'I'liK ci'PKSin BKi<yi'i,i;s. 



893 



upon the front ; tin- tulxM-cnlat-- hoad. strclclicd out forward and 

 suddenly const i-ictcd behind and atla-'licd to 1ti<' thorax by a dis- 

 tinct nock: tliorax small, (luadratc, tho side niari>ins well defined; 

 ]irostennnn well defined with a slis'lit point b(>hind fitting into the 

 inesosternnni : front eoxa^ small, not prominent, their cavities trans- 

 \erse, open behind; niesosternum with the side pieces excavated for 

 the middle leus; liind coxa^ transverse, fiat, snlcate behind, receiving 

 the thip-hs in repose; abdomen with five free ventral segments; legs 

 slender, contractile; tibia' withont terminal spnrs, tarsi 5-.iointed, 

 spongy beneath, their claws sim])le. 



The name of the family is based upon that of llic typical genns, 

 Cupif:. which is derived from the Latin word of th(> same form 

 meaning "dainty" or "fond of delicacies." Why Fabricins gave 

 such a name to these beetles is not manifest, as the larva' are said to 

 breed in decaying wood. 



The principal literature treating of the fannly is as follows: 



LeConte.— "On the Cupesidsp of North America," in l^rans. 



Amer. Entom. Soe., V, 1874, 87-88. 

 (7„.sf ,/.-_" Synopsis of the Genus f'}ii>'.^," in Ann. N. Y. Acad. 



Sci., IX, 1897, 637-688. 

 One of the two genera is represented in the eastern United 

 States by three species, one of which occurs in Indiana. 



I. CuPES Fab. 1S01. (NTj., "fond of dainties.") 



This genus has the flanks of the thorax excavated for the recep- 

 tion of the front legs and tlie eyes strongly convex. 



1697 (5382). Cupes concolor Westwood. Zool. Jonrn., V. 440. 



Elongate, slender, snbdepressed. Pale brownish or ashy iirny. densely 

 cuvered with small scales; elytra with darker brown oblonp; dashes or 

 blotches, which form three indistinct undnlated l)ands. Antenn:ii nearly as 

 long as the body. Head with four feebly seitarated tubercles, with a nar- 

 row impressed line between them. Thorax wider than long, about half the 

 width of elytra ; disk with a median longitudinal carina and a deep impres- 

 sion each side: side nnirgins abbreviated near the front and hind angles. 

 Elytra with rows of large quadrate punctures ; intervals convex, the alter- 

 nate ones higher. Length 7-11 mm. 



Lake, Wells, Putnam, Vigo and Posey counties, one specimen 

 from each. June 22 -July 25. One was taken from the cavity of 

 a ripe apple, the others beneath bark. Say described it as C. rin- 

 (/•( rr, stating that he hnd obtained nuinerous specimens in the vicin- 

 ity of New Harmony, whore it was common al^out old frame houses. 



