THE SHIXIXG FLOWER BEETLES. 501 



002 CKXiTi. EisTiMrs nitidis Melsh., Pi-oc. rWl. A<;\il. X:it. Sei.. II. 

 1S44. KIL'. 

 Oval, strougly convex, distinclly uaiTuwed beliiml the middle. Pale 

 reddish-yellow throughout, very shiniug. Elj-tra narrowly rounded at apes, 

 the discal stria less impressed and not uniting with suture at apex ; wholly 

 without rows of punctures. Length l.:;-l..j mm. 



Throughout the State; frequeut. Taken liy sifting in early 

 spring, so that it probably hiliernati^s. ^Nfarch .3-July 6. 



E. aiicnuaiu>< Casey, iJi mm. in length. v,-as described from New 

 York. ^liehigan and Texas. 



LHoclirus imnwculatus t'a.sey. piceous, the suture paler, length 

 1.5 mm., is a southern form which may occur in the Ohio River 

 counties. 



V (^CHROLiTUS Sharj). ISSO. (Gr.. "pale yellow -^ shine. ") 

 A single species represents this genus in the Sltate. 



!)(■>;! (;l(Hin. OcHuou'irs ruhens Lee. Pi-nc Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. VIII. 

 LSoC. IC. 

 Rather broadly oval, strongly convex. I'alc reddish-yellow tln-oush- 

 (Uit, highly imlislicd. Thorax a little more than twice .is wide as long, 

 very siniioth. I>iscal stria' of eljlra well im|ircsscd. ohsnletc on basal ftftli. 

 the sec-ond uniting witli tlie first near the apex. Leugtli l.s unn. 



Kosciusko. ^Marion and Tosey counties: scarce. June 21-De- 

 cember 7. 



Family XV. CORYLOPHID.K. 



The Frixge-wi.vged Frxcrs Beetles. 



Here belong a ntunber of ininute oval or rounded beetles, which 

 occur under damp bark or in decaying fungi and other vegetable 

 matter. At times they Hy about in large nuinlx'rs by twilight. 

 They have the antenna^ 9- to ll-.jointed. ending in a loose club and 

 inserted on the front ; palpi short and four-jointed ; mandibles small, 

 with comb-like teeth on the inner margin ; front coxa" globose, prom- 

 inent, contiguous or nearly so : middle coxa also globose and sepa- 

 rated by the mesosternum ; hind coxfe transverse, widely distant : 

 tarsi 4- jointed, the third joint small, concealed in a notch of the 

 second joint ; ventral segments six : scutellum distinct, though small : 

 wings wide, fringed with long hairs which, however, are shorter 

 than in the family Trichopterygida\ In many species the body is 

 clothed with a grayish pubescence. 



