472 FAMILY XI. — STAPH Y UNI] ).E. 



912 (0744). Trogophlceds agonus Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., IV, 1889, 

 356. 

 Elongate, slender. Piceous, feebly shining ; abdomen black ; legs and 

 antennae dark piceous brown. Head scarcely narrower than thorax, wider 

 than long;, rather finely, deeiily and densely punctate. Thorax one-half 

 wider than long, widest just before the middle, sides feebly curved, apex 

 much wider than base; disk densely and somewhat coarsely punctate and 

 with two distinct parallel impressions on basal half. Elytra together about 

 as long as wide, one-fourth wider and three-fourths longer than thorax, 

 rather coarsel.y. not closely punctate. Abdomen minutely granulate, very 

 finely and sparsely punctate. Length 1.8-2 mm. 



Starke and Putnam counties; scarce. ..March 20-]May 19. Sifted 

 from damp vegetable debris. 



T. hrachypterus Lee. wholly dull black in hue and one of the 

 ■smallest of the genus, occurs in numbers at Detroit, Michigan, and 

 probably inhabits northern Indiana. 



LXXV. Apocellus Erichs. 1840. l,Gr., "to withdraw + \vild 



animal.") 



Rather slender glabrous forms having the head ef[ual to or wider 

 than the thorax ; antenna arising from beneath distinct elevated 

 frontal ridges; abdomen very broad. 



013 (2782). Apoceixus sph^kicoixis Say, Trans. Amer. I'hil. S(m-., IV, 



ls;!4. 45.^,; iljid. II. 570. 

 Elongate, slender, widest across the abdomen. Dark 

 reddish-bidwu, strongly shining; head and abdomen 

 usually darker; antenn.-e fuscous, the first three .ioints 

 and legs paler. Head wider than thorax, its sides 

 (ibliqiie and rounded into a distinct nw-k : surface 

 smooth. Eyes very small; antenn;^ longer than head 

 and thorax, the outer joints much enlarged, the second 

 one-half the length of third. Thorax subglobular. eon- 

 vex ; its surface, as well as that of elytra, with a few 

 Fig. 168. y 9i scattered minute punctures bearing short black erect 



no son.) hairs. Elytratogether wider than long, one-third wider 



and slightly longer than thorax. Abdomen at base as wide as ol.vtra, thence 

 gradually widening to the fuurtli and fifth segments; surface smooth, highly 

 polished. Length 2.7-3 nun. (Fig. l(;s.) 



Southern half of State; frequent. April 8-May 13. Occurs 

 beneath stones, logs and damp decaying leaves. The thorax varies 

 much in color and size. 



TiiiNOBius Kies. 1844. (Dr., "shore -f to live.") 



Very small linear depressed, pubescent species having the scutel- 

 lum visible ; the iinier apical angles of elytra broadly and obliquely 



