(542 FAMILY X.KVI. NITIDULID.l']. 



in front. Elytra with llio ri(l,t,'os less distinct, but with the rows of fine 

 hair bearing punctures, l>e1weeu which are rows of larger round, shallow 

 punctures. Length 2.r)-8 nun. 



Starke, Marion. I'ntiiaiu, Crawford and Posey counties; less fre- 

 quent than rjeminain. April 10-June 18. Occurs beneath chips, 

 stones and decaying fruit. The spots on elytra are reddish and usu- 

 ally located two at base, one on sutural margin near middle, another 

 behind the middhi and one on tip. 



IX. Prometopia Erichs. 1843. (Gr., '' before 4- spot.") 



This genus is represented in the eastern United States and Indi- 

 ana by a single species having the thorax deeply emarginate in front, 

 with sides broadly flattened ; mandibles prominent and bifid at tip ; 

 antenna? slender, first joint stout, third very long, club elongate- 

 oval. 



*1235 (3725). Prometopia. sexmaculata Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



V, 1825, 179; ibid. II, 285. 

 Broadly oval, depressed. Piceous, with the margins, un- 

 der parts, an irregular humeral band and a spot on apical 

 third of each elytron, pale reddish-brown. Thorax twice as 

 wide as long, narrower in front, sides feebly curved, hind 

 angles rectangular; disk rather sparsely punctate with 

 coarse and fine punctures intermingled. Elytra as wide as 

 Fig. 242. X 3j! long (male) or longer than wide (female) , the surface sparse- 

 (Original.) jy amj coarsely punctate. Length 5-6 mm. (Fig. 242.) 



Southern half of State, frequent; much less so in the northern 

 counties. Hibernates with the next species beneath logs and bark 

 and remains motionless, adhering closely to logs when shelter is re- 

 moved ; in spring at sap. January 18-December 2(). 



X. Phenolia Erichs. 1843. (Gr., "a cloak.") 



This genus is also represented over the same range as the pre- 

 ceding by a single species, one of the largest of the family. 



*123G (3720). Phenolia guossa Fab., Syst. Eleut, I, 1801, 347. 



Elongate, oval. Piceous, feebly shining; elytra each with seven in- 

 distinct reddish spots, arranged one on each side of scutellum, an oblique 

 row of three between humerus and suture and a second oblique -row of 

 three near the middle. Thorax twice as wide as long, apex a little nar- 

 rower than base, deeply emarginate ; sides moderately curved, sinuate near 

 the hind angles, which are subacute; surface coarsely but rather sparsely 

 punctate. Elytra as wide as thorax; disk feebly costate, each ridge with 

 a row of fine punctures bearing a short hair; the grooves with three ill- 

 defined rows of punctures. Length G.5-8 nun. 



