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FAMILY XXXVI . RHIPI CERIDJE . 



Cyphox collabis Guer., Spec, et Icon.. III. 1845, 4. 



Oblong-oval. Piceous black, sbining. finely pubescent : 

 thorax, tibia?, tarsi and base of antenna? reddish-yellow. 

 Thorax nearly three times as wide as long, front angles 

 rounded, sides distinctly flattened, especially towards the 

 hind angles, which are rectangular : surface sparsely and 

 finely punctate. Elytra one-third wider than thorax, sur- 

 face rather coarsely and moderately densely punctate. Fe- 

 males witb a large oval flattened or slightly depressed 

 space behind tbe scutellum. which is very feebly punctured. 

 Length 3.5-4 mm. (Fig. 269.) 



Steuben, Marshall and Orange counties; scarce. June 2-July 6. 



Taken by sweeping herbage at edges of woods and by beating limbs 



of tamarack. Resembles ru fie oil is closely, but witb basal joints of 



antenna? longer and never with central black spot on thorax. 



1322 (4016). Cyphox vakiabilis Thunb.. Mus. Ups., IV. 54. 



Oval, slightly oblong, moderately convex, pubescent. Color uniform 

 but variable from piceous to pale brown or dull yellow. Antenna? slightly 

 longer than half tbe body, tbe outer joints darker. Thorax twice as wide 

 as long, margin not flattened. Elytra a little wider than thorax, about a 

 third longer than wide, surface rather finely and densely punctured. Length 

 2.5-3.5 mm. 



Throughout the State ; common in the northern half ; much less 

 so in the southern portion. April 8-September 19. 



1323 (4017). Cyphox padi Linn.. Syst. Nat.. II, 1766, 5SS. 



Ovate, moderately convex, finely pubescent. Piceous or black : elytra 

 with the tip yellow, the spot sometimes well defined, often extending for- 

 ward in an irregular stripe ; antenna? piceous. the basal joints pale ; femora 

 piceous. tibia? pale. Thorax more than twice as wide as long, slightly nar- 

 rowed in front, surface everywhere very finely and sparsely punctulate. 

 Elytra wider than the thorax at base, rather densely punctate, very sparsely 

 pubescent. Length 2 mm. 



Lake. Steuben, Knox and Vanderburgh counties; scarce. May 

 25-August 12. Known by its small size, nearly smooth thorax and 

 yellow tips of elytra . Those from the northern counties were beaten 

 from the flowers of the tall swamp huckleberry. 



Family XXXVI. KHIPICERID.E. 



The Cedar Beetles. 



This is a family comprising only two genera and five species, all 

 of medium or large size, elongate form and black or chestnut-brown 

 in color. They are found on plants, the species of Sandalus especially 

 on cedars. The name of the typical genus Rhipicera is derived from 

 two Greek words meaning "a fan'' and "horn," the antenna? of cer- 

 tain males having long, flat processes, which fold like a fan. 



