'I'll!': ('^ MNDKIC \L l-.AK'K lIKh:'!'! ,KS, 



'o'o'o 



lofil I .".L'Tf)). ('(H.VDH.M i,i.m:()!a Sm.v. .louni. I'liil. Acud. Xal. S<i.. \'. ISL'Ci, 

 •_•(■, I : il.id. 11. .-'.•Jl. 

 MlniiL'Mlc, cylindricMl. slcmlrr. riccipiis lilnck, iiicHlcralclv 

 siiiiiiiii,'. If.u's aiKl aiilciiiia' palci'. 'i'linrax iiiik-Ii Inii^'ci- lliaii 

 wido. tlu' disk with a dcr|i iiiiprt'sst'd line at (■ciilcr and an 

 oilier alibrovijiti'd diic nn each sidt", surface ratlier coarsi'ly 

 piiiictun'd. lOlytra u<>t wider llian (linrax. eaeli alleniale in 

 terval finely riliix-d. (he inlerspaces witii Iwu i-ow s nl" pum- 

 tures. l,(Mi;,'tli I ti.r. mni. i I'ii:. l!lis. I 



Tliioimlidut llic Slale; rrc(|ii('iil. April II ()('1(il)ci- 

 2'.]. Occurs espccijillv hencjitli \n\vk o\' linden and Idcust 

 logs. 



Tiihe 111 I'YCXOMEKIM. 



FiK. 208. X 6J. 

 (OrJEinul.) 



Eion^'ate. sdiiii'w hat liattc'icd species, covered willi coar.se punc-' 

 tures and haviiiii' the elytra niai-ked with rows of very large punc- 

 tures; hind cox;e small, oval, widely separated; tirst joint of tarsi 

 longer than eitluM- of the ne.xl two, the third longer than fourth. 

 Two gen(M"a are known. 



KEY TO GENEK.'V OF rvcA'OM IKIM. 



it. Antenna' 11 -jointed, the ckib 2-joiiited. VII. IMcntiielispa. 



«(/. Antenna' lO-jointed. the club composed of a sin.iile .joint. 



VIII. PVCNOMEKI S. 



VII. Pkxtiikmsi'.\ Past. IStil. (Or., "sorrow • smooth.") 

 Two species belong here, both of which may occur in the State. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF PENTIUCI.ISPA. 



(/. 'I'liora.v sli.ijlitly wider than lon^. not narrowed behind; hind angles 



l>n,niinent. ii.ematodes. 



«(/. Thora.v lou.irt-r than wide, slightly narrowed behind; hind angles not 



prominent. 1002. reflexa. 



P. hdmatodes Yi\h.. ])rownish. shining, length '■^J^ mm., is said to 

 ticcur rarely from Penn.sylvania to Texas. 



10C.2 (3285). Penthelispa reflexa Say. .Tourn. I'liil. Acad. Xat. Sei., V, 

 1826, 262; ibid. II. .''.22. 

 Elongate, subdepvessed. Dark reddish-brown, shining. Antenna^ stout, 

 shorter than thorax, the latter wi;h disk deeply and coarsely punctured. 

 Elytra slightly wider than thorax, disk rtattened, deeply and broadly striate, 

 the stria' coar.sely and closely punctured; intervals very narrow. Length 

 4 ."> nmi. 



.Marion. I'eny and I'osey counties; scai'ce. .May l:!-Novemher 

 2S. ()ci-iirs on Irunl^s of dead locust. 



