FAMILY LV. - TENKBKIONUKi;. 



KKV TO I.MI1AXA SI'I.CIES OF IIYl'OrilLCEt'S. 



(i. Thorax regularly convex. 



li. Thonix emarginato in front. its front angles distinct: < .lor uniform 

 pah- reddish-brown. -344. I-AHALLKLI s. 



////. Thorax Iruncate in front, its front angles obtuse. 



<. I>isk of thorax finely and sparsely punctate: upper surface bi- 



colored. -34."*. THORACICIS. 



re. Disk of thorax with longitudinal wrinkles; upper surface uniform 



dark brown: length 3.S mm. iu:<;osrs. 



mi. Thorax depressed with a broad longitudinal excavation; head and tho- 



rax reddish-hri.wn. elytra blackish: length .">.S mm. CAVLS. 



l'34 -1 (7r>32). IlYPOPiiLaas PAKAI.I.KMS Mels.. rroc. 1'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 



in, 3840, <;:;. 



Elongate, subcylindrical, parallel. Uniform reddish-brown, shining. Tho- 

 rax as long as wide, front angles prominent, acute, hind ones rounded; sur- 

 face finely, rather closely punctate. Elytra not striate. the punctures th:e 

 and rather dense. Length 3.5-4 mm. 



Lake County; scarce. July 23. Occurs beneath hark. Ranges 

 from Canada to Arizona. 



li34o (7535). HYPOPHLCETS THORACICVS Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 



III. 184G, G3. 



Elongate, subcyliudrical, convex. Reddish-brown: elytra black, sparsely 

 pubescent with erect yellowish hairs. Th rax slightly longer than wide. 

 sides almost straight, angles all rounded : surface finely and sparsely punc- 

 tate. Elytra little more than twice as long as thorax; sparsely and finely 

 punctured. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Marion County ; rare. July 11. Occurs from Canada to Georgia. 



//. earns Lee. was described, from Kentucky and //. rugosus 

 Dury from Cincinnati. Both probably occur in the southern third 

 of the State. 



Tribe VI. BOLETOPHAGINI. 



Oblong, opaque, winged species having the surface roughened 

 with tubercles; head received in thorax as far as eyes, which are 

 coarsely granulated, deeply emarginate and with a large groove 

 beneath them for the reception of the base of the antennas ; epi- 

 pleurae narrow: front coxa 1 transverse middle ones with a small but 

 distinct trochantin ; hind coxre well separated, the intercoxal process 

 triangular; tarsi pubescent beneath, the last joint longer than the 

 others united. Two trenern are known, both being represented in 

 the State. The species occur on woody fungi which grow on the 

 sides of trees or stumps or beneath bark. 



