1342 FAMILY LXII. — ANTHICID^E. 



2493 (7961). Antiiicus haldemanni I>ec., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VI. 



1852, 100. 

 Black or pieeous; elytra each with a large, triangular spot on basal 

 fourth and a small rounded one on apical fourth, reddish-brown ; antennse 

 and legs dull reddish-yellow. Head truncate and impressed at base, rather 

 coarsely and closely punctate and with an entire smooth median line. Tho- 

 rax as long as wide, broadly rounded on the sides in front ; surface densely 

 and finely punctate. Elytra much more coarsely and less densely punctate 

 than thorax. Length 2.7-3 mm. 



Pine and Ilessville, Lake County; scarce. April 16-June 4. 

 The markings on elytra resemble some of the varieties of cervinus, 

 but the head and thorax are both distinctly wider and the elytra 

 more coarsely punctured. 



2494 (7980). Anthicus melancholicus Laf., Mon. Authic, 1848, 174. 

 Suboval, convex. Color uniform, varying from pieeous to dull brown- 

 ish-yellow, sparsely pubescent; antennre and legs paler. Head with base 

 truncate; surface finely and closely punctate and with a smooth median 

 line. Thorax slightly longer than wide, its sides nearly straight and feebly 

 converging to base; disk strongly convex, densely and finely punctate. Ely- 

 tra with humeri somewhat rounded ; disk coarsely, deeply and rather closely 

 punctate. Length 1.8-2 mm. 



Marion County; scarce. October 1.1. Taken from beneath 

 chunks in low, open woods. Easily known by its small size, uniform 

 color and small, convex eyes. LeConte's spretus and lateirans are 

 said by Casey to be the same as Laferte's species. 



Casey (loc. cii.) described Anthicus sodalis black throughout, 

 length 3-3.2 mm., and A. Jteroicus black, legs testaceous, elytra each 

 with two large rufous spots, length 4 mm., both from "Indiana," 

 but I have seen no specimens. A. savcius Casey, length 3 mm., was 

 described from Iowa. 



XIII. Sahntus Casey. 1895. 



This genus includes ten .species differing from Anthicus by the 

 characters mentioned in key and by their having the body stouter, 

 with relatively longer elytra and smaller thorax ; epipleura?. wider ; 

 first joint of hind tarsi longer; tibial spars shorter and much more 

 slender. In addition to the erect "tactile setre," the elytral pubes- 

 cence consists of longer and more erect hairs arising from coarse 

 punctures, and shorter, more prostrate ones from minute punctures 

 of the intervals. Our two species belong to the group having the 

 eyes large and rather strongly convex and the body black or brown- 

 ish-black. 



