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terminal segments pale. Thorax very sparsely puuctute, the basal marginal 

 line distinct. El.\tra rather coarsely but not closely punctate. Length 

 1.8-2.2 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. May 11-November :^S. 



1016 (3156). ScYMNUs TENEBEOSUs Muls., Spec. Sec, 1850, 989. 

 Broadly oval, strongly convex. Unifonn black, shining ; sparsely pubes- 

 cent; legs red or reddish-brown. Thorax narrowed in front, sides feebly 

 curved, surface finely, equally and sparsely punctate. Elytra much more 

 coarsely and closely punctured than thorax. Length 1.8-2.3 mm. 



Three specimens from near Pine and Hessville, Lake County, 

 and one from Warren County. Jlay 11-July 14. Should occur 

 throughout the State. 



»S'. 7ianus Lee, legs reddish, length 1.3-1.5 mm., is known from 

 Michigan and Florida. S. piDictatus Melsh., length 1.5 mm., is 

 recorded from Canada, Pennsylvania and Texas. 



XVII. Stethorus Weise. 1891. (Gr., "breast + margin.'') 



The members of this genus are nearly as small as those of Smilia. 

 They differ from Scymvus, as shown in the generic key, mainly in 

 the structure of the front of head and prosternum. 



1017 (3160). Stethoeus punctum Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VI, 



1852, 141. 

 Broadly oval, convex. Black, shining ; anteniife and legs yellow, the 

 femora black, with the apex pale. Thorax narrowed in front, the surface 

 sparsely punctate at middle, more densely and coarsely at sides. Elytra 

 sparsely but distinctly punctate ; covered with a sparse and fine pubescence. 

 Length 1.2-1.5 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. April 17-Oetober 17. Taken 

 by sifting rubbish from damp hillsides and borders of marshes. 



XVIII. Cephaloscymnt's Crotch. 1873. ((Jr., "head 4- cub.") 



Small, oblong-oval, rather depressed pubescent species, having 

 the front eoxal cavities open behind; head large, front vertical; 

 last joint of maxilla.ry palpi long, slender, pointed ; thorax at liiise 

 narrower than elytra; prosternum short and broad. 



1018 (3160). frcPHALOScYiMNi's ziiiMEHMANNi Crutch, Trans. Anier. Knt. 



Soc, IV, 1S7.S, .-'.82. 

 Broadly oval, feebly convex. Black, slightly bronzed, sparsely clothed 

 with gray pubescence ; legs piceous, ' tibiae and tarsi paler. Thorax three 

 times as wide at base as long at middle, coarsely and closely punctured ; 

 front angles prominent on account of the deeply emarginate apex. Elytra 

 more sparsely and coarsely punctate than thorax. Length 1.5-2.2 mm, 



