TllK LEAF BEIOTLES. 



1183 



2184 ((>1>;?()). (Kdionyctus kimiuuata Forsl., Nov. Sp. Ins., 1, 1T7J, 25. 



Ol>l(.n--()val. modor.itoly couvex. t\H>l)l.v shining. Dull retlilisli-yelluw ; 

 lli(»rax with live piccdiis spols. usually uKirc or less contluont; elytra with 

 only a narrow sutural liiu> Mack, or with three piceous stripes, with inter- 

 grades; feiuoi-a and under surface, except the metasternum, reddish- yellow ; 

 anteunie. tibia> and tarsi piceous. Thorax more than twice as wide as long, 

 foolvly narrowed to front, nuirgins narrow, surface finely alutaceons, rather 

 coarsely and s])arscly punctate. Elytra scarcely wider than thorax, surface 

 closely punctate, more lin(>ly at apex. Length r. 7.5 nun. (Fig. 517. a.) 



Lake aiul Dubois comities; rare. I\Iay 13-.May 21. Taken ])y 

 sweeping herbage. 



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Fig. 517. a, (Ediomjchk fimbriata; b, 0. miniaki; c and (/, 0. quercata and \'ariet.\-. (After Horn.) 



0. pctaurista Fabr., length 5.5-8.5 mm., ranges from North Car- 

 olina to Texas and has been recorded from Cincinnati. 



*21S5 (G0:J1)). CEdionychis miniata Fabr., Syst. Eleut.. I. 1801, 495. 



Oval, slightly oblong, convex, feebly shining. Reddish-brown beneath, 

 dull yellow above; thorax with a transverse brownish spot; elytra with a 

 sutural and each with a median discal stripe blackish; antenua;>, except the 

 base, front and middle tibia-, and all the tarsi, piceous. Thorax three times 

 as wide as long, sides curved and narrowed to the front: disk sjiarsely and 

 finely punctate. Elytra variably, usually finely and rather closely, i»unc- 

 tate. Length 5-().5 mm. (Fig. 517, h.) 



Throughout the State; frequent. February 14-October 1. Hi- 

 bernates beneath rubbish in sand>- localities. Taken in May by 

 sweeping. 



2186 (6941). ORdionychis tuyamoides Crotch. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 187.3. 63. 



Oval. subdei)ressed. moderately shining. Above iiale yellow; elytra with 

 a broad, oval, common sixit. lilack. tinged with greenish; under surface and 

 legs reddish-yellow: head yellow. si)ai-s('ly jtunctate. .\uteuna' longer than 

 half the body, picemis. tliri'c or four b.-isal joints p;iler. Thorax twice as 

 wide as long, distinctly broader at base than apex, margins broadly flat- 

 tened; disk finely alutaceous, sparsely and indistinctly punctate. Elytra 



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