'I'll 



SII()|;|'-\VI SC.VA) Si'.WIONC!' 



i!i;i;ri.KS. 



435 



('. Klylra hr(m/.(>(l lirowii. the tips imrmwiy ]i;il('. nmrc widely to- 

 ward sides: wider lii.iii Ir'.kI. finely and very sparsely punc- 

 tate. S33. DENTATUS. 

 c(\ I'ieeous blaek ; elytra srnrcely al all paler at ti]), nut wider than 

 head, rather clesely iiunelale. S'M. biarmati'S. 

 cc. Lahruni with fi.iir teeth, the enter pair very small, the inner pair 

 sliert. bread ;ind widely seii.-irated ; snrl'ace very finely and densely 

 jiunetate: head lonnded heiiind: pi'nsternnin slreiii^ly carinatc. 



TRISTIS. 



N. (i/xiciihis 1. (■('.. 4 iiiiii. ill hMi^'ili. has been taken at Cincinnati, 

 and N. nidis TjOc. 4..") mni. in leiiu'tli. in Illinois. 



s;;2 ( L'.").'!! I . .Sri 1,1(1 s A.N(a lAUis l-h-iejis.. (Jen. Slice. Staiili.. 1S40, (VM. 



Dark reddish-hrown, shinini,^; elytra with tips 

 pale; aiuhinien pioeous; legs pale yellow. Head as 

 wide as long, broadly rounded and sul)lrnncate at 

 base, coarsely and densely punctate, the jiunctures 

 rounded, shallow, each beariuij; a minute liair. Tho- 

 rax but little longer than wide, three-fourths as 

 wide as head, the obtuse angles at apical third dis- 

 tinctly ri.nnded : disk sparsely and coarsely punc- 

 tured ai) sides with a broad smooth median line. 

 Klytra (aie-half wider and one-third long(n"than tho- 

 rax, linely .and sparsely punctate. AbdonuMi nar- 

 n.wer al base than elytra, minutely and rath(n' 

 closely ]iunctate. P'ifth ventral of male feebly flat- 

 tened, its apex truncate without a tooth. Length 

 .S..S-4 mm. (Fig. 164.) 



IMarion. INIonroe, Lawrence and Spencer connties; .scarce 

 12-.Jiily 29. Occurs beneath carrion and leavers. 



Fig. 164. (Original.) 



April 



833 (255G). Stii.icis dentatus Say, Trans. Amer. I'hil. Soc, IV, 18.">4, 



457: ibid. II, 573. 

 Head, thorax and elytra dark reddish-brown, the elytra strongly shin- 

 ing; abdomen black; antenn:e i-eddish-brown : legs and tips of elytra pale 

 yellow. Head longer than wide, strongly rounded at base, its punctures 

 elongate and dense. Thorax three-hfths as wide as head; disk with length- 

 wise wrinkk^s, the median sniiMith line very n.-tiM-ow. forming an obtuse 

 carina. Klytra three -fourt lis wider and .i third lunger than thorax. .\b- 

 (hanen at liase narrower than elytra, thence gradually widening, sui'face 

 shining, tinely and sparsely i)unct;ite. Fifth ventral nf male with a me- 

 dian t(X)tIi. Length :'..7 4 mm. 



Putnam. ^Farion and Posey counties; scarce. jMai-ch 2()-Novem- 

 ber 28. Tak(Mi liy sifting' damp leaves and in fnn<«:i. 



834 (25571. Siii k i s iaAi!.M.\i is Lee. Trans, .\iner. lad. Soc, ^'III, ISSO, 



1 7S. 

 Piceous black. Elytra scarcely at all paler at tip; antenme and legs 

 dusky yellow. Head as wide as Jong, its base broadly rounded, surface, as 



