584 FAMILY XXIII. MVOETOPHAGID-li:, 



1111 (3301). JlYOETOPiiAGUs PUNOTATi's Say, Jourii. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



V, JSI'O, 200; ibid. II, 321. 



Obloug-oval, Mubdepressed. Head and thorax blaclc- 

 isii; elytra reddisli-.vellow with blacli spots; one large, 

 common, surrounding the scutellum ; another smaller on 

 each at middle, usually confluent with the lateral mar- 

 gin and extending narrowly along it, and a third form- 

 ing a common sulmpical crossband; antenuaj reddish, the 

 apical half more or less fusrcjus. Thorax coarsely and 

 evenly punctured. Length 4.r,-r,.r, mm. (E'ig. 219.) 



Si)uthern half of State, frequent; less so in the 

 (Original.) northern counties. April C-Septemher 29. Prob- 



ably hibernates. Occurs lieiieath loose bark and in fungi, especi- 

 ally in low moist woodlands. 



1112 (3.393). JNlYCETOPirAGiis FtEXUOSUS Say. loc. cit. 



Resembles puncUitiia but much smaller. Elytral markings very vari- 

 able, usually nearly as in pum-tatus, but the middle and subapical black 

 spots are larger, with their edges very uneven, .ind there is usually a small 

 round spot on humerus. Length 3-4 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. ,Vpril ll-Oetober (i. Occurs 

 in fungi and in spring sometimes at sap. 



Casey 's subdepressus is only a color variety of flexioosm in 

 which the black spots have become enlarged so as to cover the 

 greater part of the elytra, leaving only a narrow oblique reddish 

 line composed of two or three spots on basal third, another similar 

 line behind the middle and a spot near the apex. It occurs com- 

 monly with typical flrxiiosus, and individuals showing the gradual 

 merging of one color variety into the other are frequent, several of 

 them being in the collection at hand. 



1113 (3394). Mycetophagus bipustol.-^tus Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Xat. 



Sci., II, 1S44, 114. 

 Oblong-oval, moderately convex. Dark reddish-brown ; elyti-a each with 

 an irregular subhumeral yellowish spot which sometimes extends nearly to 

 suture, and also a transvei-se oblong one on apical third ; anteniife and palpi 

 dull brownish-yellow. Thorax three-fourths wider than long; sides slightly 

 curved, surface coarsely, densely and unequally punctured. Elytral stria^ 

 feebly impressed, finely punctate ; intervals densely punctulate, each with a 

 single row of suberect yellowish hairs. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Marion Connt>-; scarce. April IG. Four specimens collected 

 by IT. I\Iorrison from the window of a cellar in which wood had 

 been stored. 



1114 (339G). i\lYCET0Pn.\nus melsheuieri Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 



VIII, ISITiO, 13. 

 Elongate, parallel. Pic(>ous brown; legs and basal half of antenna^ 

 dull yellow; elytra ea<-li with a large oblique spot reaching from humerus 



