'nil': l,Al.^ r.i'.iri'i.i'.s. M'-l 



lliis ;iii(l nnwliiTc clsr. (•(Uisuiiiiiii;' the ('|)i(lcniiis iiiid pjii-ciicli yiii;t 

 jiiul l(';i\in.!: till' \<'ins niid iicI'VUIts nliimsl i'll.irl. Il;iii(| |iickiii'^' (il 

 tlio ;i(liil1s :iii(l lai'i;-!' cii'ir-cl listers i.s the Inst rciiicd.w il" dntir when 

 th(\v first ;ip|)e;ir: jirseiiites. either dry or in soiiitioii. e;iii ;ds(i he 

 npplied wit h success. 



Tril.e \' 1 II. ('( X Tl 1 >1 : 1 .1 N 1. 



S^iiiJill piiliescetd sp<'cies hnviiii; the ;iMleMii;i' i(Hi</ ;iiid sh'iidcr, 

 with lt)(ise. seil'.ite. ;!-Joili1ed clllh; 1hui';i\ ii;in'u\\('d ;it base, fceblv 

 siiniate at api'x: pi'dstenium hicarinate. ratlier \vi(h'ly separating 

 the eoxa': le^'s tVee. rallier stout : ch-nvs I'eehlN hilid One jxenns is 

 known. 



XX. ('o('(Mnri>A Kuic. ITOS. ((]v.. "scarlet berry.") 



lUl'O (."ilTOl. CocciDlL.v LEiMiiA I.i'e.. I'r.ic. pliil. Acjul. Xnl. Sci.. VI, isn-j. 

 132. 



Kktii.u'ate-oval. Head and i>ari ul under surtace lilack : tluirax dull .vel- 

 low with a transverse black sjiei ue.ir apex; elytra dull yellow, black at 

 base and aleiig sides to behind I lie middle and with a common transverse 

 sutural black spot at apical third. Punctures of elytra rather coarse, deep 

 and uneven, the larger ones in seinewhat irre.gular rows, l.en.sjjtb '.^ nmi. 

 (Fig. 195, d.) 



One specimen in Field Museiini collection labelled "Ind." 

 Probably from St. -loseph County. A sjiecies of northern range 

 which is said by LeC'ontc to occur on plants near water. 



Family XVII. ENDOMYCHID.E. 



The Handsome Fungfs Beetles. 



To liiis family belong a limited inimber of small-sized, oval or 

 oblong beetles, which occur on woody fungi, in decaying wood or 

 beneath logs and bark. Some of them arc very prettily marked 

 with black or n'd. and most of them feign death or "play possum" 

 when first uncovered. The name- of the typical genus, Eridomiichus, 

 is derived from two Greek words, meaning "within" and "a con- 

 cealed place." and probably refers to the concealed habitations of 

 the beetles and their larva^ in the substance of tree fungi, rotten 

 wood, etc. They differ fi'om the ("occinellida\ to which they are 

 the most closely allied, by having the form usually less convex and 

 more elongate, in having mucli longer anlenna'. and by the termina' 

 joint of the maxillary palpi being oval or triangular in.stead of 

 securiform or hatchet-sha»)ed. 



