THE MELANDKNll) HARK UKKTl.KS. 1;}01 



bb. Black; k'j,'s pale fuscous; Itasal iiui)rossions very faint. 



2406. Pl'SILLA. 



(HI. Thorax and elytra nmre or less liicolored. 



('. Head black; tluir.ix and hasal |)ortion of elylra lari;ely dull yellow. 



I'lOT. n, AIM ATA. 



re. Head and tlmra.x idack : elytra pale, dull yellow. 



24()S. I'AIJJI'K.N.MS. 



L'4dr) (T<i!)r>). Tanifa PAi.Mi'Ks Mclsli.. I'roc. I'liil. .Vcad. X.it, Sci.. III. 



iS4(;, r.c. 



Elongate, rather slender, suhdepressed. Coloi- L^nven in key; head black, 

 pubescence line, sparse, yelldwish. 'I'lKirax slinrl. nearly twice as wide as 

 lon.g. a])ex and b;ise truncate, sides rounded ; disk ininulely and densely 

 .i;raindate-i)unctate. basal impressions broad and rather shallow. Elytra 

 widest behind the nuddl(>, a li<tle more sparsely and coarsely and less ront^h- 

 ly i)unetate than thorax, r^enirth 2 2.."i inni. 



'rhi'ouglioiit the St;ite, ri'e(|iieiii in the .s(Mitherii counties; iiuicli 

 h'ss so nortliward. Mny 1(>-Jiily 25. Beaten rroni I'oliaiic of \ai'i- 

 oiis slu'iihs. 



24(m; ( T<".<»;',). ('ANn.\\ prsiLr^\ ITald.. .Tourn. I'liil. .Vcad. \at. Sci.. I. isjs. 

 100. 

 More slender and parallel than jxtUljicx. lUack ; elytra tinged with 

 fuscous, thickly clothed with tine, pale, yellow ish i)uI)esoenee. Length 2 nun. 



Putnam and Dul)ois connties; scarce. May 10-May 26. 



2407 (7002). Canifa pi^ciiata Melsli., I'roc. I'liil. Acad. Nat. Sei., III. 



184G, 50. 

 Form of pallipcs. Head black; thorax and medial basal porti(»n of ely- 

 tra dull browuish-yellow ; apical portion and sides of basal lialf of elytra 

 blackish-fuscous. I'asal impressions of thorax smaller, deeper, with usually 

 a third one iu front of scutellum ; otherwise as in pallipcs. Length 2- 

 2.5 mm. 



Throughout the State, coimnon in the southern counties; less so 

 northward. May ll-June 24. Ik^aten from foliage of many shrubs 

 and herhs, especially that of red l)ud, honey-locust and great rag- 

 weed. 



2408 (7004). Canifa pallipennis Lee, I'roc. Amer. I'liil. Soc, XVII, 1S7S, 



019. 

 Elongate, slender. Head and thorax black; elytra itale, dull yellow. 

 finely pubescent; under surface and legs pale yellow, anteniue and abdo- 

 men darker. Thorax twice as wide as long, surface finely granulate-punc- 

 tate; basal impressions broad and distinct. Length 2.3-2.5 mm. 



One specimen from beneath the liark of dead pine near Millers, 

 Lake County. July 14. Described from northern ^Michigan. 



Tribe VIII. NOTHIXl. 

 This tri])P is represented in North .\inerica 1)y the one genus: 



