4!)(! FAMILY Xlll. — SCAPUIDIID.K. 



cc. I'^Iyti-ii wholly siiKidlli : UmiuIIi 1.12 huh. 0."):!. msriMcTA. 



(Id. i;i\li;i Willi n IuikmI .iikI i.-illicr distiuclly definod ini\v. Mpic-al mar- 



1,'iii; uu'tastt'l-iniiu str<iii,uly imiicturod at base. 954. tehminata. 



S. repanda Casey. l)laek. shining, legs and antenna' pale, is 

 l<ii()\vn froiii .Massacliiisetls and Towa. 



!»ri(> (1!'JS2). ScAiMJisoM A iTNc'i'iu.Ai A Lcc, I'l'o. I'liil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1S<;(», 



Khingattvoval, convex. lUack, sliiniiii;- ; autemiie, legs and tip of abdo- 

 men reddisli-bvown. Antenna' long and slender, reaching base of thorax. 

 Thorax two-thirds wider tlian long, very finely and indistinctly pnnctured. 

 Sutural stria' of elytra deep, l^.asal joint of lilnd tarsi as long as the next 

 three. Length 2-2.2 mm. 



Vigo Connty; rare, ^lay 2. A si^ecies of sonthern range. 



9.51 (2981). ScAPHisoMA coxvexa .Say, Jcnirn. I'liil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, 

 1825, 183; ibid. II. 2S9. 

 P.lack or dark chestnut-brown, shiniiig; antenna', under surface and 

 tips of elytra paler. Thorax three-titths wider than long, very finely punc- 

 tate. Klytra three-fourths longer than thorax, the punctures fewer and 

 coarser than in piiiicUildta. Length 2.2 2.7 mm. 



Throiighotit the State; frequent. ^lay 26-November 30. Oc- 

 curs on fnngi on oak and other logs. 



952 (298;J). ScAPHisoMA sutiralis Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1860, 

 323. 

 Rather narrowly t.val. Dark chestnut brown to black, highly polished. 

 Thorax three-fourths wider Ihan long, one-half as long as elytra, very finely 

 punctate. Elytra a little longer than wide, strongly but remotely punctate, 

 the sutural stria deep. Length 1.7 nnn. 



Marion, Pntnam and Monroe counties; frequent. March 20-; 

 Septeniher 21. Sifted from dead leaves and dehris of beech stumps. 



9.5.'! ( ). ScAriiisoMA disiixcia sii. nov. 



Elongate-oval, snbparnlh'l. convex. Uniform dark chest nut-bntwn, strong- 

 ly shining: anlennas legs and abdomen paler; surface both above and be- 

 neath wholly suiMoth. .\nleini;e reaching base of thorax, seventh and 

 eight ii Joints but slightly wider than sixth; ninth and tenth distinctly 

 longer, obconical; eleventh oblong. 'I'horax two-thirds wider than long. 

 Sntur.-il stria very fine. Length 1.2 mm. 



Putnam, Posey and Dniicis (-(ninties; scarce. April 21-May 11. 

 Taken by sifting. 



9.51 (2981). ScAi'iiisoMA ikkminata Melsh., I'roc. Phil. .Vcad. Nat. Sci., II, 

 ISll. 102. 



Oval, slr(iigly convex. P.lack, highly polished, the tips of the elytra 

 margined with yellow ish : legs and ;intenna' pale. Sixth autennal joint very 

 long, more than eipial to the three preceding. Thorax one-half the length 



