THE CLICK in':KTLKS. 751 



Hie. (4oOS). Mki.anoti s canadensis (.'ami.. Moiioii. lOlat., 111. isdo, :\V2. 



Kloiii^ato. r<>l)iisl. I'iceous or dark (•liestinit hmwii, sparsoly i)ulK'sct'iit. 

 AiiU'iiiia' sIi,i.Mitly loniicr tlian head and lliorax, tliird Juiut douldo tlic 1(mij;I1i 

 of s(M-tiud. oiu'-linli' as li.im' as I'durtli. 'I'liorax sliiilitly loiisici' tlian broad, 

 apt'X distinct 1\' narro\\(T tlian base, sides ronndi'd on aiiical liall '; dlsi< 

 coarsely and densely jmnclaie. Klylra leei>ly lint distinctly tapering' from 

 liase to ai)ex, stria- coarsely pnnctate. Length ir)-ir).r> mm. 



Posey County; rare. .Jtiiie 2. Resenil)les Ixith /issilis aiul (Iccu- 

 iitdinis. DilTers in llu' sti'oiioly eoiicave elypeiis and in having the 

 pi'dsteiimni much mure eiiai'sel\' ami clcsely pnticlured llian in 

 eillier. 



1417 (4343). Melanotis sagittahu s J>ec., Trans. Amor. I'hil. Soc.. X, 



1853, 480. 

 Elonjjcate, slender. Dull sooty or reddish-brown, sparsely clothed with 

 grayish hairs; legs paler. Second and third joints of antenn:e together dis- 

 tinctly shorter than fourth. Thorax but slightly eouvex, a little longer 

 than wide, feebly uarrowed from base to apex, sides slightly rounded on 

 apical third; disk sparsely and rather coarsely punctate, with an impressed 

 line on basal half. Elytra with rows t)f rather coarse, feebly impressed 

 l)uuctures; intervals sparsely and finely punctulate. Length 12-13 nun. 



Steuben and Kosciusko counties; rare. June 17-Jtily 10. 

 Beaten from elm. 



1418 ( ). Melanotus difficilis sp. nov. 



Elongate, slender, parallel. Pale reddish-brown, sparsely pubescent. 

 Clypeus short, coarsely inmctate. Autennai slender, third joint twice the 

 length of second, one-half as long as fourth. Thorax slightly wider at base 

 than long, narrowed in front ; disk, viewetl from above, with sides obviously 

 sloping downward toward front angles, coarsely, evenly, not closely punc- 

 tate; cariuae of hind angles prominent, strongly diverging from their tips. 

 Elytra almost parallel, strire feebly impressed, finely punctate. Length 14- 

 15 mm. 



Knox and Posey counties; rare. July 2-July 8. I\eseml)l('s 

 (■i)rli(i)ius and sdi/ifhii'lKs in form. Elytral intervals more coarsely 

 punctate than in any of our species except tenax. 



M. opacicoJlis, Lee, fuscous, third joint one-half longer than 

 second, was described from Rock Island, Illinois. 



1419 ( ). Melanotus piloscs sp. nov. 



Elongate-oblong, slender. Pale reddish-brown, densely clothed with 

 long grayish prostrate hairs. Third joint of anteunie in male two-thirds 

 longer than second, one-half the lengtii of fourth ; in female twice as long 

 as second, two-thirds the length of fourth. Thorax slightly longer than 

 wide, sides nearly straight, feebly rounded on apical half; disk densely and 

 rather coarsely jiunctate. ji faint median impressed line behind the middle. 

 lOlytra with sides parallel li-oni base to apical fourth, thence converging to 

 a rounded apex: punctures of stria> large, feebly imjiressed; interv.-ils 

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