G92 FAMILY XXXV. — DASCYLLlD.l';. 



E. orifonnis Lcc. Iciiuth -4 inni.. is known I'roni Illinois and 

 Ohio; E. {(starcus liOC, more slcndci-, length o.'y nun., is said to oc- 

 cur from CaiKida to I'ennsylvania ; E. piiitci k'kiIus Lee, length 2.5 

 nun., is recorded from Michigan and Vii-ginia. 



i;:il (;j!)02). Eicinetus mouio Lee, Proo. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VI, 1853, 

 .'to 7. 

 Eluugate-tival, iiaiTowcr beliiml, convex. Blackisli-piceuus, sparsely pu- 

 bescent; head and tliorax with a reddish tinge. Thorax wider than long, 

 the sides strongly sloi)ing downward, disk finely and sparsely punctulate. 

 Elytra distinctly substriate. their surface densely transversely strigose. 

 Sixth segment of abdomen visible in female, a small seventh segment in 

 male. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Kosciusko and Kn.ox counties; scarce. May 1-Jnne 25. Taken 

 fi-om beneath bark and in a hard, woody, yellowish fungus on oak 

 stumps. Narrower than fcrminalis and more acutely attenuate 

 behind. 



l.'Ml' (.■}()!»3). EreiNETi;s tekminalis Loc, I'roc. I'liil. Acad. \a1. Sci., VI, 

 1853, 357 (no name) ; List Col. X. .Vmcr.. 1S(;5. ."^.O. 

 I'onii and sculpture of iitorin. Piccous or black, lincly pui)csccnl ; ely- 

 tra with a well dehned rufous spot at tip: anlennjc and legs pale. Head 

 and thorax hnely and sparsely punctate. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Lake and .Alarion counties; rare. Ai)i'il lO-May 28. One speci- 

 men was taken from beneath a log close to a dead shrew. It leaped 

 like a flea very rapidly several times in succession, then buried itself 

 in the dirt. 



E. strigosus Lee, black, legs and antenna' reddish-brown, length 

 2.5 nun., is recorded from Ohio. 



IV. FiCTOPmA Lee. 1853. (Or., "outside h to make a harsh 



sound.",) 



Head sinall, neai'lx' vertical. I'cceived in the thorax as far as the 

 eyes, which are partly concealed; antenna' half the length of body, 

 distinctly serrate in tiic male; tai'sal clav.s with a, broad l)asal tooth 

 in both sexes, those ol' male bifid at lit». ()ne S|)ecies is known from 

 the caster I Lniled States and Indiana. 



i:;i:; (:!!)!)5). EcTonn.v NEinosA Mcish., Pmc. Phil. .Vcjid. Nat. Sci., II, 

 1S.14, 222. 

 Oval, bro.-idcst behind llic middle, mndcr.-itcly convex, s[)arsely ])ui)cs- 

 cent. Color vari;ihlc. usually piceous ; tlioi-a\ ol'lcii with iiale lateral mar- 

 gins; elytra of iVnialc often paler than thorax and with three dark lines 

 which unite before the apex. Thorax twice as wide as long, much nar- 

 rowed in front; aiiex truncate, haif as wide as base, hind angles subacute; 



