THE ilELANDRYlD BARK BEETLES. l-il( 



Marion and CrawtDrJ counties; rare. ]\I;iy 2^May 2-5. Occiii-s 

 on leaves of plants and shrulis. 



Xylita lavigata Ilellw., blaek, basal half of elytra pieenus or 

 rufo-pieeous. len.irtli .j-T mm., raiiures from ]Maine to Lake Superior 

 and has been taken at Cincinnati. 



Car.hara loiigida Loc, eloncrate. depressed, pii-edus. len.yth 6.5 

 mm., is said to occur rarely in the '•:\Iiddlc States." 



XII. SpiLOTus Lee. lS(i2. (Gr.. ■spotted.'") 



The meml ers of this and the next genus have the head inclined 

 or vertical, frcntal suture not distinct: front coxie conical, con- 

 tiguiirs. without trochantins : middle ooxje not contiguous. S pi- 

 lot us is represented hy a single species having the antenna; some- 

 what thickened toward apex. 



'-■iU7 (Tijiiiii. si'iLOTUs QUADBiPusTULATr.s ilelsli., Proc. Pliil. Acad. Xat. 

 Sci.. III. ls46, .j7. 

 Elongate, slender, ejiivex. Blackisli-iiiceoiis. spaisely and finely pubes- 

 leiit; tibi;e. tarsi and basal half of antennje reddish-yellow; elytra each 

 with two dull yellow simts. cue laii_'e, oblique, near base, the other, smaller 

 and moi'e r;.unded, mi apical third. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides 

 rounded, hind aiL'les cbtuse; dislc finely and densely ijumtate and with a 

 faint impre^siiiu each side near base. El\-tra more sparsely punctate than 

 tlurax. Length y-o..j mui. 



Kosciusko and Vigo counties : rare. June 5-June 6. Beaten 

 from leaves of walnut. 



XIII. Enchodes Lee. LMi6. (Gr.. "lance - appearance.") 

 This gentts is represented in the iliddle and Western States by 

 one species. 



23tis (Tijii.ji. Enchodes seeicea Hald.. Journ. Phil. Ac-ad. Xat S-L. I. 

 lsj!». !)s. 

 Eioui-'ate. slender, sTibileiaesseil. tapering behind, rniform reddish- nr 

 chestnut-br: '^ni. rather ilensely el' thed with very fine, prustrate. yellowish 

 nubeseepce. Thorax about as wide as lim.ir. widest at middle: hind angles 

 acute, base bisiiiuate: disk very finely and den-ely punctate and with a 

 wide. triauLjular impressinn each side near base. Elytra gradually but dis- 

 tinctly tapei-lng tmm near base t;i apex, nut striate, finely and densely punc- 

 tate. LeniTth 13-14.."'. mm. 



Also and Posey counties: rare. I^fay 21— June 10. Taken from 

 beneath bark of the downy poplar. Popuhm hetcrophyUa L. 



Mysta.riis simulaior Newm . dull yellow, thorax and elytra 

 marked M-ith black, length 7 mm., is known from (Jliio and Canada. 



