1298 p^AMiLY Lvui. — .'\ip:i>andkyid.k. 



XIV. Phlceotrya Steph. 1832. (Gr., "bark + to Imre.") 



This g'eniis inehidos those speoies usually listod under Dinaa. 

 They are of medinni size, haYe the head vertical ; ])rosternuin short, 

 not separating front (•(».\;e: males with front tarsi rather widely 

 dilated and the last ventivil sediment truncate or eniaryinate. Two 

 of the seven s])ecies recognized by Horn have been taken in the 

 State and anolher i)erliaps occurs. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OE PIIHEOTHYA. 



(/. .\uteiiii;i' slender, j(Miits loii.uer than wide; length 7 or more mm. 



h. Thorax shining, simply inmctate; elytra each with two yellow spots 

 of irregular shape. I'^OO. (^iadrimaculata. 



hh. Thorax opaque, rugulose; elytra unil'drm hrown or pieeous. 



2400. VAITDOUERI. 



iKi. Antenna' with joints somewhat triangular, nearly as wide as long; 

 length ('. mm. concolor. 



2o90 (7669). PiiLCEOTRYA QXTADHi MAC! lata Say. Long's Exped., II, 1823, 

 283; ibid. I, 1S7. 

 Elongate-oval, convex, narrower behind the nii(blle. Dark reddish- 

 brown or pieeous, feebly shining, sparsely pubescent ; antenme, palpi and 

 front margin of thorax pale; elytra each with a yellowish, irregular, H- 

 shaped spot on basal third and a very irregular one on apical third. Tho- 

 rax slightly wider than long, disk with sides strongly sloping, finely and 

 densely punctate. Elji;ra more sparsely punctured, the luuictures on basal 

 half unequal and coarser than those near iipex. Length 7.ri-ll mm. 



Lake, Putnam, Marion and Crawixn-d counties: scarce. May 28- 

 July 15. Occurs on moss of beech and maple trees. Commonly 

 listed as Dirccea liturata Lee, but Say's name has priority, as it 

 was thrown aside by LeConte only on the ground that it had been 

 preoccupied under Sciropalpiix. 



2400 (7671). I'liLCEOTRYA VAiDoiERi Muls.. Col. Fi'. Barbip, 70. 



Elongate, subcylindrical. slightly depressed. Dark brown to pieeous. 

 feebly shining, sparsely clothed with short, brown pubescenee ; labrum, nar- 

 row front margin of thorax, antennae and legs reddish-brown. Thorax a 

 little longer than wide, sides rounded into apex; surface finely, densely and 

 more or less rugosely and contluently punctate, the basal impressions very 

 faint. Elytra with two or three vague cnst.c. th'' surface of basal half more 

 sparsely and coarsely punctured than thorax. Length 7-O.rt mm. 



Perry County; rare. IMay 31. Occurs beneath bark. 

 1*. concolor Lee, dark bi-own, antenna' ])iceous, legs fuscous, the 

 tarsi paler, is Icuown from Pennsylvania and near Cincinnati. 



XV. Symphora Lee. 18(^6. f dr., "joined.") 



IFere lahuig two small, elongate, bi'ownish or pieeous sfiecies 

 having (he head scarcely (Icllexed, not constricted heiiind the eyes; 



