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FAMILY LIX. — PYTHIDiE. 



XIX. NothusOIiv. 1811. (Gr., "a bastard.") 



at^ZT^^y reSembleS LamPyrid ' Telephorus Mine- 

 atus Say, in general appearance. Besides the characters given in 



last joint of maxillary palpi large, dilated, nearly cultriform- front 

 ox. conical, contiguous. The males have the hind femora curved 

 the tzhue armed with a sharp spine on the inner edge near the t p 

 and the tarsal claws cleft. P ' 



2409 (7698). Nothus vaeians Lee, New Sp. 



N. Am. Co]., I, 1S66, 145. 

 Elongate-oblong, parallel. Piceous or 

 blackish-piceous, sparsely clothed with fine 

 gray, prostrate hairs; thorax reddish-yellow' 

 witma broad, black stripe each side of mid- 

 dle, these often connected or even confluent- 

 antennae and legs usually piceous, sometimes 

 m part or wholly dull yellow. Thorax sub- 

 orbicular, slightly broader than long, its an- 

 gles all obtusely rounded ; surface finely and 

 rather closely punctate. Elytra finely, dense- 

 ly and rugosely punctate. Length 5-8 mm 

 (Fig. 573.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent. May 

 1-July 1. Occurs on flowers and foliage, 

 especially those of Crataegus. 



Tribe IX. MYCTERINI. 



While no m,mb«, „f M» i,,. „,„ ,„ k „ io tle Sljte 



KEY TO GENERA OF MYCTEEINI 



a. Hendshort; epipleu^ not reaching tip. of e W ra; first von.ra, segment 



,,, ;:;; I '"- l "'-'r 1 hito « ^ tiP s ot - ^™ 



ventral as long as the second. 2> ' 



r , Mycterus. 



Lacconotus punctata Leo., black, thorax reddish-yellow with 

 median black space, length 4-5.5 mm., has been taken by Dnry at 



ZTZ'J^ SCab€r Hald " " laek - ie "' S and antenna, yet 

 low, length 4.5 mm., < ' occurs in the Atlantic States. ' ' 



Family LIX. PYTHID^B. 

 The Pythid Bark Beetles. 



90 t Sma " Sr"^ repmented in ti!e f^ted States by only about 

 20 &PLCleS - lhey are separated from those of Melandryid* by hav- 



fig- 573. x 6. (Original.) 



