1298 FAMILY LVIII. MELANDRYID.l?. 



XIV Phlceotrya Steph. 1832. (Gr., "bark + to bore.") 



This genus includes those species usually listed under Dirccea. 

 They are of medium size, have the head vertical ; prosternum short, 

 not separating front coxa^; males with front tarsi rather widely 

 dilated and the last ventral segment truncate or emarginate. Two 

 of the seven species recognized by Horn have been taken in the 

 State and another perhaps occurs. 



KEY TO INDIAKA SPECIES OF PHLCEOTKYA. 



II. Aiiteimaj slender, joints longer than wide; length 7 or more mm. 



6. Thorax shining, simply punctate ; elytra each with two yellow spots 

 of irregular shape. 2399. quadkimaculata. 



!j6. Thorax opaque, rugulose ; elytra unifnrm brown or piceous. 



2400. VAUDOUERI. 



aa. Antennas with joints somewhat triangular, nearly as wide as long; 

 length 6 mm. concolob. 



2399 (7669). Phlceotbya quadkimaculata Say, Long's Exped., II, 1S23, 

 2&3; ibid. I, 187. 



Elongate-oval, convex, narrciwer behind the middle. Dark reddish- 

 browu or piceous, feebly shining, sparsely pubescent; antennae, palpi and 

 front margin of thorax pale; elytra each with a yellowish, irregular, H- 

 shaped spot on basal third and a very irregular one on apical third. Tho- 

 rax slightly wider than long, disk with sides strongly slopin.g. finely and 

 densely punctate. Elytra more sparsely punctured, the punctures on basal 

 half unequal and coarser than those near apex. Length 7.5-11 mm. 



Lake, Putnam, Marion and ( "r;i wford counties : scarce. :\Iay 28- 

 July 15. Occurs on moss of beech and maple trees. Commonly- 

 listed as Dirccea lilnrata Lee., but Say's name has priority, as it 

 was thrown aside by LoContc only on the ground that it had been 

 preoccupied under Hcrropalpus. 



L'tOiJ (7671). Phixboteya vaudoieei Muls., Col. Fr. Barbip, 79. 



Elongate, subcylindrical, slightly depressed. Dark br.iwn to piceous. 

 feebly shining, siiarsely clothed with short, brown pubescence ; labrum, nar- 

 row front margin of thorax, antenna' and legs reddish-brown. Thorax a 

 little longer than wide, sides rounded into apex; surf.-ico finely, densely and 

 more or less rugosely and conflueutly punctate, the bas:il imiiressiens very 

 faint. Elylra with two er three vague eostas the siirfare of bnsal half mere 

 sp.-irsel.v and coarsely punctured than thorax. Length 7-'.i..-, mm. 



Perry County; rare. :\l3y 31. Cm-iu-s lionc:ith bark. 



P. coicolor Lee, dark brown, antennte piceous, ]c<js fuscous, the 

 tarsi paler, is known from Pennsylvania and near Cincinnati. 



XV Symphora Lee. 1S66. i Or., "joined.") 

 LIcre Ixlong two small, el.mgate, browni.sh or piceous species 

 having the head scarcely deflexed, not custricted behind the evcs: 



