594 FAIIILY XXI\-. DERMESTIDJi. 



Throughout tlie State; scarce. May 1 1-July W. Resembles 

 the preceding but usuall>- smaller. R(>adily distinguished by the 

 emarginate eyes. 



1133 ( ). Tkogodekma obsolescens Casey, Journ. X. Y. Ent. Soc, VIII, 



1900, 154. 

 Nni-niwer and more elongate than iiicliisnm. Head, thorax and mider 

 surface dull black ni- pieeous; elytra brownish with a faint dull yellow 

 band bearing gray pubescence near base and another near apex ; also a 

 spot of similar pubescence on each at middle near suture and a second on 

 side slightly behind the middle. Thorax twice as broad as long, its sur- 

 face, as well as that of elytra, very finely and rugosely punctate. Length 

 12-3 mm. 



Lawrence C'nnnty ; scarce. May 11. Beaten from flowers of 

 red haw, Cratcsgus. 



VI. Ceyptoehopalum Guer. 1S:!S. (Gr., "hidden + club.") 



Small blaclv or pieeous, sparsely pubescent species having the 

 antcnnal club 2-jointcd. the deep grooves beneath the margin of 

 the thorax; prosternura covering all the mouth parts except the 

 labrum, its process with broad tip widely dividing the mesosternum. 



li;!4 (:1440). CKYPioRtiorAOTM iijfMOERHom.vLB Lec, Ann. Lye. N.-it. Hist., 

 I, ISI'4, 170. 

 Elongate-oval, moderately convex. Head black ; thorax and elytra dark 

 reddish-brown or pieeous, the latter with apical third dull ycllew and with 

 Iwci transverse bands of short, rather sparse yellow hairs. Head coarsely 

 and densely, thorax more finely, punctate ; the latter with pale hairs on the 

 sides and basal lobe. Beneath, black with long, sparse yellow pubescence. 

 Joints of antenna! club of male subequal, oval, together twice as long as 

 the preceding joints united. Length 2-2.5 nmi. 



Tippecanoe, Jlarion. Owen, Vigo and Posey counties; frequent. 

 ]\lay 3-.June 23. Taken on flowers of the panicled cornel or dog- 

 wood, Cornus ra)i(li(lissima Marsh. 



1135 (3452). CRYrTOEHOrALi M teiste r.«c., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 VII, 1S.>1, 111. 



Kather narrowly oval, subeonvex. Uuiform black or pieeous, clothed 

 with sparse yellowish, semi-erect pubeseciicc ; antennre reddish-brown to 

 liieeiius. Thorax finely and very densely punctured, tlie lolie at middle of 

 base narrow, truncate; hind angles acute. Elytra more coarsely and less 

 densely punctured. Antenna! club of male of two unequal .ioints, the ter- 

 minal one being only half as Ions: as th(> )iv(-<vding. Length 2- :l mm. 



Throughout the State; common. April 27-Sei)tember 19. Oc- 

 curs ill spring on the flow(>rs of red haw, y(>llow puecoon and other 

 plants, and on those of goldenrod in autumn. Whenever the plant 



