658 FAMILY XXVII. LATIIRIDIID^. 



1200 (:580{)). CoRTicAHiA SKKKATA Pa.vk., F.'iun. Suec, I, 1708, 300. 



Oblong-ovnl, moderately convex. Dull reddish-yellow to dark reddish- 

 brown; pubescence grayish, recumbent. Thorax distinctly wider than head, 

 three-fourths as wide as elytra, transverse, sides rounded in front of mid- 

 dle, moderately convergent behind, surface closely and rather coarsely punc- 

 tate; sub-basal fovea roundetl, moderately impressed. Elyti'a with sides 

 subparallel, apex broadly and rather obtusely rounded, stri;e feebly im- 

 pressed; punctures rather coarse toward the base, those of intervals finer. 

 Length 2-2.2 nnu. 



Throughout the State, frequent in the northern counties; much 

 less so southward. April 7-Noveniher 1. Occurs in fungi and 

 about houses and electric lights in ]\lay. Dury reports the taking 

 of 31 from the deserted nest of a wild rabbit. 



C. hrcvicornis Fall, elongate, depressed, dull reddish-yellow, 

 length 1.6-1.8 mm., is known from ^Michigan and near Cincinnati. 



1261 (3806). CoRTicARiA ELONGATA Gyll.. lus. Succ, IV, 1827, 130. 

 Elongate, parallel, subdepressed. Light brownish or reddish-yellow ; 



elytra faintly clouded with fuscous each side of scutellum ; pubescence pale, 

 rather long, recumbent. Thorax transversely quadrate, sides feebly rounded 

 in front, slightly convergent behind; surface finely and sparsely punctate: 

 basal fovea rounded, moderately deep; side margins finely crenulate in 

 front, denticulate behind. Elytra oblong, parallel, obtusely rounded at 

 apex; the rows of punctures fine, those of intervals still finer. Length 1.4- 

 1.8 mm. 



Northern half of State; freciuent. April 17-November 18. 

 Taken while sifting dead leaves and other vegetable debris in damp 

 localities. 



1262 (• — — ). CoRTicAKiA FERRiGiNEA Marsh., Ent. Brit., I, 111. 



Oblong, subconvex. Dark reddish-brown ; head often darker ; pubes- 

 cence short, sparse, appressed. Head sparsely and finely punctate; an- 

 tennae reaching base of thorax, the ninth and tenth joints wider than long. 

 Thorax slightly wider than long, base and apex equal, sides broadly 

 rounded, margin feebly serrate; disk finely and sparsely but deeply punc- 

 tate; basal fovea round and rather deep. Elytra oblong-oval, striie shal- 

 low, finely puni-fate; intervals with two irregular rows of minute punc- 

 tures, liongth 1.5-1.8 mm. 



Starke. Put nam and Lawrence counties; scarce. iMay 11-Oc- 

 tober 17. 



V. Melanophtiiat.ma Mots. 1866. (Or., "black + eye.") 



The members of this genus have the antennal club 2- or 3- 

 jointed; when the latter, the abdomen with a sixth segment more or 

 less distinctly visible in both sexes. Twenty species are listed by 

 Fall, of which the following may occur within the State: 



