1256 



FAMILY LV. — TENEBRIONIDiE. 



XI. Dtcedus Lee. 1862. (_Grr., "two + swellings.") 



Here belongs a single small oblong reddish-brown species having 

 the last two antennal joints suddenly broader, compressed and 

 pilose, the last one being the larger ; epipleura3 entire, as broad at 

 apex as at middle ; mentum trapezoidal, narrower behind, its front 

 angles distinct. 



*2.''.20 (7405). DicEnrs punctatus Lee, New Sp. N. Am. Col., I, 18G6, 131. 



Oblong, convex. Dark reddish-brown, glabrous, shining. Thorax one- 

 third broader than Iohk. scarcely naiTowed in front; sides feebly curved, 

 strongly but narrowly margined, hind angles rectangular ; surface coarsely, 

 rather sparsely punctate. Elytra each with eight deep, coarsely punctured 

 striip ; intervals convex, minutely punctulate ; scutellar stria' wanting. Length 

 :!-3.5 mm. 



Vigo and Crawford counties ; scarce. April 12-December 25. 

 Occitrs beneath logs and bark of pine. 



XII. CyENOCOBSE Thom. 1859. (G-r., "common.") 



Small oblong species having the eyes rounded, 

 prominent, entire; antenniB rather robust, the 

 joints gradually but feebly enlar.ged toward tip; 

 first joint of hind tarsi but slightly longer than sec- 

 ond and third. 

 12.3121 ( ). C^NOcoRSE EATZEBUKQi Wlssm., Stett. Ent. 



Zeit, IX, 1848, 77. 

 Fig. 562. (After Chit- jj,, ^ i,, , , „,„,.,. 



tcnden in Far. Bull 45, Elongate-oblong, slender, parallel. Reddish-brown, 



U. S. Dep. Agr.) shining. Thorax convex, nearly square, slightly narrowed 



behind, sides almost straight; surface minutely aluta- 

 ceous, finely and rather closely punctate. Elytra striate, the sutural and 

 adjacent stria rather deeply impressed, finely and deeply punctate; inter- 

 vals flat, very minutely and rusosely punctate. Length :V:'. 5 mm (Fig 

 5(12. ) 



Knox County; rare. May 6. Taken by sift- 

 ing. Probably occurs throughout the southern 

 third of State. It is known as the "small-eyed 

 flour beetle" and occurs in feed stores, bakeries and 

 other places where cereal products are kept. 



An allied species, Gnalhoccnis maxillosus Fab. 

 (Fig. 563), feeds especially on corn and corn meal, 

 and is often injurious in the Southern States. It 

 has been recorded from flincinnati. 



XIII. Alptiitobius Steph. 1882 (G-r "barlev i'iK-503, (After Chit- 



, , ,. . . "^ tenden in Far. Bull 45, 



meal + to live in.") u. s. Dep. Agr.) 



Two medium-sized introduced l)lack or piceous species belong 

 here, one of which has been taken in the Stiito. 



