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XXI. Cat.limoxvs Krjiiitz. ISfi:^. ((it-., "hcjiutifiil sharp. 



1903 ((nOl). Cai.limoxvs s.vnguinicoi.i.is 

 Oliv.. Eiit.. l\, ISOS. 7-». 

 Elongate, slender. Dull black; thorax <>r 

 male red. with narrow black apical and basal 

 margins; el.vtra brownish: hind legs yellow, 

 the tips of joinls lilack. Thorax subi-ylin- 

 drical, its disk with four obtuse tulMMvles. 

 Elytra si)arsely and i-.itlicr coai'scly iiuiiclnlc. 

 Hind tibia^ of nuiles long and curved, with 

 numerous teeth on the outer margin. Length 

 8.5-10 mm. (Fig. 438.) 



Laporte find Kosciusko counties; 

 rare. June (>— Tunc 24. Occurs on 

 flowers of Jersev Tea. 



Fig. 438. X 3J. (Original.) 



Tribe IV. RliOl'AI.Ol'lIOinXI. 



This trihc is coniposcil of a sintrie ^"cnus of small, slender beetles 

 having the head elongate; eyes finely granulated and deeply emargi- 

 nate; antenn;e slender, as long as body in male, shorter in female, 

 the fourth joint shorter than the third or fifth; hind tarsi with first 

 joint twice as long as second. 



XXII. Riiop.VLOPTTORA Scrv. 18'84. (Gr., "a club ! bearing.") 



This g(Mnis comprises three species, two from Texas, the other 

 from the eastern T'nited States, includiu!^- Indiana. 



1904 (6105). RiioPALOPiiORA i.oxgipes Say. .Tourn. I'liil. .\cad. Nat. Sci., 

 III. 18-J4. 42r. : ibid. IT. 201. 

 Elongate, very slender, subcylindrical. Bluish-bl.-ick. the thorax red. 

 Thorax cylindrical, with a slight obtuse tubercle each side, vei-y finely and 

 obsoletely punctate. Elytra with basal fourth fiat and suddenly sloping 

 downward, the humeri prominent ; surface deeply, coarsely and rather 

 densely punctured, the tips subtriuicate, sometimes with two sliort s])ines. 

 Length 7-8 mm. 



Western and southern Indiana from Vermillion County south- 

 ward; scarce. IMay ;30-June 30. Beaten fi-om the foliage of oak 

 and the flowers of Avild hvdrancrea. 



'i"rii)e V. Tlt.VCIIVDEUl.XI. 



A large tribe containing as gi-eat a vai'icty of forms as Tril)e I. 

 Ceramhyciui. Tlie distri])ntion of the genera is, however, mostly 

 to the south and southwestward, renresentatives of but three of the 



