Till''. i'i,\'i' P, \i;is' i;i':i':Ti,Eft. 



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Sul. family l\'. TELEPHANINAE. 

 'I'wd ^^(Mici'a comprise lliis suhi'aiiiily. one of wliidi is i-cprc- 

 sciitcd ill tlic Stato l)y a sin^'le si)e('i('s: 



VITT. TKi.Ki'iiAxr^ Ei-i.-hs. 1S:^2. (Cr.. "distant ij^littor.") 



Kl()iii:at(\ sl(MultM'. sul)(!('pi'oss('(] species, haviii'j,' tlio first joint 

 of aiiteiiiue ioiiu'. spindle-shaped; elytra hi-oader than thorax, their 

 tips I'ouiided : hind remora swoneti : tai'si il-joiiited, tlie last joint 

 bilobed. 



*10S5 (3353). Tklkpiiam s vki.ox Ilahl., I'mc. I'liil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 

 lS4t;. 127. 

 I'ale hrownisliyt'llow. chiscly ami (t)arsely i)unctnro(l ; ratlier coarsely 

 l>iil>escent ; Iiead and (il'lcii the ajiical third of elytra fuscMais. Antenna' as 

 leuix as elytra ; apical half, except the last one or two .joints, darker. Tho- 

 rax oue-half l()ns(M' than wide, narrowed behind tlie middle. Length 4 mm. 



Tlii'ontihcul lh( State: eoiinnon. Feliruary 27-Novcnil)er 27. 

 Occurs more oi'ten beneath stones, eliiudcs and dead leaves than be- 

 neath bark. When exposed it usually reiiiains quiescent with an- 

 tenna^ folded airainst sides, but if touched it nnis Avilh erreal swift- 

 ness, whence its specific name. 



Family XXII. rRYPTOPirAGIO.E. 



The Silken Fungus Beetles. 



Belonging here are a number of beetles of small size, oblong or 

 oval in form and never very depressed. They are usually less than 

 2.5 mm. in length and often of a light yellowish-brown color, with a 

 silken lustre produced by a very fine pubescence. Their habits are 

 exceedingly variable, some living in fungi, others about wood and 

 chip piles or in cellars, beneath dead leaves, in rotten logs or on 

 flowers. They are to be taken in eai-ly spring by sifting and in 

 summer by beating vegetation or examining fieshy fungi. The 

 name CryptophagidtE implies that the insects com- 

 prising the family feed upon cryptogamous plants, 

 which include the mushrooms aiul fungi ; however, 

 they are much less fungivorous in lia])it than the 

 members of the next family. 



The principal distinguishing characters of the 

 family, briefly stated, are the 11-joiuted antenntc. 

 with joints !) 1o 11 larger, f(»rming a loose club; 

 thor;ix neai'ly or (piite as wide a.s elytra, often with 

 distinct basal imj)ressions and usually with the ..i^ir'" IXS^ 

 bderal .>dges modified bv s(M-i-ations or nodular "'"'''''"'■ ^•^''" •'"'^""'^ 



