'I'lii', siiiNixc i'i,o\vi;k iJinrriiKS. ')in 



!M;l1 (.".(XtT). i;i sill i;i s M run s Mclsli., I'yur. I'liil. .\c;i(l. XmI. Sci., II. 

 I s I I . I oj. 

 nv;i!, stf(iii,i:l\ tnii\('\. (lisliiiill.N ii:in'<i\\ <■(! licliiiKJ the ini<l(llc. I'.ilf 

 i'(.'(I(lish-y('ili)\v tlinui.^iiniit, very sli'miim. JMytra iinirdw l.\ i-nuudcd ,il ,i|u'.\. 

 tiie (liscal stria k'ss iiniin'ssod ami not uuitiiif; with sudirc at apt-x; wlinlly 

 witliout rows of puiu'turos. Leiisth 1.:'-1.r> iiiiu. 



'riiroimlKMit tlic i^tnlr; rrciniciil. 'rakcti liy sil'liiiL;' in cai-ly 

 spi-iiij;. so tliat it probably liibtM-iiatcs. .Mai'ch .") .)uly ti. 



E. <ill( iniatus (*asey, IJi inin. iu length, was described riMin New 

 Yoik. Michigan and Texas. 



LitocJirtis immncuJdhis C.iscy. piccous. Itir suliirc palci-, iciiglh 

 1.5 Mini., is a smitlieni t'oriii which may oeeui' in the, Oliio liiver 

 counties. 



V. OriiROLiTrs Sharp. ISSO. (Gr.. "pale yeUow + shine.") 

 A single species represents this genus in the State. 

 !M;:', (.•!(H»n. 0( iiiioi.nrs urr.KXS i.oc, Pmc. I'liil. .\c.h1. .Nat. Sci., VIII. 



isr>t;. Ki. 



Katlier broadly ov.il, stroni;ly c(Piivc\. I'ale reddish-yellow tliroii,;,'li- 

 uut, highly polished. Thorax a littk' iiioi-e Ihaii Iwice as wide as loiii,'. 

 very smooth. Discal sti'ia; of elytra well impressed, obsulete on iiasal lifth. 

 the second uniting with the first near the aiiex. Length J.s mm. 



Koscitisko. ^Marion and Posey counties; scarce. -Inne 21-De- 

 cember 7. 



Family XV. rORYLOPTlTD.E. 



The F[a\(iK-\viN(ii;i> l^'rxGi's Beetles. 



TTei-(> belong a number of iiiinub' oval or rounded beetles, which 

 occui- nndei" damp bark oi' in decaying fnngi and othei" V(>getable 

 matter. .\t times Ihey fly about in large numbers by Iwilighl. 

 They have the antenna' !)- to ll-.jointed. ending in a loose club and 

 inserted on the front ; palpi short and i'our-joi'.ited ; mandibles small. 

 with comb-like teeth on the Iiukm- mai'gin ; front cox;e globose, prom- 

 inent, contiguous or nearly so; middle coxa? also globose and sepa- 

 rated by the mesosterimm; hind coxffi transverse, widely distant; 

 tarsi 4-jointed. the third joint small, concealed in a notch of the 

 second joint: ventral segments six ; ;;cutellum distinct, though small ; 

 wings wide. fiMnged with long haii'«; which, however, are shorter 

 than in the familx- Tt ichoDleryiiida'. I'l many sp(M'ies the body is 

 clothed with a grayish i>ul)escenc.e. 



