■nil': sii(»i;i-\\ I \(;i:i» s(a\i;.\(!i:i: i!Ki:'I'I;KS. 457 



554 r-'<:7ll). I'.i;i(»i'i)ni s i;ri i:.-( i;.NS l.cr.. X. Sp. X. Aiiici'. Cnl.. I, ISC.:;, ;',;',. 

 I';i(inLr;iI('. 1',-illiri' rnhiisl. Ilciu], iiiKlrr siirr;ii(> ninl ;iIhI(>iii('ii iiiccdiis; 



.•iiilcnii.-r. Iliiir;i\. clyli-.'i mikI 1(>us diirk reddish hi-nwii. sliiiiiiiLC. 'I'linrnx wider 

 ;it middle ili;iii el.vli-,i. Iiiiid ;iiij;les lirondly roiiiided. Mlyti'M Id^^etlicr loiif^er 

 (liMii wide, with seven rows of coarse, sliallowly iiniirossed punctures. Al»- 

 doineu sparsely pubescent, si)arsely and rather coarsely punctured, tiie last 

 two seixnients and the hind niars?lns of the others paler. Length .'I.Ti 4.." mm. 



'^I'lii'dU^iioul llic Sl;it(\ fre((iieii1 ; more so in 1 lie soutlicni coun- 

 ties. ]\Iai-ch 2()-Juiie 17. Occurs hein'atii hai'k and rubbish. Much 

 more i-oliiist than tlie luwt species. \\i(h Ihe elytral punctures much 

 coarser and in r(>suhir rows. 



555 ( ). r.Kvoi'oius TKsTACKis liCc.. X. Sp(>f. X. Auicr. ("ol., I., ISij;!, ;!3. 



Elongate, very slender. Head and thorax ]iiceous; elytra reddish- 

 brown, often with an indefinite sutural blotch darker; under surface and 

 abdomen dark retldish-brown, the se,s;ments of latter paler at ape.\ ; an- 

 tenna^ (hisk.v, paler at base; legs pale reddish-brown. Thorax as wide at 

 base as elytra, smooth, stronirly shining. Elytra distinctl.y longer than 

 wide. Ilie pmiclures of sutural row distinct, the others small, faint and in 

 somewhat irregular rows. Abdomen inibescent. i-ather finely and sparsely 

 I)unctate. r.ength 2.7 ;' nun. 



]\Iarion. i-ulnaiii and I*osey counties; scarce. ^Farch 20-Octo- 

 ber 14. Taken by sifting-. Resembles Myvctoporus amcricanus but 

 without the discal punctures of thorax. This species was stippressed 

 by Horn, and afterward redescribed as parvulus by Casey. 



Tribe V. HABROCERINI. 



Tiiis tribe is represented in the Tnited States l)y a single genus, 

 IIahrocc)'}{s, luuiug the hind coxa" broadly triangular, concealing a 

 part of the femora in rei)ose ; head deflexed, anteiuia^ slender, hair- 

 like; abdomen margined. One small piceous form, 77. schwarzi 

 Horn, 2 nun. in length, having the elytra pale clay yello\v, finely and 

 very sparsely punctate, was describcnl from Detroit and probably 

 occurs in northern Indiana. 



Subfamily VI. PHLOEOCHARINAE. 



Slender, depressed species having the antenna' inserted under 

 the sides of the front. Il-jointed. straight, the outer joints but little 

 thicker; head wiliioul ocelli; prosterntim behind the front coxas 

 membraiions ; abdomen elongate, margiiu'd. with but six ventral seg- 

 ments visible, the sccotui with a longitudinal elevation at middle; 

 tarsi o-jointed. The subfamil\' is represented in Canada, ^Michigan 

 and pei'haps nortliern Indiana by two genera. 



