]296 PAMIIiY LVIII. — MELANDRYID.K. 



!W. Maxillary pfilpi with last .ioint liatcliet-sha],.Ml ; length less than 



4 mm. 

 /, Si.urs of middle tihuv small, equal ; second joint ot antenuiE shorter 



,, . 1 XV. SVMPHORA. 



than third. 

 l,n Spurs of middle tihia> very unequal; third joint of antennae not 

 longer than second. Anisoxya. 



X. Melandrya Fah. 1801. (Gr,. "black -i oak,") 

 This and the next sjcniis have the head inclined, never vertical: 

 suture between front and clvpeus distinct; last joint of maxillary 

 palpi wider, hatchet-shaped; front coxiv conical, contiguous with 

 distinct trochantins; middle coxa' contii;-uous. Uilandrya, the 

 t.v])ical genus of the family, is represented in the United States and 



1 ndiana hy one species. 



2:!'.!." (TC.i;!). JEklandrva strtata Say, 

 l.oiis's Exped.. IT. 1S2:!, 

 U.Sii; ihid. I, T.tO. 



Elongate-oval. Hlack, shining; termi- 

 nal joints of palpi and antenna' reddish- 

 hrowii; pubescence very tine and sparse. 

 Thorax gradually narrowing fnnn base to 

 apex, where it is but slightly wider than 

 the head ; surface finely and sparsely punc- 

 tate and with three wide, shallow grooves 

 \m basal half, the middle one the longest. 

 Elytra gradually broader from base to 

 apex, widely and deeply striate; inten-als 

 convex, sparsely and irregularly pmvctate. 

 Length ~.'>ATt mm. (Pi.g. .")T'_',") 



Throughout the State ; conunon in 

 the southern counties, less so north- 

 ward. April 9-.Tune 18, Occurs be- 

 neath bark. 



Fig 572. (Original,) 



XI, Emmesa Newm. 1838. (Gr., "intermediate.") 



One of the two known United States species occurs in the State, 



2:i0(i (7(j.">.j). Emmesa labiata Say. Long's Exped., II, 1,S2."., 2S7 ; ibid. I. 

 190. 

 I'>longate. subparallel. Black, shining, sparsely and finely pubescent; 

 labruni, terminal joints of palpi and tips of last joints of antenuEe reddisli- 

 brown. Thorax one-third wider than long, sides feebly curved from base 

 to aijex ; disk linely iiiid rather closely punctate and witli a deep, wide, 

 oblique impression each side on basal half and a narrow one at middle. 

 Elytra closely and rather finely iiunctured, each with (wo or three indis- 

 tinct raised lines. Ijcngtb !t 11 nun. 



