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FAMILY LVIII. — MELANDRYID.E. 



XIV. Phueotbya Steph. 1832. (Gr., "bark + to bore.") 

 This genus includes those species usually listed under Dirccea 

 Iney are of medium size, have the head vertical ; presternum short 

 not separating front coxa,; males with front tarsi rather widely 

 dilated and the last ventral segment truncate or cmarginale Two 

 ot the seven species recognized by Horn have been taken in the 

 btate and another perhaps occurs. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF PHLCEOTEYA. 



a. Antennae slender, joints longer than wide ; length 7 or more mm 



6. Thorax shining, simply punctate; elytra each with two yellow spots 

 ot irregular shape. oqqq „ tt 



7.7. rp, 1 2o99. QUADBIMACULATA. 



66. rhoiax opaque, rugulose ; elytra uniform brown or piceous. 



A zzr h 3oiuts ~ at tri — ^ -"Its 



length b mm. & ' 



CONCOLOB. 



2399 ( 7669). Phixeotrya quadbuiacvlata Say, Long's Exped II i S o 3 

 283; ibid. I. 1ST. 



Elongate-oval, convex, narrower behind the middle. Dark reddish- 

 b own or pmeous, feebly shining, sparsely pubescent; antenna, palpi am! 

 t ion margin ot thorax pale: elytra each with a yellowish irregular H 

 shaped spot on basal third and a very irregular one on apical third. Tho- 

 iax shghtly wmer than long, disk with sides strongly sloping, finely and 

 ensely punctate Elytra more sparsely punctured, the punctures on basal 

 halt unequal and coarser than those near apex. Length 7.5-11 mm 



Lake, Putnam, Marion and Crawford counties : scarce May 28- 

 July lo. Occurs on moss of beech and maple trees. Commonly 

 listed as Dirccm Htnrata Lee, but Say's name has priority as it 

 was thrown aside by LeConte only on the ground that it had been 

 preoccupied under Serropalpus. 



2400 (7671). Phixeotrya vaudouebi Muls., Col. Pr. Barbip 79 



, E1 °! 1Sate ' subc y lindl - ical - S%b.tly depressed. Dark brown to piceous 

 feebly shining, sparsely clothed with short, brown pubescence: lately 



ill T' Sm ° f tb01 ' aX - aUteUUa> anfl ^ ^dish-brown. Thorax a 

 httle longer than wide, sides rounded into apex ; surface finely, densely and 



TZ ° T i2I nS T? C0UflUei1 ^ PUnCtate ' the basaI iMons^rv 

 tamt. Elytra with two or three vague costae, tbe surface of basal half more 

 sparsely and coarsely punctured than thorax. Length 7-9.5 mm 

 Perry County ; rare. May 31. Occurs beneath hark 

 P. concolor Lee, dark brown, antennae piceous, less fuscous, the 

 tarsi paler, is known from Pennsylvania and near Cincinnati. 



XV.. Symphoba Lee 1866. (Or., "joined.") 

 Here belong two small, elongate, brownish or piceous species 

 having the head scarcely deflexed, not constricted behind the eyes ; 



