742 FAAiii.v xxxvii. — i:i,A TKini-K. 



flowers oi' CrdlKf/us. juul latoi' on i'uli;i<i;'^ of \"ariiius plants. Xdted 

 as matinij' on A])i'il 2G. 



1400 (429;j). AcauoTES AVLMsrs I.oc, Trans. Aiiier. I'liil. Sue, X, ]S5:'., 457. 

 Elongate-oblong; convex. Piceons l)lack, shining; sparsely clothed with 



yellowish pnbescence ; legs and antennjxi pale reddish-brown. Thorax slightly 

 longer than wide, sides ronnded on apical third; hind angles feebly diverg- 

 ing, strongly earinate; snrface rather sparsely and very coarsely janictate. 

 Elytral stria- rather coarsely pnnctate; intervals nearly flat, sparsely and 

 ronghly pnnctnlate. Length S mm. 



Vioo County; scai-c;'. Mux 24-JnHe i). Hcatcn from foliage. 

 Known lieretofore only from New Eniilaiid ami Pennsylvania. 

 Reseml)les ptihcsrcns but readily distinjG^'uishi'd l)y the form of hind 

 coxal |)lates. moi'e shinina; surface and more coarsely j)uiictured 

 thorax. 



XXXI. DoLOPUis Esch. 1829. (Gr., "crafty.") 



Differs from Agrirdrs only in having the side margin of the 

 thorax straight instead of being bent downward in front. One 

 species only is known from North America. 



1401 (4207). DoLOPius lateralis Esch., ThoiL Arehiv.. Ent. II, 1829, 34. 

 Elongate, slender, snbconvex. Piceons or sooty liniwn. sparsely clothed 



Willi shdi-t yelldwish jmbescence; apex and hind angles of thorax, more or 

 less distinct snbhnmeral strii)e of el.vtra, legs and. basal .joints of antennae, 

 yellowish. Thorax slightly longer than wide, sides parallel, ronnded on 

 ajiical fonrth; hind angles acnte. prominent, not divergent; disk densely 

 and rather flnely punctate, and with a faint median impressed line on 

 b;isal half. Elytral stria' with distinct, close-set punctures; intervals flat, 

 finely, densely and rngosely pnnctnlate. Length 7-S mm. 



Northern half of State ; frequent. April 15-October 12. Beaten 

 from foliage, especially that of tamarack; often occurs on flowers 

 of l)laekberry. In some specimens the yellow on elytra is reduced 

 to a mere trace on humeral angles. 



XXXIT. aLYFiiONYX Cand. 186:5. (Gr., "carve + claw.") 



Small, slcndci", bfownish beetles, atleiiuatc lu'liind the middh' 

 and having Ihc clypcns more or less angnlate; hind angles of tho- 

 rax not earinate; thii-d and fourth joints of tarsi slightly lolied 

 beneath. Fivc^ species are known from the ITnited States, four of 

 which occur in Indiana. 



