THE LONG-HORNED WOOD-BORING BEETLKS. 1041 



192G (0212). EUDKKCES PICIPES Fab., Mant. Ins., I, 1781, 157. 



Elongate, slender, cylindrical. Black, rarely dark reddish-brown, shin- 

 ing; sparsely pubescent with grayish hairs. Elytra each with an oblique 

 raised ivory-like bar at middle; antenna 1 and legs usually dark reddish- 

 brown. Length 5-8 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. May 27-July 5. P>c;iten from 

 foliage of buckeye, honey-locust, hazel, oak, etc. 



1927 (G213). EUDERCES PINI Oliv.. Ent.. IV. 1795, 70. 



Form of picipcs. Reddish-brown, shining; elytra with apical third 

 black, each with a slightly oblique ivory-white line at middle and also an 

 oblique line of whitish pubescence on the black portion. Length G.5-9 mm. 



Posey and Dubois counties; scarce. April 29-May 11. Beaten 

 from foliage of wild grape. 



1928 (6215). EUDERCES REICHEI Lee.. New Sp. N. Am. Col.. II. 1S73, 202. 

 Form of picipes but smaller and more slender. Dark reddish-brown or 



piceous, very sparsely clothed with long, erect hairs; antennae and legs 

 paler; elytra each with a narrow, transverse, ivory white band near middle. 

 Thorax cylindrical, longer than wide, smooth near the front margin, thence 

 granulate-punctate to base. Elytra with granulate punctures from base to 

 beyond ivory bar. the apical third smooth, polished; the sub-basal tubercles 

 less prominent than in the other species. Length 4-5 mm. 



Posey County; rare. June 2. Beaten from blossoms of the 

 false indigo, Amorpha fruticosa L. Known heretofore only from 

 Illinois and Texas. 



Division III. ATIMIOfDES. 



This group is represented by the single genus Atimia, distin- 

 guished by the characters given in key and by having the head 

 broad and short, the front perpendicular: eyes large, almost di- 

 vided, not very finely granulated; palpi unequal, truncate at tip, 

 the maxillary about one-half longer than labial ; antennas slender, 

 shorter than body, 11- jointed ; scutellum subquadrate, rounded be- 

 hind; legs short, thighs moderately clubbed, hind tarsi with first 

 joint equal to second and third united. 



XXXVI. ATIMIA Hald. 1847. (Gr., "contempt") 



This genus, as above characterized, is represented by two species, 

 one of which occurs in the eastern United States, including In- 

 diana. 



