■I'm: ^iioKi'-wiNdKO scwkncim! ki'.i;ti,ks. :?r)1 



l(Hi<ii'i- jiiul iiKirc slender tni'si ;m(l less luiiry upper siii-rjiee. One 

 .s|)eeies is kiiowii I'l-diii llie Ivisteni I'liitcd Stutcs. 



(i5<» ( ). XicsTiiUDA L.KVis (".iscy. Trjins. Acad. Sci. St. L.. X\I. t'.XWi. 



325. 

 Short, rather stent. I>,ii-1< reddish-hrown, strongly shiiiinj;. sparsely 

 .■mil tiiiely puhosceiit : hcnd .iiid Mhdonien ])iceous: anteniiiie dusky, their 

 l>asal joints and lefrs dark hniwnish-yellow. Head wider than Ion;;, paral- 

 lel ; antennio reaching' middle ot elyira. the second and third joints elonsate. 

 snlKNpial. Thorax wider than head, one-thii-d wider than long; sides 

 parallel, rounded into base; surface, as well as that of elytra, finely, sparse- 

 ly and roughly ptniclate. El.A-tra three-fifths wider but only sliglitly lonprer 

 than thorax. Abdomen as wide as elytra, feebly narrowed toward the tip, 

 the sides stron<rly marjrined. T^ength 1.7 mm. , 



riark roiuity: I'nro. May fi. Taken from beneath a \o<x <>ii th(* 

 iimddy Imnks of the Ohio River. Described from near Vicksbur^, 

 ^lississippi. The Indiana .'ipecimen is in the collection of Dr. 

 Fenyes. 



XVIII. TRicTiirsA Casey. 1893. (Gr., "a little hair.") 

 Rather stout, convex species, bi-istling with long hairs and hav- 

 ing the third joint of maxillarv'^ palpi mnch longer and thicker than 

 second, fourth small, slender, oblique ; head and thorax both rather 

 small ; elytra wide, abdomen broad ; hind tarsi with four basal joints 



ei|Ual. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF TRICHITTSA. 



II. Elytra with coarse punctures not bearing hairs, mixed with the smaller, 



rougher, hair-bearing ones, the intervals polished, not alutaceous; 



color in great part reddish-brown. 660. parviceps. 



aa. Elytra with a single set of minute hair-bearing punctures, the intervals 



less shining and distinctly alutaceous ; color deep black. 661. atra. 



660 ( ). TRiciiirsA parviceps Casey. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L., XVI 



1906. 828. 

 Short, stout, rather convex. Reddish- or chestnut-brown, shining, sparse- 

 ly clothed with pale, erect, conspicuous hairs; head and indefinite subapical 

 cloud of abdomen black ; legs and base and tips of antennje dull yellow. 

 Antennae reaching nearly to middle of elytra, the outer joints gradually 

 stout and compact : the second and third ones nearly equal. Thorax one- 

 half wider than head, two-fifths wider than long, sides broadly rounded, 

 hind angles small but distinct; disk with fine, rather close punctures, with 

 coarser ones intermixed on basal half. Elytra a third wider and longer 

 than thorax, punctured as mentioned in key. Abdomen slightly narrower 

 than el.vtra, the sides ])arnllel. distinclly and rather closely punctate. 

 r>ength 2 mm. 



Putnam and Monroe counties; scarce. Ai)i-il 17-May 13. Taken 

 t)v sifting rotten beech wood. 

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