420 FAMILY XI. — STAlMlYl.INiD.E. 



8^4 ( ). l,.\ I iiuoiiii .M sKMiiu i;ek Casey, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Tj., XV, 



1905, 107. 



Klougate, ratlier slendt'i-. nearly parallel. Black; thorax and elytra 

 dark dull reddish, the elytra clouded with l.lackish toward the base; an- 

 tenme piceous, paler at base; legs dull yellow. Head m-hicular. tinely and 

 sparsely punctate; antenna} slender, reaching middle ot elytra. Thorax ob- 

 long, distinctly wider than head, coarsely, rather sparsely and unevenly 

 punctate. Elytra (;ne-lo\irth wider but very slightly longer than thorax, 

 i-oarsely. rather closely and roughly juinctate. Abdomen as wide as elytra, 

 hnely and densely i)unctate. Males with fourth and fifth ventrals feebly 

 liattened. sixth with a minute median notch, deeper than wide, and nar- 

 rower than in iiuiniiildl itiii. nlnidst concealed by dense hairs. Length 7- 

 7.ri mm. 



I'uttiaiii CouMly: raiv. Oetoher 17. Taken l)y sifting' dami) 

 veij-etahle dcl/i'is. Dcscriliod from Iowa. 



L. (Dtciularc Lee., 7-7.8 mm., and L. nigrum Lee, 5-5.8 mm. in 

 length, both have a range whieh favors their occurrence in the State. 

 The latter is a lioi-cal s|)ecies, known from .Massachusetts. ^lichigan 

 and Wisconsin. 



(iKOir ]•:. (PsnilOl.A TIIRA.) 



Small, slender, suhdepressed species liaving the head small, 

 l)i-oadly i-duiuled and snhtruncate at base; maxillary palpi short and 

 sloiit: o-ular sutnr<s widely separated and strongly divergent; aii- 

 tenii:e reaching middle of elytra, rather stout, the joints obconic; 

 neck half as wide as liead ; thorax with median smooth area, defined 

 by impressed i-ows of punctures. The two known species occur in 

 the State. 



S15 (2540). TiATiiKoini M anale Lee. Trans. Amer. Lnt. Soc. VIII, 1880. 

 177. 



Elongate, very slender, llciid lilack : aulenme. thorax and elytra pale 

 reddish-brown, shining; legs yellow; abdomen piceous. paler at apex. Head 

 i-ather coarsely and vei-y si)arsely ]»\mctatt\ Tliorax as wide or wider than 

 head, slightly longer than wide; sides straight, feebly converging from ajiex 

 In bas^'. disk with a row of close set i)unctures each side of median line. 



Ihos sides few ;ni(l liner. Elytia sliglilly wider and hut little longer 



ihaii lliorax. with rows of very tine, shallnw, indisliiicl |iuuclures, confus(>d 

 near tips. .Mxlnmcn a littl(> narrower at base than elyli-a. minutely :nid 

 \-ery (b'usely punct.ate. Sixtli ventral of male witli a small triangnl.-ir 

 nolcii. Length ?iA-?>.~ nnn. 



Lak.'. Dubois and Posey counties; scarce. Aju-il 21-^Iay If). 

 Sifted from dam]) veu'ctable debris. 



8]() ( ). Latiiuomum i,.icviceps Casey, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L.. XV. 



11)05, 120. 

 Slender. subpar;illel. Dark piceous; head black; antennne and legs dull 

 reddish-brown. Head I'aliier coarsely and sparsely punctate, Thorax ob- 



