S44 FAMILY XLI. i\1AIjA('mil>.K. 



f. Klylni entirely black, shining; logs wholly yellow. 



1615. MEI.AXOl'TKKrs. 



//'. Elytra not wholly black. 



g. Tips of elytra narrowly reddish-yellow : tibia' and tarsi yellow, 

 femora marked with black. 1615a. var. MARGIXIPKXNIS. 



{![). Elytra reddish-yellow with one or two black spots. 

 li. Elytra each with one small black spot on humerus. 



HUMERALJS. 



////. Elytra each with two black spots, one basal, one anteapical. 



1616. PETTITI. 



cc. Head and thorax not of one color. 



i. Thorax reddish-yellow; elytra sooty: front and middle tibire pale. 



1617. OTIOSCS. 



ii. Thorax with discal black spot, the margins broadly pale. 



./. Elytra with suture and side margins narrowly pale; abdomen 

 black. 1618. CIRCUMSCBIPTUS. 



././. Elytra either nearly wholly pale or black without pale side mar- 

 gins. 



A'. Suture and margin of elytra often black, the remainder dull 

 reddish-yellow. 1619. SCINCETIS. 



/./>. Entire elytra except tips black or piceous. 



1619a. var. CONFI si s. 



1611 (5052). ATTALI s TERMINAI.IS Erichs., Entom.. T, 1S40, 10S. 



Oblong, depressed, dilated behind the middle. Black, shining, sparsely 

 pubescent; tips of the male elytra and a narrow margin along their sides 

 to beyond the middle pale yellow; front and middle tibue dusky or dull 

 yellow. Length 2.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. .June 2-July 20. 



1612 (5054). ATTALUS GRANVLARIS Erichs., Entom.. I, 1S40, 112. 

 Broadly oval, much dilated behind the middle. Piceous black; legs all 



dull yellow. Elytra of female nearly as broad as long. Length 1.5 mm. 



Steuben and Kosciusko counties; rare. June 17-June 20. 

 Taken by sifting; debris in low. moist woods. 



161.3 (5055). ATTALVS MORULUS Lee., 1'roc. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VI. 1S52. 



167. 



Oblong, feebly dilated behind. Wholly black, shining, very sparsely 

 pubescent; legs piceous or dusky. Length 2.5 mm. 



Martin County; scarce. -Inly 1'!. The females of this species 

 are almost inseparable from those of /< f/ni nails. 



1614 (5056). AITAII s I-AI.I IKKONS Alotsch.. Bull. Mosc.. 1 \". 1X5<), 40S. 



Elongate-oblong, nearly parallel. I'iceous black; clypeus. front legs 

 and sometimes the narrow front margin and bind angles of thorax, dull 

 yellow; elytra subopa<|ue with a sooly appearance, sparsely and finely pu- 

 bescent; middle and hind femoia dusky, their tibite paler. Length .> 

 3.5 mm. 



Knox and Posey counties; scarce. May 11- July 10. 



