l;^)(l() FAMILY LX, CEDEMERID-l']. 



(I. Claws simple. Coimdita. 



(Id. Claws toothed at base; form very slender; eolor blackish, thorax 



wholly or in part reddish. III. Asi lkka. 



ce. Both mandibles simple; head shoi't. IV. Oxacis. 



I. .MicROTONi'i^ I;ec. 1862. (Gr., ''small + a thong. ") 



Represented by a single small brown species having the head 

 short, the front with distinet curved suture just before the eyes, 

 which are rather coarsely granulate; maxillary palpi with last joint 

 rather long, hatchet-shaped; antennae slender, one-half the length of 

 body, the second joint one-third as long as fourth. 



1'413 (7720). MicROTONUs sericans Lee, Glass. Col. of N. A., I, 1862, 25!>. 

 Elongate, slender, couve.x. Brown, feeblj^ shining, sparsely clothed with 

 short, silken, yellowish hairs. Thorax nearly square, as wide as head, sides 

 feebly rounded; hind angles acute; surface finely ami densely punctate and 

 with a vague depression each side near base. Elytra but slightly wider at 

 ba.se than thorax; surface cjusely, cdarsely and irrcgulai'ly punctate. Length 

 ;i.8-4.5 mm. 



Orange, Crawford and Perry counties; scarce. May 11-June 

 2(). Occurs on foliage, especially that of elm. 



TI. Naoerdes Schmidt. 1846. 



One medium-sized, sh'iider-bodicd species lielongs here. The an- 

 tennaj are less than half the length of hody, 12-jointed in male, 

 eleven in female. Fourth joint of mjixillary palj)) eh)ngate-trian- 

 gular. 



2414 (77.")o). Nackrdks mki-anura Linn., Faun. Snec., 174(*., 2(1."). 



Elongate, slender. ])arallel. snbdeju'essed. .Vbuve dull yellow: elytra 

 tiiiped with blackish purple ; under surface and legs in great part piceous. 

 Thora.x dilated each side in front of middle, narrowed behind, rather coarse- 

 ly aud closely punctate. Elytra each with fom- narrow, slightly elevated 

 lines; sui'face finel.v and densely punctate. Length 8-12 mm. 



Wells, ]\Iariou and Lawrc^nce counties; scarce. May 29-July 12. 

 Occurs about cellars, old boxes and lumber yards, probably in all 

 of the larger towns of the State. Oi'ig'ually from Europe, it has 

 been spread by couuuerce over the world. In one specimen from 

 Lawrence County tlu* thorax has a lai-g(> ])iceous spot each side. 



Copidita lliorarlra Fa I)., piceous, thorax reddish-yellow, elytra 

 varying to purple oi- l)lue, length 5-7 mm., is said to occur from the 

 "Middle States southward." 



