THE SHINING FLOWER BEETLES. 



501 



962 (3007). Eustilbus nitidus Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Set, II. 



1844. 102. 



Oval, strongly convex, distinctly narrowed behind the middle. Pale 

 reddish-yellow throughout, very shining. Elytra narrowly rounded at apex, 

 the discal stria less impressed and not uniting with suture at apex ; wholly 

 without rows of punctures. Length 1.3-1.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. Taken by sifting in early 

 spring, so that it probably hibernates. March 5-July G. 



E. atif nuaius Casey, 1.6 mm. in length, was described from New 

 York, Michigan and Texas. 



Litochrus immaculatus Casey, piceous, the suture paler, length 

 1.5 mm., is a southern form which may occur in the Ohio River 

 counties. 



V. Ochrolitus Sharp. 1880. (Gr., ''pale yellow + shine.") 



A single species represents this genus in the State. 



963 (3001). Ochrolitus rcbens Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Set, VIII, 



1856, 16. 



Rather broadly oval, strongly convex. Pale reddish-yellow through- 

 out, highly polished. Thorax a little more than twice as wide as long, 

 very smooth. Discal stria? of elytra well impressed, obsolete on basal fifth, 

 the second uniting with the first near the apex. Length 1.8 mm. 



Kosciusko, Marion and Posey counties; scarce. June 21-De- 

 c ember 7. 



Family XV. CORYLOPHID.E. 



The Fringe- winged Fungus Beetles. 



Here belong a number of minute oval or rounded beetles, which 

 occur under damp bark or in decaying fungi and other vegetable 

 matter. At times they fly about in large numbers by twilight. 

 They have the antenna? 9- to 11-jointed, ending in a loose club and 

 inserted on the front ; palpi short and four-jointed ; mandibles small, 

 with comb-like teeth on the inner margin ; front coxa? globose, prom- 

 inent, contiguous or nearly so ; middle coxa? also globose and sepa- 

 rated by the mesosternnm; hind coxa? transverse, widely distant ; 

 tarsi 4-jointed. the third joint small, concealed in a notch of the 

 second joint ; ventral segments six ; scutellum distinct, though small ; 

 wings wide, fringed with long hairs which, however, are shorter 

 than in the family Trichopterygida?. In many species the body is 

 clothed with a grayish pubescence. 



