FAMILY Lll. ('KKAMIJYCin.K. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF OBRIUM. 



.. Head and thorax piceous, coarsely and closely punctate; elytra pale red- 

 dish-brown, very sparsely punctate. RUBIDUM. 

 aa. Body uniformly reddish-yellow; thorax not closely punctate; elytra 

 more closely punctate. 1901. RUBRI-.M. 



1901 (0092). OBRIUM Rrum M Xewm., Eut. Mag., V, 1838, 393. 



Elongate, subcylindrical. I'ale reddish-yellow, shining. Head broader 

 than thorax, the latter with an obtuse tubercle cadi side near middle. Ely- 

 tra rather coarsely punctate, each puncture bearing a yellowish hair. Fe- 

 mora rather strongly clubbed. Length 5.5-0.5 mm. 



Posey, Putnam and Crawford counties; scarce. June 24-June 

 28. Beaten from vegetation. 



Tribe III. STEXOPTINI. 



In this tribe the front eoxal cavities are widely angulated on the 

 outer side, hut entirely closed behind; abdomen normal in both 

 sexes ; head extended forward, the front large and oblique ; eyes 

 finely granulated and deeply emarginate; hind tarsi with first joint 

 twice as long as second ; legs and thorax sparsely clothed with long 

 flying haii-s. Two genera, each represented in Indiana by a single 

 species, compose the tribe. 



KEY TO GENERA OF STENOPTINI. 



(/. Elytra scarcely longer than thorax, their tips separated and rounded; 



mesosternum triangular and truncate. XX. MOLORCHUS. 



tin. Elytra elongate, gradually awl-shaped and widely separated at apex; 



mesosternum broad, widely emarginate behind. XXI. CALLIMOXYS. 



XX. MOLORCHUS Fab. 17!)2. (A mythological name.) 



1902 (0100). 



Fig. 437. X 4. 



(After Wickliatn.) 



Moi.oRcm s lii.M.u TEATIS Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci., 

 III, 1824, 428; ibid. II. 202. 



Elongate, subdepressed. Dull black, sparsely pubes- 

 cent with long grayish hairs. Elytra dull yellow, blackish 

 at tip and margin ; antenna;* and legs reddish-brown. Tho- 

 rax subcylindrical, rounded at sides, much narrowed at 

 base, surface coarsely and rather densely punctate. Length 

 5-7 mm. (Fig. 437.) 



Throughout the State, common; less so in the 

 northern counties. April 12-May 27. Often 

 abundant on the flowers of the red haw ((7m- 

 tcegus}. .Mating April 2P> and May 27. Breeds in 

 hickory, maple, ash and dogwood. 



