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FAiAJllA' lAl. — CKKA-MBVCIIXK. 



llHil) ((;3!)2). DoucAst'iiKMA ALTERNATisM Sii.v. Jouni. riiil. Acjul. Nilt. Sd., 

 III. ISli:;, 40r); ibid. II, ISS. 

 101(Hiy;ito, sk'iulor. ('.vliiKlvicMl. r.riiwn, sparsely clotlied with prostnitc 

 m'M.v pubosceiiee ; llioi-.i.x willi t'diii' nnrrdw stripes of el;iy yellow i)ubes- 

 cenee; elytra each with thi-ee rows of irre.!j;ular spots of similar pubescence, 

 those of mifldle row the larger. Thorax spai'sely and finely puuetiire<l. with 

 an elongate median snKJoth space. Elytra more coarsely punctured; each 

 with an irregular bare si)ace behind the middle, this densely and confluently 

 punctured. Length 8-12 mm. 



Southern two-thirds of State; frequent, ^lay 24- July 7. 



1!)T0 (080,";). DoiiCASciiEMA NIGRUM Say. Journ. riiij. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, 

 1827, 272; ibid. TI. :'>](). 

 Elongate, slender, cylindrical. Uniform dull black. Head with ;i nar- 

 row raised line. Thorax finely granulate-rugose. Elytra minutely granu- 

 late, sparsely, rather finely and deeply punctate. Length 8-10 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. June 5-July 8. Breeds in 

 hickory, in the dead twin's of which it occtirs in nunil)ers. 



LIII. IIetcemis Hakl. 1S47. (Gr., "in sight" or "at hand.") 



Differs from the preceding by having the elytra narrowed and 

 pointed at tip. The antennae are slender, tapering, double the 

 length of the body, the third joint longest, twice the length of 

 fourth, fifth slightly longer than fourth. One species is known 

 from the eastern United States. 



1971 (G394). IIetcemis cinerea Oliv., Ent., IV, 1795, G8. 



Elongate, slender, cylindrical. Black, densely clothed with short, gray- 

 ish, prostrate pubescence. Antenna^ naked, black. Thorax cylindrical, 

 slightly longer than wide, narrower than elytra, the middle third with a 

 smooth dorsal line. Elytra rather densely and coarsely imnctured, the 

 punctures hidden by the dense pubescence. Length 8-12 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent, 

 ^lay 16-July 7. Breeds in walnut, mul- 

 berry, osage orange and hickory, about 

 the dead limbs of which it may be found. 



Cacoplia pullata Hald. clothed with 

 soft gray puliescence, length 10-16 mm., 

 || is known from New York, Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio and soutlnvard. 





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Fig. 456. Goes pulchra Halil. (After 

 S raith in Fifth Rep. U. S. Ent Comm.) 



IJV. (}()Ks hoc. isryj. (Gr., "mag- 

 ical.") 

 Kobust species, having the legs rather 

 short and sulnHpial in size; scape of an- 

 tennae willi a distinct scar-like impres- 

 sion near a))ex; thorax cylindrical with 



