'nil'; ciiKCKinvM'.i) hI'M'-zi'Lios. 857 



riiornx riill\- ;is Idiij; as wide. Ilic sides iVclily I iilKn'culaU'. IMytra as de- 

 scribed iu key. Length 3-5 iiuu. 



Lake County; rare. July l:]. One specimen taken near ^lillers. 



lt!.S8 (5203). IIydnocer.^ vkutkai.is Say. Bost. .Tcmrn. Nat. Hist.. I, 1S.35. 

 UU: ibid. II, ('.40. 

 Elongate, nidderatt^ly convex. lUack. sparsely clutlied with suberect 

 hairs; 'head pale yellowish, with a black oblong spot (often wanting) on 

 verte.x ; antenna' and legs p.ile: (borax often willi ;i pale stripe or triangn- 

 lar spot each sid(>; elytra with base dull yellow, r.arely entirely black, soiuc- 

 tiuies entirely (lale with tips only black. Thora.x cylindri<'al. as wide as 

 long. El.Ai:ra strongly n.-irrowing from base to apex, two-thirds the length 

 of abdomen; coarsely, not densely i)nnctate. Length 3.5—4.5 nuu. 



Tlir()ii«i-hont tlie State; frequent. May 17-July 4. Beaten from 

 iiickoi'y limbs. 



H. i}-\v())uhjUi' Lee., greenish olive-bronze, antenna^ piceous, legs 

 and palpi dull yellow, length 4-4.5 mm., and //. scJnisteri Lee.. 5-5.5 

 mm. in length, blaek, antenna' pale yellow, legs and elytra in ])art 

 reddish-yellow, are both known from Illinois. 



1639 (520G). Hydnocera loa'gicollis Ziegl., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Se!., 

 II, 1844, 44. 

 Elongate, moderately convex. Blnish-black ; antennje and legs and 

 often the front of head, pale yellow; elytra nsnally with a pale snbsntural 

 stripe at base, this sometimes dilated so as to leave only the extreme tips 

 black. Thorax cjiindi'ical, one-half longer than wide. Elytra rather closely 

 but not very coarsely punctate, the sides converging towards apex. Legs 

 elongate. Length 3.5-4.5 mm. 



Steuben. Lawrenee, Dubois, Perry and Posey counties; scarce, 

 ^lay 23-Jun(' 17. Taken by sweeping low lierbage, especially in 

 moist places. Said to breed in hickory and witch-hazel, 



1G40 (5205). IlYDNOCERA TABiDA Lcc. Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist, V, 

 1849, 29. 

 Very elongate, suhde]iresse<l. Blnish-black; anteunjie, mouth parts and 

 legs pale reddish-yellow. Thorax snbcylindrical, nearly twice as long as 

 wide. Elytra jiarallel. distinctly shorter than abdomen, widely dehiscent at 

 suture, coarsely and rather densely punctate, I>egs very elongate. Length 

 5-7 mm. 



Dnbois (\)nn1y: rare. :\ray 24-:\ray 25. 



Tribe 11. ENOPLIINL 



The members of this tribe are easily recognizable I\v having the 

 fourth joint of the ta.rsi atrophied, the tarsi thus appearing, when 

 viewed from above, to be -l-joiiilcd. cxce])t in (h'lhoplriira, where but 

 three joints are visible, Tlie Hanks of thorax are separated from 

 the disk bv a more or less distincth' elevated mariiinal line. In 



