THK SPrORT-WIXGED Si ATENGER BEETLES. 417 



nn. Anteunfe shorter than head; length less than 2 mm.; basal 

 joint of hind tarsi equal in length to the next tno together ; 

 third joint of maxillar.v palpi more or less hatchet-shaped, 

 the fourth very minute ; fifth ventral not elongated, wider 

 than long. LV. LEPTOGE:virs. 



aa. Fourth joint of hind tarsi bilobed. 



p. Last joint of maxillary palpi obtuse and pubescent; reddish-yellow, 

 elytra dark blue, head and tip of abdomen black. LVI. PiDEBUs. 

 l>p. Last joint of maxillary palpi slender, very minute. 



q. Thorax oval, usually longer than wide; elytra usually longer than 



thorax ; form linear ; neck moderately nan-ow ; length not over 



5 mm. LA'II. St:virs. 



qq. Thorax almost circular, distinctly longer than elytra ; neck very 



slender : color uniform pale yellow ; length less than 3 mm. 



LVIII. Stelicopsis. 



XLIII. Crtptobiuji :Mann. 1.n30. (Gr., "hidden -f life.") 



Bather large, elongate, parallel species having the gular sutures 

 separated; elytra with a fold or raised line near the side margin, ex- 

 tending from the humeri to the outer spical angle ; neck distinctly 

 and abruptly constricted above; basal .joint of antennae greatly 

 elongated; front tarsi not dilated. The males always have a fold 

 at the middle of the second, and a pit or fovea on the third ventral 

 segment, and the last ventral is unmodified. In some of the species 

 the males are of two forms ; one , j , 



having, in addition to the fold tSTN V^T?=i KX?^ 



and fovea, the third segment 

 prolonged backward in a lobe 

 which varies much in length. 

 (Fig. 162. 1 Casey has created a 

 new name. " Gaslrolohium," for 



the species possessing the char- fig. \m. C. haHum: l, complete male; «, imperfect 

 1 , . T 1 j_ T male; 5, female. (Alter Horn.) 



acters above mentioned, but i 



have retained the older and better known name. The following 



species have been taken or probably occur in the State : 



KEY TO ISDLVXA SPECIES OF CEYPTOEIUM. 



u. SfMOiid ventral of female with a pit or short transverse fovea near its 

 middle. (Fig. Hii*. Xo. 3.1 

 h. Aljdomen uniform dark brown or piee<jus ; third joint of antennte dis- 

 tinctly longer than second; length 10-12 mm. SOl. badpcm. 

 bb. Abdomen bieolored, pieenus. with the last two segments pale reddish- 

 brown; length S-10 mm. 802. bicolor. 

 aa. Second ventral of female simple, without pit or fovea. 

 e. Alidomen biculored, the last two segments paler. 

 d. Head and meso- and metasterna pale reddish-bro\^•n. texantjm. 



