Till': I'm;asin(! kincis hkk'im.kr. 



549 



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T. crjillnoi < phaht l.;ic., Iciiiilli :!..") 4 mm., is known Tfom iicmi- 

 \Vasliinp:ton. I). C. Geor<>'i;i and .Missmii-i. while T. nnnra Leo.. 

 Icniilli r).;") mm., lias hccii rci'iirdrd frnm Illinois ;ind ncjir ( "iin-innat i. 

 Ohio. 



10r»l (.'>2;?(>'). 'Pkitom.v rii()i{.\( k a Sn.v. .lourii. I'liil. Ar.id. Xnl. Sfi.. 1\ 

 1S2r). SI); il)i(l. II. 212".>. 



(>l>l(in;r-(>v;il. lload aiul tluirnx yt'Unw ; ol.vtra and 

 apiial Imlf of ;mleiin;i' black; IxMieath reddish-yellow, 

 llr.iil ,iiul lliorax distiiK-tly mikI closely puiictato. tlio lat 

 tci' Willi the sides ivniiidcd and somewhat narrowed in 

 ri-diil. I'liytnil stri;i' sc.-ircoly iinprfssed. linely ]iuiictured ; 

 iiitcr\;iis s|i:irscly lint disliiiclly punctale. r>ength ;>.r» y^ 

 r. inn:. ( l-'i;:. HOT. ) 



Coinmen on fleshy t'u'ioi and IxMieatli bark, in 

 soiithci-n linlf of State: less so in the northern coun- 

 ties. March iL' Septemher iM. 



10r»2 (o2801. 'i'la ro.M A i lwhomis !,ac.. .Moiios. des Krotyl.. 1S42. 21.S. 



()lil;iii,i,'-ov;ite. He.id. tiior;i\. :mtenn;e and le,ics yellow; autennal elul). 

 elylra and body heiieatii black. Head and thorax disliiictly and rather 

 clcsel\- imiictate. Klylrai stri.-e finely, the intervals sjiarsely and obsoletely. 

 punctate. Leiiu't h '.\ 4 inin. 



Sot.,!iern lialf of State, common ; not noted in the iiortliern eotni- 

 ti(-s. .\pril 12-Oeto])er 9. 



Family XIX. ( 'OLVl )I I D.lv 

 The Cylindhic .\Ti ]1\kk I^eetlks. 



This family inclnd(>s a limited inimher of small beetles of an 

 elongate or eylindrieal form, which live l)eneath the bark of trees. 

 in funiri or in the ground. They are closely allied to ttie ('uciijidi' 

 and by Ca.sey have been inclnded as one of nine sulifamilies of Ihr.t 

 family.* 



From their near allies they may be known by the following coni- 

 bination of characters: antenna' 10- or 11-jointed, rarely 8-jointed. 

 inserted nnder the margin of the front, sometimes gradually thi<'k- 

 ened, but usually terminated by a small one- or two-jointed cdnb; 

 elytra entire, always covering the abdomen; front coxal cavities 

 either open or closed behind. th(> coxa' small, globular; hind coxoe 

 ti'ansvei'se. not ])rominent ; alxlometi with five ventral segments, th<> 

 tirst lliree or four grown toget her ; legs short . 1 iliia' not dilated ; tarsi 

 four-jointed, claws simi)le. The small globular front and middle 

 co.xa'. the four-jointed tarsi and the entire elytra, form a trio (»!" 

 charactei's which readily distinguish the group. 



*.\nn. N. Y. .\rad. Sci.. V, 1890, 496. 



