THE SHOKT-WIXGED SCAYEX(;F.]i BEETLES. 389 



Wider than thorax. to.?ether a little longer than wide; rather f<iarsely and 

 sijarsely punctate. Abdomen parallel, more finely punctate than elytra. 

 Length 3.5-4.5 mm. 



ThroiTghout the ^tah-- scarce. April 21 -November 2S. Taken 

 l).v sifting; also sometimes by beating low herbs. 



T.'iO (2221). Philontiiis mgkitiu s Gray., Micr., 1Si»2. 41. 



Elongate, slender. Black, shining; elytra often feelily bronzed; legs 

 plceous or paler. Head oval, its sides parallel: hind angles spar.sely punc- 

 tate. Antennie pieeous. as long as head and thorax, joints T to 10 not longer 

 than wide. Thorax not wider than head, longer than wide; dorsal jiunc- 

 tures equidistant. Elytra slightly wider and a little longer than thorax, 

 sparsely and finely punctate. Abdomen sparsely and more finely punctured 

 than elytra. Length 4.5-5 mm. 



Starke County ; scarce. ]\ray 18. Sifted from decaying sphag- 

 num moss. A member of the boreal fauna. 



"51 ( ). Philoxthv.s MULTiprxcTATus sp. nov. 



Elongate, slender. Dark chestnut brown, feebly shining: antennre pic- 

 eons, the two basal joints and legs reddish-brown. Antennte slightly longer 

 than head and thorax, joints 5-10 as broad as long, 11th very little longer. 

 Head subquadrate. longer than wide, sides parallel. Thorax very little 

 wider than head, slightly longer than wide; di>rsal punctures eight, the 

 rows diverging toward base, the last puncture nearer the median line. Ely- 

 tra slightly wider than thorax, together one-fourth longer than wide, rather 

 finely, shallowly and sparsely punctate. Abdomen parallel, as wide as ely- 

 tra, above finely and rather closel.v. beneath much more sparsely, punctate. 

 Last ventral of male with a broad rounded median notch. Length 4-^.5 mm. 



Lawrence f'dunty; rare. ]May 9. Taken from beneath decay- 

 ing fleshy fungi. 



Gboup E. 



^Medium or rather large species. 7 or more mm. in length, hav- 

 ing the punctures of dorsal rows irregular or confused, or some- 

 times the entire thorax with numerous or even dense punctures. 

 Last ventral of male always emarginate. 



KEY TO IXDIAXA SPECIES OF GEOLP E. 



a. Thorax longer than wide, either parallel or narrowed behind. 



6. Thorax with very few punctures; head oval, nearly smooth, narrowed 

 behind the eyes: length s.." mm. serpextixts. 



66, Thorax with numerous coarse punctiircs : head transverse (ir quad- 

 rate, iKif narrciwed behind; length 0-13 mm. 

 c. Head transverse, wider than h)ng. 



>;, Antenn:i' licad-like: elytra red: abdomen brown. 



752. BALTIMOBEXSIS. 



