■nil'; cAin.'ioN i-.kktlks. 



Fg. 187. 

 (After Coinstock.) 



541 (1709). SlLPUA NOVKHOKACENSJfS [""orst., ("fill. Ins., I. 1771. 



OvnI. slif^lifly oblniij?, depressed, 'riior.-i.x picooiis. hruadly 

 '.uarginod with reddish-yellow; elylrM iii'ownish to piccdii^. 

 Thorax about oue-lialt' wider than luii^x. base truneale at mid- 

 dle, sinuate each side; elytra as broad as thorax, rounded be- 

 liiiid. the disk with three cdsl,!-, the uulci' mic the stroui^cL'; 

 surtaee distinctly and i*ej;ularly punctate. Leuylii i;j-l-l nun. 

 (Fig. 137.) 



Marion. Vig'o and Posey couiilics; frcMiieiit. April lO-Jiily 2. 

 Soinetinies t'otind on decayiiiii' I'uiiiii : iiiori^ nftcii on can-ion. 



542 (1710). Sii-PiiA AMKUiCANA I.imi., Syst. Nat.. 11. 17<;r., 570. 



Broadly oval, depressed. Thorax \cl]ii\\. with discal 

 black spot; elytra brownish, with ilii' elevations darker, 

 rii'irax nearly twice as wide as lonj;, niucli narrowed 

 in fi'ont. base broadly lobed at middle, surtace densely 

 !m1 c([nally punctured. Elytra as wide (.r wider con- 

 jsiintly than long, the disk with three indistinct costa\ 

 '•; luiected by numerous cross elevations; intervals rather 

 closely punctate. Length lG-20 mm. (Fig. 188.) 



Throttghout the State ; frequent. April 18-July 

 f). Taken hi coitu on June 4. Often found in de- 

 caA-ino- func'us as well as carrion. 



Fig. 138. X H. 

 (After Glover.) 



III. Necrophili-s Lat. 1829. (Gr., "a dead body + loving.") 



This genus is represtjnted in the United States by only two spe- 

 cies, one of wliich occurs in Indiana. 



543 (1714). NECKOi'iiiLrs PEXTrni Ibun. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. A'lII, ISSO. 

 243. 

 Broadly oval, narrower in front. Dark chestnut brown, sliining, gla- 

 brous. Thorax nearly twice as wide at base as long at middle, sides curved, 

 apex emai-giuate, base truncate; margin broadly liattened and recurved, 

 translucent; surface sparsely punctate, the disk nearly smooth. Elytra 

 suddenly sloping downward near apex, the surface with rows of coarse, 

 deep punctures. Length 10 11 mm. 



Two specimens were taken in very ill-smelling decaying fungi 

 beneath a log in woods ncai- (li'and Chain, Posey County. Ai)ril 

 10. Dury has taken i1 in small numbers oti several occasions near 

 Cincinnati, luit it seems to be evei-vwliere scarce. 



Tribe II. PINODYTIXI. 



This tri])e is represented in North America l)y three small, blind, 

 oblong, chestnut-colored beetles. Oim of tliese. Piiiodijhs ( ri/pfo- 

 phagoides ^lann., lives in the fine d-bris oP rotten wood and has 



