592 



FAAI1L\ \.\IV 



DI'.KMKS'riD.K. 



s.-ifc. It is s;ii(l lluit an ciitifc ueiicr.-n ion of the beetle may be 

 (|cv(^Io|)(mI ill six weeks, so iiiidci' proper coMditions of warmth ami 

 food supply the increase of the iiiscel will be very rapid. 



I). eJoiigatus Lee.. leiip,th 9 mm., is a southern and western spe- 

 cies which has ])een recorded fi-om near Cineiiniati. 



TTI. Attaoknms i;ati\ 1S()2. ((Jr., "a woodcock.") 



Small oblong species clotlied with i-ather s]>arse, dark pubes- 

 cence, having the antenna- ll-jointed; liiiid coxal plate long, narrow 

 and in-ominent; mesesternum narrow and emarginale. 



tl2n (?,434). Attagents PicKrs Oliv., Ent. Hist. Nat.. II, ITS'.), i). 



Oblong, subeuiivex. Head aud thorax black ; ely- 

 ti-,i dark reddisb-brown to piceous or black, clothed 

 Willi sbort, si)arse laibesceuce. Tborax coarsely puiic- 

 laie. baso bisinnate with a slight impression before tlic 

 scuteiluni. Elytra more finely ami densely punctate. 

 Last Jiiint el' male antennal club as long as the entire 

 remaindei of antenna?, pointed at the end. Length S.H- 

 ."i iiiiii. ( Fig. 224.) 



Throughout the Slate; fre(|uent in Ibe south- 

 ern eonnties. less no nortlnvard. Mafch KJ-Au- 

 Bun%r.v'ser!^l)iv/K!It,''ii.' gn^^t 2(). A coiiuiion museum and household jx'st 

 b. Dep. Agr.j dfteu foiuid ou wiudows while trying to escape. 



It is known as llie '"jjlack carpet beetle," and the larv;v often d:) 

 much damage to carpets, silk and woolen goods, feathers, etc. The 

 same remedies may be used as are given for the Buffalo carpet 

 beetle on a succeeding page. Taken also on flowers of wild parsnip 

 in July. 



IV. Dkartiius Lee. 1861. 



One small oblong lilack' s|)ecies represents this geinis in the State. 



1130 (3438). DicAHTniiis j.oMciri.rs Lee, New Spec. N. Amer. Col., 1. 

 1863, 73. 

 Narrowly oblong-oval, moderately convex. Black or piceous, clothed 

 with short dark jmbescence ; under surface and legs dark reddish-brown 

 to piceous, clothed with sparse gr.iy hairs. Thorax nearly twice as wide 

 as hnig. distinctly narniwcMl frdin liase to apex, sides evenly aud feebly 

 curved, base brdadly ami I'eciiiy lubed .-iiid bisiiuiate; disk rather coarsely 

 but nut densely iiiiiMlnte :nid with a slmi-l. fnie iiiedi:iu line. I<]lytra cojirsely 

 but net closely iMiiictate. I, as! Jniiil (if iii;iie anleiiii.T alninst three limes 

 as lung as llie Iwo prercdiim- iiiiiled. (li)liise ;il end. Lengtii 2..") mm. 



.Mari<iii and I'osey coiinlie^: scarce. May :?-May S. P>eatcn 

 I'roiii llowcrs of 1 he i-i'd haw. (' iiiKt (/iis jni iichihi ■\;\i-t\. 



