1266 FAMILY ];V. — TENKBKJONJn.lO. 



IvEY T(l INUIAKA SPECIES OF HYPOPIIUKUS. 



(I. Tliiirax i-cgului-ly (-{luvex. 



b. Thorax emarginate in front, its front angles distinct; volov uuirorin 

 paje reddish-brown. 2344. paeaUleluk. 



bh. Thorax truncate in front, its front angles obtuse. 



c. Dislv of thorax finely and sparsely punctate; upper surface bi- 

 colored. 2345. thoeacicus. 



cc. Disk of thorax with longitudinal wrinkles ; upper surface uniform 

 dark brown; length 3.8 mm. rugosus. 



tia. Thorax depressed with a broad longitudinal excavation; head and tho- 

 rax reddish-bruwn, elytra blackish; length 3.S mm. cavls. 



'S.'A4 (7.T)32). Hypophlceus paeallelus Mels., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 Ill, I.SiC, G3. 

 Elongate, subcylindrical, parallel. Uniform reddish-brown, shining. Tho- 

 rax as lung as wide, front angles prominent, acute, hiud ones rounded; sur- 

 face finely, rather closely punctate. Elytra not striate, the punctures fine 

 and rather dense. Length 3.5-4 mm. 



Lake County; scarcp. July 23. Occurs beneath bark. Ranges 

 from Canada to Arizona. 



-'345 (7535). Hypopiilceis tiioracicus Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 Ill, 1840, 63. 

 Elongate, subcylindrical, convex. Reddish-brown; elytra black, sparsely 

 pubescent with erec-t yellowish hairs. Thorax slightly longer than wide, 

 sides almost straight, angles all rounded ; surface finely and sparsely punc- 

 tate. Elytra little more than twice as l:ing as thorax; sparsely and finely 

 punctured. Length .3-3.5 mm. 



riliirion County ; rare. July 11. Occurs from Canada to Georgia. 



II. cavus Lee. was described from Kentucky and H. rugosus 

 Dury from Cincinnati. Both i)i-oba])ly occur in the southern third 

 of the State. 



Tribe VI. P( )LETOPIIAGIXI. 

 ^ Oblong, opaque, winged species having the surface roughened 

 with tubercles; head received in thorax as far as eyes, Avhich are 

 coarsely granulated, .leoply emarginate and with a large groove 

 beneath them for the reception of the base of the antenna ; epi- 

 pleuKP narrow; front coxa^ transverse middle ones with a small but 

 distinct trochantin ; hind coxa- well separated, the intercoxal process 

 triangular; tarsi pubescent beneath, the last joint longer than the 

 others united. Two o,.„ei,i are known, both being represented in 

 the State. The species occur on wood>- fungi which grow on the 

 sides of trees or stumps or beneath bark. 



