434 FAMILY XI. STAl'llVl.lMD.K. 



sifted from a patL-h .>r witlicrcd fungus. Very i)r()l)ably occurs in 

 southern Indiana. 



Gkolp C. (PycNOULs.) 



Body rather tliii-k and convex; legs stout, the front tarsi dilated; 

 front angles of llidva.x obliterated. One of the three species as- 

 ci-ibed to the grou]) has been taken in the State. 



s:!l (2.j4S). ScoiMUs DKNTicKK Lec. Trans. Aiiier. Eut. Soc, VIII, 18S0. 

 1 71). 



KloDiratc. ctiiivi'X. lilack. IVel)l.v sliiniiii.'. thinly clothed with very tine 

 j;ray imhescoiice ; anlennie and tarsi dark reddish-brown; legs and abdo- 

 men piceous. Head longer than wide, truncate at base, very minutely and 

 sparsely punctate above, more distinctly beneath. Antenna^ reaching base 

 of thorax, the outer joints scarcely thicker. Thorax elongate-oval, one- 

 third longer than wide, sides feebly curved, converging from middle to 

 base and apex ; disk, as well as that of elytra, finely and sparsely ])unc- 

 tate. Elytra as long and scarcely wider than thorax. Abdomen as wide 

 as elytra, minutely and densely imnctate. Length 3-3.2 mm. 



Kosciusko County: rare. June 24. Sifted from sphagnum 

 moss at edge of tamarack marsh. The males have the femora 

 thicker, tbc liind ones l)ent, concave beneath, the curved (nig',- finely 

 serrate and witb a tooth near trochanter. 



TJIT. Stiljcfs Latr. 1829. (Clr.. 'Si style.") 



Small slender species having the labrum broadly rounded or 

 subli-nncate at apex; second joint of maxillary palpi much shorter 

 than thii'd: bead rouud(Ml oi- snbtruncate at base; surface usually 

 coarsely [umctured. The head is narrowed behind and the thorax 

 in front, tbe two parts being united by a mere point, giving to them 

 Ibe aspect of small ants. The following species have been taken or 

 pi-obably occur in tb*' State: 



KKV TO liNI)I.\NA SPECIKS OF STILICl'S. 



(I. liidcr surface of head densely punctured. 



/(. Ipper surface finely and densely punc1:il(>; head sulxiuadrate, trun- 

 cate at base; elytra with tlio outer apicnl angles broadly pale. 



OPACULIS. 



hh. Upper surface of head and thorax coarsel.y, elytra linely and sparsely 

 punctured; tips of elytra pale: head roiuided at base; thorax with- 

 out a smooth median line. rudis. 

 (/'/. I'nder surface of head sp.-irscly iiunctui'cd. 



r. Labrum witJi two acute teeth at apex: sculpture above not very fine 

 and dense. 

 (1. Head not strigosely i)unc1ured above; thorax with a broad, smootli 

 dorsal line; elytra distinctly wider than head. S32. angularis. 

 (Id. Head and (horax strigosely jiunctured above. 



