THE ANT-I4KE FLOWER BEETLES. 



1337 



VII. Dilaxdius Casey. 1895. 

 Of this oenus its author says: "Peculiar iu having the acute 

 side pi S of the presternum behind the coxae more mwardly pro- 

 t than in aJmcus, so that they coalesce at or near the middle 

 to closing the coxal cavities. The mesosternum extends m on 

 SbTU -broken polished plate from side to sxde ofthe 

 Wlv. £ lateral edges bearing a sparse fringe of long sttff. bnsflj 

 et •' "Two specie^ are known, one of which was desc^ed tram 

 ^hern Illinol and has been taken by Dury near Ctnemnatt. 



Dilaxdivs myemecops Casey. Ann. X. T. Acad. Sci. 



VIII. 



2482 I 



1S95. 643. 



Very slender and elongate. Blaclt densely _ ^ 



—1 « of *~ ^^J^TS* TZ^l in front 

 and a broader one at middle light brow, tae rounded 

 by a narrow oblique bar of coarser, stver j win h of 

 at base, coarsely and densely punctate Antenn* one It ^ 

 bodv. the third joint longer than fourth. Thoiax L = ht 

 nead. ntttch longer than -ide. deeply ^tts nctec t b ^ 



^ t*? - ™^ ^t£~ «* « and twice as wide 

 Posey County: rare. April 7 One specif _feom >eneath 



imago. 



VIII. 



Tomoderus Laf . 1848. ( Gr., << cut - neck.'') 



• « wirt antenna? stout, bead-like, thickened 



rather small, somewhat coarsely granulated: next to last joint 

 tarsi bilobed. 



*2483 ( 7933). Tomodehus coststbicttts Say. Journ. 



Phil. Acad. Nat Sci.. V, 1826. 

 244: ibid. II. 309. 

 Dark reddish-brown to piceous. shining, sparse- 

 ly pubescent: basal portion of elytra reddish-brown, 

 crradnallv merging into piceous; antennae dark red, 

 dish-brown, legs paler. Thorax strongly constricted 

 behind the middle, the front lobe subglobose. much 

 the larger, smooth or nearly so. Elytral punctures 

 very tine and irregularly placed on apical half, 

 coarse* and in more or less distinct rows on paler 

 basal portion. Length 2.5-3 mm. (Fig. 585. 1 



Southern half of State, common ; not taken 



/ 



Fig. 585. Line shows natural 

 size. (Original.) 



