1062 FAMILY LII. CEKA.MBVCID.E. 



Tribe I. CYRTININI. 



r Fhis tribe is represented in the eastern United States by a single 

 genus containing one species, which is the smallest member of the 

 subfamily : 



XLIX. CYRTINUS Lee. 1850. (Gr., "convex.") 



Head broad; eyes small, divided, coarsely granulated; antenna? 

 a little longer than body, scape slender without apical cicatrix; the 

 joints each with one or two hairs near tip : legs stout, femora 

 strongly club-shaped. 



1964 (6383). CYBTINUS PYGM/EUS Ilald.. Trans. Amer. Phil. See.. X. 1847. 42. 



Elongate, subcyliudrical. Dark brown; anleniial joints annulate with 

 yellow; elytra with a transverse blotch of white pubescence before the mid- 

 dle. Thorax subcylindrical, constricted at base, very convex, smooth. Ely- 

 tra convex, wider behind, nearly smooth, each with a large acute spine near 

 the scutellum. Length 2-3 mm. 



Posey County ; rare. June 5. Occurs on dead branches of oak 

 and is probably frequent throughout the State, but. overlooked on 

 account of its small size. 



Tribe II. PSE\< H.'EKINI. 



Also represented by a single genus and very small species occur- 

 ring from the Atlantic States to Nebraska. 



L. PSENOCERUS Lee. 1850. (fir., "cynips + horn.") 



In addition to characters given in key this genus may be known 

 by having the antennas shorter than body, scape rather stout, with- 

 out cieatrix ; third and fourth joints equal, longer than the others; 

 tarsi wider than in Citi-h'tnts, the last joint rather long; claws 

 widely diverging, net divaricate. 



1965 (6384). PSKNOCERUS ST*PERNOTATUS Say, Jouru. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



II. 1824, 425; ibid. II. 200. 



Elongate, cylindrical. Dark reddish-brown or blackish, 

 densely and rather coarsely punctured: scutellum, a narrow 

 oblique baud about the middle and a wider curved band, not 

 reaching suture, on apical third, clothed or composed of 

 white pubescence. Thorax cylindrical, convex, constricted at 

 base. Elytra cylindrical, cadi with an oval obtuse elevation 

 Fig. -i:>:i. 2. near the sciitclhim. Lei ml h :: r, nun. (Fig. 453.) 



(After \\'ickll:llli- : 



Throughout the State; common. April 23-Jnly 

 -!>. The larvas dwell in the stems of grape, currant, gooseberry 



