THE RHIPIPHORID BEETLES. 13,67 



Lake, Fulton and Putnam counties; scarce. July 4-July 31. A 

 single female of var. tristis Fab., wholly black, was taken in Put- 

 nam County, July 25. 



2533 (8178). RHIPIPHORUS CRUENTUS Germ., Iiis. Spec. Nov., 1824, 168. 

 Color variable; in typical cnicntns, body and legs entirely black; ely- 

 tra red, apex and narrow basal margin black ; antenna? and abdomen black, 

 the latter very rarely red (male), abdomen red, very rarely black (fe- 

 male) ; in var. rufus Lee., body above, beneath and legs reddish-yellow; an- 

 tenna? black with pale basal joint. Elytra contiguous for nearly half their 

 length, then obliquely narrowed, not acuminate at tips. Length 5-7.5 mm. 



Perry County; rare. June 17. Our only species having the 

 second joint of hind tarsi longer than third. A member of the 

 Austroriparian fauna. 



2534 (8179). RHIPIPHORUS LIMBATUS Fab., Ent. Syst, II, 1798, 112. 

 Head, thorax, under surface, femora and middle and hind tibia? red- 

 dish-yellow; thorax with an oval black spot on disk; elytra either wholly 

 black or pale yellow with the margins and suture black; antenna?, except 

 the two basal joints, tarsi and front tibia?, black. Vertex smooth, convex. 

 Thorax with hind angles and basal lobe much prolonged, the latter not 

 notched at tip; surface sparsely and shallowly punctate. Length 6-10 mm. 



Southern two- thirds of State; scarce. July 10- August 17. Oc- 

 curs on flowers of various Composite. The top of head and sides of 

 meso- and metasterna are often black. 



R. flavipennis Lee., length 7.5-10 mm., is known from Pennsyl- 

 vania, Georgia, Illinois and westward; R. Mfoveatus Horn, black, 

 elytra brownish, darker at base, with small pale spot one-fourth 

 from humerus, length 11 mm., was described from Illinois; R. liuc- 

 aris Lee., linear, length 4 mm., was described from Kentucky. 



II. MYODITES Latr. 1819. (Gr., "like a mouse.") 



"Wedge-shaped species having the elytra very short, wings not 

 folded ; antennas fan-like in both sexes. They occur on the flowers 

 of goldenrod and other Composite in August and September. One 

 species is known from the State. 



2535 (8187). MYODITES FASCIATUS Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1824, 274 ; ibid. II, 162. 



Black, feebly shining; legs and elytra yellow, the latter with base and 

 spot near apex fuscous. Vertex prominent, with a median carina. Thorax 

 conical with a median impressed line; surface, as well as that of head, 

 finely and densely punctate. Elytra one-third the length of abdomen, widely 

 separated, sparsely punctate. Length 4-6 mm. 



One specimen in Webster collection labeled "Ind." Taken by 

 Dury near Cincinnati ; also known from Illinois and Pennsylvania. 



