THE ANT-LIKE FLOWER BEETLES. 1345 



base, sides feebly rounded, disk very densely punctate. Elytra twice as 

 wide as thorax, parallel, deeply and coarsely punctate. Male with hind 

 thighs dilated and last joint of antenna 1 as long as the three preceding 

 united. Length 2.5 mm. 



Posey County; rare. May 28. 



XVI. EMELINUS Casey. 1895. 



Eyes very large, sub-basal, coarsely faceted; antenna 1 two-thirds 

 as long as body, those of male with third joint elongate and joints 

 4-11 each with a long- appendage on inner side; third joint of 

 female scarcely longer than fourth, joints 4-10 equal, without ap- 

 pendages; basal joint of tarsi long and slightly bent near base. 



2499 (7898). EMELINUS MELSHEIMERI Lee., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VII. 



1855, 276. 



Rather slender, convex. Head, under surface and femora piceous ; tho- 

 rax reddish-brown, with three irregular blackish spots; elytra dull brown- 

 ish-yellow, with sides and three uneven crossbars blackish, sparsely clothed 

 with long yellowish hairs; antenna^, tibhe and tarsi dull yellow. Head 

 finely and sparsely punctate; eyes separated by one-third their width. Tho- 

 rax quadrate, narrower than head, sides parallel, disk finely and densely 

 punctate. Elytra parallel, twice as wide as thorax, narrowly impressed 

 each side of suture, coarsely, deeply and closely punctate. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Marion County; rare. September 5. Known from Illinois and 

 Pennsylvania. 



XVII. ZON ANTES Casey. 1895. 



Eyes large, coarsely granulated, placed close to base of head, 

 which is entire and truncate. Antenna 3 with second and third 

 joints of subequal length, eleventh swollen at middle and obliquely 

 pointed. Two of the eight species have been taken in the State. 



2500 (7902). ZONANTES FASCIATUS Melsh.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1846, 55. 



Suboval, convex. I.lack ; antenme. palpi, legs and tips of abdomen dull 

 yellow; elytra black, each with a large humeral spot and apical fourth red- 

 dish-yellow; pubescence long, rather coarse and sparse. Thorax as wide 

 as head, subquadrate, sides parallel; disk finely and rather sparsely punc- 

 tate, feebly impressed along the median line. Elytra one-half wider than 

 thorax, parallel, coarsely but not densely punctate. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; scarce. June 1-June 20. Taken by beat- 

 ing flowers and foliage. 



2501 (7904). ZONANTES SUBFASCIATUS Lee., Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., V. 



1875, 176. 



Suboval, convex. Dull reddish-yellow; head fuscous; elytra with a 

 narrow median piceous bar, slightly wider at the sides; pubescence long. 



