THE 'SHORT-WINGED SCAVENGER BEETLES. 351 



longer and more slender tarsi and less hairy upper surface. One 

 species is known from the Eastern United States. 



659 (- -). XESTURIDA I^EVIS Casey, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L., XVI, 1906, 



325. 



Short, rather stout. Dark reddish-brown, strongly shining, sparsely 

 and finely pubescent; head and abdomen piceous ; antennae dusky, their 

 basal joints and legs dark brownish-yellow. Head wider than long, paral- 

 lel ; antennae reaching middle of elytra, the second and third joints elongate, 

 subequal. Thorax wider than head, one-third wider than long; sides 

 parallel, rounded into base; surface, as well as that of elytra, finely, sparse- 

 ly and roughly punctate. Elytra three-fifths wider but only slightly longer 

 than thorax. Abdomen as wide as elytra, feebly narrowed toward the tip, 

 the sides strongly margined. Length 1.7 mni. 



Clark County ; rare. May 6. Taken from beneath a log on the 

 muddy banks of the Ohio River. Described from near Vicksburg, 

 Mississippi. The Indiana specimen is in the collection of Dr. 

 Fenyes. 



XVIII. TRICHIUSA Casey. 1893. (Gr., "a little hair.") 



Rather stout, convex species, bristling with long hairs and hav- 

 ing the third joint of maxillary palpi much longer and thicker than 

 second, fourth small, slender, oblique ; head and thorax both rather 

 small ; elytra wide, abdomen broad ; hind tarsi with four basal joints 

 equal. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF TRICHIUSA. 



. Elytra with coarse punctures not bearing hairs, mixed with the smaller, 



rougher, hair-bearing ones, the intervals polished, not alutaceous; 



color in great part reddish-brown. 660. PARVICEPS. 



aa. Elytra with a single set of minute hair-bearing punctures, the intervals 



less shining and distinctly alutaceous ; color deep black. 661. ATRA. 



660 ( ). TRICHIUSA PARVICEPS Casey, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L., XVI, 



1906, 328. 



Short, stout, rather convex. Reddish- or chestnut-brown, shining, sparse- 

 ly clothed with pale, erect, conspicuous hairs; head and indefinite subapical 

 cloud of abdomen black ; legs and base and tips of antennre dull yellow. 

 Antennae reaching nearly to middle of elytra, the outer joints gradually 

 stout and compact ; the second and third ones nearly equal. Thorax one- 

 half wider than head, two-fifths wider than long, sides broadly rounded, 

 hind angles small but distinct ; disk with fine, rather close punctures, with 

 coarser ones intermixed on basal half. Elytra a third wider and longer 

 than thorax, punctured as mentioned in key. Abdomen slightly narrower 

 than elytra, the sides parallel, distinctly and rather closely punctate. 

 Length 2 mm. 



Putnam and Monroe counties; scarce. April 17-May 13. Taken 

 by sifting rotten beech wood. 

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