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1S99 (.60^4). Hetebachthes quabbimacl i_^.Trs Hald., Trans. Amer. Phil. 

 Sue., X, 1--47. 43. 

 Elongate, slender. subcylincU-ieal. Dull brownish- j-elk.w. shining; ely- 

 tra each with two L-ircuhir paler srmt.s. one in front of and one .iiist behind 

 the middle. Thorax cj-llndrical, narrowed in front, disk with a wide, shal- 

 low median groove intei-rupted at middle; surface, as well as that of elyti-a. 

 ver.v sparsely punctured. length S-11 mm. 



One in Dury eolle'-tion from Lapoite County. Occurs from 

 Pennsylvania Xn :Missouri. The larvw live in the wood of hickory. 



Zamodcs ohgcurus Lee. black, opaque, dntiied with dense brown 

 pulieseence. length 13 nun., is known fi-om Xe\r Jersey and Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Tribe II. nBRIIXI. 



Small species having the fnmt cats prominent, contiguous, 

 conical and enclosed behind: palpi slender, with the la-t .ioiut tri- 

 angular; first segment of abdomen very long, the second and follow- 

 ing irregialar in length, haiin- and excavated or deformed in female: 

 thorax constricted and pedunculate at Imse and narrower than 

 elytra : femora strongly clubbed ; first .joint of hind tarsi as long as 

 the next two. Hut tno of the seven genera are represented in the 

 eastern I'nited States and Indiana. 



KEY TO DfDIAXA GEXEEA OF OEBnXI. 



a. Thorax much narrower at base than at apex. XVIII. Phttos. 



a<j. Thorax dilated at middle, equall.v narrowed at base and apes, tubercu- 



late at sides. XIX. Obricm. 



XVIII. Phttox Xewm. 1^4il. rGr., "plant.") 



This genus contains but two small species, one of which ocoui-s 

 in Indiana. 



1900 (6090). Phttos PAixinrM Say. .Lum. Phil. Acad. Xat. .S.i.. III. 

 1S24. 412: Ibid. II. 193. 



Elongate, slender, snbcylindric-al. Dull, pale yellow : thorax with three 

 dusky lines and elytra each with four oblique brownish bancU. of which the 

 one just behind the middle is broad, the oihers narrow. Thorax broad in 

 front of middle, narrowed on apical fourth, much narrowed on basal third. 

 Length .5.. ".^0.5 mm. 



Ejqox County : rare. July '2. Should occur sparingly through- 

 out the State. The. larvae live in red-lnid. hickory and "sage orange. 



XIX. (^BRini Sen-. 



Two small species having the tliorax equally narrowed at base 

 and apex belong here. One ha.s been taken in the State and the 

 other probably occ ai-s. 



