SYXOrSIS OF TllK LAMIJN.E. 1H3 



vertex; juitoniui; hispid, lO-jointefl, joints 2-9 subequal ; tliorax 

 longer than wide, deeply constricted ut upex and base ; disc uneven, 

 not tuberculate ; elytra three-fourths as long as abdomen, an eleva- 

 tion at base on each side of scutelluni, closely and finely punctured, 

 two very fine lines from humeral and scutellar umbone uniting 

 before apex; the color is variable by exi)ansion oi- contraction of the 

 pale or brown.] " Ham." 



[M. |»iiii<*fata Lee, ISTo. new species of ("eranihyeidie (S. M. C. N(3. 264), p. 



240; Methid pnsUla I Chev., 18(i2, Colcop. Cuba (Ann. Ent. Soc. France j, p. 



256. 

 Leugth 7-10 mm. = .28-. 40 incli. Hnhitat. — San Domingo, Cuba. 

 As this species bears a great resemblance to jju.ii/ld, and its occur- 

 rence in southern Florida probable, the })rinci[)al differential char- 

 ftcters are reproduced so that it may I)e recognized when found. The 

 sides of the thora.x are .scarcely dilated ; there is no apical, and the 

 basal constriction is less deep; the elytra are comparatively shorter, 

 and the coloration is inconstant.] " Ham." 



»YSI»II.iCJA LeContc. 

 [Synopsis by Dr. Geo. H. Horn, Coleop. Baja Calif. (Proc. Cal. 

 Acad. Sci. V, 247. All the species are rare. 



Head and thorax piceous black. 



Thorax distinctly punctate, elytra not costulate teilllipes. 



Thorax smoother, bicallous at base la^vis. 



Head and thorax reddish yellow, elytra piceous and distinctly bicostulate. 



bicolor. 



Pale yellowish testaceous, elytra bicostulate 4lol>ili»<i.] 



D. t4Miiiii>e!« Hald., 1846 {Molorchns), Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. iii, 126; Proc. Am. 

 Phil. Soc. iv, 374; Lee, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. ser. 2, ii, 143; Tessaropa ven- 

 tniUs Hald. 9 , Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. iv. .374. 

 Length 6-6..") mm. = .24-.26 inch. Habitat. — New York, New .Jersey, Penn- 

 sylvania. 

 [Black, clothed thinly with cinereous pubescence, thorax cylin- 

 drical and elongate, with ocellate j)unctures ; elytra scabrous about 

 half the length of the abdomen, })ale at ba.se, underside brownish 

 ?), yellowish 9. Breeds in dead hickory twigs. The rarity of the 

 I)ysj>ha</a may be apparent only, as their great resemblance to the 

 common Molorc/m-s may deceive collectors.] "Ham." 



I>. lH'vi!« Lee, 1873, New Species (S. M. C. No. 264), p. 240. 

 Length 7 mm. = .28 inch. Hahitut. — Illinois. 



[Differs from tennlpes by the characters in the table, and by the 

 rather longer elytra narrowed and dehiscent behind the middle, and 

 by being piceous.] "Ham." 



TBANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. .M.\Y, 1896. 



