1306 



FAMILY hX, — CEDEMERIDJ2. 



<L Claws simple. 



UOFIDITA. 



M. Claws toothed at base: form very slender; color blackish, thorax 

 wholly or in part reddish. IJL Ascxeba 



cc. Both mandibles simple: head short. IV . Oxacis- 



I. Microtontjs Lec. 1862. (Cr, < ; small + a thong.'') 

 Represented by a single small brown species having the head 

 short, the front with distinct curved suture just before the eyes 

 which are rather coarsely granulate ; maxillary palpi with last joint 

 rather long, hatchet-shaped ; antenna? slender, one-half the length of 

 body, the second joint one-third as long as fourth. 



2413 (7726). Micbotonus seeicans Lee. Class. Col. of N. A.. I. 1862, 259. 



Elongate, slender, convex. Brown, feebly shining, sparsely clothed' with 

 short, silken, yellowish hairs. Thorax nearly square, as wide as head, sides 

 teebly rounded; hind angles acute; surface finely and denselv punctate and 

 with a vague depression each side near base. Elytra bur slightly wider at 

 base than thorax : surface closely, coarsely and irregularly punctate. Length 

 3.8-4.5 mm. 



Orange, Crawford and Perry counties; scarce. May 11-June 

 26. Occurs on foliage, especially that of elm. 



II. Xacerdes Schmidt. 1846. 



One medium-sized, slender-bodied species belongs here. The an- 

 tennae are less than half the length of body, 12-jointed in male 

 eleven in female. Fourth joint of maxillary palpi elongate-trian- 

 gular. 



2414 (7733). Xacerdes melaxura Linn.. Faun. Suec. 1746. 205. 



Elongate, slender, parallel, subdepressed. Above dull yellow elytra 

 tipped with blackish purple: under surface and legs in great part piceous. 

 Thorax dilated each side in front of middle, narrowed behind, rather coarse- 

 ly and closely punctate. Elytra each with four narrow, slightly elevated 

 hues ; surface finely and densely punctate. Length 8-12 mm. 



Wells, Marion and Lawrence counties; scarce. May 29-July 12 

 Occurs about cellars, old boxes and lumber yards, probably in all 

 of the larger towns of the State. Originally from Europe', it has 

 been spread by commerce over the world. In one specimen from 

 Lawrence County the thorax has a large piceous spot each side. 



Copidita thoracica Fab., piceous, thorax reddish-yellow, elytra 

 varying to purple or blue, length 5-7 mm., is said to occur from the 

 ' ' Middle States southward. ' ' 



