1144 FAMILY LIII. CriRYSOMEIJDJS. 



cc. Thorax rugose over entire surface; smaller, 2-2.5 nun. 



21 IS. (TKTIPENNIS. 



lili. Cl.v|KMis emarginate. 



(I. Coppery; head and thorax regularly punctured, not rugose. 



211!). MARCASSITUS. 



<ld. (Jreen or coppery; thorax irregularly punctured and with indis- 



linct smooth spots. NEBULOSUS. 



mi. Thorax feebly margined at base ; clypeus emarginate. VARIANS. 



2117 (C,7C,7. (JitAiMiops PI HKSCKNS Melsh.. 1'roc. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. III. 

 IS 17. 1C.!). 



oblong, subcyliudrical. Coppery-bronzed, sparsely 

 clu'ihed with asli-gray pubescence. Thorax slightly wider 

 than long, not margined at sides, linely and sparsely 

 punctured, densely and finely wrinkled on sides and often 

 ( n basal half. Klytra one-half wider than thorax, disk 

 with rows of line punctures, becoming obsolete behind, 

 and a sutural stria on apical half. Length 3.5-4 mm. 

 (Fig. 4!3.) 



Throughout the State: frequent. March 27-Au- 

 gust 8. Probably hibernates. Taken in May by 



Ig (0ns,nai i' " .vet pi n g and in summer on evening primrose. 



21 1s (C.7C.S). (iKApnops (TKTii'i-.NNis Melsh.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



III. 1S47. 1C.'.. 



Shorter and stouter th-in i>nli<'nrt'iift. Coppery-brown, sparsely clothed 

 with very short gray hairs. Thnrax as wi<le at middle as elytra; entire 

 surface rugulose and minutely punctate. Elytra finely punctate, with sub- 

 obsolete rows of larger punctures. Length 22. 5 mm. 



One in the Webster collection labelled "hid." Ranges from 

 New York to Texas and Florida. 



211!) (C.7C.!)). (TKAPIIOPS MAHCAssnrs Crotch. 1'roc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 



1873. 35. 



Resembles />/*r.svr.s- closely in color and general appearance. The 

 form is shorter and proportionally broader, the clypeus deeply emarginate; 

 thorax not rugose; punctures of elytra larger, more distant one from an- 

 other, and obsolete on apical half. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Mai-shall, Tippecanoe and Floyd counties; scarce. June 12- 

 .luly f). 



(i. iK'lnilosus Lee., length 4 mm., is known from Ohio, Wisconsin 

 and Kansas; G. I'arifnix Lei-., coppery-green or blackish, length 4-4.5 

 mm., was described from Illinois. 



XXIX. METACIIHO.MA Lee. ls:>S. ((Jr.. "after -color.") 



Thorax without a lobe behind the eyes, the latter surrounded 

 in front and above by n deep groove; middle and hind tibia- 

 omargitiale on outer edge near the tip; antennae with second and 



