-■^74 FAMILY XI. STAI'lIYl.IXTD.-E. 



(hi. Mitldlo r-()x;e contiguoiis ; abdomen very long, parallel. 



XXXIII. OcYPUs. 



cc. Ligula entire : size usually siualler, rarely <iver 10 nun.; form m(»re 



slender. 



r. Femora spinuus beneatli; abdomen bic(tlored, bead and tborax 



black. XXXIV. Belonuciius. 



ee. Femora unarmed; colors not as above; labial palpi slender. 



/. First joint of hind tarsi as long as or longer than the tif th ; last 

 joint of maxillary palpi slender and needle-shapetl. 



XXXV. PlIILONTIIUS. 



//. First joint of hind tarsi shorter than 'the fifth, joints 1-4, de- 

 creasing gradually in length ; last joint of maxillary palpi elon- 

 gate, conical. XXXVI. Actobils. 



XXX. LisTOTROPHUS Forty. 1830. 



Antenna^ slender, reaching: middle of thorax, not siibelavate to- 

 ward apex as in Crvophilus. Side marginal lines of thorax uniting- 

 in front. One of the two known species occurs in the State. 



715 (2116). LiSTOTROPHUs ciNGULATUs Grav.. Mon. Col. Micr., 1806, 166. 

 Elongate, robust. Dark brown or piceons, densely clothed with golden. 



grayish-brown aaid blackish pubescence, the black hairs forming irregular 

 spots on head, thorax and abdomen; metasternum and tip of abdomen 

 golden; antenute dusky, the basal joints, tibias and tarsi reddish-brown. 

 Head as wide as or wider than thorax, densely punctate ; eyes large. Thorax 

 as wide as long, widest at apex, sides rounded into base; disk densely and 

 finely imnctate. Elytra sliglitly wider but not much longer than thorax, 

 densely and finely granulate. Abdomen narrower than elytra, sparsely and 

 coarsely punctate. Length 1.3-lS mm. 



Thronghont tlio State; fnnpient. ]May 6-September 12. 



XXXI. CREOPinLi^S Mann. 1830. (Gr., "flesh + to love.") 



Antenna' scarcely longer than head, the outer joints gradually 

 broader, the terminal one longer luit narrower than the tenth and 

 emarginate at apex ; side marginal lines of thorax not uniting in 

 front, the outer one beeoming obsolete one-third from the front 

 angle. 



716 (2111)). ('REOPiiii.rs viLLosi's Grav., Mon. Col. Micr.. 1S06. 160. 



Elongate, robust. Black, shining; second and third, and 



sdmclinics tlic lourtJi abdiiuiinal segments in great jiarl 



densely clotlicd with yellowisJi-gray hairs; a broad median. 



s('i-i-;itc <r-(.ss-li;nid <'ii elytra composed of similar hairs. 



'thorax suborbicular. truncate in front, disk wholly smooth. 



Elytra (riie-tJiird wider and one-half longer than thorax. 



finely ;ind siiai'sely punctate. Abdmnen as wide as elytra. 



1 . ,1 ,., .,, ,,,. -, -t. \ I'ig. 158. Natural 



I.<Migtll !_' _•! nnn. dig. 15S.) ,i„, (After Knol.el.) 



