1274 FAMILY LVI. OISTRLID.-E. 



H. humcralis Lee., pieeous, antenna fuscous, legs pale yellow, 

 was described from K< ntncky and has been recorded from Cin- 

 cinnati. 



I'.'!").". (7591). HYMKNOIU ,s iMLo.srs Melsh.. Prue. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1846, 58. 



oblong-oval. Dark reddish-brown to pieeous, shining; antenna^, tibia 1 

 and tarsi paler. Eyes separated by more than their own width. Thorax 

 as wide at base as elytra, nearly twice as wide as long, the sides rounded 

 into apex; hind angles rectangular ; surface strongly sloping on the sides, 

 rather coarsely, deeply and sparsely punctate, with a shallow transverse 

 impression each side near base and another in front of seutellum. Elytra 

 nearly four times as long as thorax, the sides parallel; surface with rows 

 of scarcely impressed puuetures ; intervals feebly convex, sparsely and finely 

 punctate, rugulose near the apex. Length 7-8 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. May 16-August 10. Occurs 

 cm and beneath the bark of the black willow, Salix nigra Marsh. 



2350 (7594). HYMENORUS NIGER Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1846, 59. 



Elongate-oval, rather slender and parallel. Black or pieeous, shining; 

 femora pale, autenme and tarsi pieeous ; pubescence ash-gray and rather 

 tine. Eyes separated by a distance equal to their width. Thorax three- 

 lifths wider than long, sides straight and parallel almost to middle, thence 

 rounded into apex ; surface finely and sparsely punctate, without impres- 

 sions near the base. Elytra not wider than thorax, their sides parallel and 

 nearly straight; surface with rows of small, deep punctures, which are im- 

 pressed only on basal half and become obsolete near apex; intervals finely, 

 deeply and sparsely punctate. Length ">.."> -U mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. .June 2-July 6. Occurs on the 

 dead branches of oak. 



U:]."i7 (10,042). HYMENOKTS M KL.siiKi M i:ni Casey, Ann. N. Y, Acad. Sci., VI, 



1891, 91'. 



Elongate-oblong, parallel. Pieeous black above; antenna 1 and legs pale 

 reddish-brown. Eyes separated by slightly more than their own width. An- 

 tenna 1 short, stotrt, not more than one-third as long as truly. Thorax nearly 

 twice as wide as long, sides parallel and feebly curved beyond middle, 

 thence broadly rounded into apex; surface finely, sparsely and deeply punc- 

 tate and with a faint impression on middle of base. Elytra equal to thorax 

 in width, sides parallel, nearly straight; disk with impressed rows of fine, 

 rather distant punctures; intervals minutely and sparsely punctate. Length 

 7-S mm. 



Lake and Kosciusko counties; rare. .July 1 '2 -.July 21. De- 

 from Michigan. 



