nns FAArii.Y xxTx. — moxotomid.t:. 



f. Thonix distinctly wider behind the middle, its hind angles 

 prominent. 12S1. amekicaxa. 



//. Thorax parallel, its hind angles not prominent. 



12S2. PARALLEIA. 



bh. Metasternum nearly smooth; thorax sparsely punctate, narrowernear 

 base. 12S3. longicollis. 



.1/. product a Lee. black, opaque, sparsely clothed with whitish 

 hail's, antenna" and loirs ]->aler. lensrth 8 nnn., is recorded from near 

 Cincinnati. 



1279 (.SS'.O. Mo.NOTOMA PiciPES Hbst, Kafer, V, ISOl. 24. 



Elongate-oblong, subconvex. Black or brownish, 

 opaque: antennne and legs reddish-brown. Thorax slight- 

 ly longer than wide, sides finely crenate, front angles ob- 

 tusely prominent, hind ones indistinct ; disk coarsely and 

 densely punctured and with a distinct fovea on each side 

 near base. Elytral strife rather coarsely punctured, the 

 hairs yellowish in hue. Length 2-2.3 mm. (Fig. 249.) 



Mai-ion County; frequent. January 17-October 



15. Taken by Harold ]\Iorrisou from the windows 



~ .,.Q a , ^ ^^ a bam and cellar in which wood had been stored. 



rig. Z\9. ^Ongir.i!.) 



1250 (,3S57). MoxoTOMA fixyipes Melsh.. Froe. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci.. II, 



1S44, 111. 

 Moderately elongate, rather slender, subconvex. Black to piceous, sub- 

 opaque ; legs and antennie reddish-brown. Head coarseiy and densely pvmc- 

 tured, not impressed. Thorax longer than wide, narrower in front, sides 

 straight and finely crenate; front angles prominent obtusely rounded, hind 

 angles broadly rounded; disk coarsely and densely punctured with two 

 faint impressions on basal third. Elj-tra with rows of fine punctures. Length 

 2-2.5 mm. 



Marion Connty: frequent. April ll^Tujie 7. Taken with the 

 preceding. 



-T/. quadrifovcoUiia Aube. reddish-brown, length 2 mm., is kno^Mi 

 from the District of Columbia. 



1251 (3S59). MoxoTOMA amekicaxa Aub$. Ann. Ent Soc. Fr.. VI, 461. 

 Elongiite-oblong. Black, subopaque ; antennae and legs reddish-broxm. 



Head as in fulvipcs. Thorax distinctly wider than long, front angles ob- 

 tuse, hind ones rectangular : sides stil>crenate. straight ; disk convex, coarse- 

 ly and densely punctured, the basal impressions almost obsolete. Elytra 

 rather coarsely, densely and roughly punctured. Last ventral of male with 

 an oval flattened space. Length 2.2 mm. 



Clarion and Posey counties: rare. April 17-June 2. Sifted 

 fi^>m decaAina: tleshy funsri; also on flowers of Anwrpha fniticosa. 



