KMiS 



PA^III.^■ 1,11. — c'lOKAMincin.K. 



r.>74 ((i;;!i!ii. (;(»i:s iksskiata Ilald.. 'I'rans. Aiiicr. I'liil. Soc. X. ls47. .">!. 

 KldiiLTatt'. r(il)iist. siiltcyliiKlrical. Dull In-own ; cverywluTi' cldtlicd witii 

 very sluirt. in-dsti-atc. IumwiusIi hairs: clylra with small spots of yellowish 

 hairs ai'i-aiii^'cd in iiTc-ular rows. 'Thorax liiioly puiictiuvd and more slen- 

 derly sjiincd than in <h hili.s. lOlytra innictured as in that spei-ies. Leni^lh 

 I'd nnn. 



.Ahii'sli.-ill Coimtv; i';!rc. .luiic iL'. K'udwii from New Voi-k', 

 Gcor^i.i Jind Louisiana. 



l!)?.") ((;4l)(>l. (JoKs I'll \ KRti.KXTA Ilald.. Trans. Amer. IMiil. Soc, X. 1S47. .")!. 

 Form of tcssihihi. Itrown : uniformly clothed with short, jirostrate. 

 whitish hair: elytra indistinctly eniss-barred at liase and asain behind the 

 middle with darker i)ale brown pubescence: scutellinn somethnes eh-iy-yel- 

 l<iw. Thorax and elytra i)iUHtured as in !(■'<■■« I aid. Lenf,'th ]1»-1*."> nnn. 



Lake, MarshalL ^Lidisuii ami Marion counties; searee. .June 10- 

 Jiily IT). Px aten t'lom foliag'e of l)laek oak. Said to breed in 

 beech and wild ehei'iy. 



(i. ocidaia Lee., piibescenee whitish, elytra each with a small 

 black spot one-third from apex, kmgth 10-11 mm., is known from 

 NcM' York. Ohio and Wisconsin. 



LV. Pi>i':cTR()i)i':i^v \jvf. IS.l'i. (Gr,, "sjinr i neck.") 



Body stouter than in (Itxs. with stronyer thoracic spines; lower 

 mariiin of head ludiind tin mentnm straight, not rounded as there; 

 antenna' of males but little longer tban bod\'. One spei-ies occurs 

 in the e:^stern Pnited States. 



T.t7(! (<;401'). I'lKcnioiiKKA scAiAiOH Fab., Syst. Knt., H, 1775, 27s. 



Eloni^ate subcylin- 

 dfi ca 1. very ro bit s t. 

 ^^ Ulack. shininLc: elytr.-i 



with conspicuous, dense 

 white pubescence ar- 

 ranged in irre.irular 

 transverse rows. Tho- 

 I'ax with similar pubes- 

 cence arranged so as ti> 

 leave a large dorsal spot 

 and a s[)ace around the 

 base of s|»ines bare. Legs 

 and antennje sparsel.v 

 clotheil with fine gra.v- 



ish pubescence. Elytra very finely and sparsely punctate. Length IT) - 



:V2 mm. (Fig. 4.").S. ) 



Lak:<' and INirtcr coimlics; scarce. Anuiist «i -S(>ptember 1!). 

 Occurs in the sand (bine re-don. where it probably breeds in the 



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/'ig. 458. Natural size. (After LcCunte.) 



