THE LAGKIID BARK BEETLES. 



Throughout the State; scarce. June 11-October 12. Beaten 

 from foliage of shrubs and trees, usually along the borders of 

 marshes. 



2378 ( -). ARTIIROMACRA GLABRICOLLIS sp. 



uov. 



More slender and parallel, the elytra not 

 at all widened on apical half. Metallic cu- 

 preous or piceous, legs and antenna? paler. 

 Head finely and sparsely punctate. Thorax 

 more slender, less convex on sides, longer in 

 proportion to its width than in cenea; sur- 

 face almost smooth, highly polished. Elytra 

 each with four or five evident but indistinct 

 costne extending from apex almost to base ; 

 intervals rather coarsely and not densely 

 punctate. Length 10-13 mm. (Fig. 570.) 



Posey County. June 4. Described 

 from five specimens. The almost smooth 

 thorax and much less roughly punctate 

 elytra readily distinguish this from 



Fig. 570. (Original.) 



II. STATIKA Serv. 1825. (Gr., "a Jewish coin.") 



Horn recognizes seven species as belonging to this genus, but 

 some of them run very close together. Our two species have the 

 tibiae rounded, not sulcate on the outer edges and the first interval 

 without setigerous punctures. 



2379 (7 >.">!. STATIKA KESPLENDENS Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 



1845, 311. 



Elongate, slender. Dark brownish-yellow to piceous, shining; thorax 

 and legs reddish-yellow ; elytra with a feeble bronzed lustre. Antennae half 

 the length of body. Thorax subcylindrical, one-fourth longer than wide, 

 sides finely margined, feebly curved, hind angles very small, acute ; surface 

 minutely and sparsely punctate. Elytra twice as wide as thorax, deeply 

 striate, the strife finely and closely but not crenately punctate ; intervals 

 feebly convex, almost smooth, the third and fifth with a few seta>bearing 

 punctures. Length 7-8 mm. 



Putnam, Crawford and Posey counties ; scarce. May 25-July 9. 

 Beaten from the flowers of linden and foliage of shrubs. 



2380 (7640). STATIRA GAGATINA Mels., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1845, 



311. 



Form of the preceding. Uniform piceous, shining; antennae and tarsi 

 reddish-brown; elytra with faint metallic lustre. Thorax about as wide as 

 long, more sinuate behind the middle than in resplendcns, surface very finely 



