i(>i;i'-\\ I N<ii:i) s(.\\I':n(;i:i! i!Ei'ri'r,i':s. 



441 



LX. Palaminms Kficl)s. 1840. (Civ.. "Iiniid.") 



Siiiali. slciidcf. siihcyliiKlrical species. Iiaviii^' tlie liead l)r()adei- 

 tliaii loii^i". its l)ase Ifiuieatc^ imiuedialely behind the eyes; antennti; 

 sleiuhM'. hiii<i-ei- tliaii head and Ihoi-ax; last, joint nl" niaxillaiy palpi 

 rch'tively shorter and broader than in I'iiiophilus. Abdomen cylin- 

 drical, nari-ower tlian elyti'a. its sid( s not iiiaruined. 



S4(; (iTtttl!). Talamim s iksiacki s l"',riclis.. (ieii. Spec Stiipli.. IStO, (iS:?. 



Kldii.irate. vit.v slender. I'ale i-eddisli-yellow, shiii- 

 iiiiX. sparsely clothed with long j'ellowish hairs; abdo- 

 iiuMi reddish-hniwn ; antenn:i3 and lei^s palo yellow. 

 Head ronnded in front, coarsely and sparsely punc- 

 tate. Tliorax snlxpiadrate. sli.^htly wider than long, 

 sides rounded into base, wliit-h is but sliglitly nar- 

 rower than apex; disk convex, coarsely and rather 

 sparsely punctate. Elytra slightly wider and twice as 

 long as thorax, rather coarsely, not densely punctate. 

 First four segments of abdomen with coarse overlap- 

 ping, scale-like granules; the fifth and sixth smooth. 

 Last ventral of male with middle lobe curved, bent to 

 one side and obli(piely Iruncate at tip. Length 3.5- 

 4 mm. ( Fig. 105.) 



r,^, 1 . ji tw j_ X' J- \ -1 10 Fig. !()."). (Original.) 



ihrouiihoiit the state; irequent. April Ib- 

 Juue 21. Taken by sifting; also on fungi and beneath bark. Their 

 motion is wriggling or veniiicnlar, lilce that of a worm or snake. 



847 (251)7). I'ALAMiMis LAHVAi.TS Lec.. N. Sp. N. Amer. Col., I. 1803, 49. 



Elongate, very slender. Color of testaceus, the head darker and shorter. 

 Thorax obcordate, much narrower at base than apex, coarsely and very 

 sparsely punctate. Elj-tra slightly narrower and not longer than thorax, 

 coarsely, deeply and sparsely punctate; abdomen as in tcstaccits, the imbri- 

 cated scales extending to middle of fifth segment. Length 3.2 nun. 



Starke County; rare. ]May li). Sifted from sphagnum moss. 



Subfamily \' 



TACHYPORINAE. 



Rather short and ])road convex Stajuiylinids. having the body 

 eonical and pointed behind; antenmt widely separated at base, in- 

 serted at the sides of the front above the base of mandibles, usually 

 beneath the side margin of Ihe front, sometimes free, but never be- 

 neath a projecting ridge as in the Pa'dei'ina>; lunid narrower than 

 thorax, its ])ase nol constricted l)nl covered by the front of thorax; 

 front coxffi large, conieal and prominent, their trochantei-s very dis- 

 tinct; spiracles of thorax distinct : liind coxa> transverse or triangu- 

 lar; tibia' with nnnierous spines; abdomen conical, often bordered 

 and teDuinated wiih divergent s|)ines. 



