TIIK I.KAK HKKTI.KS. 1207 



*2li:M (CltUO). llvi'Di.A.Mi'sis i-ii.osA lllii:.. Ma'j:. I'lir Insect.. VI. 1^07. 1(»r». 



(»l>i(>nji:-ov;il. (-(mvcx. I>ull ln'owiiisliyrlldw to piccdiis. (ip;H|nt': siu'Tmcc 

 Willi pnistrjit*' .uniy and brow ii pulicsccncr and sparse crcii hairs; antenna' 

 reddish or I)rownisli-.velI(i\v. the outer tive Joints darJu'r. 'rhora.x (luadrate. 

 very liltlo wider than h>ni,', sides nearly straight ; dislc (-(tnvex. coarsi'ly and 

 elosely pnnctale and witli two feeliie elevations sli.i,'litiy in front of nuihlle. 

 Elytra wider at base than tliorax: disk witli a faint oliliipie impression 

 from humerus to suture neai' middle, endinic in a siiallow tilatk fovea on 

 first ami second stria-: laniclures coarse, close-set and deep- arrant;ed in 

 regular rows: intervals not widei- than the distance iietween the punctures. 

 Length 2.5-4 nun. 



Tiiiko. Wells jind \'iun c.)iiulie.s; S(';irco. .hiiuiary 1 -Inly iM . 

 Occurs mostly in s.iiuly localities, beneath i-iihhisli, whei-c it hiber- 

 nates as imaii'o. 



LXIT. I'AciJYoxvciii s Chev. 18:U. ((\v.. "tliick + joint.") 



Represented in tlie eastern Tnited States and Indiana l)y a 

 small, oblont?, parallel smooth species, liavin<>- the antenna' a little 

 longer than half the hody, the second and third joints short, nearly 

 equal in length, together longer than first but shorter than fourth, 

 joints 5 to 10 equal, not thickened as in the preceding genus; hind 

 tarsi moderately long, tlie first two joints triangiUar, the fourth 

 inflated at apex. 



2232 ((^1)24). PAC'HYONYCHtTS PARAnoxrs Melsh.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Soi., 



Ill, 1847, k;.-.. 



Oblong, nearly i)arallel. Keddish-yellow ; elytra piceous. the suture nar- 

 rowly reddish-yellow: antenn;e black, the three basal joints paler. Thorax 

 convex, more than one-half broader than long, not narrowed in front, sideK 

 feebly curve<l, nun-gins thickened at front angles, hind angles dentiform; 

 surface si^arsely and deeply puuctate. the impression near base deep and 

 extending from side to side. Elytra wider at base than thorax, the punc- 

 tures of stria? coarse and closely, placed ; intervals slightly convex, each with 

 a row of very tine ])uuctures. Length .'1-4.5 unn. 



Southern half of Stale; scarce. INIay 12-June 2(i. Occurs on 

 the greenbrier {Sinilax). 



LXTII. Blepharida Rogers. 18o(i. (Gr., "eye-lid.") 



Here belongs a single i-obust, oval species having the antenna' 

 rather widely sei)arated at hasr. half as long as body, first four 

 joints smooth, the second half as lonu' as first: third and fourth 

 slender, each longer than second ; 5 to ]0 broader than fourth, grad- 

 ually very slightly shoi-ter and -pubescent, 11 th longer and with a 



