'I'liK i,(>N<i-i h»K'Ni;i) wooD-i'.oiviNc ui;k'1'I.1':s. 



I Mi.") 



IKC.T ((;:!ST). .Md.NoiiAM MIS s< riKi.i.Ai'i s Siiy. hdiin's lOxiM-d.. II, \X'24. 

 ■2S'J: il,i(l. I. \'J-2. 



VAi)Wj.:)\r. snlicyliiHlric.-il : culdi' uivcii 

 in key; sriiii'lliiiii clollicd willi wliitc pii- 

 lii'scfiicf. il-; iiicdiaii line «>ricii sini».|li. 

 Antciiii;!' (if iiKilt' iwicc ;is li.u- ;is Ixidy: 

 of I'ouiale. one -fourtli luiiiici- lli.in lutdy, 

 iiiid s<)iiu'1iiii(>s .•innul.itc. 'riiof.ix (rniis- 

 vcrscly wriiikli'd. csiici-iMlly sn nc.-ir I'ninl 

 ;md luiid iii.-ii'Liins. I';i\li-;i ciii rsclx' .-nid 

 ni.^dst'ly |i 11 iirl II red. innrc s;) in iiinlc. 

 Li'U.irlli \'> -X mill. ( Fii;. 4.V.. ) 



li;ik(- iiiid iNu'tcr cotuitics; fiT- 

 (Hi(>nt li"n(';illi l';irk of piiic. .Iiiiic 15- 

 .luly ;5. 



.1/. coiifiisnr Kirl)>-, 1( ii'^tli 'iS-;-51 

 111)11.. occurs in " ( ';)ii:i(l;i. New KwiX- 

 Innd and tlic ."Middle States." 



ITT. |)(.K-('AS(M1K.M.\ 1 cr. IS.")!). (Gr.. 

 "a deer + form.") 

 Tliis liciius con)])i'ises three medi- 

 nm oi- sinall-si/(«d species, diflt'erino- ^..^^^^ (After Smith in ntth Rep. u. s. 

 from tlicir allies liy the hiek of eiea- Ent.Comm.) 



trix on I'.asal joint of antenna-, the smootli sides of thorax and tlie 

 rounded ti])s of elytra. All three occur in the State. 



KEY TO SPECIKS OF DORCASCll KM A. 



(/. Tlionix truly cyliiidrical, longer than wide; lirowii with grayish i)nl)es- 

 eence. 

 ?^ Th(irax 1r;insversely wrinkled, indistinctly imiictnred; larger. 15- 



'2'2 niiii. 



I!k;S. wildii. 



hh. Thorax not wriidded : punctnataion distinct: smaller. S-lL* nnn. 



1969. ALTERNATfM. 



(/(/. 'I'iiorax sliirhtiy narrowed licjiind (ho niidille. nearly as wide as long; 



,-.dor black.' !•>'<>• ^itauTM. 



19f..S (r.:!91 ». DoRcAscuKMA wiiDii I'liler. I'roc. I'liil. Acad. Nat. S<-i.. VII. 



l.s.-.-,, L'lT. 



Klongatc. slender, snlicyliiidrical. liriwii. densely clothed on disk of 



thorax and elytra with yellowish-gray imhescence. this Itordered on sides 



with light gray pubescence: elytra with nnnierotis small, rounded, bare 



sjiots and a large, irregular one b"liiiid the middle: often also with a stripe 



of clay yell' w pubescence on sides, extending from uuddle to ai>ex. Thorax 



with median line snionth :ind with numerous line tr.-msverse raised lines 



or wrinkles. Length 1.'. L'L' mm. 



Marion and Fonniain c.iitit i(-s : scarce, .liiue :'. •him- 17. This 

 and the next hr.M-d mi mullterry ;ind osauv-orant;v and the adults 

 are iisu.dlv found on the trunks or foliati'e of those trees. 



