'nil-. I'll, I- HKKTI.I'^S. 



f)7:^ 



II. (^'ni,' s I'jriclis. vd'r.. "('(,\-('fiii.u' ' imid.") 



Ill lllis ^■•■lllls ;ill(l llic lli'Xl lilc lli';i(l is \Cl'|ir;il (i|- licill doWII- 

 wai'd. the l;i!>niiii dislinct ;iiid iillinu' (-{(t^-c Id the I'roiil. ;iiid llic 

 ix'dy covci'i'd wiili ;i line, CMsily n'iiii>\i'd jMihi'scnicc I'DniiiiiL;' v;ifi('<i 

 [(.■illcfiis. Twd s|K'('i(s of ('nldiis I'.vv kiKiwii. hnjii dl' which dccui' 

 ill Itidi.'itin. 



iLlss (.",SST). Cviii.rs sKKurn'S Forst., Nov. Spec. Insect., 1771. 



Suhnvalc. n:irrn\v('(l in Iront, stroniily convex. Itronzod liliick. sliiiiiiii; ; 

 (Icnsi'ly covered with :i line pnhescence wliidi. cm lie.id ;iiid lliorax, is neai-j.v 

 uuirnrm hroiized : cii clytiM tlie fonr or live inner inter\als are alternately 

 narrow and nnirnriii metallic i^reen. and wider. slii,dill.\- elex'aled, and ij;reen 

 tesselated with black. Head and tlmrax rather lincly and densely, elytra 

 more sparsely and coarsely, junictate: the jMinctui-cs visilile <.nly after the 

 pubescence is reuu>ved. Leuj^th 5 mm. 



Lake and Warren conntios ; fre(jneiit alono the Ix'ach oi' Lake 

 >riohigan. ^May 28-Jiily 28. 



12S9 (3888). Cytilts TiuvriTATUS Melsh., Proe. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. II, 

 1844, 117. 

 Resembles the preceding in form and structure but a little larger. Fni- 

 form dull bronze; tborax with a patcli of golden hair at nuddle of base; 

 elytra with the alternate intervals slightly elevated and tesselate with 

 scpiarisli black spots. Length r)f>-C>.r> nnn. 



Lake and Ijaporte coiuities. beneatli rubbish ah)nii' the beach of 

 Lake ^lichigan; scarce. Taken with sericcus, and may eventnally 

 |)rove to be the female of that species. May 20-^ray 28. 



111. BvRRiTT-s Linn. ITtU). (Gr.. "a hide.") |mj 



To this geinis belong the lai'gesl iiieiiibei-s of the I'aiii- f'li' j|]|!5 



ily. They resemble closely those of (Ji/lihis. bn1 have al 



P 



w 



the tarsi strojigly r(^tractil(\ 'I' wo of the eight known 



species iVoiii iXovlli Aiiieiica have been taken in the State. /jy,.,./,i^'p/^(/„.s i„ 



- Fig. 2.-)L) 



.\ European spe- 

 cies. 



1L".M» (.-.ssii). P.Yi;i:nrs .\ mi uu a.ms Lee. .Vgassiz Lake Siiii., 1850, 224. 



()v;il. strongly conxcx. n.nrowed in Ironl. L.lack. densel.v covered with 

 tine grayish imliescence ; thoi'ax indistinct l.\- niarl<ed with gra.v; elytra each 

 with three nr f(.nr n;irrow iiitcrrn|ited lilack lines and a double, narrow, 

 sinuous gr;i.\- crossbar al middle. Length s.."( P..". mm. 



Lake and I.apoi'1(> coiiiities. along thi' beach (d' Lake Michigan: 

 scarce. :\ray 20 .hiiie Id. 



12;tl Clsp.-,). P.vinnirs mi iiims Fall.. Sysl. I'^l., 1. isol. lol. 



lvoundeil-ovat<'. strongly convex. P.lack. closely pubescent and covered 

 with nuinei-ons short, erect, bristle like hairs; (dvtra each with lour or live 



