THE HANDSOME FUXGT'R BEETLES. 539 



*102n (,31S7). Mycehna peepui.chra Newin., Ent. Mag., V, LSi;S, 390. 



Oblong. Piceous-black, sliiuing; thorax reddish-yellow, sometimes with 

 a blackish discoidal stripe : elytra each with two reddish-yellow spots, the 

 larger subhumeral. the other subapical. Male with front and hind tibiae 

 angulate within. I.#ngth 4 mm. 



Steuben, Hancock, Vigo and Crawford counties; scarce. Jilay 

 17-Deeember 3. 



IX. Stexotaesus Perty. 1831. (G-r., "narrow -f tarsus.") 



One species, listed as Mycetina testacea Zieg., but evidently be- 

 longing to this genus, has been taken in the State, while another may 

 occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF STENOTAESDS. 



a. Prosternum spoon-shaped and prolonged over the mesosternum ; elytra 

 wholly dull yellow. > 1030. testaceus. 



flo. Prosternum dilated, not spoon-shaped, not prolonged over the mesoster- 

 num ; disk of elytra usually black. hispidus. 



*10oO (3189). Stenotaesis testaceus Ziegl., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 II, 1845, 272. 

 Elongate-oblong. Reddish-yellow, shining, sparsely pubescent with pros- 

 trate yellow liairs; head and sides of thorax often paler; club of antennce 

 piceous. Thorax subquadrate, widest before the middle ; hind angles promi- 

 nent, somewhat prolonged and excurved; disk, as well as that of elytra, 

 finely and sparsely punctate. - Length 3.5-4 mm. 



Starke, Vigo, Posey and Crawford counties; scarce, except lo- 

 cally. March 9-December 11. Occurs beneath logs in upland 

 sandy woods. In such a locality I found it on a number of occasions 

 in Vigo County, always beneath the same lot;' and nowhere else. 

 "When I first took it the log -was so large that I had to use great exer- 

 tion to turn it part way over. Returning after teii years' absence 

 I found the same log, reduced to a chunk, easily overturneil by one 

 hand, and beneath it I took twenty or more of the lieetles. 



■S'. hispidus Herbst., length 4^.5 mm., is recorded from the 

 middle and southern States and has been taken near Cincinnati. 



Family XVIII. EROTYLID.E. 



The Pleasixg FrTXGus Beetles. 



A family of moderate extent, comprising, for the most part, 

 beetles elongate or oval in form, and of medium or small size. IMany 

 of them are very prettily bicolored. possessing a red thorax, with 

 black or black and red elytra, or the reverse. A number, however. 



