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THE DARKLING BEETLES. 



XX Phylethus Meg. 1821. (Gr., "member of a tribe.") 

 Small oval species having the last joint of the maxillary palm 



StoWs, the ckypeus 



vation each side. One species occurs m Uie easiei 

 including Indiana. 



Nat. Sci., 



,342 (7526). Phylethus bxfascxatus Say Journ. Phil. Acad. 

 Ill 1824, 268; ibid. II, 15b. 

 Etengate-oval. ^dish-brown, ^^^^X 

 low , with the suture a = «r ^d. a^nar^ ^ ^ 

 apex, dark brown or blackish, lnoiajr f w impressed, finely 



surface finely and densely punctate. Elytra watt teet 5 1 

 punctured stria,; intervals flat, densely punctnlate. Length 



Lake, Marion, Lawrence and Vigo counties; scarce. May 29- 

 October 19. Occurs beneath bark and in fungi. 



7 , To c dull jrreenish-bronzed, shining, length 

 Scaphidema mneolum Lee, dull greemsn u ^.^p™ Tn- 



3.5-4.5 mm., is a boreal species which may occur m northern 



diana. 



XXI p»miiiu« M« 1821. (0r,"«ve*>«0 

 State. 



^ . T T tt»ttg j 9c New Sp. N. Amer. Col., I, 1866, 

 2343 (7538). Pentaphyllus pallidus Lbc., *ew 



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TT^ifnrTTi nale reddish-brown, minutely pubes- 



Length 2.5 mm. , 9 



Marion Monroe, Dubois and Spencer counties ; scarce. May 12- 

 Jun! 12. Taken by sifting the debris of beech and maple stumps. 



XXII Hypophlceus Fab. 1790. (Or., "under + bark.") 

 Small subcylindrical species, having the antenna, gradually 



thickened- tibiae somewhat broadened; epiplenr* short. Two spe 

 oS have been taken in the State, while two others may occur. 



