'u4 FAMiiiV xxii. — ('ini"T()iMi.\(;ii).i:. 



'riiroii^ulKiut the Stale : rri'(|U('iit . May (i-.july 1.1. Occurs be- 

 neath bai'k and on foliage of plants usually near water. Common 

 at Iliulson Tiake July 15. on the louse- wort, Pedkularis lanccolata 

 :\Iichx. 



V. ToMARiTsLec. 18G1. (Gr., "to cut.") 



Smaller and shoi'ter than in Lohcnis. Elytra irregularly piuic- 

 tured ; thorax not impressed at base; basal joint of antenna! club 

 about as large as second. One species occurs in Indiana. 



1091 (;?n57). 'I'oMAiu .s PLLCHELLUs Lec. N. SiJ. N. Anier. Col.. I, 1803. 71. 



Elniisate-oval. convex, nearly smooth. Rrownish-yollow 

 to pieeous; legs and liasa! half of antenna' i)aler; elytra 

 each witli a large lumieral space and a wide suhapieal cross- 

 bar yellow. Antenna' slightly longer than head and thorax. 

 Thorax finely but distinctly punctured, narrower than ely- 

 tra; sides parallel and curved: ai^ex as wide as hase. Ely- 

 tra widest just before the middle, then gradually narrowed 

 to the rather acute apex, finely and sparsely punctured. 

 Leugtli 1.3-1.0 mm. (Fig. 215.) 



Throughout the State; frequent, especially in spring, when it 

 occurs ill dead leaves and beneath mullein, stones and chunks. Hi- 

 bernates. ]\Iarch 19- December 7. 



VI. Antjii<]ropiiac;i'S Lat. IbOli. ((Ji-.. "lilossom 4 eating." ) 



This genus comprises the largest members of the family, distin- 

 guished by having the eyes placed on the side of head; male with 

 clyj)eus deeply emarginate, and antenna^ thick and closely jointed ; 

 the body in both sexes densely clothed with short, appressed pubes- 

 cence. 



1092 (3359). Anthkroi'hagus ochka( eus Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. 



Scl., 11, 1S44, 115. 

 Oblong, suiiconvex. Pale l>i'(i\vnish-yello\v througluiut ; antenna' and 

 base of tibia' blackish in male. Thorax transverse, sides parallel and al- 

 most straight, the punctures fine and dense. Elytra as wide as thorax, 

 very densely and finely iiunctate. Length 4-4.5 nun. 



Southern half of Stale, frecjuent ; less so in the northern coun- 

 ties. Occurs on llowcrs. especially those of the wild hydi-angea, Ily- 

 (IrdiKjid (ii-l)nr( set lis ],. .Iiuic ^-September 21 . 



\'l 1. Ckomm' s Casey. I!t0(). 



In addil imi lo llie cliaraclcrs tiifiil ioned in generic key, I lir iiieni- 

 bcrs (iF lliis genus have a line raised line on each side oT the thorax, 

 exiending from base to apex ; and also have the basal fova,' of thorax 



