!1-">() 1•^\.MII,^ MIL CI]RYS(1J\IELin.10. 



L'OSC, (r.C.S'.l). l'A(IIYI!KA( IIVS LIKIDIS Fill)!-.. Svsl. lOlcUl.. II. 1 S( 1 1 . 4.".. 



SiilM-yliiidrirnl. mlmsl. lihick, suboiuuiue : tlKirnx witli sides ;iii(I ii 

 ii.iri-(i\v median line usually reil : elytra with a liu(> al base and usually a 

 uuuibei- of (ililuii:; spaces on llie bnikeu intervals dull yejldw ; auleinue i-ed- 

 disli-browu at base, dusky at apex; femora often with a yellow spot. Tho- 

 rax densely, coarsely and deeply pnnctnred, often with a portion of a smootli 

 median line; bind auLcles obtusely rounded. Elytra with coarse, confused 

 punctures over I be greater pai't of the surface, the rows visible onl.v on sides 

 and behind middle. Length '.\.'2 4 nun. 



'rhrotighoiit the State; scarce. .Iniic l-Jvilv !). Oeciirs on 

 flowers of flersey tea and on foliaiic of tht^ false indigo, Baptisia 

 leucautha T. & (I. The elytra, and sonM'tinies the entire hody, are 

 wholly hlack. In tlie latter instanee the name \ ar. iilnriiius (20S()a) 

 is herewith ^iven to distinguish them from tlie other lilack speeies, 

 tiionisKs and cdrhoiKtrins. Tlie piuictnri^s of thorax are much 

 coarser tlian in the latter. 



llOST ( ). I'ACII VCKACIIVS S'lKTHIS sp. n(.v. 



Slendei'. subcyjindrical. l>ull black, mottled with yellowish; front dull 

 .vellow. with a median black line; anteim.e yellow, the outer joints fuscous; 

 thorax with very narrow margins, a UH'dian elongate dash and three or 

 four minute spots each side dull yellow; el.\tra with a narrow basal line. 

 extending from humerus to and back of scntellum and two backward spurs 

 from same, dull yellow; also with numerous elmigate marks on apical third 

 and a larger sjiot at ajiex. yellowish; luuler surf.-ice black, the legs and last 

 ventral yellow. lOlytral intervals very nai-row ;ind much bi-oken ; punctures 

 minute, crowded, their intervals finely alutaceous; humeral umboui' promi- 

 nent, "-hining black. J>ength '2.7> nun. 



Flcyd ('opiity: rare. .liiiie^S. 



2(ISN (CCUT). l'A(iivia;Acii> s iiia'ATUis Melsli.. I'roc. I'liil. Acad. Xal. S<-i.. 

 IH, 1S47. 171. 

 Subcylindi-ic:i I. nn.derately robust. AboA'e dull clay yellow, moi-e or less 

 clouded Willi brownish; elytra usually with a brown spot on each humerus 

 and four or live similar spots on apical third, of which a connnon sutural 

 one is the largest; under sm-face reddish-brown. Thorax rather coarsely, 

 closely an<l evenly imnctured. Klytr.i coarsely and evenly ]iunctate without 

 stria' except t\\(r near nnirgin each side. I'rosternum flat, truncate at apex, 

 henglh I'.-i:; mm. i 



I ake ('(ituitN ; rare. -Inly 14. Prolialily occurs thropgluHit the 

 State, as it lias 1( c ii t;ikeii at ( "iiiciiiiiali. 



'_'0S!> (Cd'.lS). rAcuvuHAtiivs srm AsciATis Lee, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist.. 1. 



1824. 17:!. 



Short, subcylindrical. Itl.ack. feebl\- shining; tlmrax with sides and 



ot'ten a doi'sal spot reddish; elytra with ;i medi.an .•ingulale reddish band 



extending fi'om sides .-ilniosl |o siilure and ol'leii ;i smaller spot near apex. 



