434 ]?a:\iily xi. — stapiiylixidj-:. 



sifted from a patch of withered fungus. Yery probably occurs in 

 southern Indiana. 



Geoup C. (Pycnords.) 



Body rather thick and convex ; legs stout, the front tarsi dilated ; 

 front angles of thorax obliterated. One of the three species as- 

 cribed to the group has l)een taken in the State. 



831 (2548). SioivEUS dentigbk Lee, Trans. Amei-. Ent. Soc, VIII, 1880, 

 170. 



Elongate, convex. Black, feebly shining, thinly clothed with very fine 

 gray pubescence; antenna- and tarsi dark reddish-brown; legs and abdo- 

 men piceous. Head longer than wide, truncate at base, very minutely and 

 sparsely punctate above, more distinctly beneath. Antennas reaching base 

 of thorax, the outer joints scarcely thicker. Thorax elongate-oval, one- 

 third longer than wide, sides feebly cun^ed, converging from middle to 

 base and apex; disk, as well as that of elytra, finely and sparsely punc- 

 tate. Elytra as long and scarcely wider than thorax. Abdomen as wide 

 as elytra, minutely and densely punctate. Length 3-3.2 mm. 



Kosciusko County; rare. June 24. Sifted from sphagnum 

 moss at edge of tamarack marsh. The males have the femora 

 thicker, the hind ones bent, concave beneath, the curved edge finely 

 serrate and with a tooth near trochanter. 



LIII. Stilicus Latr. 1S'2I). (Gr., "a style.") 



Small slender species having the labrum broadly rounded or 

 subtruncate at apex; second .joint of maxillary palpi much shorter 

 than third; head rounded or subtruncate at base; surface usually 

 coarsely punctured. The head is narrowed behind and the thorax 

 in front, the two parts being united by a mere point, giving to them 

 the aspect of small ants. The following species have been talren or 

 probably occur in the State: 



KEY TO INDI.iNA SPECIES OF STILICUS. 



u. Under surf nee of head densely punctured. 



6. Uiiper surface finely and densely punctate ; head snbquadratc, trun- 

 cate at base; elytra with the outer apical angles broadly pale. 



OPACULXJS. 



hi). Upper surface of head and thorax coarsely, elytra finely and sparsely 

 punctured; tips of elytra pale; head rounded at base; thorax with- 

 out a smooth median line. rudis. 

 (III. Under surface of head siiarsely punctured. 



c. Labrum with two acute teeth at apex; sculpture above not very fine 

 and dense. 

 d. Head not strigosely punctured above ; thorax with a broad, smooth 

 dorsal line ; elytra distinctly wider than head. 832. angtjlabis. 

 del. Head and thorax strigosely punctured above. 



