sus 



1276 FAMILY LVI. — CISTELID/E. 



23G1 (7508). IlYMEXORis densus Lee, New Sp. N. Am. Col.. I, ISGG, 138. 



Eloug;ite-()v;il. I'lfecms or dark reddisli-browu ; larsi and two or three 

 basal joints of auteuiue paler; pui^esceiice short, coarse, pale and con- 

 spicuous. Anteuuaj one-third the length of body, thy third joint slender, 

 slightly longer than fourth. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides straight 

 to beyond middle, thence rounded into apex, hind angles rectangular; sur- 

 face finely and very densely punctate, without basal impressions. Elytra 

 slightly wider at base than thorax, widest at middle; disk with feebly im- 

 pressed rows of small, ratlicr dcise-set i)unL-tnres; intervals very tinely and 

 densely punctulate. 



Vigo County; rare. June 32. Taken from fungus on beech 

 tree. One also in Webster collection. 



III. CiSTELAFab. 1775. (Gr., ''a little box.") 



Rather broadly oval or ol)long beetles having 

 the antennas more or less compressed and ser- 

 rate, with the third joint very short in both 

 sexes; fourth joint of maxillary palpi slender, 

 ?'3,Tarsai 'iws'* (Mter triangular; pubescence dense, short and incon- 

 westwood.) spicuous. (1^'ig. 566.) Two of the six recog- 



nized species occur in the State. 



23G2 (7G02). C'istela ukevis Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1824, 

 2G9 ; ibid. II, 158, 

 Elliptical or broadly oval, convex. Head, thorax and under surface 

 black ; antennae and legs pale reddish-brown, the former dusky toward tip ; 

 elytra usually fulvous or tawny, sometimes black. Head with a lengthwise 

 groove. Thorax two-thirds wider than long, apex truncate, one-half as wide 

 as base, the latter broadly and strongly l)isinuate, hind angles acute; disk 

 tinely and densely punctate. Elytra Hnely but deeply striate, the strife with 

 fine, close-set punctures; intervals subconvex, densely and minutely punc- 

 tate. Males with the front tarsi compressed, the fifth joint str:!ngly bent 

 and thickened at base. Length 7.5-9 nun. 



Throughout the State; scai'ce. May 10~June 8. Occurs on 

 flowers of wild hydrangea, linden, etc. All four specimens in the 

 collection have pale elytra, though the ones with black elytra are 

 said to be usiudly the more common. 



23G3 (7G27). Cistela am(ena Say, Journ. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1824, 

 2G9; ibid. II, 158. 

 Oblong-oval, subdepressed. Black, shining; thorax and under surface 

 pale reddish-yellow. Head with a transverse impressed line between the 

 antennte. Thorax short, transverse, more than tu ice as wide as long, the 

 apex broadly rounded into the sides, hind angles rectangular ; disk finely 

 and rather sparsely punctate, more or less flattened on the sides and with 

 a feeble impression each side and at middle near base. Elytra at middle 



