THE SOFT - WIN G E D FLOWER BEETLES. 



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1615 (5057). Attalvs melanopterus Eriehs., Entoiu., I, 1840, 110. 

 Oblong, rather broadly dilated behind. Head, thorax, abdomen and 



legs, pale or reddish-yellow ; elytra and body beneath black ; hind femora 

 piceous at tip. Surface shining and scarcely pubescent. Length 2.5 mm. 



Crawford and Jennings counties; scarce, -lime 26-July 10. 

 Also a species of southern range. 



1615a ( ). Attalus melanopterus aiarginipennis var. nov. 



Oblong, rather broadly dilated behind. Head, thorax, presternum and 

 abdomen reddish-yellow; elytra black or blnish-black, their tips narrowly 

 bordered with orange or reddish-yellow : front and middle legs yellow, the 

 femora with blackish lines: hind femora and tibiae blackish, the tarsi yel- 

 low ; antennae blackish, their basal joints reddish-yellow. Surface shining, 

 finely pubescent. Length 2.S-3 mm. 



Crawford County; scarce. June 26-July 5. 



A. humeralis Horn, length 3 mm., was described from Illinois. 



1616 (5060). Attalvs pettiti Horn. Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc, IV, 1S72, 



124. 



Oblong, rather broadly dilated behind. Head, thorax, prosternum and 

 abdomen reddish-yellow ; elytra dull orange yellow, reddish at tips, each 

 with a humeral and larger anteapical spot black; legs pale reddish-yellow, 

 hind femora, except at tips, piceous. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Kosciusko and Putnam counties ; rare. July 4— July 24. Known 

 heretofore only from Canada. 



1617 (5063). Attalus otiosi s Say, Amer. Ent, I. 1S2S, 109, pi. 4S ; ibid. 



I, 109. 



Oblong-oval. Head black, pale yellow in front; thorax dull yellow, 

 rarely with a median black stripe ; elytra sooty-black with a bluish tinge ; 

 hind legs more or less piceous. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



One specimen in Webster collection labelled "Ind. " Said to 

 be widely distributed over the Atlantic region. 



1618 (5064). Attalus circumscriptum Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



III. 1S23, 1S5 ; ibid. II, 119. 



Oblong, robust for the genus, rather feebly dilated 

 behind. Head black, labrmn dull yellow ; thorax with a 

 black median stripe, the side margins broadly pale ; ely- 

 tra black with lateral and apical margins and suture dull 

 yellow ; beneath black, the ventral segments edged behind 

 with yellow ; legs dusky varied with dull yellow. Length 

 3 mm. (Fig. 329.) 



Crawford County; not rare about Wyandotte 

 Cave. May 12-May 27. A well marked member 

 of the Austroriparian fauna. Hern says "it ap- 

 pears to be almost entirely confined to the extreme Southern 

 States." Taken also by Dury near Cincinnati. 



