THE SILKEN FUXGUS BEETLES. 573 



half the length of budy. the club loosely three-jointed. Head coarsely and 

 rather closely punctured. Thora.x oue-half wider than long, sides feebly 

 curved, margins rather wide and distinctly reflexed; front angles rather 

 prominent, hind ones obtuse ; disk convex, rather closely and coarsely punc- 

 tate. Elytra a little wider at base than thorax, feebly narrowed from mid- 

 dle to the rounded tips ; each with numerous closely placed rows of rather 

 coarse slightly impressed punctures. Length 3 mm. 



ilarion and Hancock cotmteis : frequent. April 6-October 15. 

 Taken by Harold ilorrison from a cellar in which wood had been 

 stored. Resembles Typha> finnaia L.. but more coarselj^ punctate 

 and less puhoseent. 



III. TELJi.vTOPHiLfS Heer. Is41. (Gr.. '"'swamp - loving. ") 



In this uenns and the next two tin- thorax has two small, deep 

 and widely scpai-ated fovini^ or pits near the basal margin. The 

 fjenus is represented l)y the single species: 



1089 (.3.j.j5). Telmatophilus ajiertcaxis Lcc.. X. Sp. X. Amei'. Cnl., I, 

 1X03, 70. 



Elongute-uval. convex. I);irk reddish-brown to piceous, rather shining, 

 the pubescence yellcnvish to ashy gray; autcni]:i' and legs reddish-brown, 

 the former scarcely as long as head and thorax. Thorax a third wider 

 tlian long, finely and densely punctate, sides evenly curved, the edges very 

 finely serrulate: apical angles obtusely rounded, hind angles acute. Elytra 

 slightl.v wider than thorax. 1lie punctures nuicli less dense. Length 2.5- 

 :; mm. 



Northern half of State ; locally common on the flowers and leaves 

 of the semi-aciiiatie jilant. arro«-arum, I'dhindra vivfjinini L. ]\Iay 

 2()-Jnne 25. 



IV. LoBERUs Lee. 1861. 



Small oblong species resembling, at first sight, certain "flea- 

 beetles ' ' of the family Chrysomelida^. From the members of allied 

 genera they may be most readily known by the elytral punctures 

 being arranged in rows, and bearing very short, fine, recurved hairs. 

 One of the five kno^^^l species occurs in Indiana. 



1000 f33oC). LoBERUs imphkssus Lee, X. Sp. X. Amer. Col., I, 1S03, 70. 



Elongate-oval, convex. r)ark reddish-brown to blackish, shining; sparsely 

 pubescent. Antenna; slightly longer than head and thorax, paler than body. 

 Thorax narrower than elytra, nearly twice as wide- as long; sides feebly 

 curved, disk sparsely and rather coarsely punctate, basal depression broadly 

 impressed. El.vtra three and a half times as long as thorax, the apex 

 rather narrowly rounded; intei-vals smoolli and without punctures. T,ength 

 2 2.3 mm. 



