121() FAMILY LIII. CllKVSO^IELlD.E. 



nth one-half longer than 10th and acuminate at apex; in female joints 4 

 to 10 are etiual. shorter than third and slender. Thorax one-half wider 

 than long, base scarcely broader than apex, margins hnely serrate; surface 

 rather sparsely but deeply and coarsely punctate. Elytra distinctly wider 

 than thorax, unilxme prominent; disk with nine rows of coarse, closely 

 placed punctures, those of the inner rows confused at base; intervals slightly 

 eonvex. Length 2-3 mm. 



Throii!,>'h(mt tlio State; freqnont on sntiiac and Tlorciiles' ehib. 

 Mny 20-.Tuly 7. 



2250 (^0A^^1). Ortijaltica melina Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XVI. 

 1889, 249. 



Elongate, parallel. I'ali' reddish-yellow, shining. Thorax one-half wider 

 than long, widest in front of middle, sides curved, slightly ol)lique in front of 

 base, margins entire ; disk convex, rather coarsely, sparsely and irregularly 

 punctate. Elytra wider at base than thorax, umbone distinct; disk with 

 feebly impressed rows of rather distant moderate punctures ; intervals flat, 

 smooth. Length 1.5-2 nun. 



Floyd (N)iiiity; scarce. .Tnno 2S. Known liorotoforo only from 

 Kan.sas and Texas. 



LXVIII. Epitrtx Fond. 1859. fHr.. "upon + hair.") 



Very small convex species, differiiiG; from Crepidodera in the 

 npper surface bearing short, semierect hairs, sparsely placed over 

 the thorax and arranged in a single row on each interval of the 

 elytra. Tlie head has an ()l)li((uc ridge each side, extending from 

 the end of the frontal carina to the eye and limited above by an im- 

 pressed line, the two forming together a broad V. The front angles 

 of the thorax are obli(iucly truncate with a small tooth behind the 

 truncation. Five siccios are hnown fi-oni the State, while another 

 may occur. 



KEY TO INUIAMA SPECIES OF EPITKIX. 



(/. T'pper surface piceous. 



h. Thorax very densely and coarsely punctate; antebasal impression 

 very feeble. -251. fisciea. 



1,1). 'I'lKirax not densoly punctate, the punctures well separated, 

 r. Antebasal iui|ircssl<iu well marked. 



(/. Elytra! si ri:e I'aliiei' deep, I lie |Mui.-tures cdarse, close and quail 



rate; punctures of thorax close, though separated. lobata. 



dd. Elytral stria;, especially those nearest the suture, very feeble, the 



punctures round, not crowded, 2252, cucumeris. 



cc. Anieliasal Impression very feel)le; species smalk-r. not over 1.5 mm. 



2253. I5REVIS. 



