1342 FAMILY LXII. — ANTIIICID/E. 



249o (T'Jdl). Anthk'us iialdemanni Lee, I'roc. Phil. Acad. Nat. ^ci.. VI, 

 1852, 100. 

 Black or ])iceons: elytra each with a laru'c. triauiiular spot on hasal 

 fourth and a small rounded one (»n aiiical fonrtli. reddish-brown; antennse 

 and legs dull reddish-yellow. Head truncate and impressed at base, rather 

 coarsely and closely punctate and with an entire smooth median line. Tlio- 

 rax as lonis? as wide, broadly rounded on the sides in front; surface densely 

 and finely ininctate. Elytra much more coarsely and less densely punctate 

 than thorax. Length 2.7-o nun. 



Pine and Ilessville, Ijake Connty; scarce. April 16-Jiine 4. 

 The markings on elytra resemble some of the varieties of ccnnnus, 

 but the head and thoi-ax are both distinctly wider and the elytra 

 more coarsely punctured. 



24!)4 (79S0). Ai\Tiiicrs mklancholuts Laf., Mon. Anthic, 1S4S, 174. 



Suboval, convex. Color uniform, varying from i)iceous to dull brown- 

 ish-yellow, sparsely pubescent; antenna' and legs paler. Head with base 

 truncate; surface finely and closely pmictate and with a smooth median 

 line. Thorax slightly longer than wide, its sides nearly straight and feebly 

 converging to base; disk strongly cinivex, densely and finely punctate. Ely- 

 tra with humeri somewhat rounded ; disk coarsely, deeply and rather closely 

 punctate. Length 1.8-2 mm. 



]\Iarion County; scarce. October 11. Taken from beneath 

 chunks in low, open woods. Easily known by its small size, uniform 

 color and small, convex eyes. LeConte's spretus and latchraiis are 

 said by Casey to be the same as Laferte's species. 



Casey (loc. cit.) described Anthicuii sodalis black throtighout, 

 leng'th 3-3.2 mm., and A. hcroicus black, leg's testaceotis, elytra each 

 with two large rufous spots, length 4 nun., both from "Indiana," 

 but I have seen no specimens. A. saucius C!asey, length 3 mm., was 

 described from Iowa. 



XIIT. Rapintus Casey. 1895. 



This genus includes ten species difiPering from AntJiicus l)y the 

 characters mentioned in key and by tlieir having the body stouter, 

 with relatively longer elyti'a and smaller thorax; epipleura? wider; 

 first joint of hind tarsi longer; tibial spars shorter and much more 

 slender. In addition to the erect "tactile seta%" the elytral pubes- 

 cence consists of longer and more erect hairs arising from coarse 

 punctures, and shorter, more prostrate ones from minute punctures 

 of the intervals. Oui' two species belong to the grou[) having the 

 eyes large and ralbei' strongly conv(\\ and the body black or brown- 

 ish-black. 



