THE i'i:.\ .\.\i) ni;.\.\ \\i;p:yils. 1241 



brown ; femora piceous at base, tarsi piceous ; anteunos black, slightly longer 

 than head and thorax, gradually thicker to tip. Thorax wider at base than 

 long, sides rather strongly curved and i:r:i dually narrowing In apex; sur- 

 face densely punctured. Elytra lonjrcr than wide, broader behind the mid- 

 dle, striae finely punctured ; intervals flat, densely punctulate. Length 2 mm. 

 Lake and Crawford counties; rare, ilay 2.5-3.Iay 2S. Said to 

 breed in the seeds of mallows. 



220S (7155). BbtjChus MUscrLt's Say, Desc. X. Am. Cure, 1S.31, 3; ibid. 

 I, 261. 

 Oval, moderately robust. Black, sparsely clothed with grayish hair; 

 antennse usually entirelj' reddish, often with joints ij-K) piceous; legs red- 

 dish-yellow, middle femora at base and hind femora and tibiiE pieeuns. 

 Head coarsely punctured; eyes very deeply divided. Antenna; longer than 

 head and thorax, gradually thicker to tip. Thorax one-third wider at base 

 than long, rapidly narrowing from base to apex, coarsely and densely punc- 

 tured. Elytra subquadrate, disk flattened, with rather deep punctured 

 striae ; intervals flat, densely and finely punctulate. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



ilarshall, Knox, Lawrence, Posey and Crawford counties; rare. 

 June 2-Septeniber 4. 



2299 (7157). BEt-CHts ExiGurs Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc.. lY, 1S7.'5. 

 341. 



Oblong-oval. Black, sparsely clothed with short, fine grayish-yellow 

 pubesc-enee; elytra in great part dull reddish, their sides and suture nar- 

 rowly piceous ; antennae black, four basal joints paler ; legs pale reddish- 

 brown. Thorax one-third -wider at base than long; surface ci.arsely and 

 densely punctured. Elytra gradually broader to apex, finely striate, the 

 striae indistinctly punctured ; intervals flat, densely punctulate. I'y^'idium 

 reddish, rather convex, coarsely punctured and pubescent. Length 2 mm. 



Vigo, Pcspy and Jennings counties; scarce. April 27-July 11. 

 Occurs on flowers of the yellow puccoon and wild parsnip and said 

 to breed in the see Is of the false indigo .Amorpha frutirosa L.). 



2.300 (715S). BRUCHrs skmixulcm Horn. Trans. Aiiier. Ent. Snc, IV, lS7;i. 



342. 

 Narrowly oblong-oval. Black, sparsely clothed with pale gray pubes- 

 cence. Antennae not longer than head and thorax, the latter wider at base 

 than long, sides very feebly curved and gradually narrowing to apex, sur- 

 face coarsely punctured. Scutellum small, oval. Elytra gradually wider 

 from base to apex, finely striate; intervals flat, densely punctulate. each 

 with a row of distant coarse punctures. Length 1.5 mm. 



Vigo County: rare. June 15. Taken from flowers of doswood. 

 Our smallest and most slender si)eeies. 



2.301 (7]5f>). Bfiucrirs ir.iCBOCEEi's Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. IV. 1S73. 



.342. 

 Oblong-oval, rather robust. Uniform black, moderately shiniug, very 

 sjiarsely clothed with whitish pubescence. Antennae one-fourth longer than 



