'nil-: ('^ MNDiJK' Ai. \\\uw i;i;i:'rij':s. 55'} 



(Miililli. 'ni(M-;i\ niH" lliiril li|-<>;i(lcr Ihiiii luiit,'. sides rt'cbly cin-vcil. Ii-niii 

 .-lliv'lt'^' proiniiu'lll. liiliil lines iMUlided : iii:ir^ir.s ll;lt (elied, liiiely iTeii;ile; 

 disl; eo.-irsely .-iiul i'(iu^ld\' L;i-:iiiul;ile niid willi I'diii' r.-iised lines, llie onter 

 <ine nn e;icli side ciirvinu: ••iniuiid Ilie ;i|ie\, Ilie inner ones Jeined Id tiie 

 riu'vo but not te eneii uliier. llie inlei-\;il lielweeii llieni wider tlnin in (pKiil- 

 rit/iittatii. Klyli-;i nm wider lii.-in IIkimix, e.-nii witli fnni- disi-iil riili^es, iie 

 tervals iint i»unelii(e li\it e;ieh \\illi two nr tlii'ee I'ews cf sni.ill dliinnu u'ran 

 nles. I.oiiiitli .■!.4 mm. 



.M;ii-i(in ('('Uiil\ : i-anv .May "Ji). Desci'ihcd fi'oiii a siiiulc .six'ci- 

 iiicn takoii by 11. .Moi-ri.soii rroiii i)oiiealli hai'k. Broader tliaii (/ikkI- 

 rUjuUaia. eiyli-;' not marked willi led as there, and with the in- 

 tervals p-raiudate instead of coarsely punel iii'ed. 



/>. (/imdri' tillis Horn, nai'rower linn ijiiii<lri(/iil lithi. dai'k' 1)i'o\vn. 

 leniilh '_*..") mill., is listed by hiiry froiii ( 'iiieinnal i. 



EtKhsiiiii inidiihild .Melsh.. eh)nd'ate. siiheylindrical. pieeous. 

 len.iitli .") mm., has also i)eeii taken hy Diii'A'. who found them running 

 up and down ami hurrowiiie' in th(> hark of a hnekeye log. 



IV. CoxEH-sLatr. 1829. (L.. "eoxa.") 



Antenna' as in Ditoma but received in grooves beneath the eyes; 

 front eoxal cavities elosed behind. One species occurs in Indiana. 



*105S (32(n). CoxKi.rs GrnrrAirs Lee. New i^iiec. N. Amer. Col.. lSr>:'.. Cm. 

 E!oiigiite-(il)l<in:;. snl>cimve\. Pieeousdilaelv ; aiifemue. ]ei,'s and margins 

 of thorax and elyli'a dull reddisli-tirown. 'J'liorax twice as wide as Icug. 

 apex deejily emarginate. tninl angles ]ii'(imiuent : sides l>roadly cui'ved; 

 margins wide and llat. edges tiuely serrulate; surface coarsely granulate. 

 i;iytra witli rc.ws of coarse granules, and each also with si)ots of coarse 

 gray pubescence fornung an interi'upted sinuous band near middle and an- 

 other subapical. Length 4-r) nun. 



Southern half of Stjde; fre(|uent. February lO-Xovcmber 1!). 

 Occurs on dry fungi nnd beneath close fitting bark of beech, mapl;' 

 and other trees. 



Lascoiioivs hoffaVts Horn, thorax wider than long, elytra e(|ually 

 costate, pieeous, length 2.5-3 mm., is known from Michigan, while 

 L. })\ix}lh(!< T.ec., thorax longer than wide, elytra broadly chainieled. 

 fifth interval .strongly elevated, color and size the same, has been 

 recorded from Cincinnati. 



IrilM' II. COLYDIIXI. 



Ehuigale. cyliiidiical beetles having the h-ad horizontal : an- 

 tentue cai)itafe. retractile; froid coxal cavities narrowly cl(^sed be- 

 hind; fir'st joint of tarsi as long or longer than the next two to- 

 gether, the three longer than the fourth. They occur beneath bark. 

 Two genera are i-(>pres(>nted in the State. 



