.)SJ. FAMILY XI. — STAiniYUNTll.T:. 



C.CI ( ). 'ri{Kim sA ATKA C;ist'.v. 'I'rMiis. Acad. Sci. SI. L.. X\'l, HKm;. 



.".29. 

 F(i|-iii (>r tlic iirrccdiiijj; hut shorter. l»i'c|i hiack, shiiiiii.^'. clothed with 

 sparse erect hairs; less pale; antenna^ fuscous, paler at hase, reachinj.; hase 

 of thox-ax, more slender than in itarviceps, second joint much longer than 

 third. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides rounded into base, surface 

 minutely and sparsely punctate. Elytra one-half wider and longer than 

 thorax, the punctures more distinct than there. Abdomen parallel, as wide 

 as the elytra. Length 1.5 mm. 



l^iitnaiii and Lawrence eonnties; scarce. April 17-May 12. 

 Taken hy sifting woody debris. 



XIX. _^Vthp]ta Thorns. IS.iri. (Gr.. ''without ]ihice or position.'") 



A lar^e genus of small hrown oi- l)lacl<ish species having the head 

 iisnally iiari'ower than thorax, the latter never wider than elytra ; 

 the body not clothed with prominent erect hairs as in Trichiusd. 

 The following species from the State have been identified by Dr. 

 Fenyes or are described as new, and there are also a half-dozen oi- 

 more unidentified ones at hand. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ATIIETA. 



(t. Eyes moderate or rather large in size, separated at most by less tJian 

 twice their long diameters, 

 h. Abdomen parallel oy only very feebly narrowed behind the middle, 

 c. Third .ioint of antenns^ not, or only a little, shorter than second. 

 (I. Thorax only very feebly transverse, about one-third wider than 

 long. 

 e. Middle coxa^ almost contiguous; seventh dorsal segment of ab 

 domen in male simple ; color mostly black or jnceous. 

 /'. Front of head not impressed. 

 fj. Cheeks (gen.ne) entirely margined, 



/(. Male with eighth dorsal segment of abdomen simple, the 



sixth ventral truncate at tip. 0(>2. paiastris. 



/(/(. Male with hind margin of eighth dorsal quadridentate, 



the sixth ventral rounded at tip. <'>63. dichroa. 



!/(/. Cheeks margined only l>ehind ; elytra in part and legs dull 



yellow. 664. ^mula. 



//■. Front of head distinctly im])ressed. 665. caviceps. 



(■<■. Middle coxa" more widely se])arated ; se\'enlli dorsal abdominal 



segment of male with a blunt luliercle at middle; elytra 



wholly or in great part i)ale. 



/. Thorax witlumt a median imiiressed line; elevenlli antennal 



Joint sioTit, conical, almost as long as joints s 10 together. 



666. DENIAIA. 



//. Tlioi'ax widi a distinct median inii)ressed line; eleventh .joint 

 not longer tiian '.» and 10 together. 667. sulcata. 



(/'/. 'l"lioi-ax strongly transverse, one-half or more wider than long, 

 densely and rather coansely punctate; abdomen pale at base. 



