WER r.RETLES. 845 



lC.ir> (fiOru). Attaus MEiAKurTKias Erichs., Eutom., I, 1S40, 110. 



Obloug, rather broadly dilalccl beliiiKl. Head, thdrax, abdoniea and 

 legs, pale or reddish-yellow; elytra and body beneath blaek ; hind femora 

 piceous at tip. Surface shining and searrely pubescent Length 2,5 mm. 



Crawford and freniiiiiSM counties; scarce. .Tmic 2(i-July 10, 

 .\lso a .species of southern range, 



IGlSa ( ), Attali s .Ml:u\^or^Kk^ s margi>!Im:kais var, uov. 



Oblong, rather broadl,\' dilated behind. Head, thorax, presternum and 

 abdomen reddish-yellow : elytra black or bluish-black, their tips narrowly 

 bordered with orange or reddish-.vellow : front and middle legs yellow, the 

 femora with blackish lines; hind fenmra aud tibiic blackish, the tarsi yel- 

 Iiiw: anteume blackish, their basal .I'oiuts reddish-yellow. Surface shining, 

 finely pubescent, Len.^'lh U.s-;; mni, 



Crawford County; scarce, June 2ti— July 5. 



A. hununilis Horn, leiiii'th '■'> mm., was described from Illinois. 



li;ii; (5(li;iii. Attaias pettiti Horn, Trans, Anier. Entoni, Sec, IV, l.'^72, 

 124, 

 Oblnng, rather broadly dilated behind. Head, thorax, presternum and 

 abdomen reddish-,velliiw ; elytra dull orange yellow, reddish at tips, each 

 with a humeral aud larger anteai)ical siiot black; legs pale reddish-yellow, 

 hind femora, except at tips, piceous. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Kosciusko and Putnam counties; rare, -luly -J— July 24. Known 

 heretofore only from Canada. 



1617 (50(i:i), .ViTAiA's oTiosrs Say, Auier, Eut.. I. 1S2.>^, 109, pi. 4S ; ibid. 

 L 109. 

 Oblong-oval. Head black, i>ale yellow in front; thorax dull yellow, 

 rarely with a median black slripe; elytra soot.v-black with a bluish tinge; 

 hind legs mui-e lu- less piceiais. Length 2. .">-;> mm. 



One s])ccimen in Webster collection lalielled "Ind." Said to 

 be widely distinbuted over the Atlantic region. 



IGIS (5064). Attalus ciecumsceiptus Say. Jouru. I'hil. Acad. Xat. Sci., 

 III. l.?2:^. 1S5; ibid, II, 119, 



Oblong, robust for the genus, rather feebly dilated 

 liehind. Head black, labrum dull yellow; thorax with a 

 black median stripe, the side margins broadly pale; ely- 

 tra black with lateral aud apical margins and suture dull 

 .vellow: beneath black, the ventral segments edged behind 

 with .vellow : legs dusky varied with dull yellow. Length 

 ." nun. (.Fig. 329. i 



Crawford County: not rare about Wyandotte 

 Cave. :\ray r2-^ray 27, A well nuirked member ^''\1%J^^^''- 

 ct the .\ustroriparian fauna. Horn says ''it ap- 

 pears til be almost entirely contined to the e\ti-eme Southern 

 States.'" 'ra.ken also hy Dury near Cincinnati. 



