riiK siii\i.\(i KL(»\VKK m:i:i'i,KS. 400 



("lUiiiiKUi t ln'oii-lidiil Ilic St;i1<'; hilicriijilcs. .liiiiuiiry 7 Octobci' 

 (). Fiviiuciil (III Inivcs of skunk ciihlijivic. sc(l<:cs. rclliiiidi';!. etc., in 

 moisi ])I;u'<'s in (•;ifly spciiiu. 



'.ir.C (LMIOI). l'il.\i,.\( IM s iMMii.io I.ci'.. I'i-(pc. riiil. Ar:i(l. X;i1. S«-i.. X'lII, 

 IS.-iC. ic. 

 KfSCIIllili'S /n*///»s- lull Slll.-tllcl- ;ill(l lllnl'c li;i ITi i\\ l.\ u\;il. 'I'lnrd Joint (if 



;iiilciiii;i' iidlnlily slii.rlcr lliiiii ruiirili ;iih1 lil'lli inucilicr. rrdslcnuil pnwH'SS 

 iniirli ii;in-ii\\cr. ikiI nxcr (Hiclhinl ;is wide :is llir nicl Msti'ninl. lOlytrnl 

 |iinii'i iiri'^ iipirc dist.-iiil .•iiul less dist im-i. Lciiutli 1.1 nun. 



I ;iki'. F()Uiit;iiii mid Ljiwrciicc count ics; scjifcc'. .M;iy 17- 

 •luly 1. 



II. OuHKix Kri<-lH. 184.1. (Gr.. ^'slippory.") 



'IMu' mode of antcnnal inscrlion and the size of seiitellum di.stin- 

 ijuish tliis ovmis from Phalacriis. In our two species the elytra are 

 of one color and liave two discal stna- on each, one near the suture 

 extending to hasal third and joiiiini:' tlie suhire at apex, the second 

 closely parallel and a little shorter. 



'.i.'iT (:;(MM)). Oi.iiMjrs sK.MisiHiA Ti s Lcc.. I'l'iic. IMiil. Acnd. .\nl. Sci.. VIII. 

 is.-.c. IC. 

 ( )hliiim-(iv:il('. strdiiud.v cnnvcx. Almvc dark clu'Siiiut-lirowii, liiitiily pol- 

 islicd : Iiciic.-itli pale rcddisli yclldw. aiilciiiia' and Ic.^s df tlie same hue. 

 Tlidi-.-ix very sjiarscl.N and fcchly iiiniclalc. lOlytra with two diseal strirt' 

 near the sutnrc and wilii fcciily iniiu-csscd lines alon.i; the very fine rows of 

 imuctures. Len.ixth I.S-IM; luiii. 



Houthern half of State, freqnent; less so in the northern eoun- 

 tiex. March •J7-0ctoher 1. Occurs on flowers of Eupatorium and 

 Solidayo (thorouijhwort and 2{>hleiirod') . Taken in si)i'in<i: liy sift- 

 ing. 



Or>S (n002). Oi.TBRrs PAixin-.s Sa.v. .Idiun. I'hil. Acad. Xal. Sci., IV, 1825. 

 00; ibid. II. 2:!0. 

 Kllilitical, ver.v oonvex. hii,'ldy pdlislied. Ahnve dark )iicedns-l)rdwii. the 

 head and tliorax a little darker than elytra; autenn:e and under parts jiale 

 hidwnisli-.vellow. 'I'hnrax with minute dlisolete punctures on each side. 

 Klytra with diseal striie and r()\vs of line iiuuctuves as in nciiiistriittiis hut 

 without tlie accomiiauyiiii,' impressed lines ahiiii^ the row of punctures. 

 Leu^'th 2..V2..S mm. 



Lake and Knox coiiiii ies ; scarce. .Inly :](> An.uiist ill. Lonjier 

 and more narrowly oval than the preceding-. 



III. AcYi.OMCS Sharp. 1888. (Gr., "an aconi.") 



Small oval, more or less convex hectics. Iiaving the second joint 

 of hind tarsi very much elongate and in tlu' male spongy pubescent, 

 as in the males of the genus Aiiisodachjlus of the familv Carabidag. 



