642 FAMILY XXVI. -NTTIDI TLID^E. 



in front. Elytra with Ihe ridgi'S less distinct, but with the rows of line 

 hair bearing punctures, between which are rows of larger round, shallow 

 punctures. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Starke, Marion, Putnam, Crawford and Posey counties ; less fre- 

 quent than geminata. April 10-June 18. Occurs beneath chips, 

 stones and decaying fruit. The spots on elytra are reddish and usu- 

 ally located two at base, one on sutural margin near middle, another 

 behind the middle and one on tip. 



IX. PKOMETOPIA Erichs. 1843. (Gr.. "before + spot.") 



This genus is represented in the eastern United States and Indi- 

 ana by a single species having the thorax deeply emarginate in front, 

 with sides broadly flattened ; mandibles prominent and bifid at tip ; 

 antennas slender, first joint stout, third very long, club elongate- 

 oval. 



*1235 (3725). PBOMETOPIA SEXMACULATA Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. ScL, 



V, 1825, 179 ; ibid. II, 285. 



Broadly oval, depressed. Piceous, with the margins, un- 

 der parts, an irregular humeral band and a spot on apical 

 third of each elytron, pale reddish-brown. Thorax twice as 

 wide as long, narrower in front, sides feebly curved, hind 

 angles rectangular; disk rather sparsely punctate with 

 ' ^ coarse and fine punctures intermingled. Elytra as wide as 

 Fig. 242. x 3J. l n S (male) or longer than wide (female) , the surface sparse- 

 (Original.) ly and coarse i y punctate. Length 5-6 mm. (Fig. 242.) 



Southern half of State, frequent; much less so in the northern 

 counties. Hibernates with the next species beneath logs and bark 

 and remains motionless, adhering closely to logs when shelter is re- 

 moved ; in spring at sap. January 18-December 20. 



X. PHENOLIA Erichs. 1843. (Gr., "a cloak.") 



This genus is also represented over the same range as the pre- 

 ceding by a single species, one of the largest of the family. 



*1236 (3726). PHENOLIA GKOSSA Fab., Syst. Eleut, I, 1801, 347. 



Elongate, oval. Piceous, feebly shining; elytra each with seven in- 

 distinct reddish spots, arranged one on each side of scutellum, an oblique 

 row of three between humerus and suture and a second oblique row of 

 three near the middle. Thorax twice as wide as long, apex a little nar- 

 rower than base, deeply emarginate ; sides moderately curved, sinuate near 

 the hind angles, which are subacute ; surface coarsely but rather sparsely 

 punctate. Elytra as wide as thorax ; disk feebly costate, each ridge with 

 a row of fine punctures bearing a short hair ; the grooves with three ill- 

 defined rows of punctures. Length 6.5-S mm. 



