'rrir: silken I'M'nmjts hioktI/KS. 575 



(•(iiiiirctcd liy ;i(lt'r|) cliniiiifl nloiii:' llir iiiisiil iii;i riiin. Two species 

 are listed liy ( 'nsey. o\iv (if wliicli occmi-s in Indiana. 



1003 ( I. ('KesiMis iMKTi s Casey. .louni. X. Y. Ent. Soc. VIII, 1900,!IO. 



liroadly dv.il. I'iec(nis or I)lnck ; lejj;s and anteun;T> somewhat paler; 

 elytra dark red. hiack at apex, on middle of side iiiars;iiis and transversely 

 hehiud the base near the sntnre. Thorax nearly twiee as w ide as loni;. the 

 sides feebly eouverginii from base to apex, nol cnutinnini; lln'se of the i-ly 

 Ira : surface finely, deeply .and densely iinndate, the sul)mar;:inal line 

 p.ir.illel lo tiH> edge. Elyti-.-i with long, r.-ithei- dense jnihesccnce niid with 

 lung, erect li:iirs in .-Khlition; snrface irregnl;uiy. sjiarseiy ;ind r;itlier 

 coarsely pnnci ate. Length !.."► l.s min. 



Putiiaiu and IN.sey euunlies: seai'ce. .Xpril (i-Api-il 2."). Taken 

 from a laf<;c yellow ^voll-dooayed fleshy r\iiioiis. and by siftino:. 

 Known from Ohio and. Iowa. 



VTTT. CRYPT()PiLV(;rs Ilbst. 1792. (dv.. "cryplnoam ea1ino-.'"j 



'i'his o(>nus eompi'ises inimeroiis (!hl()n<r 'H- ()hl(»n<i-()val species, 

 distinctly tliouo'h not densely pubescent. ha\ino' the thorax trans- 

 vei'se and bearino- a short tooth on each ed;ii(' near the middle, the 

 apical angles thickened and base with two small foveas or pits con- 

 nected by a fine groove; front not margined. Casey lists 32 species 

 (tf the genns. 25 of A\hic]i he describes as new. Of these five have 

 been taken in Indiana, while one or two others doubtless occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF CBYPTOPHAUIS. 



rt. Sides of the thorax distinctly angulate at about the middle, the spicuk^ 

 or little point at apex of the angle therefore more prominent and 

 separated from the thickened node of front angle by a rounded notch. 



1094. AcrTANGii.rs. 

 aa. Sides of thorax bro;idly and evenly curved from base to apex, the spicule 

 near middle vei-y sum II ;nid indistinct. 

 b. Disk of thorax with four more or less evident snioolh elevations .-nid 

 a short elevated ridge at middle of base. 

 c. Thickened jtortion of fi-ont angles of thorax with a broadly oval, 

 sharply defined t1at or feebly concave disk, having a large cen- 

 tral puncture. 

 (I. Dark reddish-br<iwu ; di.sks of front angles of thor.ix large, as 

 long as the distance thence to the median si»icule. 



100."). CROCEIS. 



(Id. I'ale brownisli-yellow ; disks of front angles sin.-iller. distinctly 

 shorter lli.-ni disL'nice llieiico to the spicules. 



lOOC). I..\I1(1,A\ IS. 



cc. Tliidieiied poiiidii of front angles of I borax suiali. irregular, nai'- 

 row ;nid wilhoiil :i pund lU'c-be.-iririg disU'. 

 c. Antenna' long, rather stout, aliout half as long :is iiody; length 



1.8 mm. ANTENNATUS. 



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