TrrE SOi'T-WIXCri) I'liOWKK IlKETTiKS. 



845 



IC.ir. (TiOrtTl. AriAi.rs mki.axoi'I'kims Ki-iclis., lOiitoni.. I. 1S40. 110. 



(H>l(in.ir, I'atlicr lirojidly (lil.-iltMl hcliiiid. I lend. Ihonix. Mlxloiucn ;iiid 

 legs, ii.MJe (IV ri'ddishyclliiw : clytr,! .ind liody liciicntli lil.i(l< ; liind rcuKpra 

 l)ice()us at lip. S;iii"ai-(" sliinini;: and scarcely imliesceiil. I,eiii,'tli '2.'> iniii. 



Crawroi'd and .IciiniiiLis coiinlics; scarce, •lime I'd -Inly 1(1. 

 .^Iso a species of soiitlieni l'ailU(>. 



Hlirta ( ). AriAi.i.s mi:i,a.\(i1' i i.ia s m ai;(.imi'i:.\ms var. nov. 



Oblonir. rather bi'eadly dilated lieliind. Head, thera.x. iirostenuini and 

 ahdnnu'ii reddisli-yelhiw ; el.\tra iilack er liiuisli-lilack. their tips narrewly 

 hcirdered with (iran;.^' m- reddish-yeliew : Irmil and middle le.txs \cllnw. llie 

 feinnra witli iil.-icjdsii lines: liind fenuira and tiltia- blackish, the tarsi yel- 

 li.w ; antenna' iilaci<isli. tlicir basal J.iints i'c(idisli-\-ell((w. Surface sbininu. 

 linely pnliescenl. Lentith li.s ."! nnn. 



( "I'aw t'ofd Coiiitly; scai'ce. .luiie 2t)-.Iiily ">. 



.1. liiiiiKnilis Horn, leii^'lh :> mill., was de.scrilied I'roiii Illinois. 



ICdC (.".(MUM. Attaus I'F.n ri i llui-n. Trans, .\nier. I^'ntdin. See., IV, IslL'. 

 124. 

 Obldiiir. rather broadly dil.ited ln'hind. Head, tbura.x. itrosteriuiin and 

 ;ibd(uneii reddish-yellew : elxtra dull (irau.iie yellow, reddish at tips, each 

 with a humeral and lar.u'er anteapical spot black; le,i,'s jiale I'eddish-yellow, 

 hind femom, except at tiiis. |)iceous. Leiiixtli I'-l'..") mm. 



Kosciusko and Putnam vounties; i-ai-e. July 4-'July 24. Known 

 heretofore only fi-om Canada. 



KHT (r)0(>:',). Attaus otiosis Sa.\-. Amer. Knt.. 1. isiis. lo'.i, pi. 4S ; ibid. 

 I, 109. 

 Oblong-oval. Head black. ]iah' yellow in front; thorax dull .vellow. 

 rarely with a median black stripe; elytra sooty-black with a bluish tinge; 

 hind legs more or less piceous. Length 2.5-;', mm. 



One specimen in Webster collection labelled "Ind." Said to 

 lie wididy dis[i'ihut(Hl over tlie Atlantic region. 



IGIS (5064). Attalus circumscriptus Say, Journ. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 III. 1828, 185; ibid. IT. 110. 



Oblong, robust for the genus, r.ather feebly dilatiMl 

 behind. Head black, labrum dull yellow; thorax with a 

 iil:ick median stripe, the side margins broadly pale; el.v- 

 tra bl;i( k with lateral and apical margins and suture dull 

 yellow: beneath black, the ventral segments edged behind / 

 with yellow: legs dusky vaiaed with dull yellow. Length 

 M mm. ( Fig. .■!2'.t. ) 



Crawford County; not rare ahoii! Wyandotte 

 Cave. ]May r2-^ray 27. A well mai'k'ed member 

 of tbe Anstroriparian fauna. Horn sa\s ""it aj)- 

 pears to be abiiost entii'ely conliiied 1o the extreme Southei-n 

 States." Taken also b\- l)ur\- near Citiciniiati. 



