THE METALLIC WOOD-BORING BEETLES. 785 



dorsal median space of thorax, suture and narrow side margins of elytra 

 cupreous ; beneath greenish, tinged with cupreous. Thorax one-third wider 

 than long, sides nearly straight, disk coarsely, densely and unevenly punc- 

 tured. Elytra each with four sparsely punctured narrow raised lines, the 

 broader intervals densely and reticulately punctured. Tips together rounded, 

 not dentate. Length 13-17 mm. (Fig. 299.) 



Putnam and Lake counties; scarce. February 16-June 21. 



V. CINY.RA Lap. & Cory. 1837. (Gr., "the lyre.") 



To this genus belongs a single rather small oblong species, hav- 

 ing the pores of the antenmv in pits on the end of the joints and 

 the prosternal spine acute at apex. 



1493 (4615). CINYBA GRACILIPES Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 



1844, 145. 



Elongate-oblong, slender, subdepressed. Above dull fuscous, obscurely 

 bronzed ; beneath cupreous. Thorax quadrate, a fourth wider than long, 

 sides straight, apex truncate; disk coarsely and roughly punctured and with 

 a distinct median groove. Scutellnm triangular. Elytra feebly striate, the 

 striae punctate, disk with two subobsolete impressions, one before and the 

 other behind the middle; intervals alternately a little elevated; tips nar- 

 rowed but not prolonged, feebly bidentate. Length 10-11 mm. 



Marshall, Marion and Posey counties; scarce. June 6-June 12. 

 Beaten from branches of oak along the border of low woods. 



VI. MELANOPHILA Escrh. 1829. (Gr., "black + love.") 



This genus is separated from Anthaxia only by the characters 

 given in key to genera. One species has been taken in the State 

 and two others perhaps occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF MELANOPHILA. 



a. Elytra acute at tips; first joint of hind tarsi equalling the next three 



in length. 



b. Front sparsely punctured; elytra with yellow spots. 1494. NOTATA. 



bl>. Front densely punctured; elytra without spots; sides of thorax 



oblique behind, the disk widest in front of middle. APPENDICULATA. 



(/</. Elytra rounded at tips; first joint of hind tarsi not longer than the 



next two; thorax coarsely punctured over its entire surface; tip of 



prosternum broadly triangular. /ENEOLA. 



1494 (4(317). MELANOPHILA NOTATA Lap. & Gory, Mon. Buprest, I, 1837, 4. 



Elongate, depressed. Black; head and thorax shining; elytra less shin- 

 ing, each marked with yellow as follows: a short stripe near middle of 

 base which curves inward and terminates near suture in a rounded spot, 

 the latter sometimes separated; a short bar on apical third and often a 

 small spot on middle near margin. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides 



