494 



FAMILY XIII. — SCAPHIDIIDJE. 



Southern half of State; frequent. April 17-July 29. Taken- 

 by sifting rotten wood and vegetable debris; also on fungi. 



945 (9855). B^eocera deplexa Casey, loc. cit., p. 517. 



Stout, broadly oval. Black; antennae and under surface paler, rufo- 

 piceous. Antenna? very slender, not quite as long as head and thorax, third 

 joint distinctly longer than second, scarcely as long as fourth. Elytra fully 

 as long as wide, twice as long as thorax; sutural and marginal stria* deep, 

 the basal broadly interrupted. ■» Length 2.5 mm. 



Lake, Vigo and Putnam counties; frequent, February 16-Sep- 

 tember 25. One of Casey's types came from Indiana. 



Bceocera speculifer, Casey, black, shining, legs, tips of elytra and 

 abdomen paler, Avas described from Iowa. 



946 (2979). B.eocera apicalis Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 18(30, 323. 

 Narrowly oval. Piceous-black or dark reddish-brown, polished, with- 

 out punctures or hairs. Antennae short, not as long as head and thorax ; 

 third and fourth joints subequal, the former not quite three times as long 

 as wide, slightly shorter than sixth. Thorax short, more than one-half 

 wider than long. Scutellum wholly obsolete. Elytra longer than wide, 

 rather more than twice as long as thorax, widest at basal third, their tips 

 obliquely truncate. Length 1.3 mm. 



Kosciusko County; scarce. June 24. Tak£n in sifting damp 

 leaves in low moist ground. 



947 ( ). BCEOCERA PUNCTIPENNIS Sp. T10V. 



Form and color of apicalis. Elytra pale at tips and distinctly but 

 sparsely and coarsely punctate; legs pale reddish-brown. Antennas piceous, 

 the basal joints paler, as long as head and thorax, the second, third and 

 fourth joints subequal. Thorax as in apicalis. Basal marginal line of ely- 

 tra wholly wanting. Length 1.2 mm. 



Wells, Marion, Lawrence and Crawford counties; scarce. May 

 12-November 28. Occurs on the large yellow fungus Clytocyle 

 illudens Schw. 



948 (9859). Bceocera picea Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., VII, 1893, 520. 

 Rather broadly oval. Dark reddish-brown to piceous ; highly polished, 



not punctate; legs, antenna? and tip of abdomen rufous. Antenna? shorter 

 than head and thorax ; third joint two-thirds the length of fourth, four to 

 six slender, subequal ; seventh and eighth longer and thicker. Thorax 

 three-fourths wider than long, apex less than one-half as wide as base. 

 Elytra as long as wide, twice as long as thorax, the basal marginal stria* 

 broadly interrupted. Length 1.2 mm. 



Kosciusko, Putnam, Lawrence and Posey counties; scarce. 

 April 17-July 10. Taken by sifting leaves in low moist places. 



B. nana Casey, length 1 mm., is known from Rhode Island, Mich- 

 igan and Texas. 



