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the thorax is usually wholly black except narrow pale margins. Thorax 

 closely and finely punctured. Rows of elytral punctures distinct on mid- 

 dle and sides, confused near suture. Length 2.5-3. .5 mm. 



Floyd County ; rare. June 23. 

 2079 (0662). Paohybeachys otho.ms Say, Amer. Ent, II, 1S25, PI. 2S ; 

 ibid. I, 66. 

 Sulii-ylindrical, robust. Black; head with labrum and three siwts on 

 trout yellow ; elytra with a common sutural stripe and two broad ones each 

 side, black ; less and ventral margins yellow ; antenna? dusky. Thorax 

 nearly three times wider than long, densely and rugosely punctured. I.#ngth 

 .■;.ri-4 mm. 



Tliroughoiit the State; frequent. June 1-July 30. Taken by 

 sweeping hcrliage along I'oadsides. 



Pachybrachys bivittatis Say. Amer. Ent., I, 1,S24, (i.> ; ibid. 

 I, 65. 

 Subcylindrical, robust. Head, thorax, legs and under 

 surface exdirt meso- and metathorax. reddish. Color of ely- 

 tra given in key ; pygidium and margins of last ventral seg- 

 ments yellow. Thorax sometimes with sides, median line 

 and basal spots yellow, its surface rather sparsely, coarsely 

 and deeply punctured. Length :i."i-5..5 mm. (Fig. 4s6.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent. ]May 16-Jun6 16. 

 Oeeiirs on leaves of peppermint and grass in low, 

 moist localities. Listed as vkluatus Falir., which is a 

 largi^r species occurring in the Southern States. 



Pachy-beachys TEiNOTATts Mclsli.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Xat. 

 Sci., Ill, 1,S47, 170. 

 Short, subcylindrical, robust. Black, ojiarjue; head with two red spots 

 between the eyes; thorax with narrow front and side margins, two large 

 basal spots, and a" median line from apex to near middle, reddish. Thorax 

 strongly convex, very evenly, deeply and rather coarsely punctvu'ed. Elytra 

 coarsely and very irregularly punctured. Length 4-.5 mm. 



Putnam -ind Pesey counties; rare, -huie 24-.Tuly 9. Occurs on 

 flown s of -Icisey tea. 

 •J.U<-I (tv:i-^). I'Ai uyi;ra( iivs M-.\i(iRr.M Melsh.. loc. cit. 



Subcylindrical. robusl. Black, opaque; thorax with front and side mar- 

 gins, median line or spot near apex, and two b.-isal s]iots, yellow; elytra 

 with bas.Ml and apical margins, a space around humerus, two small smooth 

 s|)Ots near suture and a large submargiiial sp.-ice on-sides, pale yellow: legs 

 spotted with yellow. Thorax rather densely and coarsely punctured. Ely- 

 tra with humeral umbone, )irominent, smooth; rows of punctures very 

 irregular, ex.epting behind the middle. Length ."..o-4 mm. 



Lake and Lapofte counties; raie. June 4-.huie 24. Taken by 

 swrrping hcrhaov. Th(> black markino-s on thorax resemble the 

 letter U. 



Fig. 486 X 6 

 (.\fter Wickham.) 



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