THE ANT-LIKE FLOWER BEETLES. 



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base sides feebly rounded, disk very densely punctate. Elytra twice as 



aftnlx, parallel, deeply and coarse* punctate. 

 tbigbs dilated and last joint of antennse as long as the three preceding 

 united. Length 2.5 ram. 



Posey County; rare. May 28. 



XVI. Kmelinus Casey. 1895. 

 Eyes very large, sub-basal, coarsely faceted; antennae two-thirds 

 as long' as body, those of male with third .joint elongate and jomts 

 4-11 each with a long appendage on inner side; third joint ot 

 female scarcely longer than fourth, joints 4-10 equal, without ap- 

 pendages ; basal joint of tarsi long and slightly bent near base. 

 2499 ( 7898). Kmelinus melsheimeri Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Set, VII, 

 1855, 276. 



Rather slender, convex. Head, under surface and femora 

 rax reddish-brown, with three irregular blackish spots; elytra dull brown 

 sh-yenot, with sides and three uneven crossbars blackish sparse* cloth < 

 with long yellowish hairs; antenna,, tibiae and tarn dull yellow_ Head 

 finely and sparsely punctate; eyes separated by one-thud their widtiE ^bo- 

 rax nuadrate narrower than head, sides parallel, disk finely and densely 

 P^e Elytra parallel, twice as wide as thorax narrowly impr^d 

 each side of suture, coarsely, deeply and closely punctate. Length —.0 rain 



Marion County; rare. September 5. Known from Illinois and 

 Pennsylvania. 



XVII. Zon antes Casey. 1S95. 

 Eyes large, coarsely granulated, placed close to base of head 

 which is entire and truncate. Antennce with second and third 

 joints of subecmal length, eleventh swollen at middle and obliquely 

 pointed. Two of the eight species have been taken m the btate. 

 2500 (7902). Zon antes fasciatus Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., III. 

 1846 55 



Suboval convex. Black; autenme. palpi, legs and tips of abdomen dull 

 - yell "ra\lael, each with a large humeral spot and apical fourt^ed- 

 dish-yellow; pubescence long, rather coarse and sparse. Thorax as widt 

 a head, su^uadrate, sides parallel; disk finely and rather sparsely ^punc- 

 tate feebly impressed along the median line. Elytra one-halt v, ,dei than 

 thorax parallel coarsely but not densely punctate. Length 2-2.5 mm 



Throughout the State : scarce. June 1-June 20. Taken by beat- 

 ing flowers and foliage. 



2501 (7904). Zonantes sibfasciatvs Lee, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soe. V. 

 1875, 176. 



Suboval. convex. Dull reddish-yellow, head fuscous: elytra with a 

 narrow median piceous bar. slightly wider at the sides: pubescence long 



