574 FAMILY XXII. — CRYPTOPIIAGID/E. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. May 6- July 15. Occurs be- , 

 neath bark and on foliage of plants usually near water. Common 

 at Hudson Lake July 15, on the louse-wort, Pedicularis lanceolata 

 Michx. 



Y. Tomarus Lec. 1861. (Gr., "to cut.") 



Smaller and shorter than in Loberus. Elytra irregularly punc- 

 tured; thorax not impressed at base; basal joint of antennal club 

 about as large as second. One species occurs in Indiana. 



1091 (3357). Tomarus pulchellus Lec, N. Sp. N. Amer. Col., I, 1863, 71. 

 Elongate-oval, convex, nearly smooth. Brownish-yellow 



to piceous ; legs and basal half of antennae paler ; elytra 

 each with a large humeral space and a wide subapical cross- 

 bar yellow. Antennae slightly longer than head and thorax. 

 Thorax finely but distinctly punctured, narrower than ely- 

 tra ; sides parallel and curved ; apex as wide as base. Ely- 

 tra widest just before the middle, then gradually narrowed 

 to the rather acute apex, finely and sparsely punctured. 

 1 '"(Original?)"'' Length 1.3-l.G mm. (Fig. 215.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent, especially in spring, when it 

 occurs in dead leaves and beneath mullein, stones and chunks. Hi- 

 bernates. March 19-December 7. 



VI. Antherophagus Lat. 1806. (Gr., "blossom + eating. ") 



This genus comprises the. largest members of the family, distin- 

 guished by having the eyes placed on the side of head ; male with 

 clypeus deeply emarginate, and antennas thick and closely jointed; 

 the body in both sexes densely clothed with short, appressed pubes- 

 cence. 



1092 (3359). Antherophagus ochraceus Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. 



Sci., II, 1844, 115. 



Oblong, subconvex. Pale brownish-yellow throughout ; antennae and 

 base of tibiae blackish in male. Thorax transverse, sides parallel and al- 

 most straight, the punctures fine and dense. Elytra as wide as thorax, 

 very de:isely and finely punctate. Length 4-4.5 mm. 



Southern half of State, frequent.; less so in the northern coun- 

 ties. Occurs on flowers, especially those of the wild hydrangea, Hy- 

 drangea arbor escens L. June 24-September 21. 



VII. Crosimus Casey. 1900. 



In addition to the characters mentioned in generic key, the mem- 

 bers of this genus have a fine raised line on each side of the thorax, 

 extending from base to apex ; and also have the basal fovae of thorax 



