4;5S FAMILY \i. -ST \rin i.iMD.i:. 



839 (2575). P/EUE1us oiu.itkkati s Loc. Proe. Amer. IMiil. SdC. XVIT, 1S7S, 

 305. 



Elonj^nto. very slt'iidcr. Ilciul ;is l)ro;i(l jis Imig, sli.u'litly widoi' tlinii 

 thorax and, like the latter, very finely and sparsely pundate. 'Phnrax 

 elongate-oval, sides feebly cuivcd. lOlytra distinctly loniier tlian wide, a 

 ft>nrth wider and slijjhtly longer than thorax. Alidonien as wide as elytra, 

 minutely and sparsely punctate. IVlale with the sixth ventral cleft nearly 

 to base. Length 1.7 5.:; nun. 



Knsciusko ( '(Hint y : r;in'. Octuhci- 'H'). Occnis aloii.u' the l)()r(lei's 

 (if tlie lai-.^ci- lakes and the scacoast n\' llic i'iastcrn I'liit -d States. 



T.VIT. S'Nirs Steph. 1S:;1. ((!i-.. "to he Innvihei-." ) 



Khjiiiiiile. vei\' sU'uder species havinji' thr hihi'iiMi shiirt, tni i- 

 ( ate. hideiitat(^; |)r()sternnin carinate; base of head more or hs> 

 broadly cni'ved and truncate: basal joint of hind tarsi much elon- 

 gated, the fourth joint of all the tarsi hih)l)ed beneath. The follow- 

 ing species have been taken or prolnibly occur in the State: 



KEY TO lA'DIANA SPECIES OF SUNIUS. 



(/. Head blade or iiicei.us. 



h. Elytra in part, sometimes almost wholly, black, 

 c. Abdomen wholly dark; elytra pale at apex. 

 cl. Elytra distindly longer than (borax; head juore densely punc- 

 tured beneath. ctnctus. 

 d(l. Elytra equal to or sliorter (lian thorax; head less densely ])unc- 

 tured beneath. S40. li.nearis. 

 cc. .Vbdomen i-cddisb-ycllow. iisniliy lilnck at tip: elytra siil>ei|ual in 

 leiigtli and widtli to llmrax. with a large dark sjiot on outer side 

 lu'liind tlie middle. S41. binotatx's. 

 1)1). l-:iytra wholly |iale. small, ('(inal lo ov shorter than thorax; body 

 wholly iiale except the head and last t wo segments. liREViPENNls. 

 (/(/. Head and entire l>ndy except tlie last two segments ])ale; elytra dis- 

 tinctly longer than thoi-ax. S-li>. discoim nctatis. 



.S'. chn his Say. .'5.5— t.o nini. in lenoth. occurs from New York to 

 Iowa, it is usuail>' listed as /irtiH.nis p]ricbs.. but Sa\''s name has 

 pi'iitrity. 



SIO ( I. Si mi s I i.m;akis TOi'ichs.. (^en. Siiec. Staiili.. IS40. (".3!). 



Elongate, parallel. I'daek or jiicenus. sub ipa(pie : legs, anteinia' and 

 apical third of elylra pale yellow. Head as wide as lung, slightly wider 

 than thorax, its sui-ract', as well as that of the lalter. cnarsely .-ind densely 

 I)unctured, the pniii-tnres elongate. Tin. rax ov:il. as wide as long, sides 

 feebly cui-ved, base slightly narrower than apex. Elytra a little wider. 

 about as long and more coarsely jmnclate than thorax, .\bdomen at base 

 slightly mu-rower than elytra, gradually and feebly widening toward apex, 

 finely and densely jmnctate. Length 4.4 nun. 



