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1!H>7 (612fiai. PCBPUBiCEXis AxiLLABis Ilald., Trans. Amer. Phil. S.i... X. 

 1^47, 31. 

 Resembles humcralis in form. Black ; elytra from base to middle orange 

 yellow. Elytra much less coarsely and less deeply punctate than hiimeraUs; 

 those of females emarginate and sumewhat toothed at ajiex. length 12- 

 19 mm. 



Lawreur-c and C'l-nwford conntio';; rare. June 9— July 1. Beaten 

 from the foliage of hickory. Listi'd us a variety of huinoriUs, but 

 in my opinion wholly distinct. 



XXV BATn.E Thorn. 1S64. 



Small, slender forms, ha^■ing the front of head short, not ab- 

 ruptly defined each side; antennae a little shorter than body, the 

 latter pilose ; scutellum small : thorax margined at apex. One of the 

 three recognized species occurs in the State. 



liXis (0141). B.^TiLE scTi-R.\i.is Say. .Tourn. Phil. .\fad. Xat. Sci.. Ill, 1824. 

 411; Ibid. II. ]'.i2. 

 Elongate, slender, riark red ; anteiin;f. leizs and often the <iiture of 

 elytra varying from dusky red to black: surface siiars(>ly clothed with long 

 blackish hairs. Thorax subglobose. very sparsely and finely punctured. 

 Elytra eoai-sely and sparsely punctured, the tips rounded. length 115- 

 7.5 mm. 



Tlirougliout the State; frequent. June 16-July 20. Occurs in 

 niunbers on flowers of Jersey Tea (<^'<(uioVius), dogwood (Cornus), 

 meadow-swei4 {Spinia i and other plants. Mating June 25. 



Tribe VI. STE.XOSPHENINI. 



This tribe is reiiresented by a single genus having the eyes finely 

 granulated and deeph' emarginate : the head, in our speiies. nearly 

 vertical ; antenna? as long as body in female, somewhat longer in 

 male, tapering, punctured and pubescent, second .joint small, third 

 longer than fourth. •i-T armed with short apical spine on the inner 

 side; scutellum rounded behird; elytra truncate at tip and armed 

 with two apical spines; tibia= strongly carinated and the first .joint 

 of tarsi as long as the Uvo following united. 



XXVI. Stexiispiient-s Hald. 1^47. (Or., " narrow + wedge.") 



This genus, possessing the characters of the tribe as given above, 

 is represented by six species, all but one of which occur in the 

 southwestern United States. The exception is 



