4:{:^ FAMILY xr. — stafii vi.inid.t?. 



.S27 ( ). I'AltAMEDON I'AI.T.I sp. UOV. 



Elousate, rather slender, parallel. Dark reddish-brown, finely and 

 si»arsely pubescent ; antennte, legs and last two segments of abdomen paler. 

 Head subcpnuh-ale, sides straight and parallel behind the eyes; surface 

 finely and rather densely jjuncljite above, more sparsely beneath, the gnlar 

 sutures very chist" together. Anleim.-e reaching almost to base of thorax, 

 basal joint as long as the next thi-ec: two fo live oval, subeipial, longer 

 llian wide: six to ten Iransvcrsc. eicvcntli slightly longer. Thorax neai'ly 

 s(inare. sides almost straight, angles nmndcd. disk linely and rather closely 

 punctate. Elytra slightly wider ai'd (ine-t(.urth longer tlian tiiorax. finely 

 •and densely j)unctate. Abdomen very finely and more densely punctate. 

 Hind margin of fifth ventral of male with a broad and shallow rounded 

 emargination. on e.icli side of which is a tuft of sliort stitf black bristles. 

 Length 4 nun. 



Steuben County; rare. May 25. Sifted from a ne.st of mouse 

 at border of sphagnum iiiarsli. Named in honor of II. C. Fall of 

 Pasadena, California. 



LI. PsEiTDOMEDON Key. 1879. (Gr.. "false + provider.") 



Small, slender species, with the entii-c upper surface very finely 

 and densely punctate, sidxipaque; head small; g'ular sutures very 

 fine, widely separated, nearest together in front, thence widely di- 

 verging to l)ase ; neck two-fifths as wide as head ; front tarsi strongly 

 dilated it) both sexes. Two species have been taken in the State. 



.S2S ( ). I'sEinoMKUoN lu FU'OLLE Casey, Trans. Acad. Sei. St. L., XV, 



1905, ISS. 

 Elongate, slender. Head, elytra and abdomen dark reddish-brown; 

 thorax pale dull red; antenna- and legs paler. Head as long as wide, three- 

 fourths as wide as thor.-ix. its sides behind the eyes parallel and rounded 

 into base. Thorax sulxpi.-ulrate. as long as wide, sides feebly curved, the 

 angles broadly rounded. Elytra one-third longer and slightly wider than 

 tlior;ix. Al)domen at base as wide as elytra, thence distinctly tapering to 

 apex. Sixth ventral of male with a small rounded emargination at apex. 

 Length 4 nnn. 



Steuben. Starke. .Marion. Putnam and Posey counties; scarce. 

 April 23-()ctober 17. Taken by sifting vegetable debris. 



S29 ( ). Psi:i DOMKDox iiTORAcicuM Cascy, Trans. Acad. Sei. St. L., XV, 



1905, 38S. 



Form of preceding. Lniform black or very dark piceous ; antenna' and 

 legs Idler. Head alnu.st as wide as thorax, the Ijitter slightly wider than 

 long, as wide .almost ;is elytr.a; otherwise as rii/icollc. licngth :'>.5 nun. 



^rai'sliall Couiilx': I'wrc. ^lay 20. Taken froin IxMieafli rub])ish 

 at mai'ii'iii of lake 



