TiiK i,(>.\(;-ii(ti;Ni;i> w imid-i-.ok'I xi; i;i;k'1'I,I';s. 1027 



1899 (G084). IIktkkaciitiiks Qi'AORiMAcrr.ATrs Il.ild., Timiis. Anioi-. r'liil. 



Soc. X. 1S47. 4;i 

 Eloii.i^alc. slender. siiIkv liiidiicMl. l»iill lii'n\viiish-.v('ll(.\v, sliiiiiii^-; cly 

 ti'M cMch Willi i\v(( ciicnl.if pMler spnts. (uic in I'l'ont of .-ind one Just heliind 

 llu' middle. TIkhmx c.x lindricMJ. nnrrowed in front, disk with a wide, shal- 

 low median groove iiiterrnpled at nuddle ; surfacH'. as well :is that of elytra, 

 very sparsely pnnclured. I.en,!j;lli S 11 mm. 



Oik ill Diiry collcctioii from Lapoi-tc County. Occurs from 

 IN'iinsylv.uii.-i Id .Missouri. Tin- larva' liv(> in the wood of liickory. 



Zaii)()(J(s ohsciinis I.cc., l)lack, ()])a(|U(', clolhed witli (icnsc hrown 

 pulx^sccncc. leiio-tli l;-) iiiiii.. is known from New .Jersey and Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Trihe II. (tr.lMI.M. 



Small siioci(>s haviuii' the front enxa' prominent, contiji'uous. 

 conical and enclosed behind; pal])i slender, with the hist, joint tri- 

 ans'ulai'; first segment of abdomen very hm^', the second and follow- 

 ing' irregular in length, hairy and excavated or deformed in female; 

 thorax constricted and jx'dunculate at base and narrower than 

 elytra; femora strongly clubbed ; first joint of hind tarsi as long as 

 the next two. But two of the seven genera are represented in the 

 eastern United States and Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIA XA (iENERA OF OBRIINI. 



a. Thorax nuich narrower at base than at apex. XVIII. Phyton. 



aa. Thorax dilated at nuddle. e<|nally narrowed at l)ase and apex, tubercn- 



late at sides. XIX. Obrium. 



XVIIT. Phyton Newm. 184(1 ((Jr., "plant.") 



This genus contains but two small species, one of which occurs 

 in Indiana. 



1900 (0090). Phyton pallidum Say. .Tom-n. Phil. Aead. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1824, 412; ibid. II, 19:j. 

 Elongate, slender, subcyliudrleal. Dull, pale yellow; thorax with three 

 dusky lines and elytra each with four ohli(iue lirownisli hands, of which the 

 one just behind the middle is hi-oad, the olheis narrow. Thorax broad in 

 front of middle, narr<iwed on apical fourth, nuich nari'owed on basal third. 

 Length 5.5-n..5 nun. 



Knox Count\' ; i-are. duly 2. Should occur sparingly through- 

 out the State. The lai'\:e li\-e in red-luid. hieK'ory and osage oratige. 



XIX. Obrium Serv. 

 Two small species having the thorax (Mpially narrowed at base 

 and ai)ex belong here. One has been taken in the State and the 

 other probably oc(Mirs. 



