826 FAMILY X. PSELAPHID.5:. 



/>. scIkiuiiiII Anl)(\ |)ic(M)us-l)l;i('k. length 2.1 iniii.. is known from 

 PcnnsylvrUii;! ;!nd Tllinoi-;. 



(HO ( ). Batkisodes caseyi Dury Mss. 



ITniforni reddish or fliestmit-Vtrown. sparsely clothed with stiff, siib- 

 ereet yellowish hairs. Head larjje. as wide as thorax; vertex strongly 

 swollen, not carinate; fove;o of occiput very small. Antennse short, stout, 

 reaching base of thora.x. joints 2 to 10 wider than long, 11 oblong-oval. 

 nearly as long as the three i)receding. Thorax as wide as long, median 

 sulcus deej). al)I)reviated in front, basal fovea' round, deeii. Elytra smooth. 

 (•(Hivex. humeri not iirouiinent. Lcngtli 2.5 nun. 



Posey (*()unt\'; I'Mi'c. Ai)i"il 2(i. 'I'.ikcn from l)cnc;itli cliunk in 

 open sandy woods. |)iify luis thrive or foui* fi'oiii Kentucky (»|)|)osi1(' 

 Cincinnati. 



(ilT (IlKH'i. I'atkisodk.s Kii'AKius Siiy. Journ. I'hiJ. Acad. Nat. Sci.. IN'. 

 1S24. OS; il)id. II. 235. 

 IteddisIi-i>ro\vn. sparsely i)ul(escent. Head sliglitly wider than long, its 

 margin broad. tl;it, jiroduced in front; the fovese small, deep, not pubescent. 

 Antenna* of male Ii;ilf tlie length of body, joints 2 to 8 gradually smaller 

 and rounded; iiintli nuicli larger, transverse, toothed on outer side; tenth 

 still larger, globose; eleventh not as thick, more than twice as long, with a 

 large tooth inside the base; in female the .joints are regular, the last one 

 not as long as the two preceding, acute-ovate. Thorax slightly longer than 

 broad, sparsely imnctate, the basal fovea small, distinct. Elytra very con- 

 vex, strongly itunctured; humeri blunt or rounded. Length 1.4-1.0 mm. 



Posey County; rare. April 18-April 22. 



B. senhriceps Lee., piceoiis. leg's and antenna" paler, is said to 

 occur from Pennsylvania to Illinois and Iowa. />. I i)) eat i colli s 

 Aube and B. fro)i falls Lch-., have Ix-en recorded from Cincinnati. 

 B. simplr.r l.ec. is a ])')rcal species which has been taken in northern 

 Illinois. 



<;18 (190.3). P.ATRisonES oi.oiiosrs Lee. I'.ost. Jcmrn. Nat. Hist., VI. 1S40. 

 100. 

 I{eddisli-I)r()\vn, shining, sparsely .-nid tinely pubescent. Head witli ver- 

 tex roof-sha])ed. the crest carinatc; fove;e small, deep, rounil, not i)ul»es- 

 cent ; margin I)r(>ad, tl;it. dcusely piiuct.'ite. .\ntennye half as long as Ixidy. 

 second joint (il>c((nical. three to ciglit gl(>l)ular and of sauie width as sec- 

 ond; ninth thicl<er. wider tiiaii long; tenth in male globular, four times 

 as thick as ninth; eleveuth iiaiTower than tenth, ovate, acute, obliquely 

 impressed from middle on outer side Thorax slightly wider than long, 

 median sulcus deeii, ending ne.ir itasc in a deep fovea from which a trans- 

 verse groove curves to fovc.-c (III sides. i;iytra iiidist iiiet 1 y punclniale. one- 

 lialf longer tiiMii thorax, e.irli witli tliree sniall. rounded fovea' ;it liase; 

 discjil lines siiort, sluillow ; liiiiiieri I iilieiciil.-i le. 1 -egs long, lliiglis clav.-ite. 

 Length 1.S nini. (Fig. 151, c. ) 



