45(1 I'Wlll.V XI. — STATU VI. [XID.I^. 



cent and coarsoly and si)ai-sel.y iiunctnrcd. tlio hind margins of the srixnients 

 paler. Middle and hind tibiie wilii spiuules as in humklus. Length 2.5- 

 3.2 mm. 



Throughout. th(^ State; frcMpicnt. March 26-November 26. 

 Tak(Mi hy sifting. This species is usually known as lucidulus. 



881 (2G73). Mycetopokus consors Lee, N. Sp. N. Auier. Col., 1, 1S(«, 34. 



More robust than americamis, which it resembles in coldr. tlie elytra 

 ltic».H)Us with an ojjlique reddish spot on basal third. Punctures of elyti-a 

 in four rows; Ihe sntural row faint, the discal and dorsal rows distinct 

 Willi ten to twelve pnnctnres in cacli. tlie submarginal row with live or six. 

 Length 3.5 mm. 



Starke County; rare. ^lay 19. A single specimen sifted from 

 sphagnum moss. Known hei'c^ofore only from ^lichigan. 



S,S2 (2(;T1). Mycetopoki s humidis S.iy. Trans. Anier. Phil. Soc, IV, 1834. 

 405 ; ibid. II, 581. 

 Elongate, slender. Color variable: either ((/) d-ark reddish- or chest- 

 init brown with elytra darker at sides and along the suture, the abdominal 

 segments reddish-i)ieeous, paler at tips; or (b) reddish-yellow with the ab- 

 dirmen reddish-piceous ; legs reddish-Iirown or paler. Thorax smooth, shin- 

 ing, slightly broader than base of elytra, disk with the usual punctures. 

 Elytra as long as wide, shining, the three rows of punctures feebly im- 

 pressed. Abdomen sparsely pubescent, sparsely and finely punctured al)ove. 

 more coarsely beneath. Length 3-4.5 mm. 



Lake, Posey and Jefferson counties; scarce, ^larch 2r)-.Tune 5. 

 Described from Posey County. 



883 (2(J7G). Mycetoporis splendidus Grav.. Mon. Col. Micr.. ISOC. 24. 



Elongate, ratliei- robust. Head piceous; thorax and elytra reddisli-yel- 

 low, strongly shining; abdomen reddish-brown, the segments jialer behind; 

 antenn;e and legs dull yellow% the former with middle portion dusky. Tho- 

 rax slightly broader than elytra, without discal punctures. Elytra together 

 slightly longer than wide, sutural row of punctures distinctly impressed, the 

 humeral row vei-y fainl. Abdomen coarsely and sparsely punctured, sparsely 

 pul)escent. Lenglli 3-3.5 mm. 



I'nlaski. Slarkc and .Marion counties; scarce. April 28-June 10. 

 .1/. /laricollls liCc. h'liglh 4 mm., is known from Michigan, Geor- 

 gia, and Florida. 



LXVIII. Brvoi-okis Kraiit/. ISHH. (Or., ''mo.ss-fto walk.") 



Small, slender species having the last joint of maxillary palpi as 

 wide at 1)as(' as s(>con(l and distinctly conical; elyti-al punctures in 

 about seven I'ows ; I'roiil and middle libia' witli a dense fringe of 

 spinules a1 a|)c\; iiiiid lai'si longer than in Bolitohius; thorax with 

 Ihe marginal |)uticlurcs as in Mucdoporus, the apical and basal 

 ones more dislani IVoni Ihe margin. 



