Till') iiAiivN' rrxMii's hkk'I'i.ks. •)Sr) 



iic;irl.\- tn s\iliii-c: niiol licr lu-oadcf. licliind llu- middle .-iiid usii;ill\- ;i smaller 

 (iii(> on Oiicli side, dull \cllow : thcst- s.imclimcs (■(.nlliicid so as Im make llic 

 l-.WiXvv iHirtinii of Ilic surlarc ytdlnw. 'I'linrax uiic half wider lliaii Iniii;. 

 sides stnmsly <'urvod. disk sparsc'ly. ccarsely and ('(iiially |)mht uied. Kly- 

 tral striio witli doo]i. cdarso imiictiircs. liCnijtli 4 4.5 miii. 



Posey County: raiv. April !». Keadily known hy ils cloiipilc 

 I'dfiii. [lai-allcl sides ;ni(l evenly pnnelni'ed tlioi'ax. 



lli:. (.■;:;'.i7). .MYCF-TOPnAors pr.iiiUM .n( ia ns r>ee.. I'roe. riiil. .\<ad. Nat. 

 Sei.. VIII, isr)fi. 1.-!. 



i;inii;rate, narrow, parallel. rice.ius4)laek ; elytr;i with minienms small 

 reddish-yellow spots, ol'teii more or less eoiiHuent into oblique hands and 

 sometimes eovormg the gcreater part of I lie surface; under surface. lei,'s and 

 hasal half of antonnn> pale, the last live joiids of the latter dusky and 

 slightly lai'pM-. Thorax dislinctly nai-rowed at base, the niart?in finely ser- 

 rate. Klytral stria' tinely piuietured. indisliuelly so at tip. Leuiith :'..5- 

 4 mm. 



Vie-o County: seaire. OetoluT 21. Oecui's in i'untri, especially 

 that >ri"o\vin<i' (Mi liiekoi'v loiz's and siiiinps. 



inc. (;;4(MM. .Mv( ktopuaois onsorxirs Melsh.. T»roc. riul. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 

 II. lS-14. ll.".. 



Oval, rather slrou-ly convex. Piceons black; lejis and anteuiue paler; 

 elytra each with two irregular oblique reddish-.vellow strii)es. one extendin;; 

 from luunerns nearly to suture, the other behind the middle: an oval sub- 

 marginal spot between the two and another at apex. Thorax less than 

 twice as wide as long, widest at base, hind angles obtuse, disk coarsely and 

 evenly punctate. Elytra with impressed, entire rows, of coarse deep i)nne- 

 tures. Length 4.5 mm. 



Krseiusko. Vigo. Du.bois aiul P('S(^y eciinties; rare. April 13- 

 Oi'toher 21. T;iken from fungi on hickory stunii)s and by sifting 

 debris. 



IT. LiTARCxUS Eriehs. 1832. (Or., "swift of foot.") 



The species belonging here are nnieh smaller and more narrowly 

 oval than in Mijcetophagus. The antenna end in a 3-jointed club 

 and the epipleunv are concave. Four species have been taken in 

 the State, while a fifth probably occurs. 



KF.Y TO INOrANA SIMX II':S OF LVrAKOUS. 



a. Thorax without basal impressions. 



ft. Elytra with the pvibescence short and stiiT. arranged in distinct rows; 

 last anteunal joint short, rounded. 111". iFTKASPiLorrs. 



bb. Elytra with pubescence irregularly arranged. 



e. Last antenna! joint short, not .as wide as iireceding. broadly 

 rounded at tip; thorax convex, coarsely punctured. 



1118. DIUESMLS. 



