'I'lTE OLICK Itl'.l'/l'I.lOS. 



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Described riH)iii New Ihinnotiy. Posey CoiiiiIn'. One dend speci- 

 men taken iic.-ii- lliri-t' hy AVolcoll ; ;ils(t 1;iken l»y Dui'y ne;ir Cin- 

 cinnati. Slionld dcciu' spai'inuly t liroimlKiiil llie soiitlicni lliii'd of" 

 State. 



XXIir. ]\lox()ruKi'imrs Eselt. 1829. (Ci-., "sincrle i little slioe.") 



Fourth joint of tarsi obliiiuoly prolon<ie(l into a nieiiihranous 

 lobe; first joint of nnteinio' lonfjei- Hum \isual ; hind eoxal phites 

 suddenly dilated on the inner side with IIk^ an^-les roniidcd and a 

 tootli at the origin oL' the thiu'hs. 



KKY TO INDI.VNA SPKCIKS OF M O.NOC'ltia'nnL S. 



(/. L(il)o of Cdurlli tarsal joint very broad. 



h. Size larger, 12 or more inin. ; color uniform brown. l:'>71. Mvnms. 

 Jtb. Smaller, not over 7.5 mm.; elytra dull reddish-brown witii a broad 

 fuscous stripe alons the suture. 1372. suturaiis. 



<ia. T.obe of fourth tarsal joint narrow. 

 c. Length 5 or more mm. 

 d. Form elongate, slender; thorax distinctly loiigei- Ihan wide. 



1373. VESPERTINUS. 



(hi. Form short, oblong, robust ; thorax about as wide as long. 



1374. AURITUS. 



cc. Length not over 4 mm. ; elytra reddish with narrow black lines. 



1375. BELLUS. 



1371 (4181). MoNOCREPiDius LiviDUs DeGeer, Mem. 

 Hist, des Ins., IV, 1763, 1G2. 

 Elongate, subconvex. Dull brown, densely covered 

 with short, prostrate hair ; antennre reddish brown ; 

 legs yellow. Thorax one-fourth longer than wide, 

 slightly narrowed in front, sides feebly curved; hind 

 angles prominent, acute, divergent, with a short and 

 rather feeble carina. Elytra gradually tapering from 

 base to apex, striate, the stri;e with close set, oblong 

 punctures ; intervals flat, finely punctulate. Length 

 14-17 mm. (Fig. 279.) 



Southern two-thirds of State ; frequent prob- 

 ably throughout. IVTay 30-Augiist 11. Beaten 

 from branches of trees and shrnl)s, especially 

 those of walnnt and hickorv\ 



Fig. 279. X 3. 

 (Original.) 



1372 (4183). MoNocREiMmi s sutiralis Lee, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, X, 

 1853, 482. 

 Elongate-oblong, subconvex. Above dull reddish-brown, finely and s))arse- 

 ly jinliescent with grayish hairs; head, median line on tlionix and sutural 

 slrijie on elytra, expanding at base and on apical third, sooty brown or 

 fuscous; beneath fuscous, the prosternum and infiexed portion of thorax 

 i-eddish-yellow ; antenna' and legs pale brownish-yellow. Thorax one-half 

 longer than wide, sides broadly rounded, hind angles finely cariuate; sur- 



