THE LEAF BEETLES. 1207 



*2231 (G920). Hypol.\mpsis pilosa lUig., Mag. fur Insect., VI, 1807, 105. 



Oblong-oval, convex. Dull brownish-yellow to piceous, opaque; surface 

 with prostrate gray and brown pubescence and sparse erect hairs; antenna? 

 reddish or broxNTiish-j-ellow, the outer five joints darker. Thorax quadrate, 

 very little wider than long, sides nearly straight ; disk convex, coarsely and 

 closely punctate and with tn o feeble elevations slightly in front of middle. 

 Elj-tra wider at base than thorax; disk with a faint oblique Impression 

 from humerus to suture near middle, ending in a shallow black fovea on 

 first and second strire; punctures coarse, close-set and deep, arranged In 

 regular rows ; intervals not wider than the distance between the punctures. 

 Length 2.5— i mm. 



Lake, Wells and Vigo counties; scarce. January 1— July 21. 

 Occurs mostly in sandy localities, beneath rubbish, where it hiber- 

 nates as imago. 



LXII. PAciJYOxyciirs C'hev. IS-U. (Or., "thick 4- joint") 



Kepresented in the eastern United States and Indiana by a 

 small, oblong, pai-allel smooth spei-ies, having tlie antenna' a little 

 longer than half the body, the soond and third .joints short, nearly 

 equal in length, together longer than first but shorter than fourth, 

 joints 5 to 10 equal, not thickened as in the preceding genus; hind 

 tarsi moderately long, tlie first two .ioints triangular, the fourth 

 inflated at apex. 



22.32 ((;'.I24). 1'aciiyo3;ycih s pakadoxus Melsb., Proc. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci,, 

 III, 1847, 103. 

 Oblong, nearly parallel. Reddish-yelluw ; elytra plcenus. the suture nar- 

 rowly reddish-yellow; antennae black, the three bas,-il joints iialer. Thorax 

 convex, more than one-half broader than Ion;:, not narrowed in front, sides 

 feelily curved, margins thickened at front angles, hind angles dentiform; 

 surface sparsely and deeply punctate, the impression near base deep and 

 extending from side to side. Elytra wider at base than thorax, the punc- 

 tures of strife coarse and closely placed ; intervals slightly convex, each with 

 a row of very fine punctures. Length 3— 1..5 mm. 



Southern half of State; scarce, ilay 12-June 2H. Occurs on 

 the greenbrier {Sniilax). 



LXIII. Blephasida Eogcrs. 185(j. (Gr., "eye-lid.") 



Here belongs a single robust, oval species having the antenna- 

 rather widely si'jjarated at base, half as long as body, first four 

 joints smooth, the secoud half as long as first; third and fourth 

 slender, each longer than second ; 5 to 1 broader than fourth, grad- 

 ually very slightly shorter and pubescent, 11th longer and ^dth a 



