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FAMILY XXII. CRYPTOPIIAGIDJE. 



rial club is 3-jointecl. the ninth joint slightly smaller than tenth, the. 

 eighth small and similar to seventh. Three species are known from 

 the United States, two of which are known from Indiana, while the 

 other may occur. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF DIPLOCCELUS. 



a. Raised lines on .sides of thorax well marked. 



b. Thorax narrowed in front, its sides nearly straight, hind angles 

 prominent, externally covering the base of elytra. AXGrsTicoixis. 

 bl). Thorax not narrowed in front, its sides regularly curved. 



10S6. BRUNNETJS. 



aa. Raised lines of thorax almost obsolete. 10S7. rudis. 



D. angustieollis Horn, piceous, length 4.5 mm., was described 

 from Marquette. Michigan. 



10S6 (3414). Diplocceixs bruxxeus Lee. New Spec. N. Amer. Col., I, 

 1863, 73. 



Elongate-oval, slightly convex. Dull blackish-brown or piceous, feebly 

 shining, rather sparsely pubescent. Thorax closely punctured, sides nearly 

 parallel, disk with three elevated lines on each side, of which the inner is 

 feeble and incomplete. Elytra with feebly impressed rows of close-set punc- 

 tures, intervals each with a row of short, very fine, suberect hairs. Length 

 3-3.5 mm. 



Marion. Putnam. Lawrence, Jennings and Posey counties; fre- 

 quent. April 22-November 20. Probably hibernates. Taken in 

 su m mer from fungi on beech and maple logs and in spring by sift- 

 ing from about the roots of such trees. 



1087 (3415). Diploccelus bums Lee, loc. cit. 



Elongate-oval, slightly convex. Dark reddish-brown to fuscous, shin- 

 ing. Thorax coarsely punctured, with only traces of raised lines on the 

 disk ; hind angles rectangular, acute. Elytra with rows of very coarse 

 punctures; intervals polished, each with a single row of very long suberect 

 hairs. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



A southern species taken in Perry County ; rare. May 1. 



II. Cryptophilus Keitt. 1874. (Gi\, "a concealed place + 



loving.") 



A single, small oblong, pieeous-brown species, introduced from 

 Europe, represents this genus in the State. It resembles several of 

 our species of Cryptophagus but does not have the apical angles of 

 thorax thickened. 



10SS ( ). Ceyptophiixs txteger Heer. Faun. Helvet, I. 1S40. 42C>. 



Elongate-oblong, subparallel, feebly convex. Piceous or dark reddish- 

 brown, sparsely clothed with suberect yellowish hairs. Antenna? nearly 



