'I'll!': sii()i;i'-\\ i\(!ET> S('.\A'i;\<;i;i! i!i:i:i'i,KS. 389 



wider tli.iii llmriix. ((ilmMIht ;i liltic Ihiilmt tli.-in wide: r.illicr cniirsrly .iimI 

 s|i,-irs('ly i)iinctate. AIkIoiikmi p;ir:ill<'I, nmrc tiiicly pnnclnic (li;m «'lylr;i. 

 I-("nt,'lli .■!.r>-4.5 mm. 



TlirouLi-liont 1h(? State; scarce^. Api-il 'Jl Xovciiihcr I'S. Tjiki'ii 

 hy siftinti'; also soiiiotiinos liy licatiii^' low herbs. 



7."ii> (l!l*LMl. rinr,()\Tiirs NKiiuTn.rs Grav., Mi<v., ISOi*. II. 



Elonjrato, sloiuler. Black, shining; olytra often I'eelily lu-oir/ed ; lejrs 

 piceous (ir paler. Head oval, its sides ]»ai'allel; hind angles spar.sely pune- 

 tate. Autennjo piceous, as long as head and thorax, joints 7 to 10 not long(M' 

 than wide. Thorax not wider than head, longer than wide; dorsal ]>nnc- 

 tnres equidistant. Elytra slightly wider and a little longer than Ihorax. 

 spar.'jely and finely punctate. Ahdomen si)arsely and more finely imnctured 

 than elytra. Length 4.5-5 mm. 



Starke County; searco. ^NTay 18. Sifted IVoiii (h-cayiiisr spliatr- 

 iiuiii moss. A member of the boreal fauna. 



75t ( ). PHiiX)NTiirs Mi'i.TiPUNCTATi's sp. nov. 



Elongate, slender. Dark chestnut brown, feebly shining: antemia* iiic- 

 eons. the two basal joints and legs reddish-brown. Anleniiiii slightly longer 

 than head and tliorax. joints 5-10 as broad as long, 11th very little longer. 

 Head suhquadrate. longer than wide, sides parallel. Thorax very little 

 wider than head, slightly longer than wide; dorsal punctures eight, the 

 rows diverging toward base, the last puncture nearer the median line. Ely- 

 tra slightly wider than thorax, together one-fourth longer than wide, rather 

 finely, shallowly and sparsely punctate. Abdomen parallel, as wide as ely- 

 tra, above finely and rather closely, beneath unich more sparsely, punctate. 

 Last ventral of male with a hi-oad rounded median notch. Length 4-^.5 mm. 



Lawrence County: faro. May J). Taken from beneath deeay- 

 insx fleshy futif}:!. 



Group E. 



IMedium oi- rath(M- hn-ji'e species. 7 or more nnn. in length, hav- 

 ing the ptuictures of dorsal rows irregular or confused, or some- 

 times the entire thorax with numerous or even dense punctures. 

 Last ventral of male always emarginate. 



KEY TO TXniAXA SPKCTF.S OK CajOlP F.. 



II. Thorax loiigei' tliaii wide, either iiarallel or narrowed holiind. 



h. Thorax with very few punctures: lie.-id ov;il. ne.-irly smooth. n:irrowed 

 behind the (>yes: length s.." mm skrpkntinls. 



lib. Thor;i\ with nnnieroiis i-oarse |inn<-lMres: h(>a(l transverse or <iuad- 

 rate. not narrowed lieliiud; length 1» IM mm. 

 c. Head transverse, wider than long. 



'/. .\ntenn;e hend like; elytra I'ed : .-didnnien liro\\ii. 



7">L'. r;Ar.TiMoin:NsTs. 



