536 FAMILY XVir. — ENDOMYC'HIDJ':, 



II. SvMBTOTES Reclt. 1849. (Gr.. "living together.") 



Small, elongate-oval species, having the body pubescent with re- 

 cumbent hairs; antennae 11-jointed, first two joints thick, 3 to 8 sub- 

 equal, 9-11 forming a prominent club; thorax with a prominent 

 transverse basal impiession, from which a narrow impression or 

 sulcus extends forward on each side nearly one-half the length of 

 thorax; elytra with punctures ari-anged irregularly or in rows; 

 sutural stria distinct. One species has been taken in Indiana. 



1023 ( ). SYMHIOTE.S DBKYi Walton JIS. 



Oblong-oval, subconvex. Uniform dull brownish-yellow, sparsely pubes- 

 cent with bright yellow hairs. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides evenly 

 curved on apical two-thirds, parallel on basal third, apex truncate; disk 

 with an oblique carina on each side extending from middle to near hind 

 angle, this the outer boundary of the lateral sulcus extending forward from 

 the basal impression : margins refle.xed but not flattened ; surface finely and 

 evenly punctate. Elytra with sides nearly parallel to be.vond middle, thence 

 narrowing to a rounded apex, margins distinctly reflexed ; surface with 

 rows of very fine punctures. Length 2.2 mm. 



One specimen in Wolcott collection from near Battle G-round, 

 Tippecanoe County. July 4. 



III. RhanisLcc. 1S53. (Gr., "a spot.") 



Here belongs one narrow, elongate, nearly glabrous species, hav- 

 ing the last joint of the maxillary palpi cylindrical; prosternum 

 obsolete between the front coxa;. 



1024 (3178). RiiAxis tnicolor Ziegl., Proc. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci., II, 1S44. 

 272. 

 Elongate, subparallel. Reddish-brown, shining; elytra usually black 

 with the shoulders often indistinctly and the ai)ex very br<.iartly. reddish: 

 sometimes uniform reddish-brown throughout. Upper surface rather finely 

 and sparsely punctate. Length 3.5 mm. 



Throughout the State ; freciuent. April 4-September 21. Some- 

 times found in autumn on the flowers of thorough wort (Eupa- 

 torium) ; more often sifted from the debris of beech stumps. 



IV. Phym.vpiiora Newm. l^oS. (Gr., "tumor + bearing.") 



Small elongate species having the prosteriuim narrow but dis- 

 tinct l)ctwcen th(> front coxip; nu'sosternum bicarinatc ; antennal clul) 

 (if male vi'i'v larije, pcrfdlinte. its basal joint as lari;c or larger than 

 the head. (Fig. 4, No. 8.) One species occurs in the State. 



