508 i\.\iiiA' x.w. -iiisTi>:i{ii).i'. 



foi- boxes ali"(';i(ly iiit'cslcd. In iicnted lmil(rni<is it begins to eineriijc 

 iVoiii the ])ii|);il stan'c ;ibont FcIm-iku'V l.Mli: in open ;iir |)rol)ab!y 

 not until spring. 



1189 (3446). Anthrems castane.k Melsh.. Proe. Phil. Aciid. Nat. Sci.. 

 II. 1S44, 11 r.. 



()lil(»i\g-<>val, laodiTatcly lunvcx. Head niul llairax black: the laltrr 

 Willi (lie disk sparsely. I lie l>as(,' and sides iiari'dwly and densely, covered 

 with small triangular yellow scales; elytra chestniit-hrnwn. sparsely clotlu'd 

 with similar scales arranged in three nai'i'ew /.ig/.ag t'l-ossbands. with a 

 lew scattered ones between. Under surface piceous-brown, the sternum 

 densely, the al3<Iomeu sparsely, covered with yellowish scales. Length 2- 

 2.5 mm. 



Throngliout the >State ; frequent. May 3-July 13. Occurs on 

 the flowers of Hydrangea, Cral<(f)us and Ceanothus. I have fol- 

 lowed Casey in giving the name codaneca to the species commonly 

 listed as mm^cvorum. He stal(s tliat the latter is much larger and 

 differs especially in the strnctni-e of the antennal joints. I have 

 never seen casfanca about houses or imiseum collections. 



VIIT. Orpiihjts Erichs. 1846. (Gr., "a sea fish.") 



Small, com])act. ol)long-oval lilack i)eetles having the surface 

 nearly smooth; spine of prosternum short, reaching, hut not pa.ssing 

 l>etween the front coxa^; front legs large, protecting the moutli 

 parts; thorax as wide at l)ase as the elytra, its base with a broad 

 h)l)e at middle, the side margins beneath with a pit behind the an- 

 tennal grooves for the reception of the front ixuees in repo.se. One 

 species occurs in Indiana. 

 1140 (3455). Orphilus ATER Erichs., Nat. Ins., Ill, 1846, 4G3. 



Oblong-oval, moderately convex. Black, shining, without pubescence. 

 Antenna' reddish-brow'n, ll-jointed, the club 3-.iointed. P]ntire upper sur- 

 face coarsely punctate. Elytra somewhat rugose, the punctures of the basal 

 region coarser and densely crowded. Scutellum large, oval, with a few 

 imnctures. Length 2.3-2.8 mm. 



Southern half of State, frecpient; not taken north of Fountain 

 County. jNlay 3-July 11. Occurs on the flowers of the Jersey tea, 

 CcaiK/llius ameriranus;, L., on those of the red haw, Cratcegus, and 

 oth(M- ])]aiits. Listed by .rayne and TTensliaw as 0. glahratus, a 

 F>iiro])eaii s|)ecies. biil I'iriclisoii. LeCoiile and Casey claim it is 

 dis( iiict. 



Faniil> XX \' illSTFKTD.E. 

 'I' I II'; 1 !is'n;i; l>i:i;'i'i.i:s. 



.\ TainilN d' incdiiini size. coMiin'ising small, usually black, shin- 

 iiiii' beetles liavinu' 111'' el\lra Iriiiicate behind, leaving two segments 



