•I'lll': CN I.IXDlvIC \L I'.AIvK I'.l'.l'.'I'I.MS. .)•> I 



i-i: ||r;lil \vi I li (1 isl iiirl -r.M, vcs. II. lOrcico.M-.S. 



/(/;. Anlcnii;r 1 I Jcilllcd. rllll) L' Ji li III cd. 



</. I lead W illKMll .llllrllli;!! .LCriinVCS. III. I>II(IM.\. 



(/'/. llc.nl Willi (listiiiri aiilciiiial tinidxcs; lihia' with tcniiinal spiii-s. 



I'll i>i;sMA. 

 (hi. I'miit loxal ravilics cldscd licliiiid. 



(/. Aiilciiiia' Willi a I wo Jniiilcd cliili : liliia' williniil spurs. 



I\'. CoXKl.is. 

 re. Anlciiiia' willi a .■l-Jdiiilt'd rliih; liiiia- wilii small spurs. 



LAStONOTl S. 



I. SvNcinTA Ih^llw. 17!)2. ('(ir.. "Ic.uvtlicr skin (»i- cover. ") 



Aiitcmia' lO-joiiilcd. 1( riiiinal iiiL;' in ;in jihi'iipt ly hii'^cr clnl) 

 Joint, wliicti is smooth ;it base and i)ii!)csc('nt at tip; first three 

 joints oF tarsi very short, together l)iit little longer than lialf tiie 

 fourth. ()!' the seven kno'.vn species, two liave heeii taken in liicli- 

 ana. while two otliei's should occur. 



KKY TO INDI.WA SPK( 1 KS OK SVlNCIinA. 



(/. l']lyti-;i Willi line t-nsta': IlKirax willi :iu I'lcv.aled line (\-i<-li side. 



LA I ICOM.IS. 



(/(/. i;i\tra H<i| cdstale. 



h. Elytra variegated willi paid- niarkiu!,'s. 111.")."!. rAUvriA. 

 bh. P]lytrji unicolorous. 



c. Thorax with a tiue siiliapical iiiiiiressed liue. its dislc finely granu- 

 late; length li..") nun. kiliginosa. 

 cc. Thorax witlKait inuiressed line, its disk coarsely granulate; length 

 4 nun. 1054. granii-ata. 



N. I'llirol'l.-: I ee., piceoiis. (»]ytra with huineiM and a spot near 

 apex reddish, h iigth 2 mm., is a soutliern for.n which has been 

 recorded from Cincinnati. 



1053 (3247). Sv.NciirrA rAuvui.A Guer.. Icon. Kc-gn. Ins., IS.SO, ISl). 

 Ohlong, sulidcpressed. I'ict-ous lirowii : (Mytra vju-iegated with paler 



crosshars. Thorax wider tlian Kuig. sides feebly curved, margin fmely ser- 

 rulate, base slightly wider llnui .apex, surface granulate. Klytra with rows 

 of rather small, close-set pnnctnr(>s: intervals graiudate. Length 2 -.7* nun. 



Clarion County; rare. December S. Taken from dry fungi on 

 a dead ])oecli tree. 



S. fuJi(ji)i()sa Melsh.. itisty red-brown, antenna", under surface 

 and legs paler, is also known from near Cincinnati. 



1054 (3240). SY.\(iiirA (a;ANii,ATA Say, .Tourn. I'liil. .Vcad. Nat. Sei.. \'. 



ts2G, 2(;(i; ibid. 11, 32(;. 

 Oblong, parallel, moderately convex, rniforni dull reddish-bi-own. siib- 

 opaiiue. Third joint of anleniiie as long ;is llie three f()llowiug together. 

 Thorax wider lliaii long, sides feebly curved, margin distinctly serrate, base 



