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FAMILY LV. — TEXEBPJOXIDJE. 



XI. DKEDrsLee, 1662. ^Gr., " two -f swellings.") 



Here belongs a single small oblong reddish-brown species having 

 the last two antenna! joints suddenly broader, compressed and 

 pilose, the last cne being the larger : epipleurae entire, as broad at 

 apex as at middle ; mentum trapezoidal, narrower behind, its front 

 angles distinct. 



*2320 (7465). DicEnrs punctatus Lee. Xew Sp. X. Am. Col.. I, 1866. 131. 



Oblong, convex. Dark reddish-brown, glabrous, shining. Thorax one- 

 third broader than long, scarcely narrowed in front ; sides feebly curved, 

 strongly but narrowly margined, hind angles rectangular ; surface coarsely, 

 rather sparsely punctate. Elytra each with eight deep, coarsely punctured 

 striae : intervals convex, minutely punctulate ; scutellar stria wanting. Length 

 3—3.5 mm. 



Yigo and Crawford counties: scarce. April 12-December 25. 

 Occurs beneath logs and bark of pine. 



XII. Cjexocorse Thorn. 1859. (Grr., " common.") 



Small oblong species having the eyes rounded, 

 prominent, entire: antennae rather robust, the 

 joints gradually but feebly enlarged toward tip: 

 first joint of hind tarsi but slightly longer than sec- 

 ond and third. 



2321 ( ). CLenocorse ratzebubgi Wissm., Stett. Ent. 



Zeit. IX. 1848, 77. 



.big. 562. (After Chit- x- n ■, ■,' -. 



tenden in Far. Bull. 45, Elongate-oblong, s lender, parallel. Reddish-brown. 

 U. s. Dep. Agr.) shining. Thorax convex, nearly square, slightly narrowed 



behind, sides almost straight; surface minutely aluta- 

 ceous, finely and rather closely punctate. Elytra striate, the sutural and 

 adjacent striae rather deeply impressed, finely and deeply punctate; inter- 

 vals flat, very minutely and rugosely punctate. Length 3-3.5 nun. ( Fig. 

 562.) 



Knox County: rare. May 6. Taken by sift- 

 ing. Probably occurs throughout the southern 

 third of State. It is known as the ' 'small-eyed 

 flour beetle" and occurs in feed stores, bakeries and 

 other places where cereal products are kept. 



An allied species. GnatJwcerus maxillosus Fab. 

 (Fig. 563), feeds especially on corn and corn meal, 

 and is often injurious in the Southern States. It 

 has been recorded from Cincinnati. 



XIII. 



(Gr., "barley 



Fig. 563. (After Chit- 

 tenden in Far. Bull. 45. 

 U. S. Dep. Agr.) 



Alphitobius Steph. 1832. 

 meal - to live in.") 



Two medium-sized introduced black or piceous species belong 

 here, one of which has been taken in the State. 



