'niM MINUTE TRES-FITNGUS BEKTf.F.S. 901 



Jackson County; rai-e. April 12. Taken by Dury at Cincin- 

 nati and probably occurs sparingly throutiliout the southern third 

 of the State, on fungus-covered logs. 



VI. OcTOTEMNUS MclHc. 1 847. (L., ' ' eight + cut or joint. ") 

 ■ Differs from Ennearthron by the characters given in generic 

 key and also by tlie more oval outline of ])ody and absence of male 

 sexual chai-acters of head and thorax. One of the two species oc- 

 curs in Indiana. 



1712 ( ). OcTOTEMNUS i.^EVis Casey, Jom-n. N. Y. Ent. Soc, VI, 1898,91. 



Rather short and broadly oval, polished. Dull reddish-brown to black- 

 ish. Thorax but little wider than long, circularly rounded at apex, the 

 sides feebly diverging to base ; front and hind angles broadly rounded ; sur- 

 face finely, sparsely but distinctly punctured. Elytrji one-half longer than 

 wide, distinctly wider than thorax and barely twice as long; surface with 

 a few scattered erect hairs on apical half, minutely and spa;-sely punctate. 

 Length 1.3-1.6 mm. 



]\Iarion, Putnam and Posey counties; scarce. IMarch 6-Novem- 

 ber 10. Probal)ly hibernates. Taken from beneath moss on trttnks 

 of beech stumps. 



VII. RiiiPiDANDRUs Lee. 1862. (Gr.. ''a fan-f male.") 



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

 diana by a single species, readily separated from other members of 

 the family by the characters given in the key. 



171.3 (5407). Rhipidandri's paradoxx's Beauv., Ins. Afr. et Amer., 1805, 

 173. 



Oblong-oval. Blackish or piceous brown; antennae and legs yellow. 

 Antenna' with joints 5-11 strongly pectinate in male; gradually thickened 

 on the outer side, with the middle portion subserrnte in female. Thorax 

 one-half wider than long, hind angles rectangular, front angles rounded, 

 surface densely and coarsely punctate. Elytra finely but distinctly ribbed 

 or sulcate. the depressions with coarse subqnadrate punctures. Length 2- 

 2.8 mm. 



Putmim County; rare. June 28. Occurs beneath bark of oak 

 stumps. 



Family XLVIIT. SPIIINDID.F.. 



TllK Si'lllNiUS I'lOiriTiKS. 



This family is repi-csented in the Cnited States by only three 

 small species, which occur in dry funui on \\w. trunks of tr-ecs and 

 logs. They have the head short, pi-olonged into a short, broad 

 iruizzle; labrum distinct; antenna; lO-jointed, inserted near the 



