THE COJIB-CLAWEI) BARK BEETLES. 127." 



2o5S (10,644). IIymenobtjS peeforatus <,'asey, Ann. X. Y. Acad. Sci., VI. 



is'.n, m. 



Eloii^ale-oblong. Hark jiiieuus-bruwii, sUiuinj; ; le.i;s ami anteiiuaj sliglitl.v 

 paler ; ijuliescenec pule, rather coarse, semi-erect. Eyes separated liy about 

 their own \vidth iu males. Aiiteniue uue-halt as long as budy, the joints 

 very coarsely pitted. Thorax three-fourths wider than long, sides broadly 

 curved into apex ; surface coarsely and deeply ijunctate and without basal 

 impressions, the punctures separated by twice their own diameters. Elytra 

 oue-fifth wider than thorax and about four times as long, sides parallel and 

 nearly straight; disk with rather strongly impressed rows of coarse, deep 

 punctures; intervals subconvex, finely, sparsely and unevenly punctured. 

 Length T-8 mm. 



Kosciusko, ^Marion and Vigo counties; scarce. June 2-July 5. 

 Occurs on leaves of maple. Described fj-om Pennsylvania, Indiana 

 and North Carolina. 



2359 (7592). Hymenobus odscfrus Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci., \, 

 1827, 242 ; ibid. II, 307. 

 Oblong-oval, sti'ongly convex. Pale reddish to blackish-brown, shining, 

 sparsely clothed with grayish-yellow pubescence; antennae, legs and abdo- 

 men reddish-brown. Eyes separated by about their own width in both 

 sexes. Antennae with third joint equal to fourth in female, one-half as long 

 in male. Thorax one-half wider than long, almost semicircularly rounded 

 in front; disk rather finely, deeply and sparsely punctate, with faint im- 

 pressions each side and at middle near base. Elytra with sides almost 

 parallel ; disk with rows of strongly imjiresstHl, small, rounded punctures ; 

 intervals closely punctate in female, more sparsely so in male. Length 

 6-7 mm. 



Hamilton, Marion and Vigo counties; scarce, ^lay 30-June 27. 

 Taken on leaves of thorn and beneath logs. 



2."i>0 (10,(ri7). IlvMKNORrs discbetts < 'asey. Ann. X. V. Acad. Sci.. VI. 

 1SU1. 1U5. 

 Oblong-subparallel. Piccous black, feebly sinning: aiitenn;e, Icsjs and 

 apical portion of abdomen rcddish-ln-uwn ; pul)csceuce rallicr cuMrse. sparse 

 and semi-erec-t. Eyes of male separated by less than one-fourth their width ; 

 of female by two-fifths their width. Antenna' notably stout, two-fifths as 

 long as body. Thorax nearly twiic as wide as long, the apex broadly curved 

 and continuous with the sides; widest one-third from base, broadly flat- 

 tened near hind angles, which are obtuse; surface coarsely and densely 

 liunctate, faintly impressed each side near base. Elytra ccptal in width to 

 thorax, sides parallel in basal two-thirds; surface with feebly impressed 

 rows of rather small punctures; intervals finely and s]iarsely punctate. 

 I.«ngth fi.5-7.5 mm. 



ilarion and Cra-\\'ford counties; seaix-e. June 2-July 2. i^cv- 

 eral specimens were taken from an old coat lying on the ground in 

 the back yard of a city residence, by Philip Baker. 



