4f)P> FAMILY XIIL SCAPHinilD.K. 



ee. Klylra wholly sniiKitli : length 1.1! nun. i>5:'>. DISTINCTA. 



dil. Elytra with a broad and rather distinctly defined pale apical mar- 

 gin: im'tastcrimm strongly punctured at base. 054. TERMINATA. 



S. repanda Casey, black, shining, leg's and antenna pale, is 

 known from Massachusetts and Town.. 



950 (2!>S2). SCAPHISOMA prNCTULATA Lee.. Pro. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., I860, 



323. 



Elongate-oval, convex. Black, shining: antenna*, legs and tip of abdo- 

 men reddish-brown. Antenna' lung and slender, reaching base of thorax. 

 Thorax two-thirds wider than long, very finely and indistinctly punctured. 

 Sulural stria- of elytra deep. Basal joint of hind tarsi as lung as the next 

 three. Length 2-2.2 mm. 



Vigo County; rare. May 2. A species of southern range. 



!).'! (21181). SCAPHISOMA CO.XVKXA Say. Jouru. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, 



1825, 183; ibid. II'. 2s!>. 



Black or dark chestnut-brown, shining; antenna*, under surface and 

 tips of elytra paler. Thorax three-lifths wider than long, very finely punc- 

 tate. Elytra three-fourths longer than thorax, the punctures fewer and 

 coarser than in ininrtuJfitii. Length 2.2 2.7 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. May 26-November 30. Oc- 

 curs on fungi on oak and other logs. 



!ir2 (2!>s." ( ). SCAPHISOMA SVTI'KAMS Lee., 1'roc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., I860, 



32.3. 



Rather narrowly oval. Dark chestnut brown to black, highly polished. 

 Thorax three-fourths wider than long, one-half as long as elytra, very finely 

 punctate. Elytra a little longer than wide, strongly but remotely punctate, 

 the sutural stria deep. Length 1.7 mm. 



Marion. Putnam and Monroe counties; frequent. March 20- 

 September 21. Sifted from dead leaves and debris of beech stumps. 



( .>r..", ( -). SCAPIIISOMA DISTIXCTA Sp. UOV. 



Elongate-oval, subparallel, convex. Uniform dark chestnut-brown, strong- 

 ly shining; antenna*, legs and abdomen paler; surface both above and be- 

 neath wholly smooth. Antenna' reaching base of thorax, seventh and 

 eighth joints but slightly wider than sixth: ninth and tenth distinctly 

 lunger, obconical; eleventh oblong. Thorax two-thirds wider than long. 

 Sutural stria very fine. Length 1.2 mm. 



Putnam, Posey and Hubris counties; scarce. April 21-May 11. 

 Taken by sifting. 



!r>4 (2its.li. SCAPIIISOMA TERMINATA Melsli.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. II. 



1S44. 102. 



Oval, strongly convex. Black, highly polished, the tips of the elytra 

 margined with yellowish: legs and antennro pale. Sixth autennal joint very 

 long, more than etpial to the three preceding. Thorax one-half the length 



