474 



I" A M IL Y X 1 . — STA I' 1 1 V 1. 1 M ! ) J' 



more closely punctured, the median smooth space more narrow. Elytra and 

 alidomen rather closely and coarsely jiunetate. Length 4 5.5 mm. 



Tlironjjliont tho State; fi-ecjiiciil in llic sotitlicni counties, much 

 les.s so northward. IMarch 23-Jiily ]4. (Usually found burrowing' 

 in the ground beneath stones. The smaller size, paler antenna and 

 lef^ and more closely ])unctate nppei' snrfacc i-eadily distinguish 

 it from plavifrons. 



l;.\'X\'ir. IIolotkocmhts Ericlis. 1S4(). ((}r., ''Whole f ring oi' 



circle.") 



-w r 1 A Small subcylindrical glabi'ous species having the 



\ jV . [/ liead narrower than thorax, antenna slender with 

 short basal joint; front tibias not spined. (Fig. 169.) 



910 (2704). HoLOTROCHUs L^viCAUDA Lcc, Proc. Phil. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., 1866, 376. 

 Elongate, slightly depressed. Dark reddish-brown to 

 l)lceous; antennre and legs paler. Head and thorax very 

 Fig. 109. llolotn- ^'^^^^' ^^^ sparsely punctate, the latter subquadrate ; slightly 

 chu>~ rohnlusKtkhs. wider than long; sides almost straight; hind angles rect- 



A Porto Hican spe- , „,, ,.,,, ., 



cies. X 6. (After angular. Elytra slightly wider and almost one-half longer 

 Erichson.) ,1,.^ thorax. finely and sparsely punctate, the sutural strife 



distinct. Abdomen very luimitely punctate above, more distinctly so be- 

 ii(»ath. Length .■1.5-4 mm. 



I'liliiam and ^Fai-ion counties; rare 

 Taken hv sifting. 



IMarch 20-November 22. 



Tril)e IIL OALVLII.NI. 



Small (l('|>r('ss('(l hrown (ir |)iccous forms having the pi"osternum 

 iiiciiihrancus behind 1 he coxa'; tarsi ^-jointed; second ventral seg- 

 ment carinatc at base ;ind the head with two simjile eyes (ocelli). 

 Our species are in |)art treated in the following |);ipers: 



/■'(iiird, Alhrrl. "Les Sta|)hylini(les de rAMieri(|ue du Nord — 

 Il'tniiiliiii." Ill l!ull. de hi Soc. I/inn.. :U-i\ ser., vol. TF. 1S7S, 



i!)(i-2r)r). 



('(ts'ji. "Coleopterologicid Notes. V," /'// Ann. N. \. .\c;i(l. Sci. 

 \'TT. ISO:}. 39S-483. 



The rullowing genera ai-e pi'oli.-ihly re|)resente(i in the State: 



Ki;V TO TXUI.ANA fiKNKHA OV OM.\r.lIXl. 



'/. [..-ist joint of maxillary palpi not awl-shaiicd. 

 I>. Hind tarsi with Joints 14 une<nial. 



c. First joinl of liiud l;n-si much lun-er llian second. 

 d. Fourlli Jojul of ma.villMry p:ilpi nu\ longer than third, pear- 

 ^''■■i|'«''l: LXXVIIL Geodromicus 



