574 FAMILY XXII. CRYPTOPHACilDJJ. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. May 6-July 15. Occurs be- 

 neath bark and on foliage of plants usually near water. Common 

 at Hudson Lake July 15, on the louse-wort, Pedicularis lanceolata 

 Michx. 



V. ToMARUsLec. 1861. (Gr., "to ciit") 



Smaller and shorter than in Loberus. Elytra irregularly punc- 

 tured; thorax not impressed at base; basal joint of antennal club 

 about as large as second. One species occurs in Indiana. 



1091 (3357)! ToMAKUs pumhellus Lee, N. Sp. N. Amer. Col., I, 1863, 71. 



Elongate-oval, convex, nearly smooth. Brownish-yellow 

 to piceous; legs and basal half of antennae paler; elytra 

 each Tilth n large humeral space and a wide subapical cross- 

 bar yellow. Antennse slightly longer than head and thorax. 

 Thorax finely but distinctly punctured, narrower than ely- 

 tra ; sides parallel and curved; apox as wide as base. Ely- 

 tra widest just before the middle, then* gradually narrowed 

 to the rather acute apex, finely and sparsely punctured. 

 Length 1.3-1.0 mm. (Fig. 215.) 



Throughout the State; frequent, especially in spring, when it 

 occurs in dead leaves and beneath mullein, stones and chunks. Hi- 

 bernates. March 19-December 7. 



VI. Antheeophaoijs Lat. 1n06. (Gi'.. "blossom -t eating.") 



This genus comprises the largcsr members of the family, distin- 

 guished by having the eyes placed on the side of head ; male with 

 clypeus deeply emarginate, and antennae thick and closely jointed; 

 the body in both sexes densely clothed with short, appressed pubes- 

 cence. 



1092 (3359). Anthekophaqus ocheacecs Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. 



Sel., II, 1844, 115. 

 Oblong, subconvex. Pale brcjwnish-yellow throughout; antenna* and 

 base of tibire blaeldsh in male. Thorax transverse, sides parallel and al- 

 most straight, the punctures fine and dense. Klytra as wide as thorax, 

 very densely and finely punctate. I.«ngth 4-4.5 mm. 



Southern half of Shile, fre(iuent; le.^s so in the northern comi- 

 ties. Occurs on fluwers. esiieeiall\- those of the wild h>-drangea, Hjj- 

 drangia arborcsccns L. June 2-t-September 21. 



VII. CEOsiMrs Casey. 1900. 

 In addition to the eliMnietei-s iiieiitioiied in generic key, tlie mem- 

 bers of this ^ieniis hMV(> a fine raised line <in each side of tlie thorax, 

 extending from base to apex ; and also have tlie basal f ova^ of thorax 



