THE ANT-LOVING HKETLES. 327 



Throughout the State; common. March 5-November 28. Oc- 

 curs in numbers in the large cone-shaped nests of ants and beneath 

 stones on sloping 1 hillsides. 



619 (1910). BATRISODES VIRGINIA Casey, Coiitrib. to Desc. of Coleop. of N. 



A., II, 1884, 90. 



Reddish-brown, shining; elytra d;irk red; antenna? and legs paler. Head 

 large, quadrate, punctured in front: eyes small; vertex with two small, 

 rounded fovea.' connected by a curved groove. Antenna- less than half the 

 length of body, first joint as long as the next two together, second longer 

 than third; ^ to 8 quadrate, equal; ninth larger, one-half wider than hmg; 

 tenth large, globular ; eleventh as long as three preceding together, obliquely 

 acuminate. Thorax as wide as long, median sulcus narrow, deep, with a 

 small erect tooth each side of the basal median t'ovea. Elytra finely, sparse- 

 ly and distinctly punctate. Length 2 mm. 



Putnam, Fayette and Crawford counties; frequent. April 17- 

 August 15. 



020 (1906). BATRISODES SPRETTS Lee., Bost. Jouru. Nat. Hist., VI, 1849, 100. 

 Piceous-black ; elytra dark red, sparsely and finely pubescent. Head 

 wider than long, wider than thorax, punctulate in front, smooth behind ; 

 eyes prominent; occiput elevated, broadly depressed each side; vertex not 

 carinate. Antenna? reaching base of thorax, joints 2 to 8 oblong; ninth 

 longer and wider, transverse ; tenth large, quadrate-rounded ; eleventh twice 

 as long but narrower than tenth, ovate-acuminate. Thorax slightly longer 

 than wide, widest before the middle, median basal fovea small ; basal tuber- 

 cles minute. Elytra convex, not punctured ; humeri without tubercles. 

 Length 1.7 mm. (Fig. 151, d.) 



Southern half of State; frequent. April 17-October 11. Taken 

 by sifting damp vegetable debris and in nests of white ants. 



621 (9414). BATRISODES FOVEICORNIS Casey, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., II, 1887. 



462. 



Reddish-brown, not punctate; sparsely clothed with long hairs. Head 

 as wide as long ; vertex nearly flat, carinate at middle. Antennae with sec- 

 ond joint one-third shorter and narrower than first; third to seventh longer 

 than wide, eighth quadrate; ninth wider than long; tenth much wider, 

 globose, flattened and with a large fovea beneath in male; eleventh wider 

 and as long as the three preceding together. Thorax with fovere and sulci 

 deep, the median sulcus obsolete on basal third. Elytra with rounded 

 humeri. Length 2 mm. 



Monroe County; rare. May 13. Sifted from debris of beech 

 stump. 



R. deniicollis Casey, black, elytra dark red, antennae and legs 

 paler, length 1.8 mm., is known from Virginia and Iowa. 



