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Phenolia grossa Fabr. 



This rather flattened, rounded beetle about s/i6 of an inch in length, may be taken 

 abundantly on soft fungi on the side of fallen beech. 



It is obscurely marked with black and very dark red. The head is 

 partially covered by the enormous prothorax, which is arcuate in front, 

 rounded laterally and coarsely and irregularly punctured. The wing covers 

 bear several rather conspicuous though slight ridges. 



Calitys scabra Thunb. 



This flattened, reddish beetle, about inch in length, may be found 

 in June on certain fungi growing on the ends of decaying hemlock logs. 



This insect has a peculiar form, with enormously pro- 

 duced thoracic margins, which are rounded and serrate exteri- 

 orly, and the wing covers have the humeral angle produced 

 behind in a conspicuous ridge and with the margin extended 



Fig. 124 Calitys r ° & 



scabra enlarged l atera lly and finely serrate. 



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Phellopsis obcordata Kirby 



This peculiar appearing rusty red, dark brow n beetle about ^2 inch in length, may be 

 found in June on certain fungi growing on the ends of decaying hemlocks. 



This species is rather flattened and is remarkable on 

 account of the enormous prothorax with its conspicuous 

 lateral anterior protuberances. Wing covers very coarsely 

 punctured and with the humeral angle prolonged into a 

 conspicuous ridge, which is distinctly notched at the 

 anterior fourth and at the posterior fourth enlarged to 

 produce a conspicuous tubercle. There is also a thick- 

 ened lateral ridge extending back to a smaller tubercle 

 below the one mentioned above. The tips of the winp; 



1 & Fig. Phellopsis ol 



covers are also somewhat enlarged. cord at a, enlarged 



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