360 FAMTLT 31. STAPHTIXSTD^. 



a time, but I onc-e tr>i)k 2ii or more from among a colony of the ant 

 Campoiioti's peiinsijlvankus beneath the bark »>f an elm l"g near 

 Bli>jmijiv:ton. It i- said that they aiv fed by the ants and in torn 

 exude a »-«:-retion whieh i, mui-h Uked by their h'j>ts. 



TWbe VU. ALEOCHARIM. 



Usually rather rol.n>t >i)eLies haxlng the head ni>t prolonsreil in a 

 beak in front; inner lolie of the maxilla? moderately li>ng. its outer 

 side hi >rn-like. its inner >ide leather-like, nsually with Ion?, fhorn- 

 Uke teeth toward the tip. den--ly hairy behind the teeth: aU the 

 tar-i with iiTe .ioinrs. The tribe is represented in the S^ate by five 

 genera. 



KEY TO tSDIA3iA GZ>ERi OF AtEOCHABi:M. 



a. Head prominent, m^jre or less srrjagly consrri'i-re'l behind; first joint 

 of iintennae s -iitiform. but only moderately lonz: epiplenra of thoras 

 always visible from the side: third t" fifth d:'isa! seimems i^f aU- 

 il>»men always trau~ve;-e!y siileate or constri'Te.1. 

 b. First joint of hind rrasi shorter than the fifth j^'int and shorter than 

 se.;-..iid and third together: body small, linear: third to sLxth il..»rs:,i 

 sftrriieiiB of rtt-iomen transTersely snleate. XXII. Phixeopos-x. 

 hb. First joint of hind tarsi longer than the fifth Joint and at least :l~ 

 long as the se'-'jnd and third together. 

 c. First joint of antennae at most only obliquely emariToate at the 

 Tcry tip. XXIII. Caxodeea. 



cc. First joint of antennse obliquely subrnte or emarginate (for the re- 

 ception of the se.;-.>nd Joint) in the apical fourth or fifth. 



XXIV. Amarochar.\. 

 <i:. Head nor or only very feebly cijnstrioie<l behind, i-s base retracted or 

 only mi ilerately prominent: first joint of antenns nerer ~'-:i[.ifonu. 

 '/. Maxillary palpi with four, labial jmlpi with three Joiius. 



XXV. OXYPOD-V. 



'/'/. Maxillary palpi with flye, labial palpi with four Joints. 



XXVI. AlEOCHARA. 



XXII. Phl<eopora Erieh. 1^7 (Gr.. "'bark-tn walk." 



Elontrat-e, narrow f. iin^ having the head rather broad. >tri>nt.'ly 

 ■ i.ti^-riited: abdomen elonL.'ate and parallel. 



I "•-"> ' (. Phiceofoba siBUEvii 'a^ey. Trsiiis. \ra<l. Si i. Sr. L.. XVI. 



1900. 310. 

 Klouirnte. ^l^-nder. parallel. Dark brown, feebly sliiniiiir: head and ab- 

 ili men pit-e-.u-;: antenn.i- m-. ii-. the l>a~:il joints and le^rs yellow. Antenna" 

 reai-hiiiL' Inse of thorax, the i-nter jo iits tr;uisverse. Thorax a« long as 

 wide. ^iil>-< riinuded in front of mifMIe. thence nearly srraight to base, disk 

 finely and ~[ .u-^ely |>nmt«ired. Klytra a third wider and a little longer than 



