THE SUPT-BODIED PLuiXT BEETLES. 6!J5 



the northern half of the State ; taken only in Knox County in the 

 southern portion. June o-Angust 31. 



VIII. Cyphox Payk. 17!is. (Gr.. "bent or sloping.") 



The species of this ge'.ins are distinguished from those of Hdodes 

 only by having the third .Joint of the labial palpi arising from the 

 end instead of the side of the second. Five species are known from 

 the State. 



KET TO INUIAXA SPECIES OF CYPHOX. 



(I. .Ti lints 2 and 3 of anteuu;e short, their united length less than that of 

 the fourth. 

 h. Form oblong, subparallel ; thorax reddisbyellow, with the center of 

 disk pieeous. 1.319. buficoleis. 



/>&. Form oval, moderately robust : thora.\: and elytra uniform pieeous. 



1320. OBSCURUS. 



mi. .Jiiints two and three of aiiteuuje together always longer than the 



fourth, the third a little loufjer and more slender than the second. 



r. Bieoliired. thorax reddish-yellow; elytra piceuus or black: sides of 



thorax flattened. 1321. collakis. 



re. Thorax and elytra of the same color, the sides of the former not or 



■ very feebly flatti-ned. 



'7. Thorax more densely jiunctured at the sides than middle: color 



usually pale brown. 1322. vaeiahilis. 



dd. Thora.x not more densely punctured at the sides; color pieeous, the 



ti[is of elytra yellow. 1323. padi. 



13irt (liiliii. Cyphox kuficoelis S.-iy, Journ. rhil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, ls2."i. 

 ]i;2; ibid. II. 273. 

 Oblong-oval. Picef.us. finely pubescent; thora.x reddish with a picenus 

 spot on disk, rarely wholly pieeous or wholly yellow: three basal joints of 

 antennre pale ; the second and third short, together scarcely longer than 

 half the fourth, the third much shorter than second. Thorax nearly three 

 times as wide as long, slightly narrowed in front, base bisinuate : surface 

 sparsely punctate, more coarsely near the sides. Elytra slightly wider than 

 thorax, coarsely and rather densely punctured. Length 3.5-4 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April 4-July 6. Taken by 

 beating leaves of shrubs and trees. 



1320 (4014). Cyphox obscurus Guer., Spec, et Icon., Ill, 1S4.5. 4. 



Ovate, moderately convex, sparsely pubescent. Black or pieeous. shin- 

 ing. Antennse, tibiae and tarsi usually entirely pale, the former sometimes 

 with tei-minal joints darker. Thorax nearly three times as wide as long, 

 front angles distinct, side margins gradually slojiing downward; surface 

 sparsely punctate. Elytra vaguely tricostate, not very densely punctate. 

 I>ength :'•-".'< mm. 



Steuben, Kosciusko and AYayne counties ; scarce, ilay 25-Au- 

 gust 21. Swept from grass in low ground. 



