TIIK I.EAF BKKTl.KS. 1-1-^ 



Thnniirliont llu State; ciiiiiiiiini. M.-irdi ■_*() Scptcmlx'r 5. Oe- 

 eiu's on loavi'S of May-apple and lieiieath i-ii!iliisli in moist. L:i"assy 

 places. Our smallest species. 



L'LMS (lO.-lL'D). CUKIMDODKHA NITKNS Ildril. TlMllS. .\iuci'. lOnl. Sue., XVI, 

 1889, 24:?. 

 Ovate, relmst. l*.I:iel<. sliiniiii,' ; !nileini:e pale reddish-yellow; femora 

 pleeons. tilii:e hi-ow ii. t.nrsi iialer. Thora.v twice as wi(U' as loni:. distinctly 

 iiarrowi'd in fiMut. olili(Hiel\- tnnicale near rronl angles: disk eniivex. ante- 

 liasal iniiiressinii I'eelile. sui'lace rather co.-irsely. deepl.v and closely imnc- 

 tured. Elytra scari-el\- wider at base than timrax. iniihene rather feeble; 

 disk conve.x with a va^nie transverse depressiiai one-third from base and 

 along the sutnre. eansini: an apparent feeble elevation on each elytron: imnc- 

 tui'es small, not closely jilaced; intervals Hat. wider than the stri;e. smooth 

 and shinin.^^. I.enuth "_' mm. 



Clarion, Duhois and I'en'v counties; I'are. .April 12-.hine 1'2. 

 Taken by sweeping;- i-oadside lierbage. KesiMnbles the black species 

 of Epifri.r but devoid of hairs. 



LXVII. ()KTu.\i;ri('.\ Crotch. ISI:}. (Gr.. "straii;-ht + .iumj).") 



Small, clone-ate, i)arallel, bi-ownish or piceous beetles, liavinj; the 

 autennu' nearly as lone- as body, male, shorter in t'l'male, the second 

 joint half as lonsj;- as first ; the others dissimilar in the sexes. Thorax 

 Ijroader than long', scarcely wider at ])ase, apex truncate, sides and 

 base curved, disk Avith a ratlu'r deeji antebasal imi)ressed line, not 

 limited at the ends, which ufadually approach the base; first ventral 

 segment as long as the next three; hind tibia^ with a short spur. 

 Two species are known, both of which occur in the State. 



KEY TO SPECTES OF OKTHAI.TICA. 



ff. Anteumc stont In both sexes: elytral rows of pnnctnres confused on each 

 side of scutellum; antebasal impression of thorax rather deep but 

 not sharply imi)ressed ; front punctate. L'249. copalina. 



(1(7. Antennse slender; elytral punctures not confused near scutellum; ante- 

 basal impression deei). sharply defined; front smooth. 



li'jriO. MELINA. 



2240 ((jOa'i). Orth.vltica copai.txa Fal)r.. Syst. Eleut.. I. ISOl, 40(1. 



Elongate-iiarallel. sultconvex. r.rownish or iiiceons. shiniuLc: wlien jiic- 

 eous the head and thorax paler; antenna' ;ind lei;s reddish-yellow. Antenna' 

 of male with third and toiirtli Joints equal, a little lousier than second, fifth 

 longer than either fourth or sixth, li to K^ gradually shorter and stiaUer, 



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