344 FAMFLY XT. STAPH YLINID.Ti. 



lowish erect hairs ou sides aud scattered erect blaelv ones on disk. Elytra 

 less densely and less tiuely jmnctured. Seventh segment of abdomen closely 

 ]innctured above and with an inferior lobe in male. Length 1.2 mm. 



^lai'loii County; rare, ^[ny 15. Taken from amone: termites 

 beneath l)ark. Described from Tennessee. 



VIII. l>()LiT()("iiAHA Mannh. 1s:!(). (Gr.. "fungi + to delight in.") 



Rathei- bi'oad forms luiving llie anffuna" short, stout, les.s than 

 half the length of l)()dy; ab(l(»m('n somewiiat narrowed ti>ward tip; 

 h'gs long and slender. 



(">45 (2001)). BouTO( iiAitA 'JKiMACUi.ATA Va:. (Jen. Sp. .Staph., 1840, lO.j. 



Rather stout and broad, subparallel. Dark brown to piceous, shining, 

 s|)arsely clothed with short, prostrate yellowish hairs; elytra dull yellow, 

 with the apical half, except at suture, and a common rounded basal median 

 spot, dark brown; legs and basal joints of antennm yellow; basal half of ab- 

 ibimen often tinged with reddish. Thorax subelliptical, more than one-half 

 \A'ider than long, sides rounded into base ; disk rather finely and closely 

 punctate and with a rounded impression in front of scutellum. Elytra 

 slightly wider and two-thirds longer than thorax, coarsely, roughly and 

 shallowly punctate. Abdomen a little narrower than elytra, coarsely and 

 i-ather closely punctate both above and below. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Southern two-tliirds cf State; scarce. ^larch 20-Noveml)er 5. 

 Taken from beneath debi-is in damp localities. 



(;4(; (0501). BoLiTocnARA BLANciiARDi Cascy, Auu. N. Y. Acad. Sci., VIL 

 1892, 369. 

 Rather stout, parallel. Head black ; thorax piceous, slightly paler along 

 the basal margin; elytra fuscous, the basal third and often the suture, dull 

 yellow ; legs and abdomen reddish-yellow, the last two or three segments 

 of the latter in great part piceous. Thorax three-fourths wider than long, 

 sides broadly rounded into base, disk finely, densely and somewhat roughly 

 punctate and with a distinct impression on middle of base. Elytra slightly 

 wider and one-half hmger than thorax, impressed along the suture on liasal 

 half, rather finely and closely punctate. Abdomen distinctly narrower than 

 elytra, feebly tai)erlng. linely aud d<Misely ](unctale: fifth dorsal seguicut of 

 male cariMatc .-il middle l.cuglii 2.7 "..L' inni. 



Fulton. Mai"ion and I'utnam coniilics; fr('((uent. .\|)ril ."^O-Xo- 

 veml)er 2S. Taken l)y sifting dam[) \('g<'tal)h' debris. 



Tribe VL MYRMEDONIINI. 



Head not ])rolong;'d in a beak in fi-onl ; inner lobe of the maxill'V 

 with its outer side Jiorn-likc. its innei- si(h' leather-like. Front tarsi 

 with four, middle and hind tarsi wilh li\c Joinls. The following 

 genera are known to be represented in the State. 



