THE I.ONO-nORNED W(l()n-BORINrT BEETLES. 1081 



199S (lUfi;',). Tog OK (.)(_■ riERus mixtus Unlcl., Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, X, 

 1S47, 50. 



Elongate-oblong. Head ami thorax piceous black; elytra blackisli, 

 variegated with dull brownish-yellow, bearing sparse, erect blaclv hairs, 

 and each with a broad, oblique bfuid of white pubescence extending from 

 side behind tlie humerus nearly to suture ; antennfe and base of femora dull 

 reddish-brown. Thorax with two dfirsai tubercles; surface smooth in fe- 

 male, densely and finely punctured in male. Elyti-a rather coarsely and 

 closely punctate, the tips subeniarginate. Length 4-7 mm. 



Lake, Porter and Kosciusko counties: frequent beneath the bark 

 and on the dead limbs of pine. June 15-.Tuly 2:5. Said to occur 

 also on pear trees and in dead branches of willow. 



LXV. EcYKUs LeConte. 1S52. 



This genus differs from the preceding liy having the antennse 

 very hairy; front til)i;i3 siuldenly thickened at apex; thorax cylin- 

 drical and unarmed ; pubescence of elytra more dense and close with 

 a few erect short hairs proceeding from rows of granules. Three 

 species are known, two of which may occur in Indiana, though but 

 one has as yet been taken. 



KEV TO IXM.VXA SPECIES OF ECYELS. 



a. Thorax moderately punctured; eljtra each with four rows of small, dis- 

 tant tufts of blaeli hairs. 1999. dasycerus. 

 aa. Thorax with only a few coarse punctures on sides; elytra variegated 

 with brownish spots. exiguus. 



1999 (G45(i). EcYKis uasycekis Say, Journ. Thil. Acad. Xat. Sci., V, M^'2(\. 

 270; ibid. II, 32S. 



Elongate, robust, parallel. Pale grayish-brown; elytra with a common, 

 narrow, curved band on basal third reaching to middle of sides and each 

 with four rows of minute tufts of blackish hairs, one on the suture, the 

 others on slightly rais(>a lines. Antennie a little longer than body, annulate. 

 Occiput deeply impressed. Front margin of thorax with two small tuber- 

 cles at middle; disk with two black facets, surface rather closely and finely 

 punctured. Elytra co.-irsely and sparsely punctured, the tips subtruncate. 

 Length 6-8 nnii. 



Tlirouuhout th(- State; frcMjueut. June ]-July 2. Beaten from 

 foliage of elm and wild gra|)e and from limbs of dead oak. 



E. rxifjuux Lee, antenna? dull >'ellow, not annulate, length 4.5 

 mm., is known from Ohio, Georgia and Kansas. 



