THE OLTCK BEETLES. 729 



lines, these often connected at middle and near apex by two narrow and 

 sinuous black crossbars ; antennae and legs yellow. Thorax slightly longer 

 than wide, convex, narrowed in front, sides feebly curved on apical half; 

 hind angles short, obtuse, divergent ; surface densely and rather coarsely 

 punctured. Elytra gradually tapering from base to apex, striate-punctate. 

 Length 3.5-^ mm. 



Southern half of State; frequent. January 19-Deeember 25. 

 Hibernates beneath rubbish in damp localities. At electric lights 

 in summer. 



XXIV. DiCREPiDius Esch. 1829. (Gr., " two -i- little shoes, i. e. 



lobes.") 



Elongate brown hairy insects separated from the next genus 

 only bj^ the characters given in the key. The hind coxal plates in 

 both are strongly dilated inwards and toothed. One of the three 

 recognized species has been taken in the State. 



1376 (4195). DicKEPmius palmatus Candez., Jlon. de Elat., II, 1859, 146. 

 Elongate, very slender. Dark reddish-brown to piceous, very sparsely 



pubescent with yellowish hairs. Antennae of male branched or pectinate; 

 second joint (in both sexes) globular, one-sixth the length of third, the 

 latter as long as fourth. Thorax distinctly longer than wide, sides feebly 

 rounded; disk sparsely and rather coarsely punctate; hind angles long. 

 strongly carinate. Elytra gradually attenuate from middle to apex, strise 

 coarsely punctate ; intervals subconvex, finely and sparsely punctulate. 

 Length 14—16 mm. 



Lake County; rare. July 21. Taken from beneath the bark of 

 pine. 



XXV. IscHiODONTus Cand. 1860. (Gr., "coxa + tooth.") 



Clypeus strongly margined but not crested; prosternal sutures 

 excavated in front and concave on outer side; tarsi with lobes be- 

 neath both second and third joints. 



1377 (4197). ISCHIODONTUS soleatcs Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, VI, 



1836, 176; ibid. II, 612. 

 Elongate-oblong, slender, convex. Dark chestnut brown ; sparsely pu- 

 bescent with short, suberect hairs; antennte and legs reddish-brown. An- 

 tennse strongly serrate, second joint not more than one-third the length of 

 third, the latter as long as fourth. Thorax slightly longer than broad, sides 

 nearly straight, feebly divergent frcjm near apex to tips of hind angles, 

 which are prominent, subacute and finely carinate; surface rather densely 

 and coarsely punctured. Elytra feebly tapering from near base to apex ; 

 disk with coarsely punctured striae; intervals slightly convex, finely and 

 irregularly punctate. Length 10-11 mm. 



