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AA. Tarsi apparently tliree-jointed ; larger species. 



c. Thorax and elytra uniformly piceous-black above, except 



the obsctirely ferruginous margin Lycoperdina. 



cc. Thorax black, elytra red, each with 2 black s\)0\.'s.Endomyc/ms 

 ccc. Thorax reddish, elytra black, each with two red 



spots Mycetma. 



cccc. Thorax variable, elytra striped. 



Above pubescent Epipocus. 



Above glabrous Aphorista. 



Only one species of each of these genera has been reported in the 

 Canadian lists, but a short descriptive note is appended in order that 

 should others be found they may be recognized as new to the fauna and 

 accorded further study. 



MvcET/EA, Stephens. 



M. hirta, Marsh., occurs both in America and Europe. I have seen 

 no specimens, but it is described by Stephens as being a rusty red insect 

 of small size (about .06 in.), and oblong-ovate, convex foim, the antennae 

 and legs pale dull red ; the elytra are deeply sub-seriately punctured and 

 pilose. It is found in fungi or on grassy banks. 



Rhanis, Lee. 



The only species, R. unicolor, Ziegl., is narrow, elongate, nearly 

 glabrous, shining, about .14 in. long; the colour is reddish, the elytra 

 black with the shoulders often indistinctly and the apex very broadly red. 



PhymaphoRa, Newm. 



P. pjilchciia, Newm., is a beautiful little species ; .15 in. long, elongate 

 in form, the thorax red with discoidal black spot, the elytra reddish with 

 two transverse black fasciae, the anterior of which is very broad and nearly 

 median in position, the other less distinct and nearly or quite apical. The 

 male antennae have an immense club. 



Lycoperdina, Latr. 



A neat piceous-black species, .19 to .21 in. long, the margin of the 

 body and the legs more or less distinctly brownish-red, is L. ferruginea, 

 Lee. It may be found under stones or logs early in the spring and on 

 fungi later in the season. 



