53G FAMII,\- XVII. EM»O.MVCniD,i;. 



II. Sv.MiiioTKs Kedt. 3840. (Or., "living together.") 



SiiKill. ('I(iiij.>;i1c-()\;il sjiecies. having ihe body pubescent with re- 

 {•uinl)ent liairs: antenna' ll-jointed. first two joints thick. 3 to 8 sub- 

 equal, !)-!.] foniiing a prominent club: thorax with a prominent 

 transverse l)asal impiession. from which a narrow impression or 

 sulcus extends Forward on each side nearly one-half the length of 

 thorax: elyti-a with punctures arranged irregularly or in rows; 

 sutural stria distinct. One species has been taken in Indiana. 



1023 ( ). SvMiuoTKS DiKYi Waltoii MS. 



Oblong-oval, snbconvex. Uniform dull Itrownish-yelldw, sparsely pubes- 

 cent with bright yellow hairs. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides evenly 

 curved on apical two-thirds, parallel on basal third, apex truncate; disk 

 with an oblique carina on each side extending from middle to near hind 

 angle, this the outer boundary of the lateral sulcus extending forward from 

 the basal impression ; margins reflexed but not flattened ; surface finely and 

 evenly punctate. Elytra with sides nearly jtarallel to be.vond middle, thence 

 narrowing to a romided apex, margins distinctly refiexed ; surface with 

 rows of very fine rmnctures. Length 2.2 mm. 



One specimen in Wolcott collection from near Battle Ground. 

 Tippecanoe County. July 4. 



III. RHANisLec. 185:1. (Or., "a spot.") 



I [<'!•(' belongs one narrow, elongate, nearly gla])r()us species, hav- 

 ing the hist joint of the jnaxillary ])al|ii cylindrical; prosternum 

 obsolete belwceii the fi'oiit coxa'. 



1024 (?,17S). KiiANis VNicoLOB Ziegl., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1844. 



272. 

 lOluiig.-ite. suhparallel. rteddish-lmiw n. siiining: clytia usually black 

 with the slKiulders often indistinctl.v and the apex very in-oadl.v, reddish: 

 sometimes uniform reddish-brown throughout. Upper surface rather finely 

 and spai-sciy |iunctate. Length 3.5 mm. 



Throughout the State ; fi'e(|U( lit. A[)ril 4-Sept(Miiber 21. Some- 

 fiines found in autumn on the Howers of thoroughwort (Eupa- 

 toriiiin) ; more often sifted from the debris of beech stumps. 



IV. PrrvMAPiiOHA Newm. 1838. (Or., "tumor i bearing.") 



Small elougale species lia\iuL; the prosleriiuni narrow but dis- 

 1 iucl bel wee 11 I he I't'out cox.e ; iriesosi eniuili bica riliale ; anteiiual clul) 

 of male very large, pei-roliale. lis basal joint as large or larger than 

 the head. (Fig. 4. No. 8.) One six-cies occurs in tlie State. 



