584 



FAMILY XXIII. M VCR'roPllAOID.K. 



ini (.■!:!!ili. M vii.ioriiAci .s I'l nctah s Say. .hmni. I'hil. Acid. Nal. Sci.. 



V. isiic. lico: ihi.i. II. .•;l'1. 

 « )l)l(iii.^-()val. sulKli'inx'ssfd. Head and tbora.x black- 

 isli ; elytra i-t-ddisli-yellow witli black spots; one birjie, 

 common, sun-onndinjj; tbe scutellum ; another smaller on 

 eafli at iiiiddl<>. usually continent with the lateral niar- 

 i;in and cxt(Midin.i; narrowly along it, and a third form- 

 ing a ((innnon t^ubapical crossband ; anteniuo reddish, tbe 

 npical half more or less fiiscons. Thorax coarsely and 

 evenly jpunctured. Length 4.5-5.5 nun. (Fig. 219.) 



Southern liall' of State, i'lXMfiient ; less so in the 

 iiortliern counties. April 6-Se{)teiiiber 29. Prob- 

 ably hibernates. Occurs l)ei:eath loose bark and in fung'i, especi- 

 ally in low m.oist woodlands. 



1112 (3o!);ij. Mycktopii-vuis flexuosus Say, loc. cit. 



Resembles puiictatus but much smaller. Elytral ni.-irkings very vari- 

 able, usually nearly as in puiwtatus, but the middle and subapical black 

 spots are larger, with their edges very uneven, and there is usually a small 

 round spot on humerus. Length 3-4 mm. 



'I'hroiif^'hout the State; fre(inen1. .\pril 11 -October (i. Occurs 

 in t'nn^i and in spring sometimes at sap. 



C'asey 's siil)(](p)-( ssKs is only a. coh)r variely ol' /Icxkosks in 

 which the black spots have ])econie enlarged so as to cover the 

 greater part of the elytra, leaving only a narrow oblique reddish 

 line composed of two or three spots on 1)asal third, another similar 

 line behind the middle and a sj)ot near tlie apex. It occurs com- 

 monly with typical /^('.riiosiis. and individuals showing the gradual 

 merging of one color variety into the other are frequent, several of 

 them being in the collection at hand. 



1113 (3394). MvcETorHAGis bipustllatus Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. 



Sci., II, 1844, 114, 



Oblong-oval, moderately convex. Dark reddish-brown : elytra each with 

 an irregular subhumeral yellowish spot which sometimes extends nearly to 

 suture, and nlsi) n transverse oblong one on apical third; antennje and palpi 

 dull brownisli yellow. 'I'iiorax three-fourths wider than long; sides slightly 

 curved, surface coarsely, densely and une<iually punctured. Elytral stria' 

 feebly impressed, linely punctate; intervals densely punctulate, each with a 

 single row of suberect yellowish hairs. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Marion County: s<'ai'ce. April 1(i. Fi)\[v specimens collected 

 by TI. .Morrison I'ldin the window <il a ccMai- in which wood had 

 been stitred. 



1114 (.■'.l'>9ti I. MvcKTOPHAors MKi.suKiMKKi Lcc, I'roc. I'bil. .\cad. Nat. Si-i.. 



vm, is5(;. i:;. 



Elongate. p:ir:illel. I'iceons l.i'own : legs and l)asal iialf of antenn.-e 

 dull vell<i\\ : clvtra eadi willi .m large olpjiipie spot reaching I'roin Innucrns 



