57 (> FAMILY XXII. CUYPTOPIIAOin.K. 



cc. Antenna' inucli less than half as long as body; length 2.2 mm. 



1097. FUNGICOLA. 



Itl). Disk of thorax evenly convex without elevations or ridges: thickened 

 node of front angles not flattened but protuberant. 



1098. NODANGULUS. 



Hi! >4 (9923). ('RYPTOPHAGI'S ACUTANGri.rs Gyll.. Insect. Suec., 1827. 



Oblong-elongate, subdepressed. Pale brownish-yellow: 

 head and thorax slightly darker; eyes large, more than one- 

 half the length of head. Thorax wider in front than at 

 middle, finely and densely punctate; nudes of the front an- 

 gles prominent, slightly hooked behind; sides distinctly an- 

 gnlate at abmit the middle. Elytra three and a half times 

 as long as thorax, more finely and less densely punctate than 

 the latter. Length 2.:t mm. (Fig. 21(i. ) 



Fig. 2i. * iy. Throughout the State ; frequent. January 24-June 

 15. A boreal species, common to northern Europ? 

 and America. 



1095 (3372). CRYPTOPHAGVS CROCEUS Zimm.. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., II. 



isc.9. 257. 



Oblong, the sides parallel. Dark reddish-brown, rather strongly pubes- 

 cent. Thorax scarcely narrower than elytra (male) or distinctly narrower 

 (female), strongly and closely punctured, the thickened nodes of apical 

 angles conspicuous. Elytra about three times as long as thorax, less closely 

 hut equally coarsely punctured. Length 2-2.3 mm. 



Throughout the State; scarce. January 24-Xovember 12. 

 Taken on the wing and by sifting rubbish ; also feeding on apples in 

 cellar. 



1090 ( -). CRYPTOPHAGIS LA TK LAMS Casey. Jouru. N. Y. Ent. Soc.. 



VIII. 19IMI. 00. 



More oval and rather more convex than rroccux. I'ale brownish-yel- 

 low throughout. Thorax smaller and more rounded at the sides; punctures 

 rather coarse and dose-set. Elytra three-fifths longer than wide, rather 

 strongly rounded at tip. punctures moderately coarse, deep and close-set; 

 pubescence shorter and less conspicuous than in crocens. Length 2 mm. 



Posey and Dubois counties; scarce. May 11 June 4. Taken by 

 sifting damp leaves and rubbish. 



('. anf< iiiiafHs Casey, oblong-oval, pale reddish-brown, was de- 

 scribed from Michigan. 



1097 (3374). CRYPTOPHAGI'S FFNGTCOLA Zimm., Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc.. II. 



18C.9. 257. 



(Milong. moderately convex. Dark brownish-yellow or reddish-brown, 

 shining. Thorax but little narrower than elytra, the nodes of front angles 

 small, feeble, oblique: snbmedian spiciile minute, slightly behind the middle 

 and separated from the nudes by two to three times the length of the lat- 

 ter; punctures small, deep, rather close-set. Elytra oval, obtusely rounded 

 at tip. finely, deeply and not very closely punctate. Length 2.2-2.4 mm. 



