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FAMILY XXXV. DASCYLLTD7E. 



1315 (4003). Helodes pulchella Guer., Spec, et Icon., Ill, 1845, 13. 



Elliptical, finely pubescent. Yellow ; elytra each 



with an oval basal piceous spot, and another much 

 larger, reaching from before the middle to apex. 

 Thorax semicircular, base bisinuate, entire margin 

 slightly reflexed, disk sparsely and finely punctate. 

 Elytra rather densely punctured. Length 3.5-5 mm. 

 (Fig. 267.) 



Orange, Posey and Crawford counties; 

 scarce. April 18- June 1. Eight or ten speci- 

 mens were secured on the former date by sift- 

 ing the rotten debris from the center of an 



Fig. 267. X 7. (Original.) ^ ^ stump> 



H. fuscipennis Guer., yellow, elytra black or piceous, length 4.5- 

 5 mm., ranges from Pennsylvania to Texas. 



1316 (4005). Helodes thoeacica Guer., loc. cit., p. 14. 

 Broadly oval, nearly as broad as long. Black, tho- 

 rax and antennae yellow ; body beneath and femora pic- 

 eous, tibiae and tarsi paler. Thorax as in pulchella. Ely- 

 tra not densely punctured. Last ventral segment of male 

 emarginate. Length 2.5-3.5 mm. (Fig. 268.) 



Marshall and Vigo counties; rare. June 10- 

 September 28. 



VII. Scirtes Illig. 1807. (Gr., "a dancer.") 



Fig. 268. 



Head derlexed; antenna; slender, half as long as 

 body ; presternum short, not prolonged between the coxae, which are 

 prominent and contiguous; hind coxae suddenly dilated on inner 

 side into a small plate ; hind femora oval, very much enlarged, the 

 tibiae with one long and a shorter spur; tarsi with fourth joint bi- 

 lobed, the first joint of the hind ones as long as the other joints com- 

 bined. 



1317 (4006). Scirtes orbiculatus Fab., Syst. Eleut, I, 1801, 503. 

 Broadly oval, sparsely pubescent. Black or piceous, shining; elytra 



with an oblong-oval reddish-yellow spot on middle of suture ; thorax with 

 sides usually broadly reddish-yellow ; femora piceous, tibiae, tarsi and an- 

 tennae paler. Head and thorax sparsely, elytra more densely and coarsely 

 punctate. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Steuben County; rare. Beaten from plants near margin of 

 water in Clear Lake. June 17. 



1318 (4007). -Scirtes tibialis Guer.. Spec, et Icon., Ill, 1845, 3. 

 Broadly oval. Uniform piceous or nearly black, moderately shining. 



sparsely pubescent; antennae, tibiae and tarsi paler. Head and thorax 

 nearly smooth. Elytra rather densely punctulate. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Common on vegetation about the borders of lakes and marshes in 



