THE fka'I'iiki{-\vin(;ki) ukkti-ks. 



4S9 



If. Elytra willi tlic sides iicirly slrai^lil; lln.iax w idfsl hcrdrc tlio 



Itase: rdlnr ruscms black: icii-lli .".» iiiiii. si:i:r'AN.S. 



(/(/. lliiid aiiL^dcs dl' lluirax iiol acute cr I'l'"'!"'*''!- '.>:;;t. mckkens. 



!>:!S (U'.MU'.I. Tun iioiTi i;v\ ii ai in \ia nm I.ec.. List hI' Cnl. uI' X. Am.. ISi;:',. l:'.». 



l';i(iiiirate-iil)l(iiiu'. convex. ('cli!i' iriveii in key: surface sparsely c-lollicd 



with short, pale hairs: auienn.i' and leus reddish-yellow. Thorax inoro 



than twice as wide ,as lonu. widest liet'ere the itaso; sidi's stroii;j;ly roiiiidod. 



hind an-les broad, acute and unnii ]iroloiis<Hl ; surface covered with small. 



rather remote .granules arraui,'ed in transverse rows. Elytra as long as 



l>ut narrower than head and thorax, rather closely and irreijularly asperate 



or rou;;iieiied witli small granules. LeiiLrl h 1 l.L' nun. 



Koscitisl^i). Marion and Pnliiniii (".Miiities: t'i'e(|uent. April 17- 

 October 17. Taken hy sii'tino- leaves and spliaonuni moss in damp 

 jilaees. 

 '.K\'.) (l.'i)42). TuKiioPTKRYX MCKKENS Mattliows, Clst. Eut.. 11. 1S74, 2;)s. 



Ohlonij. convex. I'dack, strongly shining; sparst-ly clothed with pale 

 iiair: antenna' and le.gs yellow. Thorax twice as wide as long, widest near 

 tlie middle, sides moderately rounded, hind angles rectangular; surface 

 smooth, polished. Elytra about as long ami wide as head and thorax, 

 very faintly and transversely granulate or asperate; tips broad, the ex- 

 treme edge yellowish. Length .G-.7 mm. 



Stetibeii and Putnam counties; scarce. jMay 2r)-()(lnl)er 17. 

 Taken ])y sifting damp debris. Differs from the preceding by its 

 smaller size, .smoother surface and form of hind angles of thorax. 



The range of the other species of Tiicliopteryx mentioned in the 

 key is given by ^Fatthews as "United States." 



V. Smicrtts Matthews. 1872. (Gr., "small.") 



Elongate-oblong specii^s. having the antetnia' long and slender, 

 i-eaeliing iieafly to middle of elyti'a. 1 l-joinlcd. Ilie last lliree joinis 

 roi-iiiiiig an elongale. bead like clitb: head laru'e and broad: hind 

 coxa' rather distant and wilh wide |)lales. ()in' s|it'cies is known. 

 '.tlo ('J'.M'.'.l). Smu'im s Mi.icoit.Nis Eairni.. I'aun. I''ranc(>. 1. is.'M. .".."iS. 



< iblong. subparallel. I'dack. spai'sely ddt lied with short ncIIow liairs; 

 antenna' and tips of elylr.i pale: legs yellow. 'rhnrax shoii, ipiailrale, 

 widest in front, feebly narrowed lowai'd the base, bind angles .-icute: disk 

 closelx covered with minute tubercles. Illyira as long and nearl.\ :is w ide 

 as heail and thorax, closely and minutely punctate: tips sipiarely truncate, 

 leaving one-third ot' abdomen exjiosed. Length l.li mm. 



Marion Coiudy: rare. Oclober Ml. Taken by sifting. 



Nepka)ics hi viiisculiis Mattli.. short, bi-oad. convex, dark chest- 

 nut-brown, legs yellow, lenuth .I) mm., may occui' in southern 

 Indiana. 



