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PAMIIjY TjIX. — PYTXIID/E. 



XIX. NoTHUs Oliv. 1811. (Gr., "a bastard.") 



Our single species resembles the Lainpyrid, Telephorus tiline- 

 akis Say, in general appearance. Px-sides the eharacters given in 

 tribal key it has the head deflexed; antenna; slender, subserrate; 

 last joint of maxillan- palpi large, dilated, nearly cultriform; front 

 coxa^ conical, contiguous. The males have the hind femora curved, 

 tli(; tibia; armed with a sharp spine on the inner edge near the tip, 

 and the tarsal claws r.left. 



2400 (7<iO,S). NoTHUS VARIANS Lec, New Sp. 

 N. Am. Col., I, LSI id, 145. 

 Blongate-oblong, parallel. I'iceous or 

 blackish-piceous, sparsely elothecl with fine, 

 gray, prostrate hairs ; thorax reddish-yellow, 

 with a broad, l)laek stripe each side of mid- 

 dle, these often connected or even confluent ; 

 autenniE and legs usually piceous, sometimes 

 in part or wholly dull yellow. Thorax sub- 

 orbicular, slightly broader than long, its an- 

 gles all (jbtusely rounded; surface finely and 

 rather closely punctate. Elytra finely, dense- 

 ly and rugosely punctate. Length 5-S mm. 

 (Fig. 573.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent. May 

 1-July 1. Occurs on flowers and foliage, 

 especially those of Cratcegus. 



Fig 573. X 6. (Original ) 



Tribe IX. MYCTERINI. 



While no member of the tribe has been taken in the State, a 

 single species of each of its two genera may occur. The genera are 

 separat<Hl as follows: 



KEY TO (lENEKA OF JIYCTEEINI. 



(I. Head short; epipleune not reaching tips of .-lyH-,i ; first ventral segment 

 short'. -r 



TjACCONOTUS. 



iin. H,.nrt prolonged into ;, l„.ak; cpipleuriie reaching tips of elvtra ; first 

 neutral as long ns the second. i\lYCTERrs 



Larconottts p,nirta1us Lev, black, thorax reddish- vellow with 

 median black space, length 4-5,5 mm., has l,een taken bv Durv at 

 Cincinnati. Mijclcrus scahrr ITald.. bla.^k, le-s and antenna3 yel- 

 low, length 4.;> mm., "ocmrs in the Atlantic States." 



Painily hlX. PYTHID.K. 

 TiiK l-'vTitiD Bakk Beetlics, 

 A small family, represented in the United States bv onlv aliout 

 20 species. They aiv s,.p..,rated from those of Melandryidre bv hav- 



