AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGY. 21 



ANTHICUS. Plate X. 



Generic character. Antennae with conic joints, the second and 

 third nearly equal, terminal one ovate-oblong ; labial palpi ter- 

 minated by a small truncate joint ; thorax subcordate, often 

 strangulated near the middle ; penultimate tarsal joints bilobate ; 

 nails simple. 



Obs. The type of the insects which now constitute the genus 

 Anthicus of Fabricius, was included by Linne in that of Meloe, 

 by Greofiroy, Olivier and Illiger in that of Notoxus, and by Mar- 

 sham in that of Lytta. I formerly adopted Geoffroy's designa- 

 tion, but that name has since been adopted by European natural- 

 ists for a very different species of insects. 



[These species belong to notoxus, as now restricted. — Leg.] 



Anthicus bicolor. — Specific character. Blackish, thorax 

 with a projecting horn, and with the feet testaceous, immaculate. 



Desc. Head very dark testaceous ; front and vertex covered by 

 short incumbent hair of a silky lustre ; eyes black ; thorax testa- 

 ceous, immaculate ; horn obtusely dentate each ft side, and some- 

 what bicarinate above ; scutel small, black ; elytra purplish- 

 black; breast and abdomen testaceous, sericeous; body with short 

 incumbent hair ; feet naked. 



Obs. In the forests of New Jersey, I have found this little in- 

 sect in the month of June, on the leaves of the hickory (Juglans 

 tomentosa Michaux), and of some other plants. The Rev. John 

 P. Melsheimer, an able Entomologist, informed me that he ob- 

 tained many specimens from the garden carrot. This species is 

 allied to the Notoxus serricornis of Panzer, fascicle 32, pi. 17. 



The upper figures of the plate, of which the smaller one indi- 

 cates the natural size. 



Anthicus monodon Fabr. — Specific character. Testaceous; 

 elytra with a black band and spots. 



Anthicus monodon Fabr. Syst. Eleut. i, p. 289. 



l)< sc. Body above hairy ; head with the vertex silky ; eyes 

 fuscous; thorax with a lateral obscure spot; horn obtusely den- 

 tate each side; scutel small; elytra with a black band on the 

 middle; each marked by two black spots at the base, of which 

 one is near the scutel, and the other on the humerus ; a Mack 

 obsolete one near the tip ; abdomen silky. 



