FAAflLV T;iX. 



XIX. NOTHUS Oliv. 1811. (Or., "a bastard.") 



Our single species resembles the Lampyrid, Telephorus biline- 

 ii I us Say, in general appearance. Besides the characters given in 

 tribal key it lias the head deflexed ; antenna? slender, subserrate ; 

 last joint of maxillary' palpi large, dilated, nearly cultriform; front 

 coxa conical, contiguous. The males have the hind femora curved, 

 the tibuv armed with a sharp spine on the inner edge near the tip, 

 and the tarsal claws cleft. 



2409 (7698). NOTHVS VARIANS Lee., New Sp. 



N. Am. Col.. I, 1SG6. 145. 

 Elongate-oblong, parallel. Piceous or 

 blackish-piceous, sparsely clothed with flue, 

 gray, prostrate hairs; thorax reddish-yellow. 

 with a broad, black stripe each side of mid- 

 dle, these often connected or even confluent; 

 antenna' and legs usually piceous, sometimes 

 in part or wholly dull yellow. Thorax sub- 

 orbicular, slightly broader than long, its an- 

 gles all obtusely rounded ; surface finely and 

 rather closely punctate. Elytra finely, dense- 

 ly and rugosely punctate. Length 5-8 mm. 

 (Fig. 573.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent. May 

 1-July 1. Occurs on flowers and foliage, 

 especially those of Cratcegus. 



Fig .'W.i. X fi. (Original.) 



Tribe IX. MYCTERIXI. 



While no member of the tribe has been taken in the State, a 

 single species of each of its two genera may occur. The genera are 

 separated as follows: 



KEY TO (iENEKA OF MYCTERINI. 



</. Head short : epiplenra' not reaching tips of elytra; first ventral segment 



short. LACCONOTUS. 



mi. Head prolonged into a beak; epipleune reaching tips of elytra; first 



venlral as long as the second. MYCTERUS. 



Lacconotus piuicfafus Lee., black, thorax reddish-yellow with 

 median black space, length 4-5.5 mm., has been taken by Dury at 

 Cincinnati. Mi/ch-nix '/t/xr TTald., black, legs and antennae yel- 

 low, length 4.5 mm., "occurs in the Atlantic States." 



Family LTX. PYTHID.K 

 THK I'vTinn BARK BEETI^KS. 



A small family, represented in the United Stntes ! y only about 

 20 species. They are separated from those of Melandryidse by hav- 



