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ka:\iiI;Y ir. — cauai'.id.k 



*;160 ( 1158). Bkadycei.h s lu I'kstris S;iy, Trans. Auut. IMiii. Sot-.. II, lS2;i. 

 91; ibid. IT. 505. 547. 



Oblonj;. slender. Reddlsli-brown. shinhiti: llic 

 liend and disk of elytra usually picenus; an- 

 teiui:e dusky, the two basal joints and legs pale. 

 Thorax wider than long, narrowed behind the 

 middle; basal impressions broad, shallow, coarse- 

 ly punctured; hind angles distinct but obtuse. 

 Klytral striae deep; intervals convex. Length 

 4.5-5 mm. (Fig. 99.) 



Throiighont the State; common. Janu- 

 ary 6-October 5. On the wing with the 

 s])e('ies of Arjoiiodfru^ in early spring. 



FiK. 99. X 6*. (Original.) 



LXXTI. Taoiiycellus :M(.i-a\v. 1S62. (Gr., ''swift ^ footed.") 



Small oblong brownish or piceous beetles, differing from allied 

 geneia in having three joints of the antenna? smooth. The joints 

 may not b(^ (Mitirely hairless, bnt lack the fine pubescence covering 

 those which follow. Both the fi'ont and middle tarsi of the males 

 have two rows of small scales (s(inamnles) beneath; body through- 

 ont glabrous; elyti'a normally striate and with a single dorsal punc- 

 ture. Three s])ecies have ])een taken in Indiana, while a fourth 

 perhaps occurs. They wei-e included with Brady celliis by LeConte 

 in his paper cited under Acjonoderus;. The following is the latest 

 ]')aper on the genus: 



Fall. JI. ('.— "()ii the Affinities of the Genus Tachycellus," ii, 

 .Idurn. N. Y. Ent. Soc. XI7T. 190.^. 169-178. 



KEY TO INDIAN.V SPECIES OF TACHYCELLUS. 



'/. Anlcnii;c with two glabrous joints, the third pubescent on apical half; 

 uifjier surface wholly black. 361. nigrinus. 



'/'/. .Vnlcinia^ with tliree basal joints wholly glabrous. 

 /*. Hind angles of lliornx rectangular. 



c. 'riiorax wider ;it l)ase than long, its color piceous with a very nar- 

 Tdw pale edge. kiri!YI. 



cc. 'riuirax not wider at base than long, dull yellow with a large cen- 

 tral iiiceous spot. .'502. atrimediis. 

 hi). "{"Iiiirax Willi hind ;ingl('s nl)tns(\ its color as in llrJ)i/i. 



30.'>. liAniU'ENNIS. 



.•'.r.l (IKVt). 'r.Aciivci I Li s Moitixi s i>(\j.. Slice. (Jcn.. IV. isi's. .■!<(;». 



Oblong. r>hic]<. sliining: upper part of tihi;!' and first joint of aiilcnn :■ 

 reddisli-yclinw. 'rhorax .•ih(.iil as wide as Imig. bi-(iadest in freul of middle: 

 sides re:ii-ly paiallel rnmi a lillie lieliiiid I he middle In base; hind .-iiigles 

 1 eil .1 iil;ii l:i !• ; disk Willi I he Iriilil I |-;1 lis\c|-se illlpl-essinn disljlhl. sll'iingl\' 

 a iil;ii1;i I e. I he li:is;il i mpl-essielis linear, deep, smnelll or se;i I'eely pll ne| ii red. 

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