THE RHIPIPHOEID BEETLES. 136 / 



Lake, Fulton and Putnam counties ; scarce. July 4r-Jvlj 31. A 

 single female of var. ti-i^ti.i Fab., wholly black, was taken in Put- 

 nam County, July 25. 



2.53.^ (slTs). Rhipiphobus cbuextus Germ., Ins. Spec. Nov., 1S24. IGS. 



Color variable: in typical cnicntus. body and legs entirely black; ely- 

 tra red, apex and narrow basal margin black ; antennae and abdomen black, 

 the latter very rarely red (male), abdomen red, very rarely black (fe- 

 male) ; in var. nifus Lee., bcidy above, beneath and legs reddish-yellow; an- 

 teunse black with pale basal joint. Elytra contiguous for nearly half their 

 length, then obliquely narrowed, not acuminate at tips. Length 5-7.5 mm. 



Perry County; rare. June 17. Our only species having the 

 second joint of hind tarsi longer than third. A member of the 

 Aiistroriparian fauna. 



2.j34 (SlTOl. RHiPiPHOcrs limbatus Fab.. Ent. Syst. II, 170S. 112. 



Head, thorax, under surface, femora and middle and hind tibiae red- 

 dish-yelliiw : thorax with an oval black spot on disk; elytra either wholly 

 black or pale yellow with the margins and suture black ; antennte, except 

 the trsvo basal joints, tarsi and front tibiae, black. Vertex smooth, convex. 

 Thorax with hind angles and basal lobe much prolonged, the latter not 

 notched at tip; surface sparsely and shallowly punctate. Length 6-10 mm. 



Southern t^^o-thirds of State; scarce. July 10-August 17. Oc- 

 curs on flowers of various Composiid. The top of head and sides of 

 meso- and metasterna are often black. 



B. favipcnnis her., length 7.5-10 mm., is kno^^Ti from Pennsyl- 

 vania, Georgia, Illinois and westward; R. bifovcatus Horn, black, 

 elytra bro's^iiish, darker at ba.se. with small pale spot one-fourth 

 from humerus, length 11 mm., was described from Illinois; R. line- 

 aris Lee, linear, length i mm., was described from Kentucky. 



II. .Myodites Latr. 1S19. (Gr., "like a mouse.") 



"Weil ire-shaped species having the elytra very short, -nings not 

 folded ; antenuiv fan-like in both sexes. They occur on the flowers 

 of goldenrod and other Composite in August and September. One 

 species is known from the State. 



2."i:j.!i (81S7). Myodites fasciaiis Say. Joum. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci.. Ill, 

 1S24, 274; ibid. II, 162. 

 Black, feebly shining; legs and elytra yellow, the latter with base and 

 siiot near apex fuscous. Vertex prominent with a median carina. Thorax 

 conical with a median impressed line; surface, as well as that of head, 

 finely and densely punctate. Elytra one-third the length of abdomen, widely 

 separale<l. siiarsely punctate. Jyength 4—6 mm. 



One specimen in AYebster collection labeled "Ind. " Taken by 

 Pun' near Cincinnati ; also knouii from Illinois and Pennsylvania. 



