426 FAiriLY XT. STAPHYLINID.E. 



814 ( ). Latheobium semirubee Casey, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L., XV, 



1905, 107. 

 Elongate, rather slender, nearly parallel. Blar-k ; thorax and elyti'a 

 dark dullr reddish, the elytra clouded with blackish toward the base; an- 

 teunce piceous, paler at base ; legs dull yellow. Head orbicular, finely and 

 sparsely punctate; antennsB slender, reaching middle of elytra. Thorax ob- 

 long, distinc-tly wider than head, coarsely, rather sparsely and unevenly 

 punctate. Elytra one-fourth wider but very slightly longer than thorax, 

 coarsely, rather closely and roughly punctate. Abdomen as wide as elytra, 

 finely and densely punctate. Males with fourth and fifth ventrals feebly 

 flattened, sixth with a minute median notch, deeper than wide, and nar- 

 rower than in iniiii-ttilutiim, almost concealed by dense hairs. Length 7- 

 7.5 mm. 



Putnam Connty : rare. October 17. Taken by sifting damp 

 veifetable debris. Described from Iowa. 



L. aiigulare Lee, 7-7.8 mm., and L. nigrum Lee, 5-5.8 mm. in 

 lefigth, both have a range which favors their oeeuiTence in the State. 

 The latter is a l)nreal species, kno^vn from Massachusetts, Michigan 

 and Wisconsin. 



(JBOUP E. ( PSIUDOLATHRA.) 



Small, slender, subdepressed sjieeies having the head small, 

 broadly rounded and subtruncate at base; maxillary palpi short and 

 stout; gular sutures widely separated and strongly divergent;- an- 

 tenna^ reaching middle of elytra, rather stout, the .ioints obconic; 

 neck half as wide as head; thorax with median smooth area, defined 

 hy impressed ro-svs of punctures. The two known species occur in 

 the State. 



SIS (2540). Lathboeium anale Lee, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, VIII, I^SO, 

 177. 

 Elongate, very slender. Head black; antennte, thorax and elytra pale 

 reddish-bn.wn, shining; legs yellow; abdomen piceous, paler at apex. Head 

 rather coarsely and very sjiai-sely punctate. Thorax as wide or wider than 

 head, slightly longer than wide; sides straight, feebly converging from apex 

 to base, disk with a row of close set iniuctures each side of median line, 

 those on sides few and finer. Elytra slightly wider and but little longer 

 than thorax, with rows of very fine, shallow, indislinct iiuuctures. confused 

 near tips. Abdomen a little narrower at base than elytra, minutely and 

 very densely punctate. Sixth ventral of male with a small triangular 

 notcli. Lenjith 3.4-3.7 mm. 



Lak.'. Dubois and Posey counties; scarce. April 21-]May 19, 

 Sifted from damp vegetable debris. 



■S16 ( ). Latheobium i^'eviceps Casey, Trans. Acad. Sri. St. L., XV. 



1905, 129, 

 Slender, subparallel. Dark iiiceoos; head black; antennas and legs dull 

 reddish-brown. Head rather coarsely and sparsely puncfafe. Tliorax ob- 



