1276 FAMILY LVI. CISTELID^.. 



2361 (7598). IIymenobus densus Lee, New Sp. N. Am. Col., I, 180(5, 138. 



Blongate-oval. Plceous or dark reddish-brown ; tarsi and two or three 

 basal joints of anteunaj paler ; pubescence short, coarse, pale and con- 

 spicuous. Antenna!! one-third the length of body, the third joint slender, 

 slightly longer than fourth. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides straight 

 to beyond middle, thence rounded into apex, hind angles rectangular ; sur- 

 face finely and very densely punctate, without basal impressions. Elytra 

 slightly wider at base than thorax, widest at middle ; disk with feebly im- 

 pressed rows of small, rather close-set punctures ; intervals very finely and 

 densely punctulate. 



Vigo County; rare. June 12. Taken from fungus on beech 

 tree. One also in "Webster collection. 



III. CiSTELAFab. 1775. (Gr., "a little box.") 



Rather broadly oval or oblong beetles having 

 the antennas more or less compressed and ser- 

 rate, with the third .ioint very short in both 

 sexes; fourth joint of maxillary palpi slender, 

 s,.^''3,'t J'ciaw*' (Mta triangular; pubescence dense, short and incon- 

 Westwood.) spicuous. (Fig. 566.) Two of the six recog- 



nized species occur in the State. 



2362 (7602). Cistel,v brevis Say, Journ. Thil. Acad. Nat. Sci., III. 1821. 



2G9 ; ibid. II, 158. 

 Elliptical or broadly oval, convex. Head, thorax and under surface 

 black; antennte and legs pale reddish-brown, the former dusky toward tip; 

 elytra usually fulvous or tawny, sometimes black. Head with a lengthwise 

 groove. Thorax two-thirds wider than long, ape.\; truncate, one-half as wide 

 as base, the latter broadly and strongly bisiuuate. hind angles acute ; disk 

 finely and densely punctate. Elytra finely but deeply striate, the strise with 

 fine, close-set punctures; intervals subconvex. densely and minutely punc- 

 tate. Males with the front tarsi compressed, the fifth joint strongly bent 

 and thickened at base. Length 7.5-9 mm. 



Throughout the State; sciu'ce. May 10~June 3. Occurs on 

 flowers of wild hydrangea, linden, etc. All four specimens in the 

 collection have pale elytra, though the ones with black elytra are 

 said to l)e usually the more common. 



2363 (7627). Cintkla .\Ma-:NA Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1S24, 



260; ibid. II, 1.">S. 

 Oblong-oval, subdepressed. Black, shining; thorax and under surface 

 pale reddish-yellow. Head with a transverse impressed line between the 

 antenna;. Thorax short, transverse, more than twice as wide as long, the 

 apex broadly rounded into the sides, hind angles rectangular; disk finely 

 and rather sjiarsely punctate, more or less flattened on the sides and with 

 a feeble impression each side and at middle near base. Elytra at middle 



