lOSO FAMILY LII. CERAMP.^■< ■lO.K. 



Xrilie V. POGOXOCIIERIXI. 



The L'enera L-om]irisiiig this tribe are rei'r._':>ented by small, some- 

 what flattened spi:-ies. having the tarsal ela\vs divaricate: srape of 

 antennae short and stout Anthoiit cicatrix: thorax -with a spine or 

 tubercle each side. They usually liear lone, erect (flying • hairs in 

 addition to the ordinary pubescence, and the antennae are only a 

 little longer or shorter than the body, the outer joints gradually 

 shorter. Three of the eight t;i-ner;i composing the tribe are kno\\Ti 

 to be represented in the ^^tat(\ while a member of another probably 

 occurs. 



KEY TO Tin: IXDIAXA GlNERA OF TOt.l l>(X'HEEI?;i. 



a. Thighs club-shai»-(l; vertex Ci.ucave: autemial tubenles prominent 

 6. Lower lobe of eyes elmifiate; sjiines on si(k's of thorax lar.:;e. median: 

 pubescence mottled, gray and. black mixed with short, scattered 

 hairs on elytra. Hoplosia. 



hJ). Lower lobe of eyes as wide as long, sulxiuadrate or subtriangular. 

 (. Thorax with spines on sides: flying b.iirs long. 



LXIV. Poi.DXllt HERl s. 



cc. Thorax with feebly rounded sides: pubesceme short. 



LX\'. EcYRt-s. 

 aa. Thighs not club-shaped; vertex Hat m- ennyex: antennal tubercles not 

 prominent; eyes coarsely grauulated. lower lobe as wide as long. 



LXVI. EupoGoxits. 

 HiipJosia iiuliUa Lee, length 9-12 mm., is said to breed in t\vig.-> 

 of dry beech and linden and is recorded from :Miehigan, Illinois 

 and New York. 



LXIV PoGOxocHERrs Latr. 1829. (dr.. "beard- to enjoy.") 



In this, as well as the next genus, the e>'es are not coarsely 

 granulate; thorax with faint dorsal tubercles, elytra feebly carinate 

 on sides: femora club-shaped: lund tarsi short, the first and second 

 joints equal. Two sjiccics may occur in the state, though but one 

 has lieen taken. 



KEY Ti) IX0IAXA sri-;ilKs (IF I'lK.OXOCIIERrS. 



a. Elytra with well marked c,,st.c on the sides and with a row of five or 



six tufts of erect black hairs. PEXicii.i.ATrs. 



f/". Llytra without c.isia' or tufts ..f hairs. i;i.,s. mixtts. 



P >>nnriUaftis Le,-.. piceous. rlytra behind the base denselv 



clothed with uray pubescence, lenuth (I mm., ranges from ilaine to 



ilicliiuan and Lake Superior. 



