694 



FAMILY XXXV. DASCYLLID7E. 



1315 (4003). I-lELODES PULCHELLA Guer., Spec, et Icon., Ill, 1S4.^>. 13. 



Elliptical, finely pubescent. Yellow ; elytra each 



with an (jval basal piceous spot, and another much 

 larger, reaching from before the middle to apex. 

 Thorax semicircular, base bisinuate, entire margin 

 slightly retiexed, disk sii;irscly and finely punctate. 

 Elytra rather drascly punctured. Ix5ngth 3.5-5 mm. 

 (Fi.?. 207.) 



Orange, Pos(y and Crawford counti&s; 

 scarce. April IS-June 1. Eight or ten speci- 

 mens were secured on the former date by sift- 

 ing the rotten debris from the center of an 



Fig. 267. X 7. (Original.) ^lld Oak stump. 



H. fusctpriivis Gner., yellow, elytrp black or piceous, length 4.5- 

 ■5 mm., ranges from Pennsylvania to Texas. 



1316 (4005). I-lELODES THOEACicA Guer., loc. cit., p. 14. 

 Broadly oval, nearly as broud as long. Black, th<i- 



rax and antennae yellow; body beneath and femora pic- 

 eous, tibiaj and tarsi paler. Thorax as in ituhlnUii. Ely- 

 tra not densely punctured. Last \entral segment of male 

 emarginate. Length 2.5-3.5 mm. (Fig. '-LCiS.) 



]\[arshall and Vi^" counties; rare. Juni- 10- 

 September 28. 



VII. 



'a dancer.") 



Fig. 2158. 



SciRTES Illig. 1807. (Gr., 



Head deflexed; anteunfe slender, half as long as 

 body; presternum short, not prolonged between the eoxa\ which are 

 prominent and contiguous ; hind coxa' suddenly dilated on inner 

 side into a small plate; hind femora oval, vei-y much enlarged, the 

 tibiaj with one long and a shorter spur; tarsi with fourth joint bi- 

 lobed. the first joint of the hind ones as long as the other joints com- 

 bined. 



1.517 (4000). SciRTES ORBicnLATi-s Fab., S.yst. Eleut., I, INOl. 503. 



Broadl.y oval, sparsely pubeseeiit. Black or piceuus, sliining; elytra 

 with an oblong-oval reddish-yellow spot on middle of siiture ; thorax with 

 sides usually broadly reddish-yellow; femiira ])ie<'iins. tibia', tarsi and an- 

 tenna' paler. Head and thorax sparsely, el.ytra nmre densely and coarsely 

 punctate. Length 2..'1 -3 mm. 



Steuben County; I'ai-e. ISeaten from plants near margin of 

 water in Clear Lal^e. June 17. 



i:ilS (4007). SeiRTDs TUiiALis Guer.. Spec, el Icon., Ill, 1845, ■',. 



Broadly oval, rnil'cirm jiiceous or nearly black, moderately shining, 

 sparsely puheseent; antenna', tibia^ and tarsi paler. Head and thorax 

 nearly smooth. Elytra rather densely imnctulatc. I,englh 3-3.5 mm. 



Common on vegetation alxiut tlie l)()rders ot lakes a'ld marshes in 



