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FAMILY XXXVHI . THRO S CTDJE . 



received in grooves along the inner margins of the inflexed portions 

 of thorax : head immersed in thorax to the eyes : month inferior, 

 applied in repose to the prosternnm ; thorax deeply silicate on under 

 side along the sutures for reception of antenna?: presternum with a 

 rounded lobe in front which protects the mouth : front and middle 

 coxa? small, rounded, without trorhantins. the cavities of the former 

 closed behind by the mesosternum : hind coxa? transverse and dilated 

 into a plate partly covering the thighs: tarsi short, five-jointed, 

 joints 1 to -1 being furnished beneath with long membranous lobes; 

 claws simple. 



The name TJimscus. that of the typical genius, is ill-suited to 

 these beetles, since it is derived from a Greek word meaning "to 

 leap upon. " The fixity of the thorax upon the trunk precludes any 

 such motion. The family is represented in the United States by 

 three genera and IS species. Of these five species, belonging to two 

 genera, have been taken in Indiana. The principal paper on the 

 North American forms is by 



Horn. — ' ' Synopsis of the Throseida? of the United States." in 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. XII. 1SS5. 198-208. 



KEY TO IXBIAXA GEXEBA OE THEOSCID.E. 



a. Antennas serrate, their cavities on prosternnm short, straight; no tarsal 

 grooves. I. De a petes. 



aa. Antenna? terminating in a three-jointed club, their cavities long and 

 curved: tarsal grooves present on metasternum. II. Thboscus. 



I. Drapetes Eedt, 1849. (Gr., i ' to run away.") 



To this genns belong four species, one of which has been taken in 

 the State, while two of the others may in time be found. Since the 

 table by which they are separated is brief, it is herewith given. 



KEY TO SPECIES OE DBAPETES, 



a. Thorax black. 



1). Elytra red and black. 



c. Elytra with a broad sub-basal red crossbar. 1475. geminates. 

 cc. Elytra with humeral and subapical red spots. 



QVADEIPESTE'IATES. 



1)1). Elytra wholly black. xitides. 



'/'/. Thorax red. elytra black. bebbicollis. 



1475 (4042 1. Deapetes gemixates Say. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist.. I. 1S23. 264: 

 ibid. I. 398. 



Oblong, convex. Black, shining, very sparsely pubescent. Elytra with 

 a broad sub-basal red crossbar, this sometimes divided at the suture or re- 

 duced to a round spot on each side. Thorax as wide at base as long, grad- 



