THE SILKEN FUNGUS BEETLES. 



581 



y. Ent Soc, VIII, 1900, 



1107 ( ). Atomaria ovalis Cnsey, Joum. N. 



124. 

 Oval, rapidly attenuate at each end, strongly convex. Black or piceous, 

 shining; legs and antenna dull brownish-yellow. Antennse stout, one-half 

 length of body in male. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides strongly 

 converging on apical half, apex two-thirds as wide as base; disk rather 

 coarsely and densely punctate. Elytra widest a little in front of middle 

 where, together, they are one-third wider than thorax, thence narrowing to 

 a rounded apex ; surface rather sparsely and finely but distinctly punctured. 

 Length 1..3-1.5 mm. 



Steuben, Kosciusko and Clarion counties; frequent. April 11- 

 July 11. Taken hy sifting and on the wing in early spring. 



1108 (3389). Atomaria ephippiata Zimm., Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, II, 



1869, 258. 

 Oblong-oval, strongly convex. IIe;irt and thorax 

 piceous; antenna;, legs and elytra reddish-yellow, the 

 latter with a piceous crossbar before the middle, this 

 sometimes reaching from side to side, sometimes 

 broken into spots. Thorax strongly convex, sides 

 rounded, minutely and sparsely ])unctured. Elytra 

 distinctly wider, and two and a half times as long 

 as thorax, finely but distinctly i)unctate. Length 

 1..0 mm. (Fig. 217.) 



Throughout the State : frequent. March 17- 

 June 22. 



XIII. Tis.\CTL\ Casey. 1000. 



Small, oval, convex .species, having' the thfira.x even and unim- 

 pressed at base; antenOcP more widely se]iarated than in Aloiiiarid, 

 the club parallel and loosely 3-jointed; pi'osternal spine broad, 

 sharply margined each side. 



1109 (- 



-)■ 



TiSACTiA suBGi„\iiRA Cascy. .lourn. N. Y. Ent. Soc. VIII. 

 1900, 12(3. 

 Oblong-oval, strongly convex. Blackish-piceons, glabrous, sliining ; ely- 

 tra (in si)ecimen at hand) indistinctly reddish near humeri and on apical 

 third ; legs and antenn.'c paler. Thorax one-half wider than long, very con- 

 vex, wider at base than ajiex. sides feebly curved, strongly margined ; disk, 

 as well as that of elytra, finely and rather sparsely punctate. Elytra wid- 

 est before the middle, as wide at base as thorax. Length 1-1.2 mm. 



Steuben County; rare. June 16. Sifted from sphagnum moss. 

 Described from Indiana. 



XIV. Ephistemus Steph. 1829. (Gr., "upon + to place.") 



Very .small species, having the body evenly oval and rather 

 pointi'd behind; sides of thorax and elytra continuous, their mar- 

 gins not interrupted at the contiguous bases. 



