THE STIOET-WIXGED SOAVEXGEH BEETLES. 435 



c. El.rtra bronzed brown, the tips narrowly pale, more widely to- 

 ward sides; wider than head, finely and very sparsely punc- 

 tate. S.33. DEXTATUS. 



cc. Piceous black ; elytra scarcely at all paler at tip, not wider than 



head, rather closely punctate. 834. biaematus. 



CT. Labrum with four teeth, the outer pair very small, the inner pair 



short, broad and widely separated ; surface very finely and densely 



punctate; head rounded behind; prosternum strongly carinate. 



TBISTIS. 



N. 02}aculus Lee, 4 mm. in length, has been taken at Cincinnati, 

 and N. 7-udis Lee.. 4.5 mm. in length, in Illinois. 



'S32 (12554 1. Stiljcus axguhris Erichs.. (ieu. Spec. Staph., 1.S40, G.34. 



Dark reddish-brown, shinins: elytra with tips 

 pale; alxlomen piceous; legs pale yellow. Hc-ad as 

 wide as long,' broadly rounded and subtruncate at 

 base, coarsely and densely punctate, the punctures 

 rounded, shallow, each liearing a minute hair. Tho- 

 rax but little longer than wide, three-fourths as 

 wide as head, the obtuse angles at apical third dis- 

 tinctly rounded: disk sparsely and coarsely punc- 

 t>ired oil sides with a broad smooth median line. 

 El.vtra one-half wider and one-third longer than thn- 

 rax, finely and sparsely punctate. Abdomen nar- 

 rower at Iiase than elytra, minutely and rather 

 closely punctate. Fifth ventral of male feebly flat- 

 tened, its apex truncate without a tooth. Length 

 •"..N-4 mm. (Fig. 164.) Fig. 164. (Original.) 



]\Iarion. ^lonroe. Lawrence and Spencer counties; scarce. April 

 12-.July 29. Occurs beneath carrion and leaves. 



S.33 (2556). Stilicvs dextatvs Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. IV. Is34. 

 457: ibid. II. 573. 

 Head, thorax and elytra dark reddish-brown, the elytra strongly shin- 

 ing ; abdomen black ; antennse reddish-brown ; legs and tips of elytra pale 

 yelIo«-. Head longer than wide, strongly rounded at base, its punctures 

 elongate and dense. Thorax three-fifths as wide as head; disk with leugtli- 

 wise wrinkles, the median smooth line very narrow, forming an obtuse 

 carina. Elyti-a three-fourths wider and a third longer than thorax. Ali- 

 domen at base narrower than elytra, thence gradually widening, surfaic 

 shining, finely and sparsely punctate. Fifth ventral of male with a me- 

 dian tooth. Length 3.7-^ mm. 



Putnam. Clarion and Posey counties; scarce, ilarch 20-Xovem- 

 ber 2S. Taken by sifting damp leaves and in fungi. 



834 (25571. Stilici's BlARiiAXt's Lee.. Tvaiis. Amer. Ent. Sec, VIII, 1880, 

 378. 



Piceous black. El.rtra scarcely at all paler at tip; antennre and legs 

 (lusliv yellow. Head as wide as long, its base broadly rounded, surface, as 



