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FAMILY LXV. — RIIIPIPUOKID.E. 



VIII. PoMPHOP(EA Lec. 1862. (Gr., "a blister.") 



The only characters separating this genus from Pyrota and Can- 

 fharis are those set forth in the key. One of the five species occurs 

 in the State. 



^2'o:^0 (8124). PoMPHOPtEA .^NEA Say, Jcnu'u. riiil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 

 1S24, nOl ; ibid. II, 108. 

 Elongato. slender, snlx-ylindrieal. Under surface, liead and thora.x 

 jirreenisli, ratlier tliiclvly elotlied witli long gray hairs; elytra bronzed and 

 with a few short, scattered hairs; antennae black; legs reddish-yellow, the 

 knees and troehantins black. Upper surface alutaceous, the head and tho- 

 rax sparsely, irregularly and rather finely punctured. Thorax bell-shaped 

 and with distinct median impressed line. Elytra finely rugose, not dis- 

 tinctly punctate. Front tibijie of male straight and with two spurs; hind 

 tibial spurs unequal, the outer broader. Length 10-lG mm. 



Putnam and Vigo counties; rare. 

 April 20-lMay 4. Occurs on blossoms of 

 apple, pear, etc. 



P. myi Lee. (Fig. 595), length 15-18 

 mm., and P. unguicularis Lec., length 

 18-20 nun., were both described from 

 Illinois and may occur in Indiana. Ac- 

 cording to the descriptions, they differ 

 very slightlj^ from ceriea, the elytra being 

 glabrous and the legs more or less blue- 

 black In ungmcularis the hind tibia? of 

 nuile are dilated toward apex and 

 „. ,„„ „ , ., . „ stronglv comprcj^sed, while in satfi the 



tig. 590. Fvmphupaa iSayi. X 2i - • '■ ' 



(After Chitteuden in iiiijl. 38, U. S. Div. ti])i-\i jiyo normal 



Ent.) 



Family LXV. RHIPIPITORID.E. 



The RiTlPIPHORID PEETIiES. 



A small family of wedge-shaped beetles resembling the Mordel- 

 lid* closely in general appearance, but having the sides of thorax 

 without a sharp edge ; hind body not terminating in a spinous 

 process as in most JMordellids; elytra usiuilly shorter than the abdo- 

 men and narrowed behind, with the inner w-ings longer and usually 

 more or less |)ro,jecting; antennte pectinate or fan-shaped in the 

 mal(>s, frequently serrate in the females. The adults occur on 

 fiowci-s and ;ire much less common than the ]\Iordellids. The larv;p 

 that arc known are parasitic, some in the nests of wasps and others 

 on cockroaches. 



In addition to the general characters mentioned, the Rhipiphori- 

 dae have the head vertical, the neck very slender and entirely im- 



