Till'. sii()i;i-\\ I N(;i:i) si a \ENni':K TUCiri'i.KS. ;!41> 



(".."t (2045). Gnypeta bai.tifera Lee. N. Sp. X. Amkm-. Col.. I. Isc,.",. '_>'.». 



Iload and apical half of abdoinoii piccons, shininji; Ihoi'.i.x, elytra and 

 hasal half of abdomou dark rc<ldisli-hrown ; legs and aiitcniia' somowlial 

 paler. Anteiiiux! reaching middle of elytra, second and third jniids e(pi:il, 

 longer than first, outer joints gradually larger. Thorax slightly wider than 

 head, a little wider than long, sides rounded, disk minutely punctate and 

 with an elongate, triangular median impression on basal half. Elytra two- 

 fifths wider and a little longer than tliorax, niiimlcly and sparsely punctate. 

 T-ength 2.5-2.8 mm. 



Lak(> and I'litiiam comities; scarce. .\|)!-il 17 ^Nlay 28. Taken 

 l»y si ft i no-. 



XIII. I\rKK()\KK.\ Slip, 1SS7. f({i-.. "fcnnir.") 



W'ry small, i-aUicr sloiil species liavinu' 1 lie neck less lliaii a third 

 the width of head; thorax sti-oiiiil>' convex, without basal iiiipres- 

 sion ; abdomen as broad as elytra, n(»t constricted at base. 



055 (2004). Meronera venustula Kr., Gen. Spec. Staph., 1840, 55. 



Short, rather stout, subparallel. Head and last three joints of abdomen 

 piceous. Thorax, elytra and apical portion of antenna? brown; legs, base 

 of antenna^ and abdomen, dull yellow. Antenna? stouter toward apex, reach- 

 ing beyond middle of elytra. Thorax slightly wider than long, scarcely 

 wider than head, sides rounded at apical third, thence feebly converging to 

 base ; surface, as well as that of head, coarsely and densely punctate. Ely- 

 tra about one-half wider and but slightly longer than thorax, less coarsely 

 and more sparsely punctate. Length l.(>-1.8 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. Mareli 5-Deeember 7. Hiber- 

 nates as imago. Taken by sifting vegetable debris. The elytra are 

 often in part or almost wholly ])iceous. 



XIV. TiNOxrs Sharp. 18S8. (Or., "stretched or thin.") 



Rather stont species having the antennfe short, head small; tho- 

 rax short, mueli wider than long, strongly convex and usually im- 

 pressed. 



G56 (9523). Tinotus cavicei's Casey. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., VH, 1893, 31t;. 

 Rather broad, subfusiform. flattened above. Blade or piceous, feeble- 

 shining; rather thickly clothed with short, pale, recumbent hairs; legs and 

 base of anteume dark reddish-brown. Antennas reaching base of thorax, 

 second and third joints ecjual. Ile.id of male broadly and deeply concave. 

 Thorax one-half wider than head, nearly twice as wide as long, sides 

 rounded ; disk finely and sparsely punctate and with a large, deep median 

 impression (male) or a broad and feelily impressed median line (female). 

 Elytra equal in length and width lo tliorax, I'ather coarsely and rugosely 

 punctate. Abdomen much longer than iiead .Miid thorax, nearly ciiumI in 

 width to elytra, marked with elongate punctures. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



