1306 FAMILY LX, (EDEMERIM5. 



<1. Claws simple. COPIDITA. 



<l<l. Claws toothed at base; form very slender; color blackish, thorax 



wholly or in part reddish. III. ASCXKRA. 



cc. l>oth mandibles simple; head short. IV. OXACIS. 



I. MICROTONTS Lec, 1862. (Gr., "small + a thong.") 



Represented by a single small brown species having the head 

 short, the front with distinct curved suture just before the eyes, 

 which are rather coarsely granulate ; maxillary palpi with last joint 

 rather long, hatchet-shaped ; antennae slender, one-half the length of 

 body, the second joint one-third as long as fourth. 



2413 (7726). MICROTOJNUS SERICANS Lee., Glass. Col. of N. A., I, 1SU2, 25!t. 

 Elongate, slender, convex. Brown, feebly shining, sparsely clothed with 



short, silken, yellowish hairs. Thorax nearly square, as wide as head, sides 

 feebly rounded; hind angles acute; surface finely and densely punctate and 

 with a vague depression each side near base. Elytra but slightly wider at 

 base than thorax: surface closely, coarsely and irregularly punctate. Length 

 3.8-4.5 mm. 



Orange, Crawford and Perry counties; scarce. May 11- June 

 26. Occurs on foliage, especially that of elm. 



IT. NACERDKS Schmidt. 1846. 



One medium-sized, slender-bodied species belongs here. The an- 

 tennae are less than half the length of body, 12-jointed in male, 

 eleven in female. Fourth joint of maxillary palpi elongate-trian- 

 gular. 



2414 (77:5:5). NACERDES WELANURA Linn., Faun. Suec.. 1740, 205. 

 Elongate, slender, parallel, subdepressed. Abuve dull yellow; elytra 



tipped with blackish purple; under surface and legs in great part piceous. 

 Thorax dilated each side in front of middle, narrowed behind, rather coarse- 

 ly and closely punctate. Elytra each with four narrow, slightly elevated 

 lines; surface iinely and densely punctate. Length S-12 mm. 



Wells, Marion and Lawrence counties; scarce. May 29-July 12. 

 Occurs about cellars, old boxes and lumber yards, probably in all 

 of the larger towns of the State. Originally from Europe, it has 

 been spread by commerce over the world. In one specimen from 

 Lawrence County the thorax has a large piceous spot each side. 



Copidita tlioracica Fab., piceous, thorax reddish-yellow, elytra 

 varying to purple or blue, length 5-7 mm., is said to occur from the 

 "Middle States southward." 



