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FAMILY XXVI. NITIDTLIDJE. 



in front. Elytra with the ridges less distinct, but with the rows of fine 

 hair bearing punctures, between which are rows of larger round, shallow 

 punctures. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Starke. Marion, Putnam. Crawford and Posey counties; less fre- 

 quent than geminata, April 10- June 18. Occurs beneath chips, 

 stones and decaying fruit. The spots on elytra are reddish and usu- 

 ally located two at base, one on sutural margin near middle, another 

 behind the middle and one on tip. 



IX. Prometopia Erichs. 1843. (Gr.. "before + spot. ") 



This genus is represented in the eastern United States and Indi- 

 ana by a single species having the thorax deeply emarginate in front, 

 with sides broadly flattened ; mandibles prominent and bifid at tip ; 

 antenna? slender, first joint stout, third very long, club elongate- 

 oval. 



*1235 (3725). Pbometopia sexmaculata Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



V, 1825, 179 ; ibid. II, 285. 

 Broadly oval, depressed. Piceous, with the margins, un- 

 der parts, an irregular humeral band and a spot on apical 

 third of each elytron, pale reddish-brown. Thorax twice as 

 wide as long, narrower in front, sides feebly curved, hind 

 angles rectangular; disk rather sparsely punctate with 

 coarse and fine punctures intermingled. Elytra as wide as 

 Fig. 242. x 3i long (male) or longer than wide (female) , the surface sparse- 

 (Original.) ly coarse iy punctate. Length 5-6 mm. (Fig. 242.) 



Southern half of State, frequent; much less so in the northern 

 counties. Hibernates with the next species beneath logs and bark 

 and remains motionless, adhering closely to logs when shelter is re- 

 moved ; in spring at sap. January IS-December 20. 



X. Phenoma Erichs. 1843. (Gr.. "a cloak.") 



This genus is also represented over the same range as the pre- 

 ceding by a single species, one of the largest of the family. 



*1236 (3726). Phenolia geossa Fab., Syst. Eleut.. I. 1S01, 347. 



Elongate, oval. Piceous, feebly shining; elytra each with seven in- 

 distinct reddish spots, arranged one on each side of scutellum, an oblique 

 row of three between humerus and suture and a second oblique row of 

 three near the middle. Thorax twice as wide as long, apex a little nar- 

 rower than base, deeply emarginate ; sides moderately curved, sinuate near 

 the hind angles, which are subacute ; surface coarsely but rather sparsely 

 punctate. Elytra as wide as thorax : disk feebly costate, each ridge with 

 a row of fine punctures bearing a short hair; the grooves with three ill- 

 defined rows of punctures. Length 6.5-S mm. 



