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FA MILY XliVn. — CIOIDiE. 



1701 ( ) . ClS FALLI Sp. UOV. 



Broader, more convex than creberrimns. Black, shining; antennas and 

 legs reddish-brown. Thorax with front margin broadly rounded and slightly 

 prolonged, the surface much more coarsely punctate than in creberrimus. 

 Elytra with pubescence shorter and much less distinct than in that species ; 

 the punctures differing in size, the larger ones, especially those close to the 

 suture, forming indefinite rows. Length 2-2.2 mm. 



Marion and Posey counties ; scarce. April ll-September 20. 

 Taken beneath bark of wild cherry stump in open pasture: also in 

 woody fungi, and debris of beech stumps. 



1702 (5389). Cis rrscrrES Mellie, Ann. Entom. France, VI, 1848, 271. 

 Oblong, subcylindrical. convex. Piceous black to dark reddish-brown, 



feebly shining, antennas and legs paler. Thorax one-half wider than long, 

 the apex prolonged and broadly rounded over head, surface finely and 

 evenly punctured. Elytra! bristles moderate in length and in distinct rows : 

 punctures fine, rather sparse and indistinct, being hidden by the small 

 transverse wrinkles. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Southern half of State, common: less so in the northern coun- 

 ties. January 11-Xovember 28. Occurs beneath bark of logs and 

 in fungi. 



1703 (5393). Cis chevbolatii Mellie, Ann. Entom. France, VI. ISIS, 249. 

 Form and size of fuscipes. Dark chestnut brown, feebly shining : legs 



and antennae paler'. Thorax with front angles distinct but less prominent 

 than in fuscipes, surface finely and densely punctured. Larger punctures 

 of elytra distinct, not in rows, the pubescence shorter and less prominent 

 than in f uscipes. Length 3 mm. 



Vigo County; rare. January 7. One specimen from beneath 

 a chunk near the border of a swamp. 



1704 ( ). Cis cobntttus sp. nov. 



Oblong, subcylindrical. robust. Dark reddish- or chest- 

 nut-brown, very thickly clothed with stiff, erect yellowish 

 hairs ; beneath piceous. the legs and antenna? paler. Front 

 concave ; clypeus with two prominent triangular teeth, their 

 tips obtuse. Thorax one-third broader than long, sides 



\ rounded ; hind angles obtuse, front ones distinct, acute ; disk 

 convex, finely and rather sparsely punctured, and with a 

 broad, slightly recurved and notched horn-like lobe arising 

 from the front margin. Elytra with rather coarse deep 

 X1S ( Original) 11 ' punctures, none of them in rows. Length 2,2 mm. ( Fig. 



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Described from a single male taken from a fungus-covered 

 stump near Grand Chain, Posey County. April 9. More robust 

 but a little shorter than fuscipes, with longer and more dense 

 pubescence, and remarkable for the processes of clypeus and thorax. 



