I'HI': ANT-I.OVTXfi BEETLES. 



307 



581) (ISOo). AuKA.NKS uicoNTiu lireiid., L'roc. Eiit. Sof. I'liil., VI, 18(35, 255. 

 Browiiish-yollow ; inibe-soeiico fine, in reguliir rows, llcjul twice as long 

 as broad; vertex wifli iwo sluillow longitudinal impressions. Last antennal 

 joint as long as Iiead. slightly curved, squarely truncate, narrower at its 

 outer end. (Fig. 4, Xo. 10.) Thorax bell-shaiied. slightly longei- than head, 

 base twice as wide as neclc ; disk with an obtuse tubercle iiehind the middle 

 and a shallow fovea each side near base. Elytra triangular, at base scarce- 

 ly widei- than thorax, thence rapidly widening to the truncate apex. Ab- 

 domen nuicli wider than elytra, the first dorsal segment very large, broadly 

 and deeply concave, its margin curved and c(mvolute near base. Length 

 2.5 mm. (Fig. 140, h.) 



Posey Cotinty; rare. An<i'nst .'^ Taken from nest of the ant, 

 Laaius niger amcricanus Enioi-y. 



II. Fi'STiGER T^ec. 1866. 



Eyes present but very small, hnvino' only eight facets each; an- 

 teinue with the hasal joint small, quadrate; second joint as long as 

 head, gradually hroader to apex, which is three times as wide as 

 base. 



Fig. 146. a, Chennium monilicorne; b, Adranes lecontei; c, Fustiger juchsii; d, Tyrus humerntiK. All 

 highly magnified. (After Brendel.) 



590 (1S&4). Fustiger fuchsii Brend., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil.. VI, 18G6, 190. 

 Dark brownish-yellow, translucent. Head flattened above and, like the 

 thorax, marked with a network of large shallow impressions. Thorax sub- 

 globular, equal to the head in length, sides rounded, base and apex trun- 

 cate. Elytra at base as wide as thorax, thence gradually widening to apex, 

 disk sparsely and vei-j- finely pubescent and behind the middle sloping down- 

 ward to the deep transverse abdominal fovea. Abdomen convex, broader 

 than elytra, the basal segment very large, longer than wide. Length 1.7 mm. 

 (Fig. 146, c.) 



Crawford County; scarce. T\T<ny 17- August 15. Taken from 

 ants' nests beneath stones on slopes of high hills near Wyandotte 

 Cave. 



