TTIK SOPT-l'.ODIKI) I'l-ANT I'.KKTF.ER. 693 



siirla.f linoly .-nHl sparsely imn.talc. I'.lytra not wider a( l.ase llian llio- 

 rax, .i:raduall.\ I. reader In aiii.-al lliird, siirfaee sparsely puiielate. Leiiu'lli 

 .'i .') iiiiii. 



\'i<i'(» ('(Uiii1\ : i-ai-c. -hill.' il>. I'.ealeii I'finii foliauc iii Inw 



ground. 



J)}vya)it>ps(hii>lnis nirirfial iis llori). hi-diidly oval, hi-owiiisli. Ilio- 

 rnx (larkef. rlyli-i cldndcd. Iciisilti :> niiii.. is recorded I'l-oni Illinois. 



\'. rKMox.x'vnioN Kedl. 1S-'>S. ((if., "a saw ^ hciil.") 

 Head deiiexed: antenna' slender, lon-icf than half the Ixidy. 

 Prosterimin very slioii in I'l-onl >>[' eoxa-. pi-oldnncd in a slender plate 

 between theni; hind coxa' suddeidy dilated into an oval plate on 

 inner side; tarsal elaws simple. 



1314 (3908). Prionocypuox i)iseon)Krs «a.v. .Tmn-n. IMiil. .Vead. Nat. Sci., 

 V. lSl2;j, 161; ibid. II. liTi.'. 



Oval, slightly obloiis, moderately convex. Yellow; elytra with a lar.i^e 

 disoal black spot of variable size, sometimes covering three-fourths of the 

 surface. Antenna' yellow, those of the males bipectinate, joints 4 to 10, 

 each being furnished with a cylindrical ai)pendage on each side at base, 

 this longer than the joint itself (Fig. 3, No. 3). Thorax short, transverse, 

 very little narrowed in front, base bisinuate, surface sparsely punctnlate. 

 Elytra coarsely antl rather densely punctate. Length :'..."> 4.5 mm. 



Oratige. Ferry and l^osey connties; rare. May Ti-J une 1. 

 Taken by beating foliage, and at electric light. 



Microcara c.rpUnaia Lee., elongate-oval, brownish-yellow, length 

 V)-^^'^ nun., is known from Cana.da and .Michig.ni. 



Vr. TIelodkr I'ayk. 1798. ((Jr., " marshy.") 

 Head detlexed. tisnally concealed IVoin above by the prolonged 

 thorax; antenna' slender, first joint oval, stn-ond round, scarcely half 

 the size of first : third miniit(\ foiu'th as long as the i)receding three; 

 5 to n e(|ual. a little sh(.rtef than the f(nirth. Trosternum not pro- 

 longed between the coxa', which are ])rominent and contiguous; sec- 

 ond joint of tarsi with two dentiform projections which lu-arly eon- 

 ceal the small third joint; elaws sim])h\ Two s])('cies have been 

 taken in Indiana, wh.ile another perhaps occurs. 



KEY TO INUIAN.V SPECIES OV UELOOES. 



a. Form oval, longer than broad. 



1). Elytra yellow with two l.la.'k sjiots on each. V^\T^. pulciiema. 



hh. Elytra "entirely bla<-k. rrsnPENNTS. 



aa. r.roadly ovate, nearly as broad as long; elytra entirely Itlack. 



131(i. TUOK.\Cl(A. 



