TITE ANT-LIKK KI.OWKU' HRETLES. 



V.VM 



VIT. DiLANDius Casey. IS!);!. 



Of this genus its autliof says: "I'mMiliai- in liavin^- the acute 

 side pieces of tlie prosternuin hehiiid the coxa' uinw. inwardly- pi-o- 

 h)nt;'ed than in Aiilhiciis, so that they coah'sce at or neai- tlic niiihUe. 

 thus closing the coxa! cavities. The ntesostennnn extends in one 

 extremely laj-ge unhi-oken polished plate from side to side of the 

 body; its lateral (ulges hearing a sparse fringe of long still'. hristl\' 

 seta'." 'i\vo species are known, one of which was described fi-diii 

 southern Illinois and has heen taken by Dui'y near (,'inciiiiiati. 



L'4Sl' ( ). Dn.ANDirs myumfaops Casey, Aim. N. V. Acad. Sci.. Nil I. 



1895, (543. 

 A'ery slender and elongate. I'lack. densely nnd minutely ])uhcscent: 

 liasiil hair (if ;intemia' nnd Icjis ]>aler; elytra with a narrow basal crossbar 

 and a broader one at middle light brown, the hind one Ivordered in I'ront 

 by a narrow oblique bar of coarser, silvery white pubescence. Head rounded 

 at base, coarsely and deusely punclale. Aniennai one-hall' the length of 

 l>ody, the third .joint longer than fourth. Thorax slightly narrowi'r than 

 head, nmch longei- than wide, deeply constricted at basal third, the front 

 lobe globular; surface, as well as that of elytra, minutely and denst^ly 

 punctate. Elytra much longer than head and thor.ix, and twice as wide 

 as latter; disk with a deep cross-impression near base. Length 2.8 mm. 



Posey County; rare. April 7. One specimen from beneath 

 board in woodland pasture. Dury's specimen was taken from be- 

 neath a flat stone on Noveml)er 17, so tb;.t it probably hibernates as 

 imago. 



VIII. ToMODERus Laf . 1848. (Gr., "cut f neck.") 



Robust, convex species, with antenna^ stout, bead-like, thickened 

 and somewhat perfoliate near tips; femora stout, club-shaped; eyes 

 rather small, somewhat coarsely granulated; next to last joint of 

 tarsi bilobed. 



*248r. (TDHo). ToMODKRT'S coNSTRTCTXTS Say, .Touru. 

 Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. V, 182(',, 

 244; ibid. II, 300. 



Dark reddish-brown to piceous, shining, sparse- 

 ly pubescent ; basal portion of elytra reddish-brown, 

 gradually merging into piceous; antenme dark red- 

 dish-brown, legs paler. Thorax strongly constricted 

 behind the middle, the front lobe subgloboso, much 

 the larger, smooth or nearly so. Elytra 1 punctures 

 very fine .•ind irregularly placed on apical half; 

 coarser and in more or less distinct row's on paler 

 basal portion. I>ength 2.5-3 nun. (Fig. .58.").) 



e-i ,■, iippoii j.i.1 Fig- 585. Line shows natural 



Southern half oi State, common; not taken ,ize. (OriKinai.) 



