■'A2 FAMILY XT. — STAPHYI.INIJ)^. 



v. n(»:\i.\i,<rr.\ Mjiunli. ]<'A). ((if., "a tiat surfaee.") 

 To (lii.s li-'inis. :is ('luiraclci i/.cd in thi' key. Iicloiiiis one Indiana 

 species. 



am (2008). HoMALO'JA PLANA Gyllli., Ins. Suec, I. 1810, 4U2. 



Elougate, slender, parallel. Piceous, opaque ; antenna', elytra and last 

 (I(ii>al segment of aluloincu brownish; legs dull yellnw. Ih'ad large, its sur- 

 r.-ice densely .-iiid r.-illicr coarsely iiundate. 'I'lHinix slightly wider tbiui 

 he;id. (iiie-foni'th ii,ii-ni\\cr at base lliaii ajie.x ; sides rounded, disk finely 

 and (h'lisely imnctalc and with a dislind median impressed line. Elyti'a 

 (.ne-third wider and abiait oiiedialf longer than thorax, densely and rather 

 coarsely punctate. Abdomen as long as the rest of the body, slightly nar- 

 rower than elytra; its sides parallel and of equal width tn ternunal seg- 

 ment. Length 2..^-l'.S nun. 



'\[a!i('ii and I'litnaiii cotinties; scarce. Fel)riiary 4-i)eeember 7 

 'I'al'cn l)y siftiniz' nioisl, veg'etal)le debris. 



VI. Leptfsa Kr. 185S. (Gr., "slender.",) 



Elotiiiatc, slender ]tarall('l forms liaving' the anleiina' rather 

 short, head tiioderalely hirgc. Ifiorax iisnall\- narrower than elytra 

 and sli<ihtl\' narrower a1 base than apex. 



KEY lO J INDIANA SVECIKS Ol'' Lt-a^Tl'SA. 



'/. Abdomen in great part pale. 



b. Thora.x and elytra uiHf(a-m br(iwiiish-|iicei)us. nuicli darker than the 



base of abdomen. (UU. caskvi. 



bit. Thorax and elytra reddish-yellow, or of the same hue as the basal 



portion of abdomen. 041. elegans. 



<ia. Abdomen, as well as thor.-ix and elytr.-i. dark brown or piceous. 



(J-12. OBSCURA 



(;4() (. ). Leptusa caseyi Feny., Faitoni. News., XVIII, 11)07, (51; tri- 

 color C^asey, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L.. X\'l, 1900, 351. 

 Slender, parallel, convex. Unif(jrm dark brown or piceous, subopaque ; 

 abdomen pale reddish-yellow the fourth and fifth dorsal segments in part 

 or wholly piceous; antennas black, paler at base ami tips; legs pale. An- 

 teunie longer than head and thorax, the second and third'joints elongate 

 and subequal. the outer joints broader than long. Thorax a third wider 

 than head and two-tiflhs wider than long; suii'ace rather coarsely, densely 

 and shallowly pum-tate. Elytra slightly wider, one-third longer and more 

 deeply and roughly lamctate than thorax. Length 2.5-8 mm. 



I'litnain Coiiiily; rare. Ai)ril 22. Taken by sifting. This is 

 ("asey's ^r/^o?o/• described from Iowa and Cincinnati. Ohio. P'enyes, 

 loc. cit., showed that ('asey's naiiH' was preoccnpied. 



<>41 ( ). Leptusa elegans sp. nov. 



Form of caseyi, but a little more slender. Keddish-yellow. shining, 

 sparsely clothed with very fine prostrate hairs; head, middle joints of an- 



