•rili: llAllvV I'TNlil'S liKKTI.l'lS. ■>''^'7 



li,'iic;il h l>;ii-k III' hcccli 111 inlc .iiihmiii ;iml winter; sniiifl nncs (Hi 

 lolin^c ill spriiii;. 1 1 ilicni;iti's. 



111. 'I'n I'li.v.A Slci)li. l.s:!0. (di'.. "smoky or riisroiis.") 

 To this iicinis l)('lon,u-s ;i siiiuh- siiuill hrownisli hrcllc wliidi li;is 

 Immmi (Iistril»ii1('l by coiniiu'rcf lo <ili pni'ts oF the world. 



lll'l OKI!! I. 'l'viMi.v..\ irMAr.\ Linn., t^yst. X.it., 11. IT'lf'. *<'>i. 



Niirrowly (ililon^r-ovMl. sli.^litly convex. Dull reddisli 

 yellow, elytr:i r.irrly piremis. Anlcnnii' distinclly slioi'tcr 

 lli;m heart and lliornx, thr club :;-.juiiii(Ml. 'I'lim-.-ix iiIkiui 

 twice :is wide :is loiiix. tlie njiex Imt sli^litly narrower lliaii 

 li.ise. liiiely .iiid rnllier closely puiict iire<l. I'^lytra with mws 

 of line luiiiclnres winch hecoine ohsdlele lowiird the liii: 

 jiubescence short, moderately dens(>. l>eii-ih 1'.:! l-'.T nnn. 

 (Fig. 220.) 



Throuo-hout the State, lint scarce. .laimary 11-Aii- 

 iitist 7. Heaten from veji'etation ; said to often occnr in houses and 

 where tlonr ;ind erain ;n"e stored. 



IV. TiiRi^iOLT-s Ca.sey. 1900. 



Here belongs a si utile minnte sjieeies having the head large, 

 transverse; eyes basal; antennal elnb cylindrical, stout. 3-jointed ; 

 thorax In'oadly curved and finely beaded at base; scutellum well 

 developed; front coxte large, obliquely suboval. rather widely sepa- 

 )'ated by the prostern.um. 



1122 ( ), TiiRiMOLT.s MixiTUS Case.v, Jouvn. N. Y. Eiit. Soc.. VIII. 



1900, 137. 



Oblonsj-oval. moderately convex. Dark hniwnish- or clay-yell. iw ; le.iis 

 and antenna' paler. Head and thorax without punctures, the latter more 

 than twice as wide as lona:, the disk without basal impressions. Klytr.i 

 one-third lon.ser than wide, nuieh wider than thorax: finely, sparsely and 

 somewhat rou.srhly punctate. T.euijth .7-0 nnn. 



Mai'ioii Couiity: rare. Oclobei' 'U. Two si)eciinens sifted from 

 woody fnngi on side of maple log. Described from Texas; known 

 also from near Cineinnati. 



Family .X.XIV. D KK' M l':ST 11 ).K. 



Till-: S!<iN l>i:i:'i'i,i-:s. 



Among the small beetles \\hi( h pre\- u[)on dead or din-aying ani- 

 mal matter those belonging to the family Dermestida^ are the most 

 importani : many of the species l)eing exceedingly destiMidive to 

 skins, fni's and other di-ied animal snbstances. In form they are 

 usually oval and phuuj), and in cohii' dark, often having the surface 



