84-i FARillj'i' XTjI. iMAL\CliTID^,. 



f. Elytra futirely Ijlack, sliiuing; legs wholly yrllow. 



1615. MELANOl'TEKUS. 



ff. Elytra not wholly black. 



g. Tips of elytra narrowly reddish-yellow; tilii.-i' and tarsi yellow, 

 femora marked with Wacli. lG15a. vtir. m.^eciinipennis. 



(///. Elytra reddish-yellow with one^or two black sxwts. 

 h. Elytra each with one small black spot on humerus. 



HUMEKALIS. 



hh. Elytra each with two black spots, one basal, one anteapical. 



1616. PETTIT[. 



ce. Heart and thorax not of one color. 



i. Thorax reddish-yellow; elytra sooty; front and middle tibi:e pale. 



1617. OTIOSUS. 



;•/. Thorax with discal black spot, the margins broadly pale. 



./. Elytra with suture and side margins narrowly pale; abdomen 

 black. 161S. circumsceiptis. 



;■/. Kl^lra either nearly wholly pale or black without pale side mar- 

 gins. 

 Ic. Suture and margin of elytra often black, the remainder dull 

 reddish-yellow. 1619. scincetcs. 



kk. Entire elytra except tips black or piceous. 



1619a. var. confusus. 



Kill (5052). AiTALUS TEKMi.xAi.TS Erichs., Eutom., I, 1840. 108. 



Oblong, depressed, dilated behind the middle. Black, shining, sparsely 

 pubescent; tips of the male elytra and a narrow margin along their sides 

 to beyond the middle jiale yellow; front and middle tibife dusky or dull 

 yellow. Length 2.5 mm. 



Throughout the Stat(> ; frequent. June --July 20. 



1612 (5054). Attalus gkanulakis Erichs., Entom., I, 1840, 112. 



Broadly oval, much dilated lirliind the middle. Bieeous black; legs all 

 dull yellow. Elytra of female nearly as broad as long. Length l..~i mm. 



Steuben and Kosciusko couulies; rare. June 17-June 20. 

 Taken by sifting debris in lo'w. moist woods. 



161.3 (50r,.j). Attai.u.s jjoKi r.i s Lei-., I'ror. Bhil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Vl, ls.12, 

 IC.T. 

 Oblong, feebly dilated behind. Wholly black, shining, yery sparsely 

 imbeseent; legs piceous or dusky. Length 2.5 mm. 



Martin County; .si'ai'ce. July 13. The females of this s|)eeies 

 are almost inseparable from those of li'r))uiiiilis. 



1014 (."i050). .ViTAH ,s p,\i.LiKUo.\s Aiotsch., Bull. Mom-., I\'. Lsrill, 40S. 



Elongate-oblong, nearly ])arallel. T'iceous black; clypens, front legs 

 and sometimes the narrow front margin and hind angles ol' thorax, dull 

 yellow; elytra snbopaiine with .i sooty aiiiiearaiice. s|)arsely and finely pn- 

 liescent; middle and hind renuaa dusky, their tibiic paler. Length ;t 

 3.5 mm. 



Knox and Posey counties; scarce. iMay 11-July 10, 



