566 FAMILY XXI. — cucujid.t;. 



so in the northern counties. March IT-Decembei' 20. Occur.s be- 

 neath bark, especially that of freshly felled a.sh and poplar logs. 

 Sometimes gregarious in colonies of t'wenty or more. 



Narthecius grandiceps Lee, dark chestnut-brown, thorax nar- 

 rowed behind, length 3 mm., is kno^vn from Pennsylvania and Ne- 

 braska, but is very rare. 



Pediacits depressus Herbst., reddish-brown, strongly punctured, 

 length 3.3 ram., is a cosmopolitan species which has been taken by 

 Dury near Cincinnati. He also records an undescribed species of 

 hio from the same locality. 



Dendrophagics glaber Lee, black, shining, elytra sometimes 

 brown, length 6-7 mm., is a boreal species which may occur in the 

 northern counties. 



VI. L.KMOPHLiEus Lap. 18:i7. (Gr., "to eat -f bark.") 



Small, flattened or subeonvox species, usually much broader 

 proportionately than in Silvaniis, the antennas frequently elongate, 

 especially in the males; eyes rather small, near the front edge of 

 thorax; labrum large, transverse, rounded in front; middle and 

 hind tarsi 4-jointed in the males. The following have been taken or 

 perhaps occur in the State. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF I..EMOPIILi:rs. 



a. Second joint of autennfe shorter than third. 



6. Labrum eniai-ginate ; elytra with a pale spot I'etdre the middle of 

 each; length 2.8^ mm. 

 c. Elytral spot nearl.y circular, well defined ; surface densely punctate. 



3078. BIGUTTATVS. 



cc. Elytral spot ill-defined, irregular in form : surface finely and 

 sparsely punctured. 1079. fasciati's. 



66. Labrum entire; elytra without spots; length 1.5-2 mm. 

 il. Body convex. 



e. Front angles of thorax toothed. convexulis. 



er. Front angles of thorax rounded. 1080. adusti s. 



dd. Body depressed ; elytra shorter than abdomen. modestis; 



(Id. Second joint of antenna; equal to third ; pale reddish-brown, elytra with- 

 out spots; length 1.5-2 mm. 

 f. Head with transverse groove behind the e.ves ; male without deep 

 notch in front of base of antenna'. lOSl. testacecs. 



ff. Head without transvei-se groove; male with head deeply notehed near 

 base of antennas and first joint of the latter as Ions as the three 

 following. 10,S2. pcnotatus. 



