THE LONG-IIORNKD W< >OD-]>,< IRING BEKTI.KS. Kl.'il 



1007 (<>129a). Pt'RprRiCENVS AXIIXAKIS Ilald.. Tmns. Amer. Phil. Soc.. X. 



1S47, 31. 



Resembles luniK'nilia in form. 1-Jlack ; elytra from base to middle orange 

 yellow. Elytra much less coarsely and less deeply punctate than liunicrntix ; 

 those of females emarginate and somewhat toothed at apex. Length 12- 

 19 mm. 



Lawrence and Crawford comities; rare. June 9-July 1. Beaten 

 from the foliage of hickory. Listed us a variety <>f liiuncralis, but 

 in my opinion wholly distinct. 



XXV. BATTLE Thorn. 1864. 



Small, slender forms, having the front of head short, not ab- 

 ruptly defined each side; antenna? a little shorter than body, tin- 

 latter pilose; scutelium small ; thorax margined at apex. One of the 

 three recognized species occurs in the State. 



1908 (6141). P.ATYLE SUTURALIS Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. Ill, 1824, 

 411 ; ibid. II, I'.H'. 



Elongate, slender. Dark red; antenna 1 , legs and often the suture of 

 elytra varying from dusky red to black; surface sparsely clothed with long 

 blackish hairs. Thorax subglobose, very sparsely and finely punctured. 

 Elytra coarsely and sparsely punctured, the tips rounded. Length G.5- 

 7.f mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. June 16-July 29. Occurs in 

 numbers on flowers of Jersey Tea (Ceaii<>nms}, dogwood (Cornus), 

 meadow-sweet (Npmm) and other plants. Mating June 25. 



Tribe VI. STENOSPHEXIXI. 



This tribe is represented by a single genus having the eyes finely 

 gi-anuhited and deeply emarginate; Ihe head, in our species, nearly 

 vertical; antenna 1 as long as body in female, somewhat longer in 

 male, tapering, punctured and pubescent, second joint small, third 

 longer than fourth, 3-7 armed with short apical spine on the inner 

 side; scutelium muiided behind; elytra, truncate at tip and armed 

 with two apical spines; tibia 1 strongly carinated and the first joint 

 of tarsi as long as the two following united. 



XXVI. STENOPpriExrsi TIald. 1847. (Or., " narrow + wedge. ") 



This genus, possessing the characters of the tribe as given above, 

 is represented by six species, all but one of which occur in the 

 southwestern United States. The exception is 



