FA M ILY XLT. AlALACHTI DJE. 



/. Elytra entirely black, shining ; legs wholly yellow. 



1615. MELAXOPTEBES. 



ff. Elytra not wholly black. 



g. Tips of elytra narrowly reddish-yellow ; tibia? and tarsi yellow, 

 femora marked with black. 1615a. rai\ mabgixipexnis. 



gg. Elytra reddish-yellow with one or two black spots. 

 h. Elytra each with one small black spot on humerus. 



HUMEEALIS. 



hliz Elytra each with two black spots, one basal, one anteapical. 



1616. PETTITI. 



ee. Head and thorax not of one color. 



i. Thorax reddish-yellow ; elytra sooty ; front and middle tibia? pale. 



1617. oticsus. 



it. Thorax with discal black spot, the margins broadly pale. 



./'. Elytra with suture and side margins narrowly pale ; abdomen 

 black. 161S. cibcemscbiptes. 



././'. Elytra either nearly wholly pale or black without pale side mar- 

 gins. 



k. Suture and margin of elytra often black, the remainder dull 

 reddish-yellow. 1619. scixcetus. 



fcfc. Entire elytra except tips black or piceous. 



1619a. var. coxfuses. 



1611 (5052). Attales termixalis Erichs.. Entom.. I. 1S40. 10S. 



Oblong, depressed, dilated behind the middle. Black, shining, sparsely 

 pubescent ; tips of the male elytra and a narrow margin along their sides 

 to beyond the middle pale yellow ; front and middle tibia? dusky or dull 

 yellow. Length 2.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. June 2-July 20. 



1612 (5054). Attalus gbaxulabis Erichs., Entom.. I, 1S40, 112. 

 Broadly oval, much dilated behind the middle. Piceous black : legs all 



dull yellow. Elytra of female nearly as broad as long. Length 1.5 mm. 



Steuben and Kosciusko counties ; rare. .June 17— June 20. 

 Taken by sifting debris in low. moist woods. 



1613 (5055). Attales mobiles Lee. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. VI. 1S52. 



167. 



Oblong, feebly dilated behind. Wholly black, shining, very sparsely 

 pubescent : legs piceous or dusky. Length 2.5 mm. 



Martin County; scarce. July 13. The females of this species 

 are almost inseparable from those of terminalis. 



1614 (5056). Attalus pallifboxs Motsch.. Bull. Mosc. IV. 1859. 40S. 

 Elongate-oblong, nearly parallel. Piceous black : clypeus. front legs 



and sometimes the narrow front margin and hind angles of thorax, dull 

 yellow; elytra subopaque with a sooty appearance, sparsely and finely pu- 

 bescent; middle and hind femora dusky, their tibia? paler. Length 3- 

 3.5 mm. 



Knox and Posey counties ; scarce. May 11-July 10. 



