496 FAMILY Xni. SCAPI-IIDTTDJ;. 



ec. Elyti-ii wholly smooth; leii.nth ]. 2 mill. ll"):!. distuncta. 



dd. Elytra with a broad and rather aistinctly defined pale .apical mar- 

 gin ; nietastcniniii stronyly imiiftiired at base. 954. tekminata. 



S. repanda Casey, black, shining, legs and antenna; pale, is 

 knowTi from ^Tassaclinsctts and Iowa. 



!l.')(> (21)S2). ScArmsoMA i'Unctolata ],er.. Pro. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci., INCiO, 

 323. 

 Elongate-(iv;il, ccjuvex. Blaok, shining; antennas legs and tip of abdo- 

 men reddish-brown. Aiilciinie long and slender, reaching base of thorax. 

 Thorax tw<i-thirds wider than long, very finely and indistinctly puncttired. 

 Sutural stria' of elytr;i dccii. Basal joint of hind tarsi as long as the next 

 three. Len.ulli 2-2.2 mm. 



Vigo f'ounty; rare. ^Iny 2. A .species of sonthern range. 



951 (2981). ScAPHisoMA conyexa Say, .Tourn. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, 

 1S25, IS.-i; ibid. II, 2S!). 

 Black or dark ehestnut-biuwn, shining; antenna;, under surface and 

 tips of elytra paler. Thorax three-flftlis wider than long, very finely punc- 

 tate. Elytra three-fourths longer than thorax, the punctures fewer and 

 coarser tlian in punvluUita. Length 2.2-2.7 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent, ilay 2f)-Xovember 30. Oc- 

 curs on fniigi o,n oalv and other loos, 



ii,''i2 (2!)S3). .ScAPHisoiMA hutdralis I-ec, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1860, 



^.oo 



Rather narrowly oval. D.irk chestnut brown to black, highly polished. 

 'Thorax three-fourths wider than long, one-half as long as elytra, very finely 

 punctate. ]i)lytra a little longer than wide, strongly but remotely punctate, 

 the sutural stria deep. Length 1.7 mm. 



Marion, Putnam and ilonroc coimties; frequent. IMarch 20- 

 September 21. Sifted from dead leaves and debris of beech stumps. 



iri;! ( ). S('API1IS0M.\ DISTINCTA Sp. UOV. 



Blongalc-dval, subiiarallel, convex. Uniform dark chestnut-brown, strong- 

 ly shining; auteiina', legs and abdomen paler; surface both above and be- 

 neath wholly smooth. Antenna; reaching liase of thorax, seventh and 

 eighth joints but slightly wider than sixth; ninth and tenth distinctly 

 lunger, obcoiiical; eleventh oblong. Thorax two-thirds wider than long. 

 Sutural stria very fine. Length 1.2 mm. 



Putnam, Posey and Pnix is counties; scarce. April 21-iIay 11. 

 Taken by sifting. 



ii54 (20S1). ScAT>iiiKoM.\ TERMiNATA .Alolsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II. 



1S41, 1(12. 



Oval, strongly cniivex. Black, highly polished, the tips of the elytra 



•margined with yellowish ; legs and anlcmne pale. Sixth antennal joint very 



hmg, more tlian equal lo the three preceding. Tliorax one-half the length 



