THE RHIPlPHOBtD BEETLES. 



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Lake, Pulton and Putnam counties ; scarce. July 4-July 31. A 

 single female of var. tristis Fab., wholly black, was taken m 1 ut- 

 nam County, July 25. 



2533 (8178) Rhipiphobus cruentus Germ., Ins. Spec. Nov., 1824, 168. 



Color variable; in typical cruentus, body and legs entirely black; ely- 

 tra red, apex and narrow basal margin black; antenna, and abdomen > black, 

 be lat er very rarely red (male), abdomen red. very rarely back (fe- 

 male) -in var. rufus Lee body above, beneath and legs redd.sb-yellow an- 

 "nni black with pale basal Joint. Elytra contiguous for nearly ba t t b 

 Length, then obliquely narrowed, not acuminate at hps. Length 5-7.5 mm. 



Perry Comity; rare. June 17. Our only species having the 

 second joint of hind tarsi longer than third. A member of the 

 Austroriparian fauna. 



2534 (8179) Rhipiphouus mm bates Fab., Ent. Syst, II, 1708, 112. 



Head thorax, under surface, femora and middle and hind tibi* red- 

 dish-yellow thorax with an oval black spot on disk; elytra either wholly 

 bai or pale yellow with the margins and suture black; antenna, except 

 Ttw: h-Uoints. tarsi and front tibiae, black. Vertex smooth ^onves 

 Thorax with hind angles and basal lobe much prol onged, the , lat tm not 

 notched at tip; surface sparsely and shallowly punctate. Length 6-10 mm. 



Southern two-thirds of State; scarce. July 10-August 17 Oc- 

 curs on flowers of various Gomposiim. The top of head and sides of 

 meso- and metasterna are often black. 



R. fiavipennis Lee, length 7.5-10 mm., is known from Pennsyl- 

 vania, Georgia, Illinois and westward; It. bifoveatas Horn black, 

 elytra brownish, darker at base, with small pale spot one-fourth 

 from humerus, length 11 mm, was described from Illinois; K, line- 

 aris Lee, linear, length 4 mm., was described from Kentucky. 



II. Myodites Latr. 1819. (Or, "like a mouse.") 

 Wedge-shaped species having the elytra very short, wings not 

 folded; antenna* fan-like in both sexes. They occur on the flowers 

 of goldenrod and other Composite in August and September. One 

 species is known from the State. 



2535 (8187). Myodites easciatus Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. So!., HI, 

 1824, 274 ; ibid. II, 162. 



Black, feebly shining; legs and elytra yellow, the latter with base and 

 spot near apex fuscous. Vertex prominent with a median carina Thorax 

 conical with a median impressed line; surface, as well as hat of head 

 finely ami densely punctate. Elytra one-third the length ot abdomen, wnleh 

 separated, sparsely punctate. Length 4-6 mm. 



One specimen in Webster collection labeled "Ind." Taken by 

 Dury near Cincinnati ; also known from Illinois and Pennsylvania. 



