■nil-; iiis'i'KK I'.i;i:ti.I'> 



filT) 



1175 (.■tr)42). Tli:i Kiiii s i!KrNNH>KN>Ms Kniid.. Ilnst. Jouni. i\;i(. Hist.. II. 

 1S3S. 40. 

 Broadly oval, subdoprossed. I'ale c-liostiiut 

 brown, shiulng. Thorax with a groove on each 

 side separating the disk from the lobe, the lat- 

 ter divided by a shallow transverse groove 

 siiixlitly Ix'liiiid lilt' iiiiddlc. Elytra with sub- 

 imiiH'iai and lii'sl dorsal ciitire; see't»nd dorsal 

 iliree-fourtlis, third two-thirds, the length of ely- 

 ii'a. will) (M'ivt tine yellowish hairs si)arsely 

 [ilatrd along tlie stria'. Length 1.5 mm. (Fig. 

 ■SU. ) 



.M;ii'i(Mi and L;i\\ rciirc coiiiilics: rai'c. 

 April •_>> Alayli. Oi-nii-s in nests oflarge ^Ik. 234. x 12. (.\fter whoder.) 

 Itrowti aiils. a vai'icty of Fornti'-ti nifo. 



VI. Di'.NDKOiMiiMs I.cach. 1S1<. (Or., "live I love.") 



Ill this and llic iicxl two gcMU'ra. tlic antciinal cavities, instead 

 of being' ])eneath llic IVonl aniilcs ol' liic thorax are beneath the 

 middle of its sides, and tlic lobe of the prosterimni does not form a 

 rtoor for them as in the i)r('('ediiig genera of the subfamily. Dvn- 

 (h'Oijhilus is represent(Ml in the eastern Tnited States and Indiana 

 by the single species: 



1176 (3551). Dendrophilus punctulatus Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., V, 1825, 45; ibid. IJ. 2G9. 

 Rounded-oval, moderately convex. Pieeons black, shining; sparsely, 

 evenly and rather coarsely punctured; mai-ginal line of thorax finely im- 

 l)ressed on basal half. P'lytra witli outer subhumeral entire; dorsal sti'he 

 faintly impressed, one and two nearly entire, three and four gradually 

 shorter, basal; fifth and sutural absent, or the former represented by punc- 

 tures only. Notch of mesosternum deep. Prosternum with a stria on each 

 side, the apex rounded. Tibia' all dilated in the middle. Length 3 mm. 



Fulton. ]\Iarion and ('rawford roniitic-;: larc April 14-.Tiil\' 

 22. Beneath bark. 



VII. P.VROMALfs P^richs. l,s:U. (Or.. "ahn(.sl flat.") 



This genns comprises about 20 snnill ()\<il oi- ol)h)n<i- species with 

 llie antennal cavil ics h'catcd as in the preceding, but having only 

 tlie front tibia' dilated a1 iiiiddli'. Vwi^ of tluMii are known to occur 

 in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF PAROMAI.US. 



a. Fonn oblong, strongly flattened: elytra without entire striiie. 



1177. ^QUALIS. 



(/'/. Form more or less convex. 



h. i:iytra with entire stri;Tp; prosternum with a stria on each side. 



