THE SHORT-WlX(iKr) Sl'A VF.XOER BKETLES. •169 



005 (97ir. ). OxYTELUs sfSPia-ii's Ciisey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Si-i.. \'II, l.S'.i;!, 

 395. 



Elongate, slender, parallel. Black, sliining ; eljiira piceous ; legs fus- 

 cous yellow. Head about as wide as thorax, male, distinctly narrower, fe- 

 male, finely and sparsely punctate, the vertex with three slightly impressed 

 grooves. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides rounded into base; dislc 

 coarsely, rather closely and rou,i;hly punctate, with three grooves, the me- 

 dian one narrow, the others broad and shallow. Elytra slightly wider and 

 one-third lunger than thorax, sculptured as in »/(.<///'"'?"■'-■• Abdomen smooth, 

 polished. Leng'th 1.7-2 mm. 



Kosciusko, IMarion and Putnam counties; scarce. iMarch 17- 

 July 10. Sifted from damp vegetable debris. 



SICMi (I'T.'ilt). OxYTEi.rs placisixis Lee, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, VI, l.sTT. 

 2.37. 



Elongate, slender, depressed. Head and abdomen fusco-piceous ; tho- 

 rax and elytra pale reddish-brown; legs pale .velbjw. Head narrower than 

 thorax, as long as wide, finel.v and densel.y rugosely punctate behind, front 

 nearly smooth. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides nearly straight; 

 apex truncate, hind angles obtuse; disk densely and rugosely punctate, the 

 median groove faint, the others obsolete. Elytra distinctly wider and longer 

 than thorax, pvuictured as there. Alidomen smooth above, finely and densely 

 liunctate beneath. Length 2-2.3 mm. 



Posev County; rare. April 19-April 21. Sifted from ants' 

 nests. 



0. t< fracariiiatus Block, ((hprrsi<iis Grav.), a Eiu'opean species, 

 is said by LeConte to occur in Indiana, but I have seen no specimens. 



!t07 (27G2). OxYTEU's exigvis Erichs., Gen. Spec. Staph., 1840, 70S. 



Elongate, parallel. Black, opaque ; elytra fuscous ; legs pale yellow. 

 Head slightly narrower than thorax, densely and finely strigose. Thorax 

 one-half wider than long, sides and apex feebly curved ; disk with very fine, 

 dense lengthwise strijife, the usual grooves very faint. Elytra fiat, one- 

 third longer and a little wider than thora.x. more coarsely strigose with fine 

 punctures between the striga'. Abdomen smooth, polished. Length 1..")- 

 l.s mm. 



l^utnam and Lawrence counties; scarce. April 17-July 29. 



LXXIV. Trogophlceur :\tann. 1830. (Gr., "to gnaw -i- bark. ") 



Elongate slender forms having the front tibia? not spinose; sec- 

 ond .ioint of tarsi with a long, slender spine or stout seta extending 

 beneath as far as the end of the third or last joint; tarsal claws 

 large; scutellum invisible; middle coxa^ contiguous. The following 

 paper is the only one treating of the genus as a whole : 



