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l.roiuUy ciirvod, liind ;iii!,'U's olitiise and liluiit : disk :ilnl;ice()us. very (iucly 

 ;iiul si):irsely puiutate, sometimes with ;i line mediiiu imi)i-essed line. Ely- 

 ti:i sliirliily wider :ind lonjrer tliMii lb(tr:ix. finely, distinctly and densely 

 l.iinclate. Ainhniicn sli^litiy iian-dwer Ihan ciyli-a. |ii)lishc<i. Leiitctli :; iniii. 



Puliiain ("tiuiily: rai-c. ()c1(/l)cr 17. Dcscrihcd i'roin Indiana 

 and New York. 

 (\S:\ (9533). ZvK.\s I'lANiiKu Casey, Ann. N. Y. Ac-ad. Sci.. VII. 1893. 3:2<i. 



Katlier stout, subparallel. Dark reddish-brown, sinning, the elytra 

 darker except on bumeri ; abdomen black, the first three segments in part 

 or wholly pale; legs and base of antennie pale reddish-brown. Antenna^ 

 reaching middle of elytra, the third joint twice the length of second, ob- 

 conical. Thorax one-half wider than long, widest at apical third, sides 

 straight on basal half, disk convex, finely and sparsely punctate and with 

 a faint median imin-essed line. Elytra two-fifths wdder and slightly longer 

 than thorax, rather coarsely and roughly punctate. Abdomen one-foui-th 

 narrower than elytra, parallel, smooth or nearly so. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Putnam, l.awivnce and Crawford counties: scarce. March 20- 

 May 25. The thorax of male has a lar^-e flattened median area and 

 is more coarsely punctate than in female. 



XXI. Xenodusa Wasm. 1.^1)4. (dr.. '-strange + guest.") 



Robust br()\ni species having the antenna' very slender, head 

 small; thorax wider than elytra, the sides much elevated; abdomen 

 as broad as elytra, parallel, the tirst four or five dorsal segments with 

 tufts of yellow hairs on the sides. 

 GS4 (2041). Xenodisa cava Lee. N. Sp. N. Am. Col.. I. 1863. 30. 



Elongate, robust, parallel. 

 R e d d i s h-b r o w n. s h i n i n g. 

 sparsely pubescent. Antenn;e 

 reaching middle of abdomen, 

 the third joint twice the length ^ 

 of second. Thorax nearly four 

 times as wide as long, sides 

 broadly refie.xed. hind angles 

 acute, much prolonged, base 

 bisinuate, disk minutely and 

 Indistinctly punctate. Elytr.-i 

 one-half narrnwer and slightly 

 longer than thorax. Length 

 5 (! mm. (Fig. 155.) 



Thrimglinni the State: 

 scarce. Api'il 25-Augusl 

 17. Occurs in the nests of 

 several kinds of ants. 

 I"^sually but two or three 

 of the beetles are found at Fig. 155. (Origiimi.) 



