THE ANT-LIKE STONK BEETLES. 295 



570 ( ). EucoNNUs occi'LTis Casey. Ami. .\. V. .Vcid. Sci.. l.\. 1S!)7, 



372. 

 Katlicr iiarruw. Icchly inllaUMl. rnirtn'in pale rrddisli hniw ii, shiniii;,'. 

 Head wider than Ioul:. broadly muiuled at base. Aiiteiiiue (Hie-hair the 

 length of body, the elnb abriipt. its joints wider than long, '{"borax as long 

 as wide, but slightly wider ihan licad. sides rounded in Ir.mt. siniiale ln'- 

 hind ; disk sparsely clothed witli sulierect hairs and willi Iwo I'ove.-e cai-ii 

 side near base, the outer one very sni.all. I'.iytra (ine-iiair longer than wiile. 

 eaeh with a humeral fold, and a fovea near middle of i)ase; disk minutely 

 and sparsely punctate and rather thickly clothed with yellowish suberect 

 hairs. Length l.G mm. 



Marshall. Pntnaiii and Marion oounties: scarce. iMay 20-N()- 

 vember 30. Taken hy sifting decaying vegetable debris. 



571 ( ). EucoNNvs siMiLTs sp. nov. 



Shorter and more robust than <ncuUus. Rather dark reddish-brown, 

 shining; antenune and legs paler. Head almost as wide as thorax, its sides 

 with dense. bi*istle-like hairs directed backward. Antenna' sliurt, stout, 

 slightly longer than head and thorax, the joints bead-like, eiglith t;. tenth 

 rounded, less transverse than in occult ii.s; eighth two-thirds the size of 

 ninth, which is etpial to tenth; eleventh one-half longer. Thorax as long 

 as wide, sides nearly straight, disk sparsely pubescent and with a deep, 

 transverse impression at base ; this, with a rather large fovea each side 

 near the hind angles. Elytra ovate, together one-half wider and twice as 

 long as thorax; humeral fold short, feeble; basal fove.ie small, shallow: 

 surface sparsely clothed with tine yellowish pubescence. Length 1.2 mm. 



Putnam County; rare. April 17. 



572 (1841). EucoNNUS salinator Lee. Proc. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci.. \l. 



1852. 154. 

 Rather robust. Blackish-piceous. shining: elytra with a dark reddisli 

 tinge; antennae black, reddish-brown at base. Head nearly as long as wide: 

 occiput with a bristle-bearing puncture each side. Antennre with joints 

 3-7 equal, eighth one-half longer, ninth and tenth slightly longer and one- 

 half thicker than eighth. Thorax as long as wide, but slightly wider than 

 Iiead ; disk clothed with erect black hairs and with four fovea> at base, the 

 inner two the larger. Elytra two-tifths longer than wide, two-thirds widev 

 than thorax; without humeral fold, but each with a deep fovea at middle 

 of base. Length 1.5 mm. 



Lake and Posey counties; scarce. IMarch 26-April 27. 



573 (1842). EucoNNfs fatuus Lee., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. VI. 1852. 



155. 

 Rather stout, feebly inflated. IMceous-ldack. shining, finely and sparse- 

 l,v pubescent ; legs and antenme dull brownish-yellow, the clul) darker. Head 

 rounded, not quite as long as wide; nearly as wide as tin rax. Antenn.c 

 slender, slightly longer than head and thorax; club abrupt and parallel. 

 the ninth and tenth joints nearly twice as wide as eighth. Thorax n^t 

 quite as long as wide, sides rounded: disk with a transverse l)asal inqires 



