and femora pic- 

 eous. tibia 1 and tarsi paler. Thorax as in inilrhclla. Ely- 

 tra not densely punctured. Last ventral segment of male 

 emarginate. Length 2.5-3.5 mm. (Fig. 2(5.8.) 



Marshall and Yigo counties; rare. June 10- 

 September 28. 



VII. 



SCIRTES Ulig. 



1807. 



Fig. 208. 



(Gr., "a dancer.") 



Head deflexed; antenna' slender, half as long as 

 body; prosternnm short, not prolonged between the coxa-, which are 

 prominent and contiguous; hind coxa* suddenly dilated on inner 

 side into a small plate; hind femora oval, very much enlarged, the 

 tibia' with one long and a shorter spur; tarsi with fourth joint bi- 

 lobed. the first joint of the hind ones as long as the other joints com- 

 bined. 



1317 (400(i). SCIKTES oRincuLATrs Fab.. Syst. Eleut.. I. 1801. 503. 



Broadly oval, sparsely pubescent. Black or piceuus, shining; elytra 

 with an oblong-oval reddish-yellow spot on middle of suture: thorax with 

 sides usually broadly reddish-yellow; femora pice.ms. tibia', tarsi and au- 

 teuu.-e paler. Head and thorax sparsely, elytra more densely and coarsely 

 punctate. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Sleiibeu County; rare. Beaten from plants near margin of 

 water in Clear Lake. June 17. 



131s i4it7). SCIRTES TIIUAI.IS Guer.. Spec, et Icon., Ill, 1845, 3. 



Broadly oval. Uniform picccus or nearly black, moderately shining, 

 sparsely pubescent; antenna 1 , tibia- and tarsi paler. Head and thorax 

 nearly sn 111. Klytra rather densely punctulate. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Common on vegetation about the borders of lakes a"id marshes in 



