712 FAMILY XXXVII. ELATERIDJE. 



XL SCHIZOPHILUS Bonv. 1875. (Gr., "cleave + love. ") 



The only member of this genus has the antennas passing but 

 slightly the base of thorax, first joint stont. second one-third as long, 

 third one-half longer than second and nearly equal to the next two, 

 four to ten very gradually longer and broader, llth one-half longer 

 than tenth and acute at tip; prosternal sutures straight, well 

 marked; hind coxal plates broad, triangular; first joint of hind 

 tarsus as long as the next three. 



1345 (4061). ScHizoPHiLrs SUBRFFUS Rand., Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., II, 



1838, 38. 



Oblong, narrow, subdepressed. Pale reddish-brown, feebly shining, 

 sparsely pubescent. Thorax as wide as long, slightly narrowed in front, sides 

 straight, hind angles acute, not cariuate, surface coarsely and densely punc- 

 tate. Elytra finely striate ; intervals flat, each with two rows of rugose 

 punctures. Length S ruin. 



A single specimen in Dury's collection from Marion County. 

 Taken from the trunk of a beech. A rare species, known only from 

 New York and Canada. 



XII. PHLEGON Lap. 1835. (A mythological name.) 



Oblong brown beetles having the antennas slightly shorter than 

 half the body, with second joint small, third shorter than half the 

 first and nearly as long as the next two, four to eight small, last 

 three joints much longer and broader, the eleventh longest; anten- 

 nal grooves absent; hind coxal phites very broad on inner side; tarsi 

 slender, first joint of middle and hind pairs as long as the next 

 three; the joints not lobed beneath. One of the two species has 

 been taken in Indiana. The other, P. ul!,-< i Horn, dark brown, 

 with thorax parallel behind, length 9.5-10 mm., was described from 

 Ohio. 



134G (4063). PHLEGON HETEROCERUS Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., VI, 1836, 



186 ; ibid. II, 624. 



Oblong-elongate, more obtuse in front, gradually narrowed behind. 

 Light reddish-brown, feebly shining. Head coarsely and densely punc- 

 tured. Thorax one-third wider than long, gradually narrowed from base 

 to apex; disk convex with a vague median line on basal half; surface 

 rather closely but not coarsely punctate. Elytra distinctly but finely stri- 

 ate; intervals slightly convex, densely but more finely and roughly punc* 

 tate than thorax. Length 10-11 mm. 



Represented by a single specimen taken from beneath bark near 

 Fountain, Fountain County. Described from Posey County. 

 Known elsewhere only from Maryland and Pennsylvania and very 

 rare in collections. 



