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lAillLY XI. STAPHTLINID-^. 



IX. Chitalia Shp. 18^^3. 



Rather elongate species having the head large ; antennas long anil 

 stout, the last joint much shorter than the two preceding combined: 

 thorax cordate ; elytra with prominent, almost square shoulders ; ab- 

 domen nearly parallel : middle coxse widely separated ; legs long and 

 stout, the basal joint of hind tarsi much sliorter than the next three 



(■(imbined. 



647 ('2iJ02). CiiiTALLv BILOBATA Suv. Ti-aus. 

 Amer. Phil. Soc.. VI. ISHl 

 156; ibid. II, 'j'i^f. 

 Elongate rather stout convex. Dark brown 

 to piceous, shining; legs and basal joints of 

 antennae brownish-yellow. Thorax cordate, 

 slightly wider than head and as long as wide, 

 sides rounded in front, strongly converging 

 behind ; disk finely and sparsely punctate and 

 with a wide, deep median groove; scutellum 

 finely and densely granulate and often with 

 a median line. Elytra one-half wider than 

 thorax, as wide as long, finely and spai-sely 

 granulate-punctate, more densely so on basal 

 half. Abdomen narrower than elytra, rather 

 closely and roughly punctate. Length 3- 

 .3.;3 mm. (Fig. 153.) 



Throughout the State; scarce. April 16-October -31. Taken 

 beneath bark and by siftiag vegetable debris in moist woods. 



Fig. 153. X 15. (Original.) 



X. Falageia :\rannh. 1830. 



This genus is closely allied to tlie preceding, differing mainly by 

 having the scutellum distinctly carinate. The meso- and metasterna 

 are on the same plane, whereas in ChifaJia the mesosternum is raised 

 above the meta.sternum. 



648 (1996). Falagbia cinguu^ta Lee, Proe. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci., lsC6. 

 370. 

 Elongate, slender, convex. Pale to dark reddish-brown, shining, feebly 

 pubescent ; elytra often paler at base ; apical half of abdomen blackish ; legs 

 dull yellow or in part piceous. Antennae reaching apex of elytra, second and 

 third joints subequal. Thorax narrower than head, longer than wide, sides 

 rounded in front, converging and sinuate toward base ; disk minutely and 

 sparsely punctate and with a deep median groove. Scutellum finely and 

 sparsely granulate and with a single median carina. Elytra nearly twice 

 as wide but not much longer than thorax, minutely and indistinctly inmc- 

 tate. .Vbdomen narrower than elytra, slightly widened behind the middle, 

 finely and rather closely punctate. Length 2.5-3 nmi. 



Patnani, I\louroe. Lawrence and Posey counties; scarce. April 

 IS-June 9. Taken by sifting. ]\luch more slender, with a nar- 



