576 



FAMILY XXII. — CRYPTOPHAGID.l-:. 



ee. Antennoe much less than half as long as body ; length 2.2 mm. 



1097. FUNGICOLA. 



66. Disk of thorax evenly eoiivex without elevations or ridges ; thickened 

 node of front angles not flattened but protuberant. 



1098. NODANGULU.S. 



1001 (0023). 



Fig. 21s. X U. 

 (Original.) 



Cbyptopiiagus acutangulus Gyll.. Insect. Suec, 1827. 



ohliins-elongate, subdepressed. Pale brownish-yellow; 

 head and thorax slightly darker ; eyes large, more than one- 

 half the length of head. Thorax wider in front than at 

 middle, finely and densely punctate; nodes of the front an- 

 gles prominent, slightly iKJoked behind; sides distinctly an- 

 gulate at about the mirtille. Elytra three and a half times 

 as long as thorax, more finely and less densely punctate than 

 the latter. Length 2.:; mm. (Fig. 210.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent. January 24-June 

 1.1. A boreal species, common to northern Etirope 

 and America. 



1095 {?,?,T2). CRYPTOPnAOUs CROcias Zinnn., Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, II, 

 ISOO. 2.''i7. 

 Oblong, the sides parallel. Dark reddish-brown, rather strongly pubes- 

 cent. Thorax scarcely narrower than elytra (male) or distinctly narrower 

 (female), strongly and closely puiict\n-ed. the thickened nodes of apical 

 angles conspicuous. Elytra al>out three times as long as thorax, less closely 

 but equally coarsely punctured. Dength 2-2.3 mm. 



Throughout the State; scarce. January 24-X()veinl)er VI. 

 Taken on tlie wing and liy .sifting rul)hi,sh ; also feeding on apph'S in 

 c(41ar. 



100(i ( ). ('RYPTOPnAdrs i.Ai rcL.w IS Casey. .Tourn. X. Y. Ent. Sec., 



VIII. 10(111. 90. 

 More oval and rather more convex than cruvcnx. Pale brownish-yel- 

 low throughout. Thorax smaller and more rounded at the sides; punctures 

 rather coarse and close-set. Elytra three-tifths longer than wide, rather 

 strongly rounded at tip. punctures moderately cuarse. deep and close-set; 

 pubescence shorter and less conspicuous than in c race us. Length 2 mm. 



Posey and Dubois counties; scarce. ^May 11-June 4. Taken by 

 sifting damp leaves and rubbish. 



('. (niiciniaiuR Casey, obhmg-oval, pale reddish-brown, was de- 

 scribed from ^lichigan. 



1(107 (.3.">74). rnvrioriiAGis iex(;(roi..\ Zinmi., Trans. Amer. Ent. Sue.. 11, 

 1869, 2.57. 

 Oliloiig, moderately convex. Dark brownish-yellow or reddish-brown, 

 shining. Thora.x but little narrower than elytra, the nodes of front angles 

 small, feeble, oblhiue; sulimedlan spicule minute, slightly behind the middle 

 and separated from the nodes by two (o throe times the length of the lat- 

 ter; punctures small, deep, rather close-set. Elytra oval, obtusely rounded 

 at tip, finely, deeply and not very closely punc'tatc. Ixjngth 2.2-2.4 mm. 



