1306 FAMILY LX, — CEDEMEEID^i;. 



,1. Claws simiile. Oopidita. 



(!d. Claws tootbed at liase; form very slruder; cdloi- blackisli, lliorax 



wholly 01- in part reddish. III. Anci.kkv. 



i/c. Both mandibles simple; head short. IV. <.»xahs. 



I. SIiCROTONiis Lec. 1862. (Gr., "small + a thong.") 



Repi-esented by a single small brown species having the head 

 short, the front with distinct curved suture just before the eyes, 

 which are rather coarsely granulate ; maxillary palpi with last joint 

 rather long, hatchet-shaped; antennas slender, one-half the length of 

 body, the second joint one-third as long as fourth. 



2413 (772G). IMiCROTONi'S sebicans Lfc, Glass. Col. of N. A., I, 1802, 2.jl». 

 Elongate, slenderj convex. Brown, feebly shining, sparsely clothed with 



shoi-t, silken, yellowish hairs. Thorax nearly square, as wide as head, sides 

 feebly rounded ; hind angles acute ; surface finely and densely punctate and 

 with a vague depression each side near base. Elytra hut slightly wider at 

 base than thorax; surface closely, coarsely and irrci;nlarly punctate. Length 

 :i. 8-4.5 mm. 



Orange, Crawford and Perry counties; scarce. May 11-June 

 26. Occurs on foliage, (^specially that of elm. 



If. Naceedes Schmidt. 18-16. 



One medium-sized, slender-bodied species belongs here. The an- 

 tennae are less than half the lentitli of Ijody, 1'2-jointed in male, 

 eleven in female. Fourth joint ol' maxillary palpi eloni>ate-trian- 

 gular. 



2414 (77y:_!). Nacehdes melanuea Limi., Faun. Suec, 1740, 205. 

 Elongate, slender, parallel, subdepressed. Above dull yi'llow ; elytra 



tipped with blackish purple; under surface and legs in great part piceous. 

 Thorax dilated each side in front of middle, narrowed behind, rather coarse- 

 ly and closely punctate. Elytra each with, four nni-row, sli-hlly elevated 

 lines; surface finely and densely punctate. Length 8-12 mm. 



Wells, Marion and Lawrence counties; scarce. l\lay 2fl-.Tuly 12. 

 Occurs about cellars, old boxes and lumber yards, probably in all 

 of the larger towns of the State. Originally rroni Europe, it has 

 been spread by commerce over the world. In one specimen from 

 Lawrence Omuity the thorax has a large piceous spot each side. 



Copidlla ihorarira Fab., piceous, thorax reddisb-vellow, elytra 

 varying to purple or blue, length f.-T mm., is said to occur from the 

 "Middle States southward." 



