G9(i FAMILY XXXVI. RHTPICBRID.'F,. 



1321 (4015). Cyphon collaeis Guer., Spec, et Icon., Ill, 1845, 4. 

 Oblong-oval. Piceous black, shining, finely pubescent ; 



thorax, tibiae, tarsi and base of antennae reddish-yellow. 

 Thorax nearly three times as wide as long, front angles 

 rounded, sides distinctly flattened, especially towards the 

 hind angles, which are rectangular ; surface sparsely and 

 finely punctate. Elytra one-third wider than thorax, sur- 

 face rather coarsely and moderately densely punctate. Fe- 

 males with a large oval flattened or slightly depressed 

 Fig. 369. X 6. space behind the scutellum, which is very feebly punctured. 

 (Original) Length 3.5^ mm. (Fig. 269.) 



Steuben, Marshall and Orange counties; scarce. June 2-July 6. 

 Taken by sweeping herbage at edges of woods and by beating limbs 

 of tamarack. Resembles rujicollis closely, but with basal joints of 

 antennae longer and never with central black spot on thorax. 



1322 (4016). Cyphon vawabilis Thunb., Mus. Ups., IV. 54. 



Oval, slightly oblong, moderately convex, pubescent. Color uniform 

 but variable from piceous to pale brown or dull yellow. Antennai slightly 

 longer than half the body, the outer .ioints darker. Thorax twice as wide 

 as long, margin not flattened. Elytra a little wider than thorax, about a 

 third longer than wide, surface rather finely and densely punctured. Length 

 2.5-3.5 mm. 



Throughout the State ; common in the northern half ; much less 

 so in the southern portion. April 8-September 19. 

 1.32.T (4017). Ctphon padi Linn., Syst. Nat., II, 1766, 58S. 



Ovate, moderately convex, finely pubescent. Piceous or black ; elytra 

 with the tip yellow, the spot sometimes well defined, often extending for- 

 ward In an irregular stripe ; antennas piceous, the basal joints pale ; femora 

 piceous, tibiae pale. Thorax more than twice as wide as long, slightly nar- 

 rowed in front, surface everywhere very finely and sparsely punctulate. 

 Elytra wider than the thorax at base, rather densely punctate, very sparsely 

 pubescent. Length 2 mm. 



Lake, Steuben, Knox and Vanderburgh counties; scarce. ^lay 

 25-August 12. KnoM'n by its small size, nearly smooth thorax and 

 yellow tips of elytra. Those from the northern counties were beaten 

 from the flowers of the tall swamp huckleberry. 



Family XXXVI, RHIPICERID.l]. 



The Cedar Beetles. 

 This is a family comjirising only \\\o genera and five species, all 

 of medium or large size, (>]ongate furm aiid black or chestnut-brown 

 in coloi'. Tliev are found on plants, the species of Sundahi.'^ esiiecially 

 on coduTS. The name of I he typical genus Rhipiara is derived from 

 two ({reek words meauini;- "a fan" and "horn," the antenna' of cer- 

 tain males having long, flat processes, which fold like a fan. 



