THE SOFT -WIN (;]'!) i<'U>\VKK 15KETLES. 845 



1>15 (5057). ATTALUS MELANOPTKRUS Erichs., Entom., T. 1840, 110. 



Oblong, rather broadly dilated behind. Head, thorax, abdomen and 

 legs, pale or reddish-yellow; elytra and body beneath black; hind femora 

 piceous at tip. Surface shining and scarcely pubescent. Length 2.5 mm. 



Crawford and Jennings counties; scarce, June 2fi-July 10. 

 Also a species of southern range. 



IGlfia (- ). ATTAIN ,S ilKLAMH'TKIirs M AKG1NIPENNIS Vai 1 . 11OV. 



Oblong, rather broadly dilated behind. Head, thorax, prosternum and 

 abdomen reddish-yellow; elylra black or bluish-black, their tips narrowly 

 bordered with orange or reddish-yellow : front and middle legs yellow, the 

 femora with blackish lines: hind femora and tibi;e blackish, the tarsi yel- 

 low; antenna- blackish, their basal joints reddish-yellow. Surface shining. 

 linely pubescent. Length 2.8-3 mm. 



Crawford County; scarce. June 2<>-July 5. 



A. Ilium nil!* Horn, length :> nun., was described from Illinois. 





1<;i; <">0<;0). ATTAIA-S PKTTITI Horn, Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc., IV, 1872, 



124. 



Oblong, rather broadly dilated behind. Head, thorax, prosternum and 

 abdomen reddish-yellow; elytra dull orange yellow, reddish at tips, each 

 with a humeral and larger anteapical spot black; legs pale reddish-yellow. 

 hind femora, except at tips, piceous. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Kosciusko and Putnam count ie> ; rare. July 4- July 24. Known 

 heretofore only from Canada. 



1017 (5063). ATTAIAS OTIOSI s Say. Amer. Ent.. I. 1828. 100. pi. 48; ibid. 



I, 109. 



Oblong-oval. Head black, pale yellow in front; thorax dull yellow. 

 rarely with a median black stripe; elytra sooty-black with a bluish tinge; 

 hind legs more or less piceous. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



One specimen in Webster collection labelled "Ind." Said to 

 be widely distributed over the Atlantic region. 



1G1S (50G4). ATTALUS CIBCUMSCRIPTUS Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 

 Ill, 1S23, 185; ibid. II, 119. 



Oblong, robust for the genus, rather feebly dilated 

 behind. Head black, labrum dull yellow; thorax with a 

 black median stripe, the side margins broadly pale; ely- 

 tra black with lateral and apical margins and suture dull 

 yellow ; beneath black, the ventral segments edged behind 

 with yellow; legs dusky varied with dull yellow. Length 

 3 mm. (Fig. 329.) 



Crawford County; not rare about Wyandotte 

 Cave. May 12-May 27. A well marked member 

 of the Austroriparian fauna. Horn says "it ap- 

 pears to be almost entirely confined to the extreme Southern 

 States." Ta.ken also by Dury near Cincinnati. 



