'I'lii; sii(ii;i'-\\ in(m:i> sc a \ iai; i:i; i;i:i"n,KS. 458 



(/, Disk nf tlmr.-ix iMilii-cly piccinis. tlic side .■iiid Icisal iii;i ri,'iiis 



iiiirrnwly p.-ilc. >^TU'. ciNc Ticoi.i.is. 



<l!l. 'rimr.-ix Willi ii Inrue lilark sjiol in oach fn. iil aiijile, tbo two 



rows uiiih'd at middle. ST:'.. - anticus. 



/"/. 'l'li(ii-a\ wlinlly reddish-brown or reddisli-yoilow. 



//. Dorsal row of olytrn witli few ituiictiircs ; nial(> with a dis- 

 liii.t tuiu'rclc on the sixth ventral. S74. I'VOM-EfS. 



////. Dorsal row ol' elytra with nnnierons pinictnres. 



ST."). rinxoTATis. 



cc. AhdonuMi blcolored. rod. the last two s(>.irni(Mits black ; <lorsal row 



with few iMnictnres. ^~*>- cinctus. 



hh. Head very elonsnte. twice or more longer than wide, widest at base; 



thorax entirely black; less piceons. QrAOsrroR. 



(/(/. .Maxillary palpi shori. stonr. third joiid sometimes jfnbescent. 



/. Antenna' w illi joints ."> 1(> wider than lon.^'. 



j. Elytra bicolored. black, the basal half red. 877. nniimATis. 



././. Elytra wholly dull reddish. ^17S. ixthisis. 



//. Antenna' slender, the joints lon:j;er than wide; black, the elytra and 



often the thorax redilish-brown. lc?xs iiale. S7i). cixori-Airs. 



/>. iiigcr Gray., 7-11 mm., and />'. d.rlllaris Grav., 5-7 mm. in 

 length, have both been taken l)y Dnry at Cincinnati. The latter is 

 a sonthern species vvhicli will ])c t'onnd. if at all. only in the sonthern 

 third of the State. 



s72 (2(>()1). P.oLETOBixs ciNCTicoLLis Sav. Trans. .\mer. I'liil. Soc. I\'. 

 1834, 465; ibid. II. 581. 

 riceons. shining; legs and base and sides of thorax dull yellow: elytra 

 reddish-yellow with a large black siiot near enter ai)ical angle: antenmv 

 with three basal joints pale. Thorax not broader than elytra, hind angles 

 ol)tnse. Elytra slightly longer than wiile: tlie sntiu-al and marginal rows 

 of punctures fine, distinct, dorsal I'uw very faint. Abd(.men sparsely punc- 

 tate. the hind margins of the segments paler. Length .'5.5 5.5 nun. 



Thronghont the State; freciiient. .Ma\- 1 1-( )c1o1)(M' 10. Occnrs 

 b(Mieath liark. dead leaves and rotteti wood. 



S73 (2G62). BoLETOBiis anticus Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soe.._ VI. 1877. 

 117. 

 I'iceous or dusky yellow: base of thorax and elytra |iale reddish-yellow: 

 apical portion of tii<!rax. a large spot at the ouler apical angle of each ely- 

 tron and often a scutellar spot black; antemre piceous. the apical and four 

 basal joints of former and the legs paler. Tlun-ax slightly broader at base 

 than elytra, hind angles obtuse. Elytra slightly longer than wide, discal 

 row of punctures distinct, the otiier two rows faint, .\bdomen ;is in cincti- 

 coUif!. Length 4-5 mm. 



One ill AVolcolt collection from Miders. Lak'e ('oiiiit\-. Jidy ]'■'>. 

 A member of the boreal fauna. 



