TIIK SIl.KKN IMNCl'R BEETLES. 



581 



1107 ( ). Atomauia tiNAiis (':isoy. .Tmini. X. Y. Kiit. Soc. \III. UK)0. 



124. 



Oviil, rapidly Mttouualo al each ciitl. s(r(ini,'ly convex. lUacU or piceous. 

 shilling; loi-'s a ml antoiiiia> dull lirowiiish-yi'llow. AutiMiiiu' stout, one-half 

 luiigth of body in male. 'Pliorax one-half wider than lonj;, sides strongly 

 eonver.i,'in.tr on apical half, apex iwo lliirds as wide as base; disk rather 

 c(>ars(>ly and (h>nsely punclale. I'.lytra widesf a lillle in front of nii<ldle 

 where, to.i^ether. tliey are one-fliird wider Ihan lliorax. IlicTice nai-i-nwini; to 

 a rounded apex; surface ralhtN- sparsely ;ind liiiely hut dislinctly |iunctiu'ed. 

 I.en.iith 1..V1.5 nun. 



Steulicn, K()sciusk<: niid M;iii(Ui couiiiics ; i'i'('((ii(Mit. Api'il 11- 

 .Tuly 11. 'P.-ikcii li\- siftiiii>- ;iii(l on \hr wine- in early spriiii;-. 

 IKIS (:;:;s!t). Aio.makia kiuiU'I'iata /imm.. Trans. Ainer. lOnt. Soc. 11. 

 1869, 258. 



Ohl(in;;-oval. sfron,L:ly convex. Head and (Inu-ax 

 pie(M)Us; anteinue. le.Ljs and elytr:i reddisli-yeilnw. the 

 latter with a i)iceous crossbar before the middle, this 

 sometimes reaching: from side to side, sometimes 

 broken into spots. Thorax strongly convex, sides 

 rounded, minutely and sparsely punctured. Elytra 

 distinctly wider, and two and a half times as lont,' 

 as thorax, finely but distinctly punctate. Length 

 1..". mm. (Fig. 217.) 



Throii^hout the State; fi-cquoiit. .March 17- 

 Jime 22. 



Xiri. TisACTiA Casey. 1I)(M). 



Small, oval, convex .species. havin*i' the thorax even and unim- 

 pressed at base; antenna' more widely separated than in Atomarid, 

 the elnb parallel and loosely :3-join1ed; prosternal spine broad. 

 shar])Iy maririned eaeh side. 



1100 ( •)_ TisACTiA siBGLABRA Cas(>y. .Touru. N. Y. Ent. Soc. YIII. 



1000. 12(1. 



Oblong-oval, strongly convex, r.lackisii-piceous, glabrous, shining; ely- 

 tra (in specimen at handi indistinctly reddish near humeri and on apical 

 third; legs and antenna^ paler. Thorax one-half wider than long, very con- 

 vex, wider at base than ai»ex, sides feebly ctu'ved, strongly margined : disl<, 

 as well as that of elytra, linely and. rather sparsely punctate. Elytra wid- 

 est before the middle, as wide at base as thorax. Length 1-1.2 mm. 



Steul)en Coiiiity; rare. June \C^. Rifled from spliaetinm moss. 

 Described from Indiana. 



l-ig. 21,-. X 20. 

 (Original. j 



XIV. Epiiistemus Steph. 1829. (Gr., ''iipmi i to place.") 



Very small species, haviii'i' tin- body eveidy oval and rather 

 jxtitiled heliind; sides of thorax and elyti'a continuous. Iheir mar- 

 giti.s not interrupted at the contiguous bases. 



