THE HAIRY FUNGUS BEETLES. 587 



beiu'ath bark of beech in late autumn and winter; sometimes on 

 foliage in spring. Hibernates. 



III. TYPILKA Stepli. 1MO. (Gr., "smoky or fuscous.") 



To this genus belongs a single small brownish beetle which has 

 been distributed by commerce to all parts of the world. 



1121 (3409). TYPH.EA FUMATA. Linn., Syst. Nat., II, 17UO, 054. 

 Narrowly oblong-oval, slightly convex. Dull reddish- 

 yellow, elytra rarely piceous. Antenna: distinctly shorter 

 than head and thorax, the club 3-jointed. Thorax ab;>ut 

 twice as wide as long, the apex but slightly narrower than 

 base, finely and rather closely punctured. Elytra with rows 



of fine punctures which become obsolete toward the tip; 

 pubescence short, moderately dense. Length 2.3-2.7 nun. 

 (Fig. 220.) Fig. 220. 



Throughout the State, but scarce. January 11- Au- 

 gust 7. Beaten from vegetation ; said to often occur in houses and 

 where flour and grain are stored. 



IV. THRIMOLUS Casey. 1900. 



Here belongs a single minute species having the head large, 

 transverse; eyes basal ; antennal club cylindrical, stout, 3-jointed; 

 thorax broadly curved and finely beaded at base : scutellum well 

 developed; front cox.e large, obliquely suboval, rather widely sepa- 

 rated by the prosternum. 



1122 (- -). THRIMOLUS MINUTUS Casey, Journ. N. Y. Eiit. Soc., VIII, 



1900, 137. 



Oblong-oval, moderately convex. Dark brownish- or clay-yellow; legs 

 and antenna; paler. Head and thorax without punctures, the latter more 

 than twice as wide as long, the disk without basal impressions. Elytra 

 one-third longer than wide, much wider than thorax ; finely, sparsely and 

 somewhat roughly punctate. Length .7-.9 mm. 



Marion County; rare. October 31. Two specimens sifted from 

 woody fungi on side of maple log. Described from Texas; known 



also from near Cincinnati. 







Family XXIV. DKIJM KSTI D.K. 



THE SKIN BEETLES. 



Among the small beetles which prey upon dead or decaying ani- 

 mal matter those belonging to the family Dermestidae are the most 

 important; many of the species being exceedingly destructive to 

 skins, furs and other dried animal substances. In form they are 

 usually oval and plump, and in color dark, often having the surface 



