^•>" VAMIL'i' Xr. S-|'.\iniYI,lXli)J':. 



XIjVI. Aderochaeis Sharp. 1886. (Gr., "eating enough + to 



delight in.") 



Rather stout, parallel species, having the head broadly sinuate- 

 truncate at base; third joint of maxillary palpi elongate-oval; an- 

 tennae slender, reaching beyond middle of thorax ; neck two-fifths 

 as wide as head; thorax subquadrate, the ajjpx smnewhat jiroduced 

 forward at middle. One sper-ics ofcnrs tln-oughoiit the Ea-steni 

 United States. 



M'.'! (2559). Aderochaeis corticina Grnv., Man. Col. JIilt., ISOO, 1S4. 



Rather broad, moderately convex. Dark reddish-brown, the entire up- 

 per surface minutely and densely punctate ; antennre and legs paler ; head 

 blackish. Head a little wider than long, its sides feebly curved. Thorax 

 slightly wider than long, a little narrower than head, sides straight, feebly 

 converging from the distinct apical to the broadly rounded basal angles. 

 Median smooth line very narrow. Elytra together quadrate, a little longer 

 and wider than thorax. Abdomen slightly narrower than elytra ; the sixth 

 ventral of male broadly and shallowly emarginate. Length 6-7 mm. 



Marion and Monri'p counties; rare. June 9-June 12. Taken by 

 sifting decaying maple logs. Described In- Say from Posey County 

 under the name Lathrobium mUlcpunctatum. 



XLVII, SciociTAKis Arrib. 1884. 



Small, rather stout brown or piceous species having the two 

 basal .-joints of antenna; much thickened, the second in our species 

 longer than third; gular sutures but slightly separated, closest to- 

 gether at base ; neck less than half as wide as head ; front tarsi more 

 or less dilated ; basal joint of hind tarsi distinctly longer than sec- 

 ond, joints two to four decreasing in length. One of the three 

 United States species occurs in Indiana. 



'^-4 ( ). SciooiiAEis CABOLiNENsis Casey, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L., XV. 



1905, t57. 



Parallel, moderately convex. Head piceous; antennse, legs and abdo- 

 men pale reddish-brown : thorax and elytra darker. Head as wide as ely- 

 tra, its sides feebly curved, finely and densely punctate. Thorax subquad- 

 rate, wider than long, widest at apex, its sides straight and feebly convei-g- 

 ing to base; disk finely and rather densely punctate, with a very narrow 

 smooth median line. Elytra one-third longer, slightly wider and a little 

 more coarsely anil sparsely punctate than thorax. Abdomen as wide as 

 elytra, minutely and rather closely punctate. Sixth ventral of male with 

 a broad notch at apex. Length 3 mm. 



Orange County; rare. June 2. Sifted from decaying beech 

 stump. 



