396 FAMILY XI. STAPTIYLINID^. 



fiiuely punctate beneath. Thorax one-half longer than wide, gradually but 

 feebl.v narrowed from apex to base, the dorsal rows with five or six coarse 

 punctures. El.\tra scarcely wider and a little shorter than thorax, coarsely 

 and sparsely punctate, the punctures in somewhat irregular rows. Ab- 

 dominal segments finely and sparsely punctate at base, both above and be- 

 neath. Length 5.5 mm. 



Pittnam County; rare. April 24. Taken by sifting. Liebeck 

 compared this with the specimens in the Horn collection and stated 

 that it was a species near iempornlis Horn. That species was de- 

 scribed from Florida, has the thorax black, the elytra piceo-testace- 

 ous at sides and tip and the inner frontal groove long and deep. 



*li'iVi (2274). Xantholinis emmesus Grav., Mon. Col. Micr., ISOG, ITtJ. 



Elongate, slender. Head black or lolceous, rarely pale ; thorax, elytra 

 and legs jiale reddish-brown, strongly shining; al)donien usually reddish- 

 fuscous; antennse slightly longer than head, brownish, paler at base. Head 

 a little wider and as long as thorax, sparsely and coarsely punctate above 

 and beneath. Thorax one^third longei- than wide, feebl.v narrowing from 

 apex to base, the dorsal rows with four or flvi', the rows on sides with five 

 or six, rather fine punctures. I'jlytra about as long and wide as thorax, 

 each with three rows of rather co.-irse punctures, the sutural row irregular. 

 Abdomen very finely and sparsely punctate. Length 5.5-6 mm. 



Throrighout the State, frequent in the southern counties; much 

 less so northward. January (i— June 27. Occurs beneath bark and 

 logs. When disturbed they and other members of the genus roll 

 themselves into a coil and feign death. In one slender-bodied ex- 

 ample from Lake County, the head is concolorous with the re- 

 mainder of the body. 



766 (2274a). Xantiioi.tnus FrscuEits Lcc. Trans. Anier. Kut. Soi-.. A'lIL 



ISSO, 173. 



Smaller and distinctly more slender than ciiinicxiix: elytra more or less 

 fuscous, both tliey and alidomen darker than thorax. Punctures of dorsal 

 rows usually six. Length 4.5 mm. 



Putnam and Posey counties; scarce. Api'il 21-April 22. Oc- 

 curs in the ^Middle, S(mthern and Weslern Slates. 



767 ( ). XANTHOLrNCS INIIIAXENSIS Sll. uov. 



Elongate, rather robust. Head and last two segments of abdopieii 

 black, shining; scutellum piceous; renniinder of body i)ale veddish-l)rown. 

 Head one-half lougei- than wide, sides fecbl.N' eurviMl, ui>i)er siu'faee almosi 

 smooth at middle, sides and nn(h'r surface minutely and sjiarsely punc- 

 tate; antenu.'c <larker (lian Hi ira\, stoul, slightly ]on,i;er than lietid. Thorax 

 nearly one-half lon.^'ci- than wide, sides almost straight, dorsal r<i\vs with 

 six, rows on sides with five or six. minute punctures. Elytra as long as 



