500 FAMILY XIV. — PHALACRID^l'L 



959 (98S1). AcYLOMVS ergoti Casey. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Y. 1890. 119. 

 Stmnjjly convex, almost evenlj' elliptical, not at all narrowed behind the 



middle. Above black or d;irk chestnnt-brown, stronjil.v shining; beneath 

 I)ale brownish-yellow. Elytra with one discal stria, this obsolete on basal 

 third, and with rows of punctures which, near the suture, are very minute 

 and feeble, slightly larger on the sides. Hind tarsi three-fourths as long 

 as tibiae, the second joint between three and four times as long as the basal 

 one. Length l.S-2.2 mm. 



Frequent throughout the State. Ai)ril 26-Oet()lK'r 1. Occurs 

 on leaves of skunk cabbage in early spring. 



960 (9882). AcYLOMUS piceus Casey, luc. cit... p. 120. 



Broadly oval, distinctly narrowed behind the base of elytra. Piceous- 

 brown, shining. Otherwise as in ergoti. Length 1.8 nun. 



Posey and Martin counties; rare. j\tay Ki-June 6. 



IV. EcsTiLBfS Sharp. 1888. (Gr., "good + shine.") 



Small oval, convex species differing from those of allied genera 

 l)y the characters given in generic key. Two species have been 

 taken in the State, while a third may occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF EUSTILBCS. 



(/. Siiinnles at ajiox of prosternal spine long and conspicuous; elytra either 



entirely pale or distinctly paler at apex. 



b. Elytra highly polished, not reticulate, abruptly and distinctly paler at 



apex. 961. apicalis. 



hh. Elytra finely reticulate and pale throughout. 962. nitidus. 



aa. Spinules at apex of prosternal process short; body narrowed behind 



from base of elytra ; color dark reddish-yellow throughout. 



ATTENUATUS. 



9(;i (:!005). EisTiLiu.s APICALIS .Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., TL 

 1844, 102. 



^^ ()v;il, slnniLcly (•(in\c\, very feebly n.-irniwcd br- 



liind I lie middle. Above piceous or dark clieslnnl 

 I hi'iiwii, highly ]i()lislie(l; ;ipicnl fourtb of elytra rather 

 abni|itly p;ile brdwiiisli yellow : beneath reddish- 

 -s brown; legs .iikI anteiiii.-e pnler. Elytra distinctly 

 l<niger tli.-iii wide, the disciil sli-i;i xci'y deeit. strongly 

 ^ impressed, uniting with the suture ne;ir :i|ie\ ; the 



i-nws (if pinictures \ci-y tine, sc.-ircely visible. Length 

 KJR. 179. (OiiKiiiul. I 2 2.:! nun. ( I'Mg. 179.) 



Thi-ongliout the Stale: rre<iu(-;it. Tlibernates. March !)-De- 

 cemlx'i- 7. Taken by sifting in eai-Iy spring and by sweeping 

 goldenrod and other hcrliage in snmmer. Listed by Henshaw as 

 Olihriis (oiisi)i)ilis, a European species, but since shown to be dis- 

 tinct. 



