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cKdiNi) ninri'hKS. 193 



|,;ils,' 1 '(Mini V : i-;ir.'. .Iiiiicl*. A sinu'lc spcri men hiKcii li.\ Wol 

 fott iH'.ir fii'li.-iti;! I!;irl)(tr. 'I'lic llu'fiix is less iinrrowcd hchiiid 

 than ill lln' "lli'-r Iwo species. I'lwidiisly i-eeordcd I'l-oin "Alaska, 

 Lake Supcri-'i-. New Mexiio and Nortlicrii ( 'alilnriiia.'" 



T. kiflnil IIi»ni. (i nun. in length, piceous, with base and sides oi" 

 elytra paler and hind anoles aeiitely rectangular, is known from 

 Ontario and Ohio. 



*H62 (11(>('.). 'I'AC'HYCELM s ATHiMKDUs Su.v. Traiis. Anier. Phil. Soc. II. 

 1823, 39; Ibid. II, 46(5. 

 Elongate-oblong. Pale vecldisli-brown ubove. black beneath; bead and 

 disk of thorax black ; disk of elytra with an ill-defined blackish or piceous 

 clond; legs and three basal joints of antenme dull yellow. 'I'horax sub- 

 quadrate, distinctly narrowed behind the middle, not wider at base than 

 long; basal impressions broad, rather shallow, coarsely punctured. Elyfral 

 stri:o rather deep; intervals snbconvex. T.ength f>.5-7.5 mm. 



Throiiii'hoid the State; fre(|nent. .Inniiaiy 1-Oetober 5. 



*;5(;3 (IIGS). Tachycellus bahmpennis Ilald., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 I, 1842. 302. 



Elongate-oblong, rather slender. Head and thorax black ; antenniTe and 

 elytra piceous ; legs, basal .joints of antennae and edge of thorax dull yellow, 

 femora and tips of tibi;ie often darker. Thorax about as long as broad; 

 sides regularly rounded from apex into base; basal depressions deep, nar- 

 row, sparsely ])unctured. Elytral stria^ fine; intervals fiat. Length 5.5- 

 0.5 mm. 



Throniihont thi' Stale; fre(inent. February 2-t-l)eeeiiil)er 7. 



Subtribe C'. (Antsodaotyli.) 

 This group comprises the single genus: 



lA'XIII. ANisODACTYLrs De.i.. 1S20. (Gr., "nnc(pial-toed.") 



A large genus of medium sized Idack, brownish or i)iceous beetles 

 having the dilated joints of the tarsi of male spongy pubescent in- 

 stead of scaly beneath. They occur in various sittiations. the ma- 

 jority being found in dry, upland, open woods, beneath logs and 

 other cover. A number of our species hibernate and some of them 

 are very common at electric light. Of 31 specimens dissected by 

 Dr. Forbes, 21 per cent, of the stomach content was found to be of 

 animal, and 79 per cent, of vegetable origin, mainly seeds, pollen of 

 grasses, etc.. so that it is very doubt fnl if this genus can be classed 

 among the beneficial rarabida\ Tlie papers treating of the geinis 

 are as follows: 



