-17(» FAMILY XI. ST.\I'1IY1.1XII)-K. 



Cast ij.--" A Pi'i'Iiiniii;ir\- Monoizraph of the North American 

 Species oi' Troiioplilieus. " in Ann. .\. ^^ Acad. Sei.. IV, 

 ISS!), ;?22-8s:3. 



The rnllowiiii;' species ha\-e been 1aken of perhaps oeeur in the 

 Slate. 



KEY TO INDIAN.A SI'KCIKS OF 'IKOOOPHI.fEUS. 



(/. 'I"lini-:i.\ with :i (It'ep tnnisvcrsc curNcd (.r liin.ilc u-i-oove near the bas4'. 

 /*. Cnl.n- (l;ii'l; ri'ddisli-ln-dwii : li'i,'s iialc. 908. arcifkk. 



hi). ('nl(ir Made: lci;s ;ni(l antciiii.i' Idack ; lln>r,i\ widest Ixi fore the mid- 

 dle. ANTHRACINl S. 

 ini. 'I'hoi-a.x witiioul a eurved groove near base, hut usually with a lengtli- 

 wise gr(M)ve on basal half each side of a slightly raised median line. 

 <: Eyes large, convex and prominent, the distance from their hind mar- 

 gin to base of head less than one-third their diameter. 

 (/. Thorax snbhexagonal, widest one-third behind apex, the sides 

 thence converging and nearly straight to base; its disk broa<lly 

 impressed on side ; length 3-3.2 mm. 909. quadripunctatis. 

 dd. Thorax rounded in front, widest just in front of middle, sides 

 thence converging to base; disk not flattened on the sides; length 

 2.5 mm. 910. mem nonius. 

 cc. Eyes small, much less prominent, the distance from their hind mar- 

 gin to base nearly as long as or longer than the eyes. 

 e. Elytra chestnut brown or paler. 



f. Larger, 2.6 nmi. ; thorax coarsely and sparsely punctate. 



PHIXEOPORINUS. 



/■/. Smaller, not over 2 mm.; thorax densely and finely punctate. 



911. POSEYENSIS. 



<■<■. I'ilytra black or piceous. 



//. Elytra distinctly longer tlian thorax; surface not opaque; an- 

 teniue shorter than head and thorax ; length 1.8-2 mm. 



912. AGONITS. 



f/ff. Elytra not longer than thorax; sui-face strongly granulate and 

 opacpie; length .0 mm. nRAcnYPTERis. 



90.S (2770). 'i"i!o(;oi'ni(i:i s Mu ikkk Fiec, Trans, .\nier. Phil. Soc, VI, 1S77. 

 24 n. 

 Elongate, i-.'Ulier i-nhusi, convex. Uniform dark red<lish-brown ; legs 

 and antennai slightly paler. Head (hr<'e-fourths as wide as thorax, coarsely, 

 deeply and rather sparsely puncfale. .Vnfenna^ longer than head and tho- 

 rax, the outer joints tlnckened. Tiioiax one-iialf wider than long, widest 

 just in front of iniddie, I lie sides tlieiice curving to base; disk coarsely, 

 deeply and i-atlier clusely punctate. i-Mytr;! one-tinrd wider and one-half 

 longei' I ban llnirax. cuarseiy Imt iKif densely punctate. Abdomen almost 

 as wide as elytr;i. raliiei- liu'dy and si»;n'sely punctured. Length 2.8 nnn. 



Koiintain ('ounly ; rare. August 17. The specimen at hand has 

 the leys, atilenna' and ahdoiiien hilt slis^htly pahn' than elytra; other- 

 wise il a.GTi'ees with the (h'sci-ipl ion of llu' type. 



