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FAMILY XXX VU. — KLATEIirihE. 



144!) (4411). Bladus qBadkicollis Say, Trans. Aiiicv. Phil. Soc, VI, is;!r>, 

 ]8G; ibid II, 624. 

 Elongate-oblimg. Pieeous-blaclf, sparsely clothed with yellowish hairs. 

 Second and tliird joints of antemw e<jual, each nearly as long as fourth, 

 the second more robust than third. Thorax transversely quadrate, sides 

 nearly parallel ; disk densely and coarsely punctured ; hind angles nearly 

 rectangular, not extending backward behind the line of base. Elytral stria; 

 punctate; intervals minutely punctured. Length 6.5-7 mm. 



Described from Posey County. One specimen taken by Dury 

 near Cincinnati. Not seen by me from the State. 



XXXVIII. NoTHODES Lee. 1861. (Gr., " false + appearance.") 



This genus is represented by a single species which resembles so 

 closely lAmoiiius grisc.us that it can with difficulty be separated. 

 The clypeus is truncate, suddenly deflexed at tip and not margined 

 at middle; prosternum with a short lobe, the sutures feebly exca- 

 vated in front. 



1450 (4418). NoTHODEs dubitahs Lee, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, X, 185.3, 

 433. 



Elongate-oblong, rather robust. Dull sooty- 

 brown or piceous, tinged with bronze ; rather dense- 

 ly clothed, especially on head and thorax, with yel- 

 lowish hairs ; less and antennse paler. Second and 

 third joints of antenna' subequal, together longer 

 than fourth. Thorax nearly as broad as long, 

 strongly convex, scarcely narrower in front than 

 at base, sides feebly rounded; disk rather densely 

 and finely punctate, with a leebly impressed me- 

 dian line; hind angles short, subacute, but faintly 

 carinate. Elytra with sides i)arallel to apiral third, 

 thence rounded to apex, stri;e with punctures; in- 

 tervals nearly flat, densely punctulate. Length 11- 

 Fi6.289. X3i. (Original.) i2.5 mm. (Fig. 280.) 



Southern half of State ; frequent. ]\Iay 14-.Tune 20. Taken by 

 sweeping grass and low herbs; also especially on leaves of the 

 greater ragweed. Ambrosia irlfiita L. One specimen was taken from 

 the clutches of a large bumble-l)ee like iiy, Mull n pin, ra. sp.f which 

 had ju.st captured it and settled down for a feast. 



XXXIX. Sekici's E.seh. 182!). (Gr., "silken.") 

 Slender, fusiform species having tlie front convex, not mar- 

 gined; prostenial lobe long; hind coxal plates scarcely narrower on 

 outer end. Sericosomus Steph. is a synonym. 



