104 



22.^ 



r Scutel cordiform, the region 

 about it much depressed . . 



Scutel ovate, convex; body 

 short, ithick, oval .... 



Antennae distinctly serrated, bo- 

 dy moderately elongated . . 



23. ^> 



24:. J 



25. -{ 



26.^ 



Antennas hardly serrated, near- 

 ■^ ly filiform, 24. 

 fPrEBsternum produced and cov- 

 ering the mouth entirely; 

 body short, thiclc ; tibiaj spiny; 

 mesosternum grooved . . . 



Prajsternum not closing the 

 mouth entirely, 25. 



Fourth to tenth joint of antennaa 

 increasing in length; body 

 elongated, slender, almost 

 linear 



Fourth to tenth joint of the an- 

 tenna3 subequal, 26. 

 f Fourth joint of tarsi not much 

 shorter than the third; body 

 short, thick, robust, and very 

 convex 



Fourth joint of the tarsi verj' 

 minute, its base received 

 within an emargination of the 

 third; body slender, almost 

 linear 



Cardiophokus Esch. 



E. onivexus ? ? ? Say. (Hentz, No. 

 957.) 

 OOPIIOKUS Esch. 



E. dorsalis Say. (Hentz, No. 138.) 

 LiMOxics Esch. 



E. cylhidriformis Say. (Hentz, No. 



145.) 

 E. plehcjits Say. (Hentz, No. 



1154.) 

 E. limhalis Hbst. (Hentz, No. 152.) 

 E. quo'cinus Say. (Hentz, No. 

 IGl.) 

 Cryptohypnus Esch. 

 E. abhrevkdus Say. (Hentz, No. 

 956.) 



DoLOPius Megerle. 



E.silaceus Say. (Hentz, No. 164.) 

 inquinafus Saj'. 



Hentz, No. 142. \_Ekiter lancea- 

 1-ius Hentz' Jiss. Catal.] 



Agriotes Esch. 

 E. obesus Say. (Hentz, Nos. 144 

 and 148.) 



Adrastus Mefferle. 

 E. b!f/eminahis ? Say. 

 Hentz, No. 150. \_Elaler exclama- 



tor Hentz' mss. Catal.] 

 E. jjectoraVts ? Say. 

 Hentz, No. 153. \_Elater scutalus 

 Hentz' M8S. Catal.] 



