1062 FAMILY LII. — CERAMBYCID.K. 



Tribe I. OYRTININI. 



This tribe is I'epresented in the eastern United States by a singU^ 

 •jenus eontainiug one species, which is the smallest member of the 

 subfamily : 



XLTX. Cyrtinqs Lee. 1850. (Gr,, "convex.") 



Head broad; eyes small, divided, coarsely granulated; antennae 

 a little longer than body, scape slender without apical cicatrix ; the 

 joints each with one or two hairs near tip ; legs stout, femora 

 strongly club-shaped. 



1964 (63S3) . Cybtinus pygm/EUS Hald., Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, X, 1847, 42. 

 Elongate, subcylinclrical. Dark brown ; anlennal joints annulate with 



yellow; elytra witli a transverse blotch of white pubescence before the mid- 

 dle. Thorax snheylindrical, eonstrictGd at base, very eonve.x:, smooth. Ely- 

 tra eunvex, wider behind, nearly smooth, each with a large acute spine near 

 the scutellum. lieugth 1! ^ nun. 



Posey County; rare. June 5. Occurs on dead branches of oak 

 and is probably frequent thTonghout the State, but overlooked on 

 account of its small size. 



Tribe II. I\SEN(»(.'EK1NI. 



Also represented l)y a single genus and xwy small species occur- 

 ring from the Atlantic States t!) Ncbraslca. 



L. PsENOCKBUS Lee. 1850. (Gr., '■cynips + horn. ") 



In addition to characters given in key this genus may be known 

 by having the antenna; shorter than body, scape rather stout, with- 

 out cicatrix ; third and fourth joints equal, longer than the others ; 

 tarsi wider than in Curtinuf!. the last joint rather long; claws 

 widely divei'ging, not divaricate. 



1965 (6384). PsENocicurs sipernotatus Say, Jonrn. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



K III. 1824, 42.5; ibid.^Il, 200. 



Elongate, cylindrical. Dark reddish-brown or blackish, 

 densely and rather coarsely punctured ; scutellum, a narrow 

 obli(Hue band about the middle and a wider curved band, not 

 reaching suture, on apical third, clothed or composed of 

 white pubescence. Thorax cylindrical, convex, constricted at 

 base. Elytra cylirdvical, each with an oval obtuse elevation 

 (Iff;r'wicklfa,n:) '""'' ""^ ^™l"ll"m. i^enslb :•, -f, nun. (Fv^. ^|53.) 



Throughout the State; common. April ■J:'>-July 

 29. The lavYK dwell in the stems of grape, currant, gooseberry 



