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FAMILY TI. — HTDBOPHILIDJE. 



eous ; legs, antenna? and palpi dull reddish-brown. Thorax with sides regu- 

 larly curved from base to apex, surface rather finely and closely punctate. 

 Elytra 10-striate. the stria? punctate and distinctly impressed at apex ; in- 

 tervals finely but distinctly punctulate. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Marion and Posey counties; scarce. April 6-April 13. 



521 (167S). Ceecyox pygmjecs Illig.. Mag. I, 1802, 40. 



Oval, slightly oblong. Color giYen in key; antenna? dull yellow, club 

 darker ; legs and epipleura pale. Thorax with sides regularly curved from 

 base to apex, disk rather closely but not deeply punctate. Elytra striate, 

 tenth stria indistinct; intervals flat, sparsely and indistinctly punctate. 

 Prosternum distinctly carinate. Length 1.3-2 mm. 



Posey Comity ; rare. April 13. Taken beneath bark of fungus- 

 covered log. The dark area of elytra varies much in size. 



522 (1674). Ceecyox xigbiceps Marsh.. Ent. Brit. 1802. 72. 



Oval, moderately convex. Piceous, shining ; sides of thorax paler ; ely- 

 tra dull reddish-yellow, with an indefinite common fuscous band behind the 

 middle. Thorax with sides narrowed from base to apex, disk finely, not 

 closely punctate. Elytra rather deeply striate, the stria? distinctly punc- 

 tate ; intervals feebly convex, very minutely punctate. Length 1.2-2 mm. 



Marion County : rare. April 23. Taken by sifting. 



C. unipunctatus Linn., sides of thorax pale, length 3 nun., is 

 said to range from Canada to Illinois. 



523 (1675). Ceecyox pbj;textatus Say. Journ. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci., V. 



bish along the sandy margins of ponds and lakes. A large and well 

 marked species. 



C. indistinctus Horn. 2.5-3 mm. in length, was described from 

 Canada and Pennsylvania. 



524 ( 9334). Ceecyox lugubbis Payk.. Faun. Suec. I. 1798 ; 59. 



Oval, convex, narrower behind. Piceous black, subopaque : elytra at 

 apex with a well-defined pale space which extends along the side margin. 

 Thorax with sides regularly curved ; disk finely, rather sparsely and evenly 



1825. 190; ibid. II. 294. 



Oval, moderately convex. Piceous black, shining; front 

 angles of thorax and a large, sharply defined space at 

 ai>ex and along margins of elytra, yellowish; antenno? 

 dull yellow, the club darker. Thorax transverse, closely 

 and evenly punctate. Elytra with ten impressed rows 

 of close-set punctures : intervals closely punctate, more 

 sparsely near apex and on sides. Length 2.5-3 mm. 

 (Fig. 132.) 



Fig. 132. X 8. 



(Original.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent. April 15-Oc- 

 tober 18. Often found in dead fish or beneath rub- 



