874 FAMILY XLIII. PTINlD.li:. 



hh. Ltist .idiiit (if maxillary palpus broadly triangular; thorax less par- 

 allel, the side margius narrowly but evidently reflexed; form more 



robust. HAERISII. 



(Id. Form more oval ; eyes small, not very convex, scarcely larger in the 



niale; width of fi'ont five or six times that of eye as seen from front; 



color piceous or dark brown. 



c. AntennjTe acutely serrate ; first two ventrals of male without line of 



erect hairs; sides of thorax fiattened. IGGl. fucatus. 



cc. Antenme subpectinate in the male; first two ventral segments of male 



with a median line of short, dense, erect hairs; sides of thorax not 



fiattened. 1()G2. lugubris. 



IGGO (-5202). Xyletinus i'eltatus Harris, Trans. Ilartf. Nat. Hist. Soc, I, 

 1836, 75. 

 Elongate-oblong. Bri^iwu or reddish-brown, clothed with fine, silky yel- 

 lowish pubescence. Antennie moderately serrate, joints 'i to 10 triangular, 

 terminal joint elongate-oval or nearly si)indle-shaped. Head finely and 

 densely punctate, feebly obtusely carinate at middle. Thorax moderately 

 narrowed in front, disk convex, broadly impressed each side on basal third, 

 leaving the median line very convex, resembling a carina ; surface finely and 

 sparsely punctate. Elytra with narrow, lightly impressed striaj, which are 

 finely, not closely punctate. Length 3.5-5 mm. 



Putnam and Kosciusko counties; rare. July 4-September 7. 

 Beaten front tlie foliage of the Virginia Creeper. 



A', harrisii Fall, length 3.7-5.5 nnn., was described front Ohio, 

 Kentucky and Michigan. 



IGGl (.5205). Xyletinus ficatlts Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 18G5, 238. 

 Elongate-oval, convex. Black or piceous black, clothed with fine, short 

 and rather sparse pubescence. Antennte with joints 3 to almost twice as 

 wide as long, male, or slightly wider than long, female. Eyes small, sep- 

 arated on the front by about five times their longest diameter. Thorax 

 strongly transverse, median line feebly elevated at base, sides flattened but 

 scarcely reflexed, surface densely, finely punctured and with larger shallow 

 punctures on the sides. Elytra finely rugose- wrinkled, deeply and finely 

 striate, the strife very feeldy punctate ; intervals nearly flat. Length 3- 

 5 mm. 



INIarit)!! County, scarce. IMay 28-]\[ay 2!). Taken from the side 

 of stone abutments, where the.y Avere basking in the sunshine. 



1GG2 (.520G). Xyletinits lugi'hris Lee, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, XVII. 1878. 

 612. 

 Resembles fiicatus, but smaller and more elongate. Antenn;e subpecti- 

 nate in male, acutely serrate in female, where the intermediate joints are 

 about as wide as those of male fvcatus: Sides of thorax less fiattened and 

 moi-e strongly sloping downward on Itasal half. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Starke, Marion and Posey counties; scarce. March 23-June 

 18. Beaten from foliage of oak. Probably hibernates beneath 

 bark. 



