898 FAMILY XliVII. — CIOID-15. 



1701 ( ). Cis FALLi sp. nov. 



Broader, more eouvex than crvbcrrimus. Black, shining; antenna and 

 legs reddish-brown. Thorax with front margin broadly rounded and slightly 

 prolonged, the surface much more coarsely punctate than in crehcrrimus. 

 Elytra with pubescence shorter and much less distinct than in that species ; 

 the punctures differing in size, the larger ones, especially those close to the 

 suture, forming indefinite rows. Length 2-2.2 mm. 



Marion and Posey counties; scarce. April ll-September 20. 

 Taken beneath bark of wild cherry stnmp in open pasture; also in 

 woody fungi, and debris of beech stumps. 



1702 (5389). Cis ftjscipes Mellie, Ann. Entom. France, VI, 1848, 271. 

 Oblong, subcyllndrical, convex. Piceous black to dark reddish-brown, 



feebly shining, antennre and legs jialer. Thorax one-half wider than long, 

 the apex prolonged and broadly rounded over head, surface finely and 

 evenly punctured. Elytral bristles moderate in length and in distinct rows ; 

 punctures fine, rather sparse and indistinct, being hidden by the small 

 transverse vsTinkles. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Southern half of State, common; less so in the northern coun- 

 ties. January 11-November 28. Occurs beneath bark of logs and 

 in fungi. 



1703 (5393). Cis chevbolatii Mellie, Ann. Entom. France, VI, 1S48, 249. 

 Form and size of fuscipes. Dark chestnut brown, feebly shining; legs 



and antennte paler. Thorax with front angles distinct but less prominent 

 than in fusoipes,. surface finely and densely punctured. Larger punctures 

 of elytra distinct, not in rows, the pubescence shorter and less prominent 

 than in fuscipes. Length 3 mm. 



Vigo County; rare. January 7. One specimen from beneath 

 a chunk near the border of a swamp. 



1704 ( ). Cis cobnutus sp. nov. 



Oblong, subcylindricnl, robust. Dark reddish- or chest- 

 nut-brown, very thickly clothed with stiff, erect yellowish 

 hairs; beneath piceous, the legs and antenna; paler. Front 

 concave ; clypeus with two prominent ti-iangular teeth, their 

 tips obtuse. Thorax one-third broader than long, sides 

 rounded ; hind angles obtuse, front ones distinct, acute ; disk 

 convex, finely and rather sparsely punctured, and with a 

 / ^^m^ \ '"'°^'^' ®"^'^'^'y recurved and notched horn-like lobe arising 

 Fig. 353. xll ^'^°^ "'"^ ^^■''''* margin. Elytra with rather coai-se deep 

 (OriBinal.) punctures, none of them in rows. Length 2.2 mm (Fi" 

 353.) 



Described from a sinsjle male taken from a fungus-covered 

 stump near Grand Chain, Posey County. April 9. More robust 

 but a httle shorter than fuscipes, with longer and more dense 

 pubescence, and remarkable for the processes of clypeus and thorax 



