TiiK iJiiii'ii'iioKin 1!ki:ti,ks. l:><t7 



Lake, Fulton .•lud i*ulii;iiii coinitii's; s(';ir<-i'. .Iiily 4-Jiily -W. A 

 single female of vai-. trislis Fal).. wholly black, was taken in Put- 

 nam Comity. -Inly 25. 



25;^."^ (SITS). IvHiiMriioHis cmKNn s Ccriu., Ins. SpcK". Nov.. isiil. ics. 



Color vnriiihle; in tyiiical cniciitiis, ]ni{\y and legs entirely black; ely- 

 tra red. ai)ex and narrow basal niari.'in bla<-k ; anteniiie and abdomen black, 

 the latter very rarely red (male), abdomen red. very rarely black (fe- 

 male) ; in v;ir. rufus I.ec., body above, beneath and lefj;s reddish-yellow; ;in- 

 teniue black with pale basal joint. lOlytra conti.^uous for nearly half their 

 Ien,t:th. then obliqnely narrowed, not acnndnate at tips. Length 5-7.5 mm. 



I'err\- Connty ; rar(>. .lime 17. Our only species having tlu; 

 second joint of hind tarsi lonuer than third. .\ member of the 

 A nst roriparian fauna . 



2534 (8170). RhU'iphoiu s iimhatis Fab., F.nt. Syst.. II. ITKS. 112. 



Head, thorax, under snrface. femora and middle and hind tibiii; red- 

 dish-yellow; thorax with ;ui oval black spot on disk; elytra either wholly 

 black or pale yellow with the margins and sntnre black; antennte, except 

 the two basal joints, tarsi and front tibia\ black. Vertex smooth, convex. 

 Thorax with hind angles and basal lobe nuich pi»longed. the latter not 

 notched at tip; surface s]"»arsely and shallowly punctate. Length 6-10 mm. 



Southern two-thirds of State; scarce. July 10-August 17. Oc- 

 curs on flowers of various CompositiP. The top of head and sides of 

 nieso- and inetasterna are often hlack. 



R. favipcnnis Lee. length 7.5-10 mm., is known from Pennsyl- 

 vania, Georgia, Illinois and westward; R. hifovcatus Horn, hlack, 

 elytra hrownish, darker at haso, with small i)alc spot one-fourth 

 from humeiiis, length 11 mm., was described from Illinois; R. line- 

 aris Lee, linear, length 4 mm., was described from Kentucky. 



II. MvoDiTEsLatr. 1819. (Gr., ''like a mouse.") 



Wedge-shaped species having the elytra very short, wings not 

 folded; antenna' fan-like in both sexes. They occur on the flowers 

 of goldenrod and other Composita' in August and September. One 

 species is known from the State. 



25;',5 (81S7). Myodites fasciatus Say, Journ. IMiil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. Ill, 

 1824, 274 ; ibid. II, 1G2. 



Black, feebly shining; legs and elytra .vellow, the latter with base and 

 spot near apex fusoous. Vertex prominent with a median carina. Thorax 

 conical with a median impressed line; surface, as well as that of head, 

 finely and densely punctate. Elytra one-third the length of .abdomen, widely 

 separated, sparsely jninctate. Ivength 4-(5 mm. 



One specimen in Webster collection labeled "Ind." Taken by 

 Dury near Cincinnati ; also known from Illinois and [-"ennsylvania. 



