39fi FAMILY XI. — SJAl'IIYLINID^'E. 



finely punctate beneath. Thorax one-half longer than wide, gradually but 

 feebly narrowed from apex to base, the dorsal rows with five or six coarse 

 punctures. Elytra scarcely wider and a little shoi'ter than thorax, coarsely 

 and sparsely punctate, the punctures in somewhat irregular rows. Ab- 

 dominal segments finely and spai-scly punctate at base, both above and be- 

 neath. Length 5.5 mm. 



Putnam County: rare. A])ril 24. Tak(^n hy sifting. Liebeck 

 compared this wilh 1lic specimens in the Horn collection and stated 

 that it ^vas a sjiecies near iemporalu Horn. That species was de- 

 scribed fi'om Florida, has the thorax black, the elytra piceo-testace- 

 ous at sides and tip and the inner frontal Groove long and deep. 



*7f)5 (2274). X.xNTiioT.iNis emmesus Grav., Mou. Col. Micr., 1800, ITtl 



Elongate, slender. Head black or piceous, rarely pale; thorax, elytra 

 and legs pale reddish-brown, strongly shining; abdomen usually reddish- 

 fuscous ; antennjo slightly longer than head, brownish, paler at base. Head 

 a little wider and as long as thorax, sparsely and coarsely punctate above 

 and beneath. Thorax one-third longer than wide, feebly narrowing from 

 apex to base, the dorsal rows with four or five, the rows on sides with five 

 or six, rather fine punctures. Elytra about as long and wide as thorax, 

 each with three rows of rather coarse punctures, the sutural row irregular. 

 Abdomen very finely and sparsel.v punctate. Length 5.5-6 mm. 



Throughout the State. fre((uent in the southern counties; much 

 less so northward. January 6-June 27. Occurs beneath bark and 

 logs. When distui-bed they and other members of the genus roll 

 themselves into a coil and feign death. In o?ie slender-bodied ex- 

 ample from Lake County, the head is concolorous with the re- 

 iiiaitwlci- of the body. 



766 (2274a). Xantuolinus fusoicebs Lee, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. VIIL 



1880, 173. 



Smaller and distinctly lUdre slender than ciiimcsiis: elytra more or less 

 fiiscous, both they and abdomen darkci- tliaii thorax. Punctures of dorsal 

 rows usually six. Length 4.5 mm. 



Putnam and Posey cou'ities: scarce. AjU'il 21-April 22. Oc- 

 curs ill the Middle. Sontlicrn and Western States. 



767 (■ ). Xaxtiiolinvs tndianensts sp. nov. 



Elongate, rather robust. Head and last two segments of abdomen 

 black, shining; scutellum piceous; remainder of liody pale reddish-brown. 

 Head one-half longer than wide, sides feebly curved, ujvper surface almost 

 smcKith at nn'ddle. sides ;md under surfa<'e minutely and sparsely i)unc- 

 tate: antenna- darker than lliu'ax. stout, slightly longer than liead. Thorax 

 nearly one-half longei- limn wide, sides almost straight, dorsal rows with 

 six, rows on sides; with live or six, minute punctures. Elytra as long as 



