TIIK CI-ICK I>.KKTI.i;S. 773 



XLIV. Pi:i>M>Tii()i's Krichs. Isli'. (iU-.. '"lo iiici-cc : race") 



To this l;'('11Us I)('l()ii<i' two iiicdiinii-sizcd. ohldii^, I'ohiist species 

 haviiiii' the tirst jniiit of ;uiteiui;c ehiiiuate. conical, second one-third 

 as long', tliird twice the h'liijih ol sci'dik! and one hall' l(in".':er than 

 foTU'tli. One of the (wo occni's in Indiana. 



1474 (45oS). I'EKOTHors miciha (iyll.. Scluiii. Syii. Ins., isiIT. i:;;;. 



Oblong, parallel. Pioeous. iiinlc; reddisli-hrewii, female; leelily shin- 

 ing; sparsely clothed with very line grayish pubescence. Thorax shevt. 

 wider than long, narrower in front, sides feebly curved, male, more strongly, 

 female, sliglitly sinuate in front of iiind angles, which are short, subacute, 

 feebly diverging, not carinate; disl; very liuely punctate, with si)ai'se and 

 coarser punctures intermixed, a feelily impressed median line on basal half. 

 Elj-tra striate, the strijp indistinctly punctate; intervals flat and ecpial, m.-ile, 

 or alternately slightly narrower :nid more convex, female, finely punctu- 

 late. Length 11-18 mm. 



^lonroe. Posey and Trawloi'd (onnties; scarce. May 12— June 

 11. Oeeurs on the trnid\s and Inanciies of old beech trees. 



Subfamily I\'. CEROPHYTINAE. 



A\diile no in(Miil)er of this sn1)raiiiily has lieen taken in Indiana. 

 it is doiil)tless represented in the southern third of the State by a 

 rare species, Cerophritinn pnlsniov llaid.. a single specimen of which 

 was taken by Dury near Cinciiniati. It is an oblong black beetle, 

 7.5-8.5 mm. in length, with the hind coxal plates ^vholly wanting; 

 tarsal claws pectinate on basal half; antenn:e pectinate in nial(\ ser- 

 rate in female; elj'tra deeply striate^ the stria? cjarsely and closely 

 jiunctate. 



Family XXXVUI. TITROSCIDJ-]. 

 The Psectdo Cr.iciv Bee:tles. 



This family contains oidy a few sma'l oldong black or brownish 

 lieetles which resemble the Elaterids. and the next family, the P)U- 

 prestids, in form and in having tlu^ i)rosternum prolonged l)ehind 

 into a spine which fits into a cavitN' in the mesosternum. They 

 differ from the Elaterithe in having the i)ro- and mesesterna firmly 

 joined, thus preventing the |)ower of leapiitg [)Os:-!essed liy most click 

 beetles. From the Bu])restida' they ai-e distinguished l)_\- ha\ing the 

 ventral abdominal segments all tree. The adult beetles are found 

 on flowers, while the ha])its of the larva- <ire as yet alnnist unknown. 



In addition to the characters above nuMitioned, the Throscids 

 have the anteniui' ll-jointed, inserted on the front, and in repose 



