TIIK OT.IOK TJKKIT.F.S. 



r4o 



(I. I'niiclnrcs (Hi tias.il hiilf i<\' tlinrnx iiiimitc. vrry (Icusc .-iml snui.-- 

 wliiit niircsc; llmsc cii .-iiiicnl linll' iiiiicli cnarsci'; Icii.udi i:; 



11 ,,|,|| 1 iLir,. CKAIIAIUS. 



on. ruiictmvsdu liasiil aiul api.al halves .iT tlimax lu.t varyint,' -ifatly 

 ill (U'lisity and coarseness, 

 y,. Cni-ina' o[' hind angles very dislinct. and slrdii-iy di verf,'inj^ I'l-Din 

 apex t«p tht'ir liases, liie siiaee between carina and side at i)ase 

 with three or lonr rows ot coarse punctures; lenf,'tii 1- 



14_r; „,,„. 1427. UIVARCAKINIS. 



/(/;. Carinje of liind an.t,des less distinct and much less diverj^ent. not 

 over two rows of piuictures between their bases and sides of 

 thorax. 

 q. Larger and more robust species; length n or more mm. 



/•. Thorax vi-ry sparsely punctured, finely on the middle of 

 disk, a little more coarsely on the sides; length 11-12 mm. 



1428. PAKAMPl'NCTATl S. 



/■/•. Thorax coarsely and closely punctured on sides. 



*•. Clypeus broadly but not deeply concave; color dark red- 

 dish-brown ; length 15 nun. 142!). lAxvs. 

 ss. Clypeus subconvex ; color fuscous or smoky brown; length 

 13.5 mm. l^^O. deiuus. 

 qq. Smaller and much more slender species; length not over 

 10.5 mm. 

 t. I*unctures of elytral intervals very fine and indistinct. 

 //. Reddish or sooty brown; clypeus subconvex; thorax as 

 long as or slightly longer than wide, very finely and 

 sparsely punctate at middle, more closely on sides. 



1431. DEPRESS rs. 



uii. Piceous-black ; clypeus subconcave ; thorax slightly wider 



than long, its punctures coarser. 1432. pertinax. 



it. I'unctures of elytral intervals almost as coarse as those of 



strife ; form very slender ; color piceous ; length 7.5-8.5 mm. 



143.3. TENAX. 



1413 (4.307). .Melanotps decumanus Erichs., Germ. Zeitschr., Ill, 1842, 

 104. 

 Elongate, robust. Piceous or dark reddish-brown, sparsely clothed with 

 grayish hairs. Clypeus feebly concave, coarsely and densely punctate. An- 

 tennie slightly longer than head and thorax, third joint twice the length 

 of second, three-fifths as long as fourth. Tton-ax slightly longer than wide, 

 sides sinuate near base of hind angles, distinctly curved in front of middle ; 

 disk very coarsely and densely punctate on sides, more sparsely at center 

 and with a smooth, more or less impressed line on basal two-thirds. Ely- 

 tral strife feebly impressed, rather finely piuictate; intervals finely and 

 sparsely punctate. Length 14-18 nmi. 



Throughout the State: frequent. Ay)ril S-Jnly U. Beaten 

 from pine and beech foliage ; also beneath bark. The sides of tho- 

 rax are more broadly rounded in females than in males. 



