404 KAMIIA' X'lll. SCAlMIinFlD.-T^;. 



Soutlicni liiiir of Stiitc; fro(|U('iit. Api-il 17-July 2!). Taken 

 by siftiiiji" rotten woo'l and ve.u'etable debris; also on funiii. 



945 (9855). B.eocera dkii.exa Casey, loc. cit., p. 517. 



Stout, broadly oA-al. I'laek; anteniue and uuder surface paler, rufo- 

 piceous. Antenna' w^-y sleiKU'r, not (piite as long as head and thoi*ax, third 

 joint distinctly Idiiirer tiiau second, scarcely as long as fourth. Elytra fully 

 as long as wide, twice as long as thorax; sutural and inargiiial stri;e deep, 

 the basal broadly interrupted. Length 2.5 mm. 



Lake, Vico and Pittnani counties; frequent. Febntary 16-Sep- 

 tenil^er 25. One of (^asey's types eame from Indiana. 



Bft'ocera spccuJifcy, C-asey, ])laek. shining, legs, tips of elytra and 

 abdomen paler, was described from Towa. 



940 (2979). B.TiocERA apjialis Lee. I'roc. I'liil. Acad. \at. Sci., IStjo, .•^2:'.. 

 Narrowly oval. I'iceous-black or dark reddish-brown, polished, with- 

 out punctures or hairs. Antenme short, not as long as head and thorax; 

 third and fourth .joints sul)e(]ual, the former not quite three times as long 

 as wide, slightly shorter than sixth. Thorax short, more than one-half 

 "wider than long. Scutelhun wholly obsolete. Elytra longer than wide, 

 rather more than twice as long as thorax, widest at basal third, their tii)s 

 obliquely truncate. Length ^.:> mm. 



Kosciusko County; scarce. June 24. Taken in sifting damp 

 leaves in low moist ground. 



947 ( ). B.EOCERA rUNCTIPENNIS Sp. UOV. 



Fonn and color of aincaJis. p:iytra pale at tips and distinctly but 

 uv'- sparsely and coarsely jiunctate; legs pale reddish-brown. Antennae piceous, 

 iitaAf the basal joints paler, as long as head and thorax, the second, third and 

 ^/i^a'i. t'ourlli Joints subecjual. Tlidrax as in apicali)^. Basal marginal line of ely- 

 tra wholly wanting. Length 1.2 nun. 



Wells, Marion, Lawrence and Crawford counties; scarce. May 

 12-Xoveml)er 2S. Occiu-s on the large yellow fungus Clytocyhe 

 llludens Schw. 



94S (9859). B.KOCEKA picea Case.v, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., VH, 1893, 520. 



Rather brojully oval. Dark reddish-ljrown to piceous: highly polished, 

 not punctate; legs, antenna' and lij) of abdomen rufous. Antenuje shorter 

 than head and thorax; tliii'd .joint two-thirds the length of fourth, four to 

 six slender, subcMpial; s(wentii and eighth longer and thicker. Thorax 

 three-fourths wider tli:in long, apex less th;in one-half as wide as l)ase. 

 Elytra as l<.ng as wide, twice :is long as thorax, the biisal marginal stria> 

 broadl.v iiiterrn|itcd. I.cngtli 1.2 mm. 



Kosciusko. I'nlnani, Lawrence and i^osey counties; scarce. 

 April 17-.Jnly 1(». 'I'akcn by sil'ling l.-aves in low moist places. 



B. nana (Jasey. length 1 niiii., is kruiwii from Rhode Island, Mich- 

 igan and Texas. 



