Two Neic Beetles from Ciiniiiriati. , 15 



flat and finely faceted. Head rather finely punctured. 

 Prothorax longer than wide. Sides slightly arcuate. Punc- 

 tures variolate larger than those of head. Anterior coxae 

 very narrowly separated. Elytra about twice as long as 

 prothorax, and slightly wider at hvimeri, with coarse quadrate 

 punctures. Interspaces as wide as striae, each with a row 

 of minute punctures sparsely placed. Scutellum small. 

 Body beneath with sparse coarse variolate punctures. 

 Middle coxae more widely separated than anterior ones. 

 Posterior widely separated. Ventral segments five, 1st, 

 2d and 5th long, 3d and 4th very short. Length 3mm. 

 Thirty-four specimens examined, all taken walking on the 

 trunks of standing dead beech trees in company of Phloe- 

 ophagus minor and W'allastonia and Stenoscelis, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, May to July. 



