846 



l''AM 1 L Y XI. STAIMIYJ^INID^I'L 



IX. OTUTArjA Shp. 18S3. 



Rather ('l()ii^;it(^ species h.-ivin^- llic head lai's^c; aiitciiiia' loiiti' ami 

 .stout, the hist joint iimeh sliorter than the two ])reeediug (•onil)ined; 

 thorax cordate; elytra with prominent, ahnost scpiare shoidders; ab- 

 domen nearly parallel : middle coxa' widely se]>arated; legs long" and 

 stout, the basal .joint of hind lai'si mui-li sliortcr than tli(^ next three 

 combined. 



(!47 (2002). Chitai.ia iulouaja Sa.v, Ti'ans. 

 Amor. I'hil. Sue. ^'I, is;',(;, 

 ]5G; il)i(l. 11, 580. 

 Elongate rather stout convex. Dark brown 

 to piceous, shining; legs and basal .ioints of 

 antenna' brownish-yellow. Thorax cordate, 

 slightly wider than head and as long as wide, 

 sides rounded in front, strongly converging 

 behind ; disk finely and sparsely punctate and 

 with a wide, deep median groove; scutellum 

 finely and densely granulate and often with 

 a median line. Elytra one-half wider than 

 thorax, as wide as long, finely and sparsely 

 granulate-punctate, more densely so on basal 

 half. Abdomen narrower than el.ytra, rather 

 /" ■,. closely and roughly punctate. Length 3-- 



Fig. 153. ;■ 15. (Original.) 3.3 mm. (Fig. 153.) 



Througliout the State ; scarce. ' April 16-October 31. Taken 

 beneath bark and by sifting vegetable debris in moist woods. 



X. Falagria RTannh. 1830. 



This genus is closely allied to the ]n-eceding, differing mainly by 

 having the scutellum distinctl\' cat'iiiat(\ The meso- and metasterna 

 are on the same plane, whereas in ChUdlia the mesosteruum is raised 

 above the metasternum. 



648 (199G). Falagria cingilata Lee, I'roc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., ISGG. 

 370. 

 Elongate, slender, convex. Pale to dark reddish-brown, shining, feebly 

 pubescent ; elytra often paler at base ; apical half of abdomen blackish ; legs 

 dull yellow or in pail piceous. Antennae reaching apex of elytra, second and 

 tiiird joints subequal. Thorax narrower than head, longer than wide, sides 

 rounded in front, converging and sinuate toward base; disk minutely and 

 si)arsely punctate and with a deep median groove. Scutellum finely and 

 sparsely granulate and with a single median carina. Elytra nearly twice 

 iis wide but not much longer than thorax, minutely and indistinctly punc- 

 tate. Abdomen narrower than elytra, slightly widened behind the middle, 

 finely and ratlier closely punctate. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Putnam, IMonroe. LaAvrence and Posey counties; scarce. April 

 ]8-June 9. Taken by sifting. Much more slender, with a nar- 



