•riii: siioi; r-w i.\(ii;ii sr.\ \ i;\i;i;i; iii:i:i'i.i;s. MV.) 



!>(>."> (!t7ir>i. ( »XYTi:i.is sisi'Kcirs C.-isi'.v. Ann. X. V. Arjid. S<i.. \'ll. IS'.i:;. 



Klniiir.-ilc, slender. pMi'.illel. IMnrl^. sliiniim: el.vtr;i |iice.>iis; le.us I'us- 

 eniis yellnw. Head nlnMil as wiile as tlmrax. male, distiiietl.v narniwer. I'e- 

 inale, tinely and sparsely luiiiftale. the vertex willi three sliu'hlly impressed 

 -,'rooves. Tliora.x oiiediaif wider than Imii:. sides rdimded iiitd hase; disk 

 coarsely, rather closely and ron.iilily punctate, with three m-ooves. the me- 

 dian t)ne narrow, tho others broad and shallow. Elytr.-i sli.iihtly wider and 

 one-third lnn.>,'er than thorax, sculptured as in ///<///// //»n. .Mxlomen smooth, 

 polished. I.eiiulh 1.7 - imn. 



Kosciusko. .Mai'ioii and l*iitn;mi coiiiitics ; scai'cc. ^rai'ch 17- 

 .hi!\ 1(1. Sifted i'roiii daiii]) vcoctahlc debris. 



'.Hk; (I'T.V.)). ()xYTi<:i.i s iM,.\(i si.xi s Lee. Trans. Anier. I'hil. Soc. \l. 1ST7, 

 1237. 

 Klouicate. slender, depressed. II(\-ul and ahdomen I'usco-piceous ; tlicn 

 rax and elytra pale reddish-lirowii : let^s pale yellow. Head narrower than 

 thorax, as long: as wide, tinely and densely ru.:,'osely piiiiclate behind, front 

 nearly smooth. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides nearly straight: 

 apex truncate, hind angles obtuse: disk densely and rugosely punctate, the 

 median groove faint, the others ol)solete. Elytra distinctly wider and longer 

 than thorax, punctured as there. Abdomen smooth above, tinely and densely 

 imnctate beneath. Length 2 2..'! mm. 



Posey t'otuity: rare. A])ril 1!)-A|)ril 21. Sifted fi'om ants' 

 nests. 



0. I( tnudriiHihis IJIock. ((h i>r(ssus Grav.), a Eai-op(>an species, 

 is said l)y LeConte to occiii- in Tiidiatia. l)iit \ liave seen no si)eeiiHens. 



007 (2702). OxYTKU's EXKirrs Erichs., <Jen. Si)ec. Staph.. 1S40. 70S. 



Elongate, parallel. Black, opaque; elytra fuscous; legs pale yellow. 

 Head slightly narrower than thorax, densely and tinely strigose. Thorax 

 one-half wider than long, sides and apex feebly curved; disk with very fine, 

 dense lengthwise striga>. the usual grooves very faint. lOlytra flat, one- 

 third longer and a little wider than thorax, more coarsely strigose with tine 

 punctures between the strig:e. Abdomen smooth, polished. Length L.5- 

 l.S mm. 



Piilnaiii and Pawrence counties; scarce. April IT-Jnly 29. 



LXXIV. TRO(;<)i>m,(Ki s Maim. lS:i(i. (Gr.. ''to o-,iaw f bark.") 



Eh)noate slender forms liaviiiii' tin- front tibia' not s[)inose; sec- 

 ond joint of tarsi willi a long, slender spine oi- stout s?ta extending 

 beneath as far as the end of the tliird or last .joinl : tarsal chiws 

 large; scntelhiin invisible; middle coxte contignous. 'I'he followinii 

 paper is tlie only one treating of ihe geiins as a whole: 



