'^24 FAMrr-Y x. — T'SELAriiin.i':. 



Thi'oiiii'lioul llic Sl;it('; fi'c(|U('iit. April 9-X()V('inl)or 28. Oe- 

 ciii's ill iii'sls of t'('(l aiits, Ldsiii:^, Ix'iicalli stones. Rcadilx' known l)y 

 the notclied apex of middle femora. 



(n4 (9422). I5ATRIS0DES CAVICRUS Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. ScL, VII, 1S!):>, 

 46S. 

 liocldisli-lavnvii. coai-scly and s]ini'sely pubescent; elytra, legs and chili 

 (if aiiteuntx? paler. Head wider than hm-j;. as wide as thorax. Antenme hali' 

 ;is long as hod.v, second Juint lun^ci- limn Ihird: tliicc tn eight equal in 

 width, gradually shorter : ninlli nnd tciilh nln'uiiliy wider, slightly trans- 

 \erse ; clevcntii nnirii larger, sntighilinlai'. Tluirax slightl.v longer than 

 wide; media ii sulcus (it disk teehle. witli two (.r three acute recurved spines 

 each side: median suli-hasal fovea large, tlie side <mes distinct. lOlytra as 

 long as wide, not punctate: humeri roinided. Carina' cf hrst dorsal sep- 

 arated by one-sixth the width of segment. Male with a munded suhapieal 

 impression on last ventral. Length l.S mm. 



Crawford Conntv; rai'e. Aniiiist la. Described from North 

 ( ';irolina. I'ui\\ linds il I'athci- i)len1iful near Cincinnati. 



(■.1") (ISOti). I'.ATiasonKs confims r>ec.. Host. .Touru. Nat. Hist., NT, 1S4;», 'Ml 

 Reddish-lirown, sliiiung. hnely and siiarsel.v imbescent. Head as brnad 

 as long, vertex elevated witli one median carina. Antenna^ slender, half as 

 long as body, .joints 2"!i subetpial. tenth lint one-third thicker and nut longer 

 than ninth, eleventh oval, acute, twice ;is long and one-half wider than 

 tenth. Thorax as wide as long, median sulcus fine, entire, basal foA'ea* very 

 small, side ones distinct. Elytra at base not wider than thorax, smooth, 

 humeri feeble, discal lines very short. Length 2 mm. 



Putnam Connty; rare. Ajiril 22. 



Gkoup B. 



In this ^I'onp the hind tibia' Ivear ai the outer end a very fine 

 and slender terminal Sj)\ir. and the base of each elytron is mai'ked 

 with three small rounded fovea^ (two in froiilalls) . The ft)llowing 

 species ar(^ known from or probal)ly occur in the State. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF CROUP R. 



(I. I'^nint of head in either sex not separated by a sulcus or groove from 



the clypeus; last antennal joint of male with an erect basal tooth; 



thorax with crests on disk; elytra strongly punctate. schaumii. 



(lit. Frontal margin in the male separated from the clypeus by a sulcus or 



excavation; in the female continuous with the clypeus. 



h. Antenna' stcait, tlie Joints almost all wider than long, bead-like, sev- 



entii and eightli smaller than tliose preceding or following. 



010. CASEYI. 



hh. Antennal Jdinls. especially those of funicle, more slender, not wider 

 than lung, .jcjints 7 and S not smallei". 



