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FAMILY XXII. CRYPTOPH AGIDiE . 



Fig. 218. x IX 



ee. Antennae much less than half as long as body ; length 2.2 mm. 



1097. FUNGICOLA. 



J)J). Disk of thorax evenly convex without elevations or ridges ; thickened 

 node of front angles not flattened but protuberant. 



1098. NODANGUIAJS. 



1094 (9923). Cryptophagiis acuta ngxtlx-s Gyll., Insect. Suec, 1827. 

 Oblong-elongate, subdepressed. Pale brownish-yellow ; 



head and thorax slightly darker ; eyes large, more than one- 

 half the length of head. Thorax wider in front than at 

 middle, finely and densely punctate ; nodes of the front an- 

 gles prominent, slightly hooked behind; sides distinctly an- 

 gulate at about the middle. Elytra three and a half times 

 as long as thorax, more finely and less densely punctate than 

 the latter. Length 2.3 mm. (Fig. 216.) 



Throughout the State; frequent. January 24-June 

 '(Original.)^' 15 a boreal species, common to northern Europe 

 and America. 



1095 (3372). Ceyptophagus croceus Zimm., Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, II, 



1869, 257. 



Oblong, the sides parallel. Dark reddish-brown, rather strongly pubes- 

 cent. Thorax scarcely narrower than elytra (male) or distinctly narrower 

 (female), strongly and closely punctured, the thickened nodes of apical 

 angles conspicuous, Elytra about three times as long as thorax, less closely 

 but equally coarsely punctured. Length 2-2.3 mm. 



Throughout the State; scarce, January 24-November 12. 

 Taken on the wing and by sifting rubbish - also feeding on apples in 

 cellar. 



-109Q ( ). Ceyptophagus laticlavus Casey, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 



VIII, 1900, 90. 



More oval and rather more convex than croceus. Pale brownish-yel- 

 low throughout. Thorax smaller and more rounded at the sides ; punctures 

 rather coarse and close-set. Elytra three-fifths longer than wide, rather 

 strongly rounded at tip. punctures moderately coarse, deep and close-set ; 

 pubescence shorter and less conspicuous than in croceus. Length 2 mm. 



Posey and Dubois counties ; scarce. May Ti-J une 4. Taken by 

 sifting damp leaves and rubbish. 



C. antennatus Casey, oblong-oval, pale reddish-brown, was de- 

 scribed from Michigan. 



1097 (3374). Ceyptophagus fungicola Zimm., Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, II, 

 1869, 257. 



Oblong, moderately convex. Dark brownish-yellow or reddish-brown, 

 shining. Thorax but little narrower than elytra, the nodes of front angles 

 small feeble, oblique; submedian spicule minute, slightly behind the middle 

 and separated from the nodes by two to three times the length of the lat- 

 ter; punctures small, deep, rather close-set. Elytra oval, obtusely rounded 

 at tip finely, deeply and not very closely punctate. Length 2.2-2.4 mm. 



