iiii: siiui;i-\\iN(;i:i) scA \'i:\(ii;i! iU':i'ri'i,i:s. 455 



STl) (L*l!r>!)). r.oi,i:i()i!H s ciNdiiATi s .M.iim.. N'oiiv. Arniiii,'. Iti'aclil., isijo, CJ. 

 r.liick, sliiiiiii;,': clvlr.i -iik] (irtcii llic lliunix dull red; Icics n-ildisliycl- 

 litw ; aiiteuiiio piccous. (lie Icriiiiual .ind Iwo liasal JdIiUs jialc;; alKloinoii 

 l)ic'eous, the apical hall' nl" liltli and stiiiicliincs I lie sixth scj^iiicnl reddish. 

 Thoi'ax slifjlidy hr(ia<l(_'r at hasc than elytra, hind angles ronnded. lOlytra 

 slij;htly lonj^er than wide, sutural and niarj^inal rows of punctures tino, doi-- 

 sal row obsolete. .VbdonitMi spai'sely and coarsely punctni'ccl .md pnlicsecni. 

 T/OUfith 7 mm. 



Lake and Siciilicii coiiiilics: rare May 21 -Inly (I. A inirtlici-ii 

 species I'atioiiin- rnijii l*ctiiisyl\ aiiia In ('aiiada and ()rci:iiti. Kc- 

 seiiihles iiilnisiis hut lai'^cr. tin' elytra inoi'c distinctly vnl and the 

 antciinal joints nmstly loiiuer than wide. 



li.W'Il. .Mn('i;'I'(>1'()KMs .Mann. 1S:{0. (dr., " mushroom i to 



widk.") 



Small, slender species having tlie elytra smooth and shiuiiiti', 

 with three (rarely four) rows of pinictures hearing fine aetx, these 

 ])laced one row iu the sutural channel, oiu' extendin<i' from Iminerus 

 to tip. the third along the side margin. The thorax always has foui' 

 punctures along the apical margin, two basal, three on each side 

 margin and two, one behind the other, between the middle of disk 

 and side margin. Two of the species have two additional "discal" 

 punctures. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF MYCETOPORIS. 



a. Thorax witli two discal punctures slightly behind the middle. 



h. Elj'tra with one discal r<iw of pinictures. SSO. americanl's. 



hh. Elytra with two rows of discal pnnctni'es. SSI. consors. 



(/(/. Thorax without discal punctures. 



r. Middle and hind tibia' with coarse nne((ual spinules at tip; third 

 joiTit of maxillary p;ilpi slender, sinnlar to second. 



882. H ('MIDI'S. 



(•<: Middle and hind tibi;e with a d(»nso fringe of equal spinules at tip. 

 </. Abdomen reddish-yellow, each segment paler at tip; elytra not dis- 

 tinctly bicolored. SS;',. sPr.ENDinrs. 

 lid. Abdomen reddish-ltrown. its last two segments black; elytra bicol- 

 ohmI, piceous at base, apical third red. flavicoij.is. 



880 (L'<J74). MYCETOPORIS ais[ erica .\ is Erichs., Gen. Spec. Staph., 1840. 2Sr>. 

 El()ngate, slender. Dark reddish-brown to piceous, shining; elytra some- 

 times piceous with only a small humeral spot and narrow apical space red- 

 dish-brown, more often wholly reddish-brown except a dai'k scntellar si)ace: 

 legs and basal Joints of antenn;p paler. Thorax with two small jjunctures 

 just behind the middle in aihlition to the usual nnirginal ones. Elytra as 

 long as wide, with the usual rows of punctures and one to three additional 

 punctures ne.-u- a])ex inside of the hnmer;il row. .Vbihimen sparsely puhes- 



