THE LOXG-HORXED WOOD-BORING BEETLES. 1041 



1926 (6212). Et-DEBCES picipes Fab., Mant. Ins., I, 1781, 157. 



Elongate, slender, cylmdrieal. Black, rarely dark reddish-brown, shin- 

 ing; sparsely pubescent with grayish hairs. Elytra each with an oblique 

 raised ivory-like bar at middle; antennre and legs usually dark reddish- 

 brown. Length 5-8 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. :\Iay 27— July 5. Beaten from 

 foliage of buckeye, honey-loeust, hazel, oat, etc. 



1927 (6213). ErDEBCEs pixi Oliv.. Ent.. IV. 1795, 70. 



Form of picipes. Reddish-brown, shining; elytra with apical third 

 black, each with a slightly oblique ivory-white line at middle and also an 

 oblique line of whitish pubescence on the black portion. Length 6.5-9 mm. 



Posey and Dubois counties ; scarce. April 29-iIay 11. Beaten 

 from foliage of ^vild grape. 



192S (6215). EuDEECES eeichei Lee., New Sp. X. Am. Col., II, 1S73. 202. 



Form of picipes but smaller and more slender. Dark reddish-brown or 

 piceous. very sparsely clothed with long, erect hairs ; antennae and legs 

 paler ; elytra each with a narrow, transverse, ivory white band near middle. 

 Thorax cylindrical, longer than wide, smooth near the front margin, thence 

 granulate-punctate to base. Elytra with .granulate punctures from base to 

 beyond ivory bar. the apical third smooth, polished ; the sub-basal tubercles 

 less prominent than in the other species. Length 4-5 mm. 



Pose.v County; rare. June 2. Beaten from blossoms of the 

 false indigo, Amorpha fruticosa L. Known heretofore only from 

 Illinois and Texas. 



Division III. ATIillOIDES. 



This group is represented by the single genus Atimia. distin- 

 guished by the characters given in key and by having the head 

 broad and short, the front perpendicular: eyes large, almost di- 

 vided, not very finely granulated; palpi unequal, truncate at tip. 

 the maxillary about one-half longer than labial; antennae slender, 

 shorter than body, 11- jointed ; seutellum subquadrate, rounded be- 

 hind; legs short, thighs moderately clubbed, hind tarsi with first 

 .■joint equal to second and third united. 



XXXYT. Atimia Hald. 1^47. (Gr., ^'contempt") 



This genus, as above characterized, is represented by two species, 

 one of which occurs in the eastern United States, including In- 

 diana. 



