THE i.oxcj-noKXEn wiidd-borixi^ beetles. 1U'J5 



LXXIII. Amphioxychv Lee. I.'^.i2. (6r., "on both sides + claw.'') 



This geniis eomjnises two small species having the antenna^ 

 strongly pilose, the third and fourth joints elongated, outer joints 

 suddenly shorter ; eyes not divided ; tarsal claws cleft. One of the 

 two occurs in Indiana. 



L'oiji (G5ir.K Ampiikinycha flamm.^ta Kewm., Entoru., 1S40. 13. 



Elongate-oblong. lUack. feebly shiuiug; hisiiid with fine, evect, black 

 hairs: vertex of head, a stripe each side of thorax, and often the margins 

 of el}"tra nearly to apex, yellowish ; outer joints of antennae feebly annulate. 

 Thorax rather finely, elytra more closely and coarsely, punctate. Length 

 6-9 mm. 



Kosciusko Cotmty ; rare. July 11. Probably occurs throughout 

 the State. In the specimen at hand the eh'tra are wholly black. 



Ti-ibe X. METHIIXI. 



"While no uieinner of this tribe lias as yet been taken in the State, 

 one. DiispJiai/a Ucris Lee., probably ocruj-s. having been described 

 from Illinois. It is a small black or pieeous species, ^vith thorax 

 cylindrical and elongate ; elytra a little more than half the length of 

 abdomen, narrowed and dehiscent behind the middle, their tips 

 rounded, surface roughly punctate; legs yellow. Length 7 mm. It 

 is supposed, like allied species, to breed in hickory twigs. 



Family LIII. CHKYsOMELID.Ll 

 The Leaf !)P:f,tles. 



A very large family of medium- or sjnall-sized beetles, usuall>- 

 short-bodied and more or less oval in outline, with the antemiEe of 

 moderate length, usually filiform, the joints often comparatively 

 stouter towards the tips. In color the lieetles are often prettily 

 variegated, though some are wholly of a brilliant metallic blue or 

 green, while others are dull black or brown. All have the leys sliort, 

 with the tarsi of the same typ- ^is in the Cerambj-cida?, viz., the 

 fourth and fifth joints grown ttigetber. the fourth usually very 

 small and concealed in a notch in the third sequent. (Fig. 198.) 



In addition to the tieneral characters above given, the species 

 as-ree in haviug the labial palpi 3 -jointed; mentinu transverse and 

 not large; maxillary palpi 1-jointed, cylindrical, rarely dilated or 

 elongate. Head either prominent and more or less constricted be- 

 hind (Eupi'da) or inserted to the eyes ; in the (''(i.-isidini usually con- 

 e-ealed under the shield-like thorax; eyes entire m- feebly emarginate 



