471' 



KAMII.V Xl. 



A I'll ^ I.I \ I D.K. 



IMl' ('.(714 I. 'ri;(K;()riii,(i;i s aciom s ("iisoy. Ann. X. V. Ac:i(1. Sci., 1\', ISSI). 



I']l(>ni;;ito. sli'iidcr. I'iccous. fcclil.x- sinning ; nliddnicn black; k'l^s and 

 antennjie dark picenus brown. Ili'ad scarcely narrower than thorax, wider 

 than lonsr. rather finely, deeply and densely punctate. Thorax one-halt' 

 wider than long, widest just before the middle, sides feebly curved, apex 

 nuicli wider than base; disk densely and somewhat coarsely punctate and 

 Willi two distinct parallel inipicssions on basal half. Elytra together aljout 

 as long as wide, one-fourth wider and three-fourths longer than thorax, 

 ratlier coarsely, not closely puiu-tate. Abdomen minutely granufate, very 

 (inely and sparsely piuictate. Length l.S-2 nun. 



St.irkc and l'ii;n;!iii counties: scarce. Marcli 2()-May 19. Sifted 

 from damp veo'etahlc debris. 



T. hrdclniplrrus Lee. wliolly dull hlacls- in hue ami one of tlie 

 smallest of the u'enus, occurs in uu.mljt'rs at Detroit. .Michigan, and 

 |)rol)al)ly inhabits northern Indiana. 



LXXV. ApocKM.rs Krichs. 1S4(). (Or., ''to withdraw f wild 



animal.") 



K'atlier slender ylahrous foi-ms liavini!,' the head e<|ual to or wider 

 than the thorax; anteniuT arising from beneath distinct elevated 

 frontal ridges; abdomen Yery broad. 



!)13 (27S2). Apocellus sph.ericollis Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, IV, 



ls;U. 455; ibid. II. 570. 

 Klnni;,i(e. slender, widest across the abdomen. Dark 

 i-ed(lisli-br(i\vn. strongly shining; head and abdomen 

 usinlly darker; antenme fuscous, the first three joints 

 and legs ]i:iler. Head wider than thorax, its sides 

 I bii(pie and I'ounded into a distinct ne<'k : surface 

 sni^dUi. I']yes very small: antenme longer than head 

 and tluii'ax. the outer Joints nuich enlarged, the second 

 one-half the length of third. Thorax subglobular. con- 

 vex ; its surface, as well as that of elytra, with a few 

 sealtei'ed minnle punctures bearing short black erect 

 hairs. Elytra P.gether wider than long, one-third wider 



and slightly longer than thorax. .Muloineu at base as wide as elytra, thence 



gradually widening to the fonrtli and lifth segments: surface smooth, highly 



polished. Length 2.7 :'. mm. (Eig. KiS;.) 



Southern lialt cf State; fre(|uent. Ai)ril 8-:\Iay 13. Occurs 

 beru^atli stones, legs and damp de<-aying leaves. The thorax varies 

 much in color and size. 



Fig. 168. 



(After Erichson.) 



Tiii.\(Hui-s Kies. 1844. (Gr.. "shore + to live.") 



W'vy small linear (h'pressed. pubescent species having the scutel- 

 lum visible; the inner aiucal angles of elytra bi-oadly and obliqtiely 



