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////. Processes shorter, straight: last dorsal with short teeth; fe- 

 male as in iHinillt'litx. nemos. 

 //;/. First two vontrals not or feebly carinate. 

 i. Sixth ventral concave, emarginate behind. 

 j. Hind margin of sixth ventral eina ruinate at middle and 

 sides; female with middle lobe broad, as long as the side 

 ones, its tip broadly triangularly notched. SCHWARZI. 

 /./'. Hind margin emarginate at middle only. 



/r. Thorax entirely dull yellow; female with middle lobe 



shorter than side ones, broadly oval, rarely with a feeble 



notch at tip. LIMBATUS. 



A7r. Thorax piceous with narrow pale border; elytra distinctly 



punctate; female as in litriiliis. 854. PALLIPES. 



//. Sixth ventral not concave or emarginate. 



/. Last dorsal with four teeth; elytra coarsely and irregularly 



punctured; female as in fl<iriiH'itnix. CIRCTMCINCTUS. 



//. Last dorsal with three teeth; elytra coarsely and evenly 



punctured; female as in luriilu*. NITIDULOIDES. 



X40 (2<>OX). TACHK\US ME.MXOMUS (Jrav.. M.n. Col. Micr.. ixor,, 102. 



Uniform piceous, moderately shining: legs and antenn;e reddish-brown. 

 Thorax one-half longer than wide, sides broadly curved, hind angles obtuse; 

 disk minutely alutaceous. Elytra together one-third longer than wide, finely 

 alutaceous, very finely and sparsely punctate. Length 5.5-7.5 mm. 



Southern half of State, frequent; probably throughout. Octo- 

 ber 4-November 8. Occurs in decaying fungi. 



850 (2013). TACIIINUS REPANDUS Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., VI, 1STT, 07. 

 Piceous, shining, very finely alutaeeous; sides and base of thorax red- 

 dish-yellow; antenna? long, slender, piceous, the two basal joints paler; legs 

 dull yellow. Head, thorax and elytra very minutely punctulate. Elytra as 

 broad as long. Abdominal segments wrinkled at middle. Last ventral of 

 male deeply divided, the lobes straight. Length 4.5-5 mm. 



Putnam Comity; rare. September 25. 



T. scritfafor Horn, dark reddish yellow, 3.5 mm. in length, was 

 described from Illinois, while T. parallel-its Horn, 6-6.5 mm. in 

 length, piceous, with thorax, elytra, legs and antenna? reddish- 

 brown, is recorded from Illinois and Canada. 



851 (2610). TACHJNI s FI.AVIPENNIS De.i.. Cat.. 1X.",<;. 



Head and thorax black, shining; elytra pale clay yellow; antenna? 

 dusky, the basal joints and legs reddish-brown; abdomen and under sur- 

 face piceous. Head and thorax very finely and indistinctly punctate. Ely- 

 tra together scarcely longer than wide, minutely punctate. Abdomen finely 

 punctured above, more coarsely beneath. Length (5 mm. 



Kosciusko County; frequent In. -ally. .June 24. Taken from 

 white fleshy fungi. 



