THE LAGKIID BARK BEETLES. 



1285 



Throaghout the State; scarce. June ]l-Octoher 12. Beaten 

 from foliage of shrubs and trees, usually along the borders of 

 marshes. 



2o7S ( ). AKTHROMAt'KA GLAniilCOLUS Sp. 



UOY. 



ilore slender and parallel, the elytra not 

 at all widened on apical half. Metallic cu- 

 preous or piceuus, legs and antennae paler. 

 Head finely and sparsely punctate. Thorax 

 more slender, less convex on sides, longer in 

 proportion to its width than in wnea; sur- 

 face almost smooth, highly polished. Elytra 

 each with four or five evident but indistinct 

 costse extending from apex almost to base ; 

 intervals rather coarsely and not densely 

 punctate. Length 10-13 mm. (Fig. 570.) 



Posey County. June -i. Described 

 from five specimens. The almost smooth 

 thorax and much less roughly punctate 

 elytra readily distinguish this from 

 a' Ilea. 



Fig, 570. (Original.) 



II. Statika Serv. 182,1. (Gr., "a Jewish coin.") 



Plorn recognizes seven species as belonging to this genus, but 

 some of them run very close together. Our two species have the 

 tibise rounded, not sulcate on the outer edges and the first interval 

 without setigerous punctures, 



2o70 (7Go9). Statika kespi.endens JXclsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci., II, 

 1S4.5, 311. 



Elongate, slender. Dark lirownish-ycllow to picemis, shining; thorax 

 and legs reddish-yellow ; elytra with a feeble bronzed lustre. Antennae half 

 the length of body. Thorax subcyliudrical. one-fourth longer than wide, 

 sides fiinely margined, feebly cuiwed, hind angles very small, acute; surface 

 minutely and sparsely punctate. Elytra twice as wide as thorax, deeply 

 striate, the striae finely and closely but not crenately punctate; intervals 

 feebly convex, almost smooth, the third and fifth with a few sefeie-bearing 

 punctures. Length 7-s mm. 



Putnam, (,'rawford and Posey counties ; scarce. JMay 25— July 9. 

 Beaten from the flowers of linden and foliage of shrubs. 



23^;0 (7(140). Statira gagatina Mels., Proc. Phil. .Vctul. Xat. Sci., II, ISl.l, 



.311. 



Form of the preceding. I'uiform piceous. shining; antennae and tarsi 



reddish-brown ; elytra with faint metallic lustre. Thorax about as wide as 



long, more sinuate behind the middle than in icsploiclcns, surface very finely 



