TiiK LADV i!i:i;ri i:s. 521) 



(/. I''ipiiii lir.i.Klly (iv.il: Mpical s|»>( iidl cxlciidiiiu' "vci- (Hiclirtli tin- 



k'Uglh of sul nil'. 



c. Apex of I'lylra dull yellow; thorax sjiarscly and ohsoleUdy 



punctate tlu-oughont. (Fig. 190, r.) 1010. kkaternus. 



cr. Apex of olylra roddisli; thorax distinctly and coarsely pnnc- 



lato at niiddlo. mure lini'l\- and sjiarscly al sides. 



1011. cArn.M.TS. 

 (/(/. l'".irni iildoiiic-iival : apical spot cnniin-isinLC nearly a tliii'd "if the 

 npiior area : last three se.t^nients of alidenien yellow. 



1012. Kl liKICAl MA. 



cr. l';iylra nan-owly jiale at .-iiiex. 



/. Thorax jiartly black. 



//. Loiis entirely reddish-yellow; first ventral se.i,'nient of male 



without i»ub(^se»Mice. (Fig. I'.h;, a.) 101.".. coi.i.Aitis. 



m/. r.egs pale, the fiMnora i)ice(ms; lii'st ventral segment ot male 



with a median smo.rth area surrounded by short puheseenee. 



1014. PrXC'TICOLMS. 



/"/". Thorax entirely yellow. 1015. cervicai.is. 



hi). Elytra entirely bhick. 



//. Siiecies larger, 2 2.") mm.: thorax entindy Idack. 



lOlf). IKM'.liKOSr.S. 



////. Smaller, not over 1.."i mm.: front angles of thorax usn.ally jiale. 



XANIS. 



ii'i. Vuvni oblong : thorax nai-rower at base than base of elytra; elytra black. 

 (>acii with a small oval red spot ;il center of disk. (Fig. 196, &.) 



PUNCTAXrS. 



HUO (3145). ScYMXis I'-RAiKKM s Lec. I'roc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sei.. VI. 

 1852, 13S. 

 Broadly oval. Piceous ])la<k : head black or yellowish ; thorax reddish- 

 yelkm- at sides, with a centi'al piceou> spot which is variable in size; elytra 

 with a yellowish area at ajjox which never extends along the suture more 

 than a fifth of its length. Abdomen pieeous. paler at sides and apex; legs 

 reddish-yellow. Thorax and elytra imnctate but not closely nor densely. 

 Length 2 2.5 nun. (Fig. 190. c.) 



Onr most eoiiinioii species; fcuiiici tlii'on.ohonl lite Slate. TlilxM'- 

 Tiates. Jaimary 6-X<)veiiil)er 1. This species includes the form 

 grenerally listed as ha morrhoiis Lec. Ilie t>pes sliowiiio-. as stated by 

 Horn, ''that they were establislied on tiiii(pies. the ditferences being 

 merely individual, fratcDuis haviiio' tlu' greater extent of yellow on 

 the thorax." * 



1011 (.■;I49). ScYMxrs CAruAi.is F(>c., Agass. Lake Sui>.. 18.50. 2:58. 



P»rondly oval. Pdaek : head, side margins of thorax. tibi:e and tarsi 

 and large, often sonu'what indistin<l spot <>n .ipex of elylr;i. dull reddish; 

 femora pii-eous. Thorax but little more than twice as wide as long, sides 

 mi.derately cnnvi'i-gent. evenly curved. Fl.vira ip'ili' <-oarsely and closely 

 liut not densely punctate. I'lrsl venli'al segment of male with a large me- 

 dian area at aiiex glabrous .md impnnct;ite. Length 2 2.."> mm. 



*Trans. .\nier. Kntoin. Soc, XXII, 101. 



