1299 



THE MELANDRYID BARK BEETLES. 



j.i l ,,!>!,. fhp length of second 



s^js^ff^s^ 



irr™: ™ ■ ■ - - ■ 



184S, 100. . Lhintaa tincly pubes- 



Elongate. moderately convex Bl«c*isl H M^ ^ 

 cent: head, thorax, legs and base ot an ten mot M byeUo ^ ^ 

 tbird wider than long, .ides broad l io. m W- ^ vague oblique 



obtuse; disk rather coarsely and. , arse 1- « ■ ^ ^ coarsely m 

 impression each side near base. Elytia sbgn, 



sparser punctate than thorax Length >- ,., » ' „,,- 

 Throughout the State; frequent. April IWU13 



neath bark and on foliage. 



mm. ***** — Hald., » A-d. Nat. Bet., I, OH . 



rsnany more — r than * £ ^f.S 



in ^ uniform pale c— brovv ; to d th ^ ^ punctate . its 



teume and legs pale)- I hoiax less eon ^ 



o«t« margins eontin « with those ot Taken by 



Throughout the State; common. June . Only 



beating; also on fungi. s „rfa.* finely i:» 

 ^SSS^ ^ bribed from Pennsylvania. 



Tribe VII. SCRAPTIINI. 



This tribe is composed of three ff^^^^Z 

 the h(ia(1 incli ned 



eyes into a small neck: labial palpi tro . 

 era have been taken m the State. 



KEY TO GENERA OF SCRAPTIINI. 



a. Last joint of -xillaxy palpi ^ joint of Mnd tarsi twice 



b Next to last joint of all tne taiw iy XVI Sceaptia. 



" *** ^^^^""^01 lobed; brst Joint of hind tarsi 

 Til, Next to last joint of nmcL tarsi u ^ \llopoda. 



sorter than ^^^^rnn^ife sbaped. 

 aa. Last joint of maxillary palpi eipnga XYIH. Canifa. 



t ,tv 1807 (Gr.. "an unchaste woman.") 

 XVI Soraptia Lati. iolm. iw.j 



