658 FAMILY XXVII. LATHRIDIID^E. 



1260 (3805). CORTICARIA SEREATA Payk., Faun. Suec., I, 1798, 300. 



Oblong-oval, moderately convex. Dull reddish-yellow to dark reddish- 

 brown; pubescence grayish, recumbent. Thorax distinctly wider than head, 

 three-fourths as wide as elytra, transverse, sides rounded in front of mid- 

 dle, moderately convergent behind, surface closely and rather coarsely punc- 

 tate; sub-basal fovea rounded, moderately impressed. Elytra with sides 

 subparallel, apex broadly and rather obtusely rounded, striye feebly im- 

 pressed ; punctures rather coarse toward the base, those of intervals finer. 

 Length 2-2.2 mm. 



Throughout the State, frequent in the northern counties; much 

 less so southward. April 7-November 1. Occurs in fungi and 

 about houses and electric, lights in May. Dury reports the taking 

 of 31 from the deserted nest of a wild rabbit. 



C. brevicornis Fall, elongate, depressed, dull reddish-yellow, 

 length 1.6-1.8 mm., is known from Michigan and near Cincinnati. 



1261 (3806). CORTICARIA ELONGATA Gyll., Ins. Suec., IV, 1827, 130. 

 Elongate, parallel, subdepressed. Light brownish or reddish-yellow ; 



elytra faintly clouded with fuscous each side of scutellum ; pubescence pale, 

 rather long, recumbent. Thorax transversely quadrate, sides feebly rounded 

 in front, slightly convergent behind ; surface finely and sparsely punctate ; 

 basal fovea rounded, moderately deep; side margins finely crenulate in 

 front, denticulate behind. Elytra oblong, parallel, obtusely rounded at 

 apex ; the rows of punctures fine, those of intervals still finer. Length 1.4- 

 1.8 mm. 



Northern half of State; frequent, April 17-November 18. 

 Taken while sifting dead leaves and other vegetable debris in damp 

 localities. 



1262 ( ). CORTICARIA FERRUGINEA Marsh., Ent. Brit., I, 111. 



Oblong, subconvex. Dark reddish-brown; head often darker; pubes- 

 cence short, sparse, appressed. Head sparsely and finely punctate ; an- 

 tennae reaching base of thorax, the ninth and tenth joints wider than long. 

 Thorax slightly wider than long, base and apex equal, sides broadly 

 rnuuded, margin feebly serrate; disk finely and sparsely but deeply punc- 

 tate; basal fovea round and rather deep. Elytra oblong-oval, striae shal- 

 low, finely punctate; intervals with two irregular rows of minute punc- 

 tures. Length 1.5-1.8 mm. 



Starke, Putnam and Lawrence counties; scarce. May 11-Oc- 

 tober 17. 



V. MELANOPHTHALMA Mots. 1866. (Gr., " black + eye.") 



The members of this genus have the antennal club 2- or 3- 

 jointed; when the latter, the abdomen with a sixth segment more or 

 less distinctly visible in both sexes. Twenty species are listed by 

 Fall, of which the following may occur within the State: 



