■nil-: CLICK' i'.i:i"i'i.i:s. 729 



linos, (lu'so ofti'ii t-()iURVtO(l ;it iniddU' ;iii(l iiciir npcx by (\v<i iiiiri-dw mikI 

 sinuous bladv crossbars; antonn:i> and k',i;s yellow. Thorax slij,'iiliy lonj^er 

 than wido, convox, narrowed in Iron!, sides feebly curved on ai»ical half; 

 hind anjjies short, obtuse, divergeni : surface densely aiKJ rather (•(larscly 

 punctured. Elytra irradually tapering' from base to apex, striate-punctate. 

 Length 3.5-4 nini. 



Soutlierii half of State; freciiient. January 19-Deceinber 25. 

 Hibernates lieneatli ruhliisli in damp localities. At electrie lights 

 in sununer. 



XXIV. DiCKKPiDirs Eseh. 1829. (Gr., "two + little shoes, i. e. 



h)bes.") 



Elongate brown hairy insects separated from the next genus 

 only by the eharaeters given in llie key. The hind coxal plates in 

 both are strongly dilated inwards and toothed. One of the three 

 recognized species has been taken in the State. 



1376 (4195). DiCREPiDius palmatis Candez., Mon. do Elat., II, 1859, 14C. 

 Elongate, very slender. Dark reddish-brown to piceous, very sparsely 



pubescent with yellowish hairs. Antennae of male branched or pectinate; 

 second joint (in botii sexes) globulai*, one-sixth the length of third, the 

 latter as long as fourth. Thorax distinctly longer than wide, sides feebly 

 rounded; disk sparsely and rather coarsely punctate; hind angles long. 

 strongly carinate. Elytra gradually attenuate from middle to apex. sti-ia> 

 coarsely punctate; intervals subconvex, finely and sparsely punctulate. 

 I^ength 14-lG nun. 



Lake County; rare. Jidy 21. Taken fi'oiii beneath the l)ark of 

 pine. 



XXV. IscniODONTHs Cand. 1860. (Gr., "coxa + tooth.") 



Clypens stJ"(in_<:ly mai'uined bnt not crested; prosternnl sutures 

 excavated in front and concave on outer side; tarsi witli lobes l)e- 

 neath l)oth siM-ond and third joints. 



1377 (4197). IsciiiODONTCs soleatus Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. \l. 



1836, 176; ibid. II, 612. 

 Elongate-oblong, slender, convex. Dark chestnut brown; sparsely i)u- 

 bescent with short, suberect hairs; antennse and legs reddish-brown. An- 

 tennae strongly serrate, second joint not more than one-third the length of 

 third, the latter as long as fourth. Thorax slightly longer than broad, sides 

 nearly straight, feebly divergent from near apex to tips of hind angles, 

 which are prominent, subacute and finely carinate; surface rather densely 

 and coarsely punctured. Elytra feebly tapering from near base to apex ; 

 disk with coarsely punctured, striie; intervals slightly convex, finely and 

 irregularly punctate. Length 10-11 mm. 



