Tiri': cLww nKK'v\,v.fi. 731 



lili. Base of elytra and sides lor one-l'ourdi the lenj^th red. 



UESUS. 

 (/!/. I'll.vlra jialc dull ycllnw. 



i. Narrow swtural margin and tip black. 1382. unteus. 



//. Broad sntural strii)c and narrow lateral margin black. 



138'?. SAYI. 



ee. Antenmo with third joint not triangular or very feebly so iu male. 

 j. Third joint of auteunie very nearly equal to fourth and much 

 longer than second. 

 A-. Pubescence of thorax rather long and coarse; legs reddish- 

 brown. IMPOLITUS. 

 A/.-. I'nbescence of thorax very short. 



I. Thorax red. 1384. bubricollis. 



11. Body uniformly dark brown, nearly black ; length 11-16 mm. 



1384a. var. socer. 

 jj. Third joint of antenn;e very little longer than second and dis- 

 tinctly shorter than fourth. 

 m. Black, legs and antennae alone reddish-brown ; thorax finely 

 ' and sparsely punctate; joints 2 and 3 of antennse together 



scarcely longer than fourth. 1385. subtilis. 



mm. Black ; thorax or elytra in part or wholly red or brownish-red. 

 //. Size larger, more robust ; length G.5 or more mm. 

 0. Thorax wholly or partly red. 

 p. Apex of thorax black, base and sides red. 



1386. RUBRICUS. 



pp. Thorax wholly red. 1387. coixaris. 



00. Thorax black, elytra scarlet or dull red. 



1388. SANGUINIPENNIS. 



)ui. Size smaller, slender ; length less than 5 mm. 



q. Elytra blackish with large oblique basal spot and some- 

 times the tip dull yellow; thorax often yellow. 



1389. ABEOLATUS. 



qq. Elytra dull brownish, the thorax paler. 1390. pusio. 



1378 (42(X)). lOr^TEB hepaticus Melsli., Proe. Phil. Acad. Nat. Scl., II, 

 1844, 160. 

 Elongate-oblong, subconvex. Ilniforni dark brown, sparsely clothed 

 with coarse yellowish pubescence. Antenna' with second and third joints 

 together a little longer than fourth. Thorax wider than long, sides rounded ; 

 hind angles acute, straight, finely bicarinate. Elytra with punctured striar, 

 intervals flat, wrinkled, si)arsely and finely punctulate. Length 9-10 mm. 



Lake. Kosciusko. AFai-ioii and l^osoy comities; scarce. April 11- 

 Jiuip 22. Occurs beiioatli bark and on vegetation. Resembles a 

 small form of the common Melanofus commvni.^ Gyll., but readily 

 known by the form of the hind coxal plates. 



E. i)}.<;ig)his Lee, antenna' and Iciis dull red, length 14 nnn.. is 

 recorded from Ohio and Texas. 



