THE MELANDinil) HARK HKKTLES. 1297 



IMiirion .ind Cnnvford counties; rjirc. ^I;iy 'J-l-lMfiy 25. Occnrs 

 on leavers of plants and slu-nhs. 



Xylila laviiiaht llclhv., black. l>asal half of elytra. ])ic(M)us or 

 rufo-piceons, Ieni>tli 5-7 nun., i-an^cs From i\laiiic to Lake Superior 

 and has been taken at Cincinnati. 



Carcbara loiu/iihi Lee, elono-ate, depressed, piceous, len^lh 6.5 

 unu., is said to occui' i-arely in the "Middle States." 



Xll. SiMLOTUS Lee. lS(i2. ((Ji-., "spotted.") 



The ineiiihei-s of this and the next genus have the head inclined 

 or vertical, frontal suture not distinct; front eox« conical, con- 

 tiguous, without trochantins; middle coxa^ not contiguous. Spi- 

 Jofus is represented by a single species having the antennae some- 

 what thickened toward apex. 



2;]!I7 (TCCiM. Spi LOTUS quaduipustvlatus Melsh., Proc. Phil. Aciut. Nat. 

 Sci., Ill, 181G, 57. 

 Eloiii^.-ite, slender, cniivex. Blackish-piceoiis, sparsely and finely pubes- 

 cent ; til)i;e, tarsi and basal half of antennse reddish-yellow; elytra each 

 with two dull yellow spots, one large, oblique, near base, the other, smaller 

 and more rounded, on apical third. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides 

 rounded, liind angles obtuse; disk finely and densely punctate and with a 

 faint impression each side near base. P^lytra more sparsely punctate than 

 thorax. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Kosciusko and Vigo counties; rare. June 5-June 6. Beaten 

 from leaves of walnut. 



XIII. Enchodes Lee. 1866. (Gr., "lance + appearance.") 



This genus is represented in the Middle and Western States by 

 one species. 



2398 (7665). Enchodes sekicka Ilald., Journ. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci., I, 

 1840, 98. 

 Elongate, slender, subdepressed, tapering behind. Unifonn reddish- or 

 chestnut-brown, rather (lensel.y clothed with very fine, prostrate, yellowish 

 pubescence. Thorax about as wide as long, widest at middle; hind angles 

 acute, base bisiiuiate; disk very finely and densely punctate and with a 

 wide, triangular impression each side near base. Elytra gradually but dis- 

 tinctly tapering from near base to apex, not striate, finel,v and densely punc- 

 tate. Length 12-14.5 mm. 



Vigo and Posey counties; rare. ^lay 21-June 10. Taken from 

 beneath bark of the downy poplar, Populns heterophylla L. 



Mystaxus sivndator Ncwm., dull yellow, thorax and elytra 

 marked with black, length 7 nun., is known from Ohio and Canada. 



