430 FAMILY X'. STAlMIYLIXin.K. 



XL VI. ADEROCIIARIS Sharp. 1886. (Gr.. "eating enough + to 



(Might in.") 



Rather stout, parallel species, having the head broadly sinuate- 

 truncate at base; third joint of maxillary palpi elongate-oval; an- 

 tennae slender, reaching beyond middle of thorax ; neck two-fifths 

 as wide as head; thorax subquadrate, the apex somewhat produced 

 forward at middle. One species occurs throughout the Eastern 

 United States. 



si!.", (1*559). ADEROCHABIS CORTH-INA Gray., Mon. Col. Micr., 180G, 184. 



Rather broad, moderate! y convex. Dark reddish-brown, the entire up- 

 per surface minutely and densely punctate; antemue and legs paler; head 

 blackish. Head a little wider than long, its sides feebly curved. Thorax 

 slightly wider than long, a little narrower than head, sides straight, feebly 

 converging from the distinct apical to the broadly rounded basal angles. 

 Median smooth line very narrow. Elytra together quadrate, a little longer 

 and wider than thorax. Abdomen slightly narrower than elytra ; the sixth 

 ventral of male broadly and shallowly emarginate. Length 6-7 ram. 



Marion and Momve counties; rare. June 9- June 12. Taken by 

 sifting decaying maple 1 logs. Described by Say from Posey County 

 under the name Lathrobium millepunctatum. 



XLVH. SCIOCHAKIS Arrib. 1884. 



Small, rather stout brown or piceous species having the two 

 basal joints of antenna 1 much thickened, the second in our species 

 longer than third; gnlar sutures but slightly separated, closest to- 

 gether at base; neck less than half as wide as head; front tarsi more 

 or less dilated; basal joint of hind tarsi distinctly longer than sec- 

 ond, joints two to four decreasing in length. One of the three 

 S'nited States species occurs in Indiana. 



S24 ( ). SCIOCIIARIS CAROIJNENSIS Casey, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L., XV. 



1905, 157. 



Parallel, moderately convex. Head piceous ; antenna?, legs and abdo- 

 men pale reddish-brown; thorax and elytra darker. Head as wide as ely- 

 tra, its sides feebly curved, finely and densely punctate. Thorax subquad- 

 rate, wider than long, widest at apex, its sides straight and feebly converg- 

 ing to base; disk finely and rather densely punctate, with a very narrow 

 smooth median line. Elytra one-third longer, slightly wider and a little 

 more coarsely and sparsely punctate than thorax. Abdomen as wide as 

 elytra, minutely and rather closely punctate. Sixth ventral of male with 

 a broad notch at apex. Length 3 mm. 



Orange County ; rare. June 2. Sifted from decaying beech 

 stump. 



