NO. 3568 MELANOTUS — QUATE AND THOMPSON 25 



about 1% times as long as maximum width; erect male hairs short 

 and rather sparse. 



Pronotum wider than long, ratio of width/length = 1.22 (1.16-1.30, 

 S.D. = 0.03, 100 spec); punctures at center usually separated by- 

 distance equal to more than own diameter, denser on margins, punc- 

 tures often larger in specimens from Southwest; hind angles divergent, 

 often with two carinae, lateral carina extending little anterior of base 

 of hind angle, median carina, when present, shorter and weaker than 

 lateral; side concave before hind angle. 



Genitalia as figured; paramere with small mdentation marking 

 apical blade, aedeagus evenly tapering to acute apex. 



Elytron: 9.0 ±0.5 mm (8.1-10.1). 50 spec. 



Female: Similar to male. Genitalia as figm'ed; accessory gland, 

 spermathecal duct, and diverticulum originate close together near 

 apex of bursa, bursal spines tacklike, large, conspicuous. 



Elytron: 9.0 ±0.7 mm (7.1-10.6 nun). 40 spec. 



Types. — Lectotype of communis: Male, "Amer. Bor. ?? — 401/62" 

 (Schoenherr Collection, Riksmuseum, Stockholm). Fu'st of two 

 specimens in type series selected as lectotype by Quate, 1962. 



Lectotype of paganus: Female, "Amer. Bor., Coll. Janson, Ex 

 Dejean" (BMNH). First of two specimens in type series selected 

 as lectotype by Quate, 1960. 



Two females from the Zoologiska Instit., Uppsala, were sent to us 

 when we requested the loan of communis types. These belong to the 

 species morosus and w^e believe they are not the type specimens of 

 Gyllenhal. 



Distribution. — Eastern U.S. west to South Dakota, Oklahoma, 

 and Texas. 



Alabama: Mobile; March. Arizona: Graham; August. Arkansas: Hemp- 

 stead, Washington; April, June. Connecticut: Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, 

 New Haven, Tolland; (Jan.), March-November. Colorado: Pingree Pk. 

 (County?); August. Florida: Dade, Palm Beach; May, July. Georgia: 

 Fulton, Harris; June. Illinois: Champaign, Cook, Gallatin, Lake, Piatt, Pike, 

 Pope, Union, Vermilion, Wabash; March-September. Indiana: Clark, Greene, 

 Pulaski, Spencer, Starke, Tippecanoe; April-September. Iowa: Decatur, Henry, 

 Scott; April-May. Kansas: Barton, Douglas, Gray, Reno, Republic; June- 

 July. Kentucky: Jefferson; March. Louisiana: East Baton Rouge, Saint 

 Tammany; June. Maryland: Calvert, Harford, Prince Georges, Washington; 

 February-November. Massachusetts: Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hamp- 

 shire; April-September. Michigan: Kent, Monroe, Ottawa, Washtenaw; 

 April-June. Minnesota: St. Louis, no date. Mississippi: George; April-May. 

 Missouri: Boone, Callaway, Mississippi, Phelps, St. Louis, Stoddard; March- 

 November. Nebraska: Cherry, Lancaster, Lincoln, Sarpy; April- July. New 

 Jersey: Bergen, Burleigh, Burlington, Camden, Essex, Middlesex, Morris, 

 Ocean, Union; February-September. New York: Dutchess, Erie, Nassau, 



