THE ANT-LOVLNG J5EETLES. 311 



V. Pii.opns Casey. 1897. 



AiiteniKV apiiroxiiiiiile nt l);ise. clnvato; joints 2-4 of maxillary 

 pnlpi with l(Min- l)ristle-liko ap]ionda<ios, the seeond joint bent and 

 clavate. the lliii'd t raiisvci-scly Innate; abdomiMi with siM'ond and 

 third venti-als not iinieh huiger than fourth; first four visible 

 dorsals eipial in length: front fi^mora with stiff, erect bristles, but 

 withoni opines. 1 wo s])i'cies ur>' known from tile State and another 

 probably oeeui's. 



KEY TO IlMHANA SPECIES OE PII.OPIl'S. 



(7. rulu'sciiui' radier sparse: last joint of aiitonnte as long as the three 

 preceding conibiued. 

 b. Tenth antennal joint not at all longer than wide, the sixth joint as 

 long as fitth ; biidy stout; elytra nearly as long as wide. 



594. LACI'STRIS. 



hi). Tenth antennal joint distinctly longer than wide. 



c. Body stout, generally dark in color ; abdomen always black or 

 blackish; thorax feebly transverse, never more than one-half as 

 wide as elytra : fifth antennal joint slightly longer than fourth. 



lOWENSIS. 



cc. Body narrower, pale in color throughout, the abdomen never black- 

 ish ; elytra nearly as long as wide, rather longer than head and 

 thorax combined. oOo. zimmermanni. 



aa. Pubescence dense, shorter and more scale-like; last antennal joint much 

 shorter than the three preceding combined ; elytra as long as head 

 and thorax. consobrinus. 



*594 ( ). PiLOPius i^vcrsTRis Casey. Ann. X. Y. Acid. Sci.. TX, 1897. 



619. 

 Rather stout, subconvex. Dark reddish-brown: elytra. antenn:e and 

 legs paler. Head as wide as long; occiput with two large fove;e between 

 the eyes. Antenme of nuile three-fourths the length of bod.v, joints cylin- 

 drical, nearly equal; of female, shorter with joints 7-10 short, transverse, 

 last joint shorter, oblong-oval. Thorax wider than long, disk with an ob- 

 long median fovea at base, reaching almost to middle, and a smaller one 

 each side. Elytra slightly wider at base than thorax, thence gradually 

 widening to ai)ex. each with a fine, entire sutural and median stria. .Vb- 

 donien convex, margin broad, tip rounded. Length l.s mm. (Fig. Its. (/. ) 



Southern half of State: eonnnon. A\)V\] ^-December 2^^. Oc- 

 curs beneath logs and bark; gregarious in winter. A nnnilxn' were 

 once swept from stems of blue-grass in May. Usually known as P. 

 piceua Lee, from which it is distinguished by its more elongate 

 and paler elytra and shorter tenth anteirnal joint. 



P. ioxriisis Tasey, length 1.7 mm., was described from Iowa. 

 595 (1S73^. I'u.oru s zimmerman>i Lee. P.ost. Journ. Nat. Hist., VI. 1849, 79. 



Pale l)rownisli-yellow, sjiarsely pubescent. Head with frontal groove 

 not reaching tiie (.hloiig frontal foveic : occiput elevated, its fove:e larger, 



