484 FAMILY XI. ST.M'II VI.INID.K. 



L. I i n< (iris Ericlis. is a southwestern species which has been re- 

 corded from Cincinnati. 



932 (2887). LISPINUS EXIGUVS Ericlis., Gen. Spec. Staph., 1840, 830. 



Linear, parallel. Uniform chestnut brown, shining, not punctate. Head 

 almost as wide as thorax. Thorax subquadrate. narrowed at base; disk 

 deeply impressed each side in front of hind angles, which are rectangular. 

 Elytra together as wide as and one-third longer than thorax, each with a 

 distinct dorsal puncture near middle. Abdomen narrower than elytra, 

 minutely alutnccous. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Parke County; rare. May 13. 



LXXX VTTT. GLYPTOMA Ericlis. 1840. (Gr.. ' ' sculpture + joint. ") 



Small elongate brownish forms having (in our spe- 

 cies) the thorax and elytra carinate; abdomen not 

 margined; tarsi three-jointed. (Fig. 172.) 



!>:::: (2893). GLYPTOMA COSTALE Erichs., Gen. Spec. Staph.. 



1840. '.MI: I. 



.Elongate, slender, parallel. Dark chestnut brown, opaque. 

 Antenna? reaching middle of thorax. Head margined, the 

 vertex with elevated lines. Thorax subquadrate, front an- 

 gles prominent, disk with six carina>. the outer ones close 

 F> 172 ci > ^ mai 'S in - Elytra slightly wider, scarcely longer than tho- 

 toma crassicarne Er- rax. each with four carinse; intervals minutely punctate. 

 American species- First five segments of abdomen with elongate granules on 

 (After Erichson.) thejr hind m . irf jj ns . Length 2-2.o mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. March 123-June 16. Taken 

 by sifting decaying wood. 



Trie/a -picipnniis Lee., blaekish-pieeous, antenna 1 and legs paler, 

 length 3 mm., is known from near Detroit, Michigan and Kansas. 



Klcuxis pall id us Lee., reddish-brown and shining, length 3.5 mm., 

 lives in ants' nests at various points in the Eastern United States 

 and doubtless occurs in the State. 



Riayoniuni atnericatnnn Melsh.. reddish-yellow, feebly shining, 

 head and thorax very finely punctate, length 4-6.5 mm., and S. 

 [>n iic/d/uni Lee.. 4-6 mm., black or dark chestnut-brown, head and 

 thorax coarsely punctate, also have a range which includes Indiana. 



Subfamily XI. MICROPEPLINAE. 



Small subquadrate species having the antennas 9-jointed, in- 

 serted under the sides of the front and in repose received in pro- 

 sternal cavities; front coxa 1 transverse, not prominent; hind coxa? 



