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FAMILY LV. — TENEBRIONlD.i:. 



XI. DirEDUsLee. 1862. ^Gr., ''two + swellings.") 



Here belongs a single small oblong reddish-brown species having 

 the last two antennal joints suddenly l)roader, compressed and 

 pilose, the last cne being the larger; epipleiua? entire, as broad at 

 apex as at middle; mctitum trniu'/oidal, narrower l)eliind. its front 

 angles distinct. 



*L'?>20 (74()rt). Dkedi s piNCTATUs Lee, New Sp. N. Am. Col.. I. ISOO, 131. 



Oblong, cniivex. ]>:irk reddish-brown, glabrous, shining. Thorax one- 

 third broader tlian long, scarcely narrowed in front; sides feebly cmwed, 

 strongly but narrowly margined, hind angles rectangular; surface coarsely, 

 rather si)arsely pnnc-tate. Elytra each with eight deep, coarsely punctured 

 stria' ; intervals convex, minutely punctulate ; scntellar stria wanting. Length 

 ;!-3.5 mm. 



Vigo and C'rawford counties; scarce. April 12-December 2o. 

 Occurs lieneath logs and bark of pine. 



XII. C.T.NOCORSE Thorn. 1859. (Gr., "c(mim(m.") 



Small oblong species having the eyes rounded, 

 piTjiiiincnt, entire; antenna' rather robust, the 

 ioints gradually but feebly enlarged toward tip; 

 lirst joint of hind tarsi ])ut slightly longer than sec- 

 ond and third. 



2321 ( ). C.^NOCORSE RATZEBURGi Wlssm., Stett. Ent. 



Zeit., IX, 1848, 77. 

 fig. 562 (After Chit- Ei,,no;ate-oblong, slender, parallel. Reddish-brown, 



tenden in Far Bull 45, '^ '^ 



U. S. Dep. Agr ) sliining. Thorax convex, nearly square, slightly narrowed 



behind, sides almost straight; surface minutely aluta- 

 ceous, tinely and rather closely punctate. Elytra striate, the sutural and 

 adjacent striie rather deeply impressed, tinely and deeply punctate; inter- 

 vals Hat, very nunutely and rugosely punctate. Length 3-3..5 nmi. (Fi.g. 

 .^►(;2.) 



Knox County; rare. May 6. Taken by sift- 

 ing. Probaiyiy occurs throughout the southern 

 third of State. It is known as the "small-eyed 

 Hour beetle" and occurs in feed stores, bakeries and 

 other places where cereal products are kept. 



An allied species, Gnathoccru.'i maxillosus Fab. 

 (Fig. 563), feeds especially on corn and corn meal, 

 and is often injurious in the Southern States. It 

 has been recorded from Cincinnati. 



XIII. 



(Gr., "barley 



Fig. 563. (After Chit- 

 tenden in Far. Bull 45, 

 U. S. Dep. Agr.) 



Alphitobiur Steph. 18;V2. 

 meal + to live in.") 

 Two mcdium-si/ed introduced black or pice(ms species belong 

 here, one of whicli has been taken in the State. 



