133G FAMILY LXII. ANTHICID^. 



Northern third of State; scarce. June 13— Inly 23. Occurs in 

 company with fa] pa on foliage about water. The lihick markings of 

 elytra vary mucli in area, some specimens being ahnost wholly pice- 

 ous, while in some the oblong black mark on sides is lacking. 



*2480 (7923). Notoxus monodon Fab., Syst. Eleut.. T, 1801, 289. 



KiUUer elongiite and slender. l»nU_^ 

 brownish-yellow; elytra with a crossbar 

 behind middle, two basal spots and often 

 a snlihnineral and subapical spot on each, 

 I)iceons ; head and thorax on sides often 

 piceons. Tliorax oval, slightly wider than 

 "^ long, sparsely and finely punctate ; horn 



Fig. 584. X 9. (After Say.) ^, , r, • ■■ j .u 4. 4-1 



rather broad, margined and serrate at the 

 sides, its crest in large specimens distinctly elevated and serrate, in smaller 

 ones scarcely elevated and granulate. Elytra oblong, their tips rounded in 

 l>oth sexes; surface rather coarsely and densely punctured and with rows 

 of erect hairs intermixed with the dense, prostrate, grayish pubescence. 

 Length 2.5-4 mm. (Fig. 584.) 



Throughout the State; frequent. January 11-December 28. 

 Hibernates beneath logs, mullein leaves, etc. In siunmer occurs on 

 foliage, and often beneath cover in sandy places. As in the other 

 species, the dark markings vary. The subhumeral spot on sides is 

 more often present than al)se.nt, and sometimes fonns a black mar- 

 ginal stripe connecting with the crossl)ar. The subapical dark spot 

 is al)sent in several specimens at hand, but I do not follow Casey in 

 considering them specifically distinct. 



N. apicalis Lee, length 4 nnu.. is said to occur from Michigan to 

 Kansas, Texas and California. 



VI. Mecynotarsus Laf. 1849. (Or., "elongate + tarsus.") 



This genus differs from Notoxns in having the tarsi of all the 

 legs slender and much longer than in that genus, while the next to 

 last joint is cylindrical, without lobes. One of the four species 

 occurs in the State. 



2481 (7930). Mix;ynotarsus candidus Lee, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, V. 

 1875, 175. 

 Uniform pale dull yellow, almost translucent, clothed with very tine 

 silken pubescence. Thorax oval, broader than long, rather densely and 

 finely punctate; horn triangular, suddenly narrowed at base, both it and 

 crest margined and finely toothed, the latter narrow and feebly elevated. 

 Elytra oval, very finely and densely punctulate. the lips rcmnded in both 

 sexes. Length 2 nnn. 



Vigo County; rare. .May 2i). One from I)eneath chunlc in sand 

 near l)order of pond. Known heretofore only from the Southern 

 States. 



