538 FAMHjY XVII. — ENDOMyCHID.H. 



Throughout the State; frequent. January 8-November 14. 

 This and the next species hibernate, passing, the winter months be- 

 neath logs, rails and chunks, especially those deeply covered with 

 dead leaves in fence comers or along the margins of upland woods. 



VI. Lycopeedina Lat. 1807. (Gr., "a wolf + to break wind.") 



Here belongs a single oblong species having the front coxae con- 

 tiguous ; thorax subquadrate, feebly narrowed behind, its base with 

 a deep transverse line and a short longitudinal one each side, the 

 sides sinuate and margined; elytra convex, the suture very finely 

 margined ; scutellum broad and semicircular. 



*1027 (3181). Lycopebdina feeeuginea Lee., Ann. Lye. Nat Hist, I, 1824, 

 172. 

 Oblong-oval. Plceous-black, shining; antennae, head., legs and narrow 

 margins of thorax and elytra brownish-red. Length 4.5-5.2 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April 22-December 28. Oc- 

 curs most abundantly inside the little round fungus Lycoperdon 

 pyriforme Schseff., which grows on old logs, where it feeds upon the 

 spores. By squeezing the ball, the beetle, if present, can be readily 

 felt. 



VII. Aphoeista Gorh. 1873. (Gr., "to mark off by boundaries.") 



Differs' from Lycoperdina mainly by having the front coxae nar- 

 rowly separated, the presternum being distinctly prolonged between 

 them. One species occurs in the State. 



*1028 (3180). Aphokista vittata Fab., Mant., I, 44. 

 OWong-elongate. Brownish-red, shining; antennie 

 piceous, the terminal joint paler; thorax with an in- 

 distinct dusky spot each side of disk; elytra with a 

 eonmion sutural stripe, and each with a shorter one 

 on side, black. Length 5.5-0.2 mm. (Fig. 201.) 



iV handsome and rather common species ; found 

 Fig. 201. x5. (Original.) throughout the State. Januaiy Ill-November 20. 



VIII. Mycetina I\luls. IS-tn. (Gr., "fungus.") 



In this genus the prosterniun extends behind the eoxffi, but is 

 wider than in Aphorisfa and distinctly margined; thorax with deep 

 transvei-se impressi(m near base from each end of which a length- 

 wise one extends for^^-ard to middle. One of the three North Ameri- 

 can species occurs in Indiana. 



