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FAMILY X. PSELAPHID^E. 



//. '/nun-ltri'Hix Lcc., black with rust-rod elytra, legs and an- 

 tenna?, length 1.4 mm., is recorded as occurring in the "region east 

 of the Mississippi River." R. corporalis Casey, length 1.7 mm., 

 was described from Michigan and Canada. E. propinqua Lee., 

 piceous-black, elytra dark blood-red, length 1.4 mm., is a boreal spe- 

 cies which probably inhabits northern Indiana. (Fig. 150, d.) 



Eupscnius glaber Lee., yellow, without pubescence or punctures, 

 length 1 mm., is a southern species which may occur in the Ohio 

 River counties. 



Anckylarthron (Verticinotus} cornutus Brend., dark yellow, 

 faintly punctured, sparsely pubescent, is recorded from Ohio and 

 Iowa. 



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Fig. 151. a, Batrisodes ionte; b, Batrisodes ferox; c, Batrisodes globosus; d, Batrisodes spretus. All highly 

 magnified. (After Brendel and Wickham.) 



XIV. BATRISODES Reitt. 1881. (dr., "Batrisus + like.") 



A large genus of subcylindrical. rather narrow, elongate spe- 

 cies, having the head elongate-oblong, with two foveas connected by 

 a curved groove on vertex; antennas with a three- jointed club; last 

 joint of maxillary palpi fusiform, more convex on the outer side ; 

 thorax with two or three longitudinal grooves and a transverse 

 curved groove connecting the three basal fovete ; elytra very convex, 

 their discal lines confined to basal half; legs long, femora clavate. 

 The species which have been taken or perhaps occur in the State 

 may be separated into two groups as follows : 



KEY TO GROUPS OF INDIANA BATBISODES. 



a. Hind tibiae without a terminal spur; elytra each with two fovese at base. 



Group .4. 



ua. Hiiid tibi;e with a long terminal spur; elytra each with three t'ovese at 

 . base. Group 13. 



