484 FAMllA' XI. STAIMIYLINID.E. 



/.. li IK (iris iM-ichs. is a soTithn"ost(M-n species wliicli lias been re- 

 corded IVoiii Ciiiciiinal i. 



932 (2SS7). Ltspinus ExiGii'S Ericlis., Gen. Spec. Staph., 1S40, 830. 



Linear, parallel. Uniform chestnut brown, shining, not punctate. Head 

 almost as wide as thorax. Thorax subquadrate. narrowed at base; disk 

 deeply impi-essed each side in front of hind angles, which are rectanguhir. 

 Elytra together as wide as and one-third longer than thorax, each with a 

 distinct dorsal puncture near middle. Ahddnien narrower tlinn elyli'a. 

 minutely ahitaceons. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Parko C^onnty; rare. May 13. 



LXXXVTTT. Glyptoma Eriehs. 1840. (Gr., ''sculpture-f joint.") 



Small elongate brownish forms having (in our spe- 

 cies) the thorax and elj^tra carinate; abdomen not 

 margined; tarsi three-.jointed. (Fig. 172.) 



033 (2893). Glyptoma costale Erichs., Gen. Spec. Staph., 

 1840, 909. 

 Elongate, slender, parallel. Dark chestnut brown, opaque. 

 .\ntenn:T> reaching middle of thorax. Head margined, the 

 vertex with elevated lines. Thorax subquadrate, front an- 

 gles prominent, disk with six carina', the outer ones close 

 Fi" 172 Gil I ^'^ margin. Elytra slightly wider, scarcely longer than tho- 

 torm crasnicorne Er- mx, each with four cariujc; intervals minutely punctate. 



ichs. X 10. A South ^ ^ . 



American spocies- First iive segments of abdomen with elongate granules on 

 (After Eriohson.) their hind margins. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Tlironghout the State; frequent. March 2:')--.Tntie 16. Taken 

 l»y sifting decaying wood. 



Tn<ia iiicijx iiHiK Tjec.. blackish-picciuis, antenna' and legs paler, 

 lengtli ;5 iiini., is known IVoin neai- Detroit, Michigan and Kansas. 



El( II ^is pall id IIS Lee., r(>d(lisli-l)i'own and shining, length 3.5 mm., 

 lives in ants' nests at various points in the Eastern United States 

 and (l(inl)lless occurs in the State. 



Siagoiiitoii arncricanum, ^lelsh., reddish-yellow, feebly shining, 

 head and thorax very finely punctate, length 4-6.5 mm., and S. 

 puiicialuiii Lee, 4-6 mm., black or dark chestnut-brown, head and 

 tliorax coarsely ])uncfate. also have a range which includes Indiana. 



Sublninily XL MICROPEPLINAE. 



Small snl»(|na(lrate six'cies havnig the antennas 9-jointed, in- 

 serted undei- llic sides of the front and in repose received in pro- 

 sternal ca\ilies; front co.xa^ tran.sverse, not prominent; hind coxa3 



