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FAMILY' II. 



-r\ I! Alii 1 ).!':. 



closely ill color and sinicrurt'. Tlnirax iinirc i-diindpd (in tlic sides in Irdiit, 

 distinctly trausverso. very sli,i;litly narrowed hclnnd and witli (U'cper basal 

 impressions. Length lO.o-ll.ri mm. 



]\rni'ioM. Vigi> Mild frnwlord onu'ities; rare. JMav 20-Novem- 

 ber 8. 



.•'.:!4 (KISC). IIakpalis vacjans l.cc.. i'r.ic IMiil. Acad. Xat. Sci.. iscr.. 102. 

 lOlongatc-oliionu-. I'.lacl<lsli-|iiconns : .inlcniKc palpi and Ic.us roddisli- 

 iiruwn ; nnder snrtacc reddish yciinw. '1 ip.rax slightly hroader than long, 

 feebly narrowed liebind the middle, hind ani^ies obtuse; basil iniiiressloiis 

 siiailow. rather lirnad. ill <lelineil. densely and tinel.v pnnctate. Klytral strlte 

 sliallnw : intervals strongly alutaceous, tiat. densely and finely punctate in 

 the female: snbconvex. the fifth to eighth sparsely ])Uiictate in the male. 

 Length lo.5-14.0 mm. 



Southern t^vo-thirds of the State; scarce. Ajiril 6-Oetober 17. 

 The femah\s of this species are easily reco<»'iiized. The males can 

 l)e told from those of i)( inisiil rajn( ks by tlie thora.x lieinir narrowed 

 behind, and from those of coinpar, whicii they closely resemble, liy 

 the i)nnctnres of fifth to eii>hth intervals. 



*335 (10S7). llAKi'Ai.i s ri;x.\sYJAAiMri s I>e.j.. S]if«'. l\ . 1S2S. lOS. 



( tbloiig-robust. sub]>arallel. I'dack. moder- 

 ately shining; antemue and legs reddish-yel- 

 low ; nnder surface dark reddish-brown to 

 piceous. Lliorax broader than long, sides 

 gradually curved, base as wide as elytra, 

 hind angles obtuse; margin in front of the 

 angles depressed and. together with tlie large 

 Itasal impressions, densely and finely ])Uiic- 

 tate. lOlytral stri.-e moderately deep; inter- 

 vals convex, alutaceous, the fifth to eighth 

 with numerous small iinnctures in female, 

 very sparsel.v imnctate in male. Length IJJ-lo.S imn. (Fig. !)G. ) 



Common thronolionf the State. Fc^brnai-y ()-()ctober Kt Often 

 seen at electric liofts. Feeds on rapweed and other seeds and also 

 on eater|)illars. etc. 



;«6 (lOSTa). llAHi'AMs coMPAR Lec. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist.. IV, 1S4S. :!'.>.-). 



Resembles pcniisi/lrauiciis but distinguished by characters given in ke.\-. 

 Thorax quadrate, broader in in-oportion to its length (5.5x4 mm.), much 

 less depressed in regii n of hind angles; elytral intervals alutacecms. .*> to s 

 not punctate in either sex. Length 14-](«.5 mm. 



'i'hrous'hont I lie Sttite: freqnent. Api'il 9-Octo])er 17. Tliis 

 and the next two are listed by TTensliaw and others as varieties of 

 peinisylvainciis, but in my o[)inicii arc valid species; the sejiarating 



Fig. 96. (After Riley.) 



