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FAMITiV \AX. — P^'TITID.F.. 



XIX. NoTHus Oliv. ISn. (Gr., "a hastnnl.") 



Our siiiyle sjXH'ics rcsciiiljlcs iho Laiupyrid, Tclcphorus hiline- 

 atus Say, in f>'eMeral a})i)earanee. Besides the characters given in 

 tribal key it has the head deflexed; antenme slender, subserrate; 

 last joint of iiiaxiUary paljii large, dilated, nearly cultriform; front 

 eoxffi conical, contiguous. The males have the hind femora curved, 

 the tibia^ armed with a sharj) sjune on tlie inner edge near the tip, 

 and the tarsal claws cleft. 



2400 (7G08). NoTHUs varians Lee, New Sp. 

 N. Am. Col., I, ISOO, 145. 

 Elongate-oblong, parallel. Plc-eous or 

 lilackisli-piceous, sparsely clothed with fine, 

 'Ayny, prostrate hairs; thorax reddish-yellow, 

 with a broad, black stripe each side of mid- 

 dle, these often connected or even confluent; 

 :intennfe and legs usually piceous, sometimes 

 ill part or wholly dull yellow. Thorax sub- 

 orbicular, slightly broader than long, its an- 

 gles all obtusely rounded ; surface finely and 

 rather closely punctate. Elytra finely, dense- 

 ly and rugosely punctate. Length 5-8 mm. 

 (Fig. 573.) 



Tliroughout the State ; frequent. May 

 1-July 1. Occurs on flowers and foliage, 

 especially those of Crataegus. 



373. X (). (Original ) 



Tribe IX. MYCTERINL 



While no inemlier of the tribe has ])een taken in the State, a 

 single species of each of its two genera may occur. The genera are 

 separated as follows: 



KKY TO GENERA OF MVCTERINI. 



n. Head sliurt : (iiipleur.-e not reaching tijis of elyti'a : first ventral segment 



short. Lacconotus. 



(lit. Head ]ir(>l<mged into a beak; epipleura' reaching tips of elytra; first 



ventral as long as the second. Mycterus. 



Lacconoius pKiirfattifi Lee, black, thorax reddish-yellow with 

 median black space, length 4-5.5 mm., has l)een taken by Dury at 

 Cincinnati. Muctcrus scalx r Ilald., black, legs and antenna? yel- 

 low, length 4.5 mm., "oci-ui's in the Atlantic States." 



Family LIX. PYTIIID.E. 



The I^ 'I'll id Bark BeetIjES. 



A small family, rcq^re^ented in tlie Ignited States by only about 

 20 species. Tliey are separated from those of Melaudryida^ bv hav- 



