THE MELANDRYID BARK BEETLES. 1297 



Marion and Crawford counties; rare. May 24- May 25. Occurs 

 on leaves of plants and shrubs. 



Xylita Icevigata Hellw., black, basal half of elytra piceous or 

 rufo-piceous, length 5-7 mm., ranges from Maine to Lake Superior 

 and has been taken at Cincinnati. 



Carebara l<i</ula Lee., elongate, depressed, piceous, length 6.5 

 mm., is said to occur rarely in the "Middle States." 



XII. SPILOTUS Lee. 1862. (Gr., "spotted.") 



The members of this and the next genus have the head inclined 

 or vertical, frontal suture not distinct ; front cox;! 1 conical, con- 

 tiguous, without trochantins; middle coxa j not contiguous, ti pi- 

 lot us is represented by a single species having the antennas some- 

 what thickened toward apex. 



2397 (7uV>2). SPILOTUS QUAURIPUSTULATUS Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nut. 



Sci., Ill, 184G, 57. 



Elongate, slender, convex. Blackish-piceous, sparsely and finely pubes- 

 cent ; tibhe, tarsi and basal hull' of antenna, 1 reddish-yellow; elytra each 

 with (wo dull yellow spots, one large, oblique, near base, the other, smaller 

 and inor<- rounded, on apical third. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides 

 rounded, hind angles obtuse; disk finely and densely punctate and with a 

 faint impression each side near base. Elytra more sparsely punctate than 

 thorax. Length 3-3.0 mm. 



Kosciusko and Vigo counties; rare. June 5-June 6. Beaten 

 from leaves of walnut. 



XIII. ENCHODES Lee. 1866. (Gr., "lance + appearance. ") 



This genus is represented in the Middle and Western States by 

 one species. 



2398 (7GGO). ENCHODES SEKICEA Hald., Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., I, 



1S49, 98. 



Elongate, slender, subdepressed, tapering behind. Uniform reddish- or 

 chestnut-brown, rather densely clothed with very fine, prostrate, yellowish 

 pubescence. Thorax about as wide as long, widest at middle; hind angles 

 acute, base bisinnate; disk very finely and densely punctate and with a 

 wide, triangular impression each side near base. Elytra gradually but dis- 

 tinctly tapering from near base to apex, not striate, finely and densely punc- 

 tate. Length 12-14.0 mm. 



Vigo and Posey counties; rare. May 21- June 10. Taken from 

 beneath bark of the downy poplar, Fopuhts licteropliyUa L. 



Mystaxiis simulator Ncwni , dull yellow, thorax and elytra 

 marked with black, length 7 mm., is known from Ohio and Canada. 



