:i4S IfA.UILY XT. STAPOYLINID-H. 



651 ( ). Taciiyusa ameeicana Casey, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 



XVI, 1906, 20T. 

 Slender, convex. Blackish-piceous, shining, sparsely clothed with pros- 

 trate yellowish jiubeseence : elytra dark brown, the tips paler ; antennae fus- 

 cous (ir reddish-brown; legs jiale yellow, the femora often darker. An- 

 tennip reaching middle of elytvn. the second ,1oint longer than third. Thorax 

 about as long as wide, distinctly wider than head, disk convex (male), 

 feebly flattened along the luiiUUe (female), tinely and sparsely punctate. 

 Klytra about one-halt wider and a third longer than thorax, minutely, 

 sparsely and roughly iiiuiciato. Length i:.ri-2.8 mm. 



C'laric and Pd.xcv counties; scai-cc AEay fi-June 3. 

 v,',-2 (1204:!). Taciiyvha cavicoi-us Loc, Xew Sp. N. Amer. Col., I, 1863, 2'.i. 



Elongate, very slender, sparsely and finely pubescent. Thorax and ely- 

 tra reddish-brown, the latter with tips paler; head and apical half of ab- 

 domen piceous; antennre and le^'s pale yellow, the former fuscous at apex; 

 liase of abdomen reddish-yellow. Thorax slightly wider than long, sides 

 nearly straight; dislv finely and sparsely punctate and with a broad deep 

 groove at middle. El.\'tra a third wider and one-half longer than thorax, 

 finely, sparsely and roughly punctate. Abdomen distinctly narrower at 

 base than middle. Length 2-2. .5 mm. 



Lawrence County; rare. August 7. 



XII. Gnypeta Thoiiis. 1857. (fir., "to fall on the knees.") 



Rather stout species having the middle eoxa;^ well separated, their 

 cavities closed behind ; antenna:' rather long ; neck two-thirds or more 

 as wade as head; thorax with a sh')rt transverse impression before 

 the scutellum; abdomen narrower than elytra, very feebly con- 

 stricted at base. 



KEY TO IXnjANA Sl'l-X'IES OF GNYPETA. 



II. Iieep black; thorax widest at apical third; dorsal basal segments of ab- 

 domen coarsely and distinctly punctured. 653. nigreixa. 

 nil. Dai-k reddish-brown lo ])icenus; thorax widest at middle; basal seg- 

 ments of abdomen without punctures. 654. baltifeba. 



653 (2044). Gnypeta nuirella Lee, N. Sp. N. Amer. Col., I, 1863, 29. 



Deep black throughout, shining, sparsely clothed with fine grayish 

 hairs; antennse and legs piceous. Antennae reaching base of thorax, the 

 firist three .ioints (^^pial in length. Thorax slightly wider than head, two- 

 fifths wider than long, sides broadly r(nmded in front, thence feebly con- 

 verging to base; disk almost without punctures, but with a faiut median 

 line and a transverse impression at Imse. Elytra distinctly wider and one- 

 half longer than thorax, minutely and densely punctate. Abdomen nar- 

 rower than elytra, iiarallel to near aiiex. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Starke and Lawrence counties; scarce. Probably throughout 

 the State. ]\rav ll-Auoiist 22. 



