'I'FrK SIIIN'IN'C Kr\(!CS UKK-rU'lS. 



495 



Fii:. 17(1. 



111. 'ro.MIMI M Lee. ISCII. ('(Jl'.. •';! l)(i\V silKlll.") 



Siiinll hhirk (H- lii'dwiiisli ImcIIcs 1i;i\ inii' the body (•()iii|)l'cs.sc(l ;iii(l 

 narrowed hrhiiid tlic middle; seutclluiii nhscnt : hind coxa' luirrowly 

 .separjitcd. ()ii(' id' the Iwd species oceiiis in llic Slate. 

 iMt) (liltss). 'roxmnM lovi nassiM /iiiini.. 'rnins. .Viiicr. lOiit. Sue. II. 

 ist;!>. LT.I. 



1 >ai-k rcddisli-hrowii. IiIlcIiIv pdlislied ; aii- 

 tcnn.-c. IciTs ami li]! of ahdoineii jialer. An- 

 tenna' slender, almnt as Inni; as Iiead and 

 tlidi'ax. Side niai'u'in of llidi'ax in'dniincnt 

 and earinalo iu Trent, but rapidly detiexed 

 and jiressed a.ijaiiist the sides just, heliiiid 

 tlic middle: iiind aniiles ()l)tnsely I'onnded. 

 Metasternnm cd.-irsely and deeply innic- 

 / ^ tnred I liroujilKUit. I.en^lli 1.4 I.Tnnn. ( Fii^. 



1"). (Orisinal.) 17(1. ) 



'riirouiilidiit Ihe State; t're(|neid. March IT-No- 

 veiiiher 1-1. Probably hibernates. Taken l)y sit'tin<^' 

 in late aiitiiiiui and early sprinp-. 



IV. S('.\i'iiis()M.\ Leaeli. 1812. (Gr., a bowl-f- 

 body.") 



Species resembling' those of Baocera, but having the ^. ,„ „ ,. 

 third antennal ioint short and narrowed on basal half, -lo'i'a amrinnum. x 



7. A European spe- 



and the sentellum always ])re;sent but minute. (Fig. "'"'■ (After Sharp.) 

 177.) They are of small size and occur beneath bark, in fungi, and 

 can also be taken by sifting in late autumn or early spring. The 

 following species hav(^ been taken wi- pi()l)al)]y occur in Tiuliana ; 



k'KY TO I.XniAXA SI'ECIK.S OF SCAPH ISOM A. 



«. Metasternum stiMmrl.x hut siiai'sel.v pnnctate over most of Its surface; 

 length 1.7 mm. ukpanda. 



'/'/. Metasternum almost smootli or only punctured over part of its area. 

 b. Larger species, never much under 2..''. mm. in len.gth. 



c. Form elongate-oval; elytra finel.v. ratlier closely and nniforndy 

 punctate: the pum-tures twice as numerous as in voiivcja. 



950. punctulata. 



cr. F(irm hi'o.'idl.v ov.il; elytra distinctly lint less densely punctate: 



melaslcrnnm iieiwcen llu' middle .and hind coxa' coarsel.v an i 



strongly punctate. ^ ird. coxvkxa. 



?y?>. Snniller species. seld(Mn more tlian 1.7 mm. in len'^lli. 



'/. i;i.\lr.i iiiil paler at apex, except feebly and gr.nln.illy from senu- 

 transparency. 

 r. Klytra sp.ai'selx- but sirciimjv puiiclale; length l.S mm. 



Ui")!!. .SITIKAI.IS. 



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