56G FAMILY XXI. CIJCUJID/E. 



so iii the northern counties. March 17-Deeeinber 20. Occurs be- 

 neath bark, especially that of freshly felled ash and poplar logs. 

 Sometimes gregarious in colonies of twenty or more. 



Narthecius grandiceps Lee., dark chestnut-brown, thorax nar- 

 rowed behind, length 3 mm., is known from Pennsylvania and Ne- 

 braska, but is very rare. 



Pediacits depress us Herbs!., reddish-brown, strongly punctured, 

 length 3.3 mm., is a cosmopolitan species which has been taken by 

 Dury near Cincinnati. He also records an undescribed species of 

 I no from the same locality. 



Dendrophagus glaber Lee., black, shining, elytra sometimes 

 brown, length 6-7 mm., is a boreal species which may occur in the 

 northern counties. 



VI. L/EMOPHLJEUS Lap. 1837. (Gr., "to eat + bark.") 



Small, flattened or snbconvex species, usually much broader 

 proportionately than in tfili'inuis, Ilie antennae frequently elongate, 

 especially in the males; eyes rather small, near the front edge of 

 thorax; labrum largo, transverse, rounded in front; middle and 

 hind tarsi 4- jointed in the males. The following have been taken or 

 perhaps occur in the State. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF LJEMOPHLJEUS. 



a. Second joint of antennae shorter than third. 



?>. Labrum emarginate; elytra with a pale spot before the middle of 



each ; length 2.8-4 mm. 

 c. Elytral spot nearly circular, well defined; surface densely punctate. 



1078. BIGUTTATl S. 



cc. Elytral spot ill-defined, irregular in form: surface finely and 

 sparsely punctured. 1070. FASCIATTS. 



bl>. Labrum entire; elytra without spots; length 1.5-2 mm. 

 '/. Body convex. 



c. Front angles of thorax toothed. CONVEXCLUS. 



ee. Front angles of thorax rounded. 3080. ADVSTUS. 



<UL Body depressed : elytra shorter than abdomen. MODESTCS. 



<HI. Second joint of antenna' equal to third : pale reddish-brown, elytra with- 

 out spots; length 1.5-2 mm. 



f. Head with transverse groove behind the eyes; male without deep 



notch in front of base of antenna 1 . 1081. TESTACKCS. 



/'/' Head without transverse groove; male with head deeply notched near 



base of finteniue and first joint of the latter as long as the three 



following. 1082. PTNCTATUS. 



