1124 FAMILY LIII. — 01IHVy().MELlD>E. 



Hnel.v. sparsely aiul shiillowly punctured. Elytral punctures rather fine 

 and distant, the sixth and seventh rows more or less confused. Prosternuni 

 emarginate and acutely toothed behind. Length 4-<i nun. 



Thiouijliout the State; freiiueiit. Mi\y lU-Auyust 21. Occiuvj 

 on foliao'o. ol' birch and hazel, on tiowei-s of s{)ira'a, Jersey tea, etc. 

 The male has the spots ol' thorax and (>lytra black. 



L'Oli.' ((:(;4l'). Ckyptockphalus badius Suffr., Linnea. Entom., VI. 1852. 315. 

 .Smaller, robust, subcylindrical. Reddish-brown, shining; thorax some- 

 times Willi apical and side margins and bind angles yellow; elytra darker 

 l)rown marked with yellow as follows: a basal band of conliuent spots 

 reaching to sixth stria, a submarginai spot at middle, an interrupted sub- 

 apical baiKl and an apical spot. Thorax very finely and sparsely ])unctate. 

 Elytra with rows of ratlu>r coarse impressed punctures, the sixth to eighth 

 interrupted and oblicjuely connected. I'rosternum deeply em:irgin;ite and 

 acutely lobed behind. Length '.',~i:2 nun. 



T'oscy ('otmty; scarce. July tJ-JiiIy !•. Known from Pennsyl- 

 vania and Kentneky. 



L'OT.'! ((■)<;44). CiiYPTOCEPHALrs TiNCTtTS Lcc. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. VIII. 

 ISSO. 203. 

 Small, subcylindrical. I>ull In'ownish or reddish-yellow; elylr.-i with 

 three bi'oad. reddish cross-b;nids, nai'rowly and vaguely sejiarated by i)aler 

 yellow. Thor;i\ vei-y cnarsely and densely jiunctured. Sti'ia' of elytra 

 deei), coarsely lanictured. ilie seventh .and eighth slightly irregular near 

 middle. Length 3-4 nun. 



A sin^b^ spc'inu 11 in Wolcott coUection tal\en iK-ar llessville, 

 Tjak(> Coiiiiiy. Scpti luber 2;":'. Kani;es t'i-oin ^lassachnsetts to Texas 

 and Florida. 



('. si iidl iiliis I.cc., elyti'al stria' i'e<;iibir. was (h'scribed from 

 northern Illinois. 



XV. OKiBrRii^s llald. 1S4:). 



Ratlier robust sp( cies i'( semblini;' the |)recedinij; in form and pen- 

 oral appearance, but Jiavinci: the thorax distinctly mai'ii'ined behind, 

 the prostermuii Hat in front and dei)ressed behind, and the front 

 thitihs distinctly stouter tban the bind ones. One species has been 

 tak-( n in tbe State and .iiiotber pi'obably occurs. 



2071 ((;(;4!)). (iiniUKius scitkltaris Eab., Syst. Eleut., II, 1801, 54. 



Robust, subcylindrical. Black, shining; side margins and small spot 

 on disk of thoi'ax. scutellum. median transverse and rounded apical spots 

 of elytra yellow: base of antenna-, spot on sides of first, fourth and fifth 

 ventral segments and legs also yellow. Thorax coarsely and si)arsely punc- 

 tured, and with :ni obli<|ue im|)ressi<in each side ne.ar base. Elytra with 

 rows of line, r.-itlier distani and feelily imjiressed punct ui'cs. Length 5..') nun. 



