THE *niir,T-\VIXGED --i AVEXGER BEETLE?. 457 



"^M I L'CTii I. Bryopoei s ErFE:^CEXs Lcc., X. Sji. X. Amcr. Col.. I, ISOo. 33. 



Elouj;ite. rather rubii^t. Head, under surface and abdomen iiice<jus ; 

 antenn®. tborax. elytra and legs dark reddisli-brown. shining. Thorax wider 

 at middle than elytra, hind angles broadly rounded. Elytra t'gether longer 

 than wide, with seven rows of ciiarse. sliallowly imiiressed jjunctures. Ab- 

 domen spai-sely jiubesoent. sparsely and rather coarsely iiunctured, the last 

 two segments and the hind margins of the others ijaler. Length -S.-o^.-o mm. 



Throughout the State, frequent : more s' > in the so^nhern coun- 

 ties. March 2i»-,June 17. Oeeur.s beneath bark and rubbish. Much 

 more robust than the next species, with the elytral punctures much 

 eoai-ser and in regular rows. 



Ss5 I. 1. Bbyopobvs testacevs Lee.. X. :>ie:. X. Amer. CoL, I.. IS''.;;. 33. 



Elongate, very slender. Head and thorax iiieeous : elytra reddish- 

 brown, often with an indefinite sutural blotch darker: under snrface and 

 abdomen dark reddish-brown, the segments of latter paler at apex; an- 

 tennse dusky, paler at I'ase: legs pale reddish-br.jwn. Thorax as wide at 

 base as elytra, smo^'th. strtmgly shining. Elytra distinctly longer than 

 wide, the punctures of sutural row distiu.-t. the others small, faint and in 

 s-imewhat irregular rows. Abdomen pubes<:eut. rather finely and si'arsely 

 punctate. Length 12.7-3 mm. 



Marion. Futnam and Prs-y eouatie-: ^ arce. ^March 2i;i-0oto- 

 ber 14. Taken by sifting. Resembles Miiccfoporus a rmrica nus but 

 without the discal punctures of thorax. This >peoi'^ was suppressed 

 by Horn, and afterward redeseribed as parvulus by Casey. 



Tribe Y. HABROCERIXI. 



This tribe is i-epreseuted iu the United States by a single genus. 

 Habrocfru.f. having the hind coxae broadly triangular, concealing a 

 part of the femora in repi 'se ; head defiexed. antenna? sleuder. hair- 

 like; abdomen margined. One small pioecius form. H. srhwarzi 

 Horn. 2 mm. in length, having the el^"tra pale clay yellow, finely and 

 ver\- s]:>arseiy punctate, was 'L-sr-ribed from Detrcat and probably 

 1 eeurs in northern Indiana. 



Subfamily Xl. PHLOEOCHARINAE. 



.Sl.'iider. deprt-ss,-il speeies having the antennae inserted imder 

 the sides of the front. ll-.ioii;Ted. straight, the outer joints btit little 

 thicker: head without ocelli: prostemum behind the front coxse 

 membranous ; abdomen eloncrate. margined, with btit six ventral seg- 

 ments visible, the se.rnd with a longitudinal elevation at middle; 

 tarsi -^-iointed. The subfamily is represented in Canada. ^Michigan 

 and perhai's northern Indiana by two seuera. 



