1274 PAMII.V T.VI. — CISTKMD.K. 



77. Ininicrdlls T^ec.. piccous, antenna' fnseoiis, legs pale yellow, 

 was d(>scril)e(l from Kiiitncky and lias l)een recorded from ('in- 

 cinnati. 



I'Mf).") (T.'Ui). IIymenokus I'li.o.si.s JMelsh., IMmc Phil. .Vcntl. N;it. Sei.. Ill, 

 184G. 58. 

 Oblong-oval. Dark reddisli-hrowii to iiiccdus. shining; antenna*, tibi;o 

 and tarsi paler. Eyes separated by more than their own width. Thorax 

 as wide at base as elytra, nearly twice as wide as long, the sides rounded 

 into apex; hind angles rect;ingni;ir : surface strongly sloping on the sides, 

 rather coarsely, deeply and sparsely punctate, with a shallow transverse 

 impression each side near base and another in front of scntellnm. Elytra 

 nearly four times as long as thorax, the sides parallel ; surface with rows 

 of scai'cely impressed punctures; intervals feebly convex, sparsely and tinely 

 liunctate, rugulose near the apex. Length 7-8 nun. 



Thronghoiit the State; freqtient. May 16-Aiigiist 10. Occurs 

 on and beneath the bark of the black willow, Salix nigra Marsh. 



235t; (75!)4). Hymexokis nioeb Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 

 1S4(J, 50. 

 Elongate-oval, rather slender and parallel. Black or piceous, shining; 

 femora pale, autenme and tarsi piceous; pubescence ash-gray and rather 

 tine. Eyes separated by a distance ecpuil to their width. Thorax three- 

 Hfths wider than long, sides straight and parallel almost to middle, thence 

 rianided Into apex; surface hnely and sparsely punctate, without impres- 

 sions near the base. Elytra not wider than thorax, their sides parallel and 

 nearly straight; surface with rows of small, deep punctures, which are im- 

 pressed only on basal half and become obsolete near ape.x ; intervals finely, 

 deeply and sparsely punctate. Length r,.:',-{; nun. 



Throughout the State; frequent. .June 2-Jnly G. Occurs on the 

 dead l)ranches of oak. 



'2:\'>~ (10,G42). lIvMENOKis melsheimeki Casey, Aim. N. Y. .\cad. Sci.. VL 

 LSPl. PL'. 



Elongate-oblong, parallel. I'iceous lilack above; anteini;i' and legs pale 

 reddish-brown. Eyes separated by slightly more than their own width. An- 

 teniuxi short, stout, not more than one-third as long as b:)dy. Thorax nearly 

 twice as wide as long, sides parallel and feebly curved beyond middle, 

 thence broadly rounded into apex; surface finely, sparsely and deeply punc- 

 tate and with a taint impression on middle of base. Elytra eipi.-il to thorax 

 in widfii. sides p;irallel. nearly straight; disk willi ini]iressed rows of hue. 

 rntlier dislaiil pundures; intervals niinulely nnd sp;irsely pinic(;ile. Length 

 7 s mm. 



Lake and Kosciusko couiiti(s; rare, duly l2-.July 21. De- 

 scribed from Michigan. 



