1336 FAMILY LXII.— ANTHIC1M. 



Northern third of State; scarce. June 13-July 23 Occurs in 

 company with talpa on foliage about water. The black markin-s of 

 elytra vary much in area, some specimens being almost wholly pice- 

 ous, while in some the oblong black mark on sides is lacking. 

 *24S0 (7923). Notoxus monodon Fab., Syst. Eleut., I, 1801, 289. 



Rather elongate and slender. Dull 

 brownish-yellow; elytra with a crossbar 

 behind middle, two basal spots and often 

 a subhumeral and subapical spot on each, 

 piceous; head and thorax on sides often 

 piceous. Thorax oval, slightly wider than 

 Fig. 584. x 9. (After Say.) long ' s P ars ely and finely punctate ; horn 



rather broad, margined and serrate at the 

 sides, its crest m large specimens distinctly elevated and serrate, in smaller 

 ones scarcely elevated and granulate. Elytra oblong, their tips rounded in 

 both sexes; surface rather coarsely and densely punctured and with rows 

 of erect hairs intermixed with the dense, prostrate, grayish pubescence. 

 Length 2.5-4 mm. (Fig. 584.) 



Throughout the State; frequent. January 11-December 28 

 Hibernates beneath logs, mullein leaves, etc. In summer occurs on 

 foliage, and often beneath cover in sandy places. As in the other 

 species, the dark markings vary. The subhumeral spot on sides is 

 more often present than absent, and sometimes forms a black mar- 

 ginal stripe connecting with the crossbar. The subapical dark spot 

 is absent m several specimens at hand, but I do not follow Casey in 

 considering them specifically distinct. 



N. apicalis Lee, length 4 mm, is said to occur from Michigan to 

 Kansas, Texas and California, 



VI. Mecynotarsus Laf. 1849. (Gr, " elongate + tarsus.") 

 This genus differs from Notoxus in having the tarsi of all the 

 egs slender and much longer than in that genus, while the next to 

 last joint is cylindrical, without lobes. One of the four species 

 occurs in the State. 



2481 (7930). Mecynotarsus candidus Lee, Trans. Amer Ent Soc V 

 1875, 175. " "' ' 



Uniform pale dull yellow, almost translucent, clothed with very fine 

 silken pubescence. Thorax oval, broader than long, rather densely and 

 finely punctate; horn triangular, suddenly narrowed at base, both it and 

 crest margined and finely toothed, the latter narrow and feebly elevated 

 Elytra oval, very finely and densely punctulate, the tips rounded in both 

 sexes. Length 2 mm. 



Vigo County; rare. May 29. One from beneath chunk in sand 

 near border of pond. Known heretofore only from the Southern 

 States. 



