5()4 I'WMIIjY \XI. Cl'Cl'.IID.K. 



1074 ( ). ('AriiAKirs longiii,t%s s]». nov. 



Klon.LTJite. sloiidcr. sulKh'itrcs^oa. lleml and thorax dark rL-ddish-lirowu. 

 sul)i)]ta(iut': elytra, antenna' and logs paler brown, more shining. Antenna^ 

 slender, longer than head and thorax, joints 3-S subequal. ninth two-thirds 

 the width of tenth. Thorax slightly wider than long; sides almost straight, 

 the margins flattened; front angles with an obtuse tooth, hind ones aente; 

 disk with dens(> elongate granules. Elytra scarcely wider at base than 

 thorax, with rows of rather fine, close-set punctures. Length 12 mm. 



Stafl<c ("(miitN-; rare. -Iniie IG. Sifted from Ijorders of sphag- 

 iniiii marsh. 



('. rectus Lee., pale eliestiiut-browii. leiio'th 2 mm., is kllo^vll from 

 Pennsylvania. Illinois and southward. 



III. Nacsibu's Eedt. 18r)8. a... "disgnst • life."^ 



Broader and more depressed than in Silvaiuis, the elytra eostate 

 and covering the entire abdomen. One species is known from the 

 State. 



1075 (rJHOS'). Nat'sibius ci.avicornis Kug., Schneider's Magaz., I, 1794, .511. 

 Elongate, depressed. Dark chestnut brown, deeply and densely punc- 

 tured. Antenna' robust, rather short, pl.nced on the front angles of the 

 head in front of eyes. Thorax (piadrate, disk with two indentations be- 

 hind the middle; sides with six (.btuse teeth. Elytra each with four 

 slightly elevated lines. L<'ngth 0.5^.5 mm. 



Vigo Connt\' : i-arc September 17. Two s))ecimens were taken 

 witli a dozen other species at sap ])eneath the l)ark of a soft maple 

 tree. LeConte states that it occurs usually in rice, sugar and other 

 articles of conunerce throughout the United States. Listed as .V. 

 flciiialus ^lai'sh. 



Subfamily II. PASSANDRINAE. 



Elongate, slender, depressed or subeylindrieal species, having 

 the tarsi S-jointed in both sexes; elytra covering the entire abdo- 

 men; head (piadrate; eyes coarsely granulated. One of the three 

 genera is i'e])r(>sent(Hl in the State. 



IV. Cat()(!KN1'S Wcstw. is;];"). (Gr.. " infei-ior i chin.") 



This genus is rcpi'csented by a single sjx'cies of wide distribution 

 which is very variable in si/c. It has rolmst. head like antenna\ 

 joints one to ten subgl()l)ulai'. (irst largest, second srnalh^st; the last 

 joint compressed and carii<atc. 



*107f; (.*i.S10). Catogknts kukih Fab.. Enl. Syst. Emend.. 17!)S, Vi:\. 



Elongate, dei)res.sed. Dark reddish or chestnut brown. Head with a 

 transverse groove behind the eyes. Thorax narrowed behind, distinctly 



