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FAMILY LVI. CISTELID^. 



2361 (759S). IIymenorus densus Lee, New Sp. N. Am. Col., I, 1866, 138. 



Elongate-oval. Piceous or dark reddish-brown ; tarsi and two or three 

 basal joints of antennse paler ; pubescence short, coarse, pale and con- 

 spicuous. Antenna* one-third the length of body, the third joint slender ' 

 slightly longer than fourth. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides straight 

 to beyond middle, thence rounded into apex, hind angles rectangular; sur- 

 face finely and very densely punctate, without basal impressions Elytra 

 slightly wider at base than thorax, widest at middle; disk with feebly im- 

 pressed rows of small, rather close-set punctures; intervals very finely and 

 densely punctulate. 



Vigo County; rare. June 12. Taken from fungus on beech 

 tree. One also in Webster collection. 



III. Cistela Fab. 1775. (Gr., " a little box.") 

 Rather broadly oval or oblong beetles having 



A \ \ ^^^x the antenme more or less compressed and ser- 

 ; \\ j \ /^W^ rate, with the third joint very short in both 

 F , fifi 1 p fl sexes ; fourth joint of maxillary palpi slender, 



rig. 566. 1, Beetle; 2, tar- , • -, ^ r ' 



sus; 3, tarsal claws. (After triangular; pubescence dense, short and incon- 



WestW00d.) ^ • /T'-l- -r>r> n r., 



spieuous. (i<ig. &bt).) Two of the six recog- 

 nized species occur in the State. 



2362 ( 7602). Cistela brevis Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill 1824 

 269 ; ibid. II, 158. 



Elliptical or broadly oval, convex. Head, thorax and under surface 

 black; antennae and legs pale reddish-brown, the former dusky toward tip; 

 elytra usually fulvous or tawny, sometimes black. Head with a lengthwise 

 groove. Thorax two-thirds wider than long, apex truncate, one-half as wide 

 as base, the latter broadly and strongly bisinuate, hind angles acute ; disk 

 finely and densely punctate. Elytra finely but deeply striate, the stria- with 

 fine, close-set punctures; intervals subeonvex, densely and minutely punc- 

 tate. Males with the front tarsi compressed, the fifth joint strongly bent 

 and thickened at base. Length 7.5-9 mm, 



Throughout the State; scarce. May 10-June 3. Occurs on 

 flowers of wild hydrangea, linden, etc. All four specimens in the 

 collection have pale elytra, though the ones with black elytra are 

 said to be usually the more common. 



2363 (7627). Cistela amcena Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1S24 

 269 ; ibid. II, 158. 



Oblong-oval, subdepressed. Black, shining; thorax and under surface 

 pale reddish-yellow. Head with a transverse impressed line between the 

 antennae. Thorax short, transverse, more than twice as wide as long, the 

 apex broadly rounded into the sides, hind angles rectangular ; disk finely 

 and rather sparsely punctate, more or less flattened on the sides and with 

 a feeble impression each side and at middle near base. Elytra at middle 



