484 FAMILY Xr. STAl'ITYLINri)^!". 



L. linearis Erichs. is a southn'estern species which has been re- 

 corded from Ciucinnati. 



932 (2SS7). LispiNus extguI's Erichs., Gen. Spec. Staph., ]S40, 830. 



Linear, parallel. Uniform chestnut brown, shining, not punctate. Head 

 almost as wide as thorax. Thorax subquadrate, narrowed at l)ase; disk 

 doei)l.v impi'cssed each side in front of hind angles, which are rectangular. 

 Elytra togetlicr as wide as and one-third longer than thorax, each with a 

 distinct dorsal puncture near middle. Alidomen narrower than elytra, 

 minulely alutaceous. Length 2-2.ri nmi. 



I'arke (Vninty ; rare. May 13. 



LXXXVIII. Glyptoma Erichs. 1840. (Gr., "sculpture-F joint.") 



Small elongate brownish forms having (in our spe- 

 cies) the thorax and elytra carinate; abdomen not 

 margined; tarsi three-,] ointed. (Pig. 172.) 



033 (2893). Glyptoma costale Erichs., Gen. Spec. Staph., 

 1840, 909. 

 Elongate, slender, parallel. Dark chestnut brown, opaque. 

 Antennae reaching middle of thorax. Head margined, the 

 yertex with elevated lines. Thorax subquadrate, front an- 

 gles prominent, disk witli six carinje, the outer ones close 

 Fi" 172 Gij/D- ^^ margin. Elytra slightly wider, scarcely longer than tho- 

 loma crasnmrne Er- rax. each with four cariuse: intervals minutely punctate. 



ichs. X 10. A South 



American species- First five segments of abdomen with elongate granules on 

 (After Erichson.) their hind margins. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Throughout tlie State; frequent. INFarch 28-.lune 16. Taken 

 liy sifting decaying wood. 



Triga picipcnnis Lee, hlaclcish-pici^ou.s. antennaa and legs paler, 

 length 8 mm., is known from near Detroit. Michigan and Kansas. 



Elcu.'iis jiallidiis Lee, reddish-brown and shining, length 3.5 mm., 

 lives in ants' nests at various jioints in the Eastern United States 

 and doubtless occui's in the State. 



Siagoniu)ii amcriranvin IMelsh., reddish-yellow, feebly shining, 

 head and thorax very finely punctate, length 4-6.5 mm., and S. 

 puvclatum Lee, 4-6 mm., black or dark cliestnut-brown, head and 

 thorax coarsely punctate, also have a range which includes Indiana. 



Subfamily XI. MICROPEPLESfAE. 



Small sub(|uadrate species having the anteunte 0-jointed, in- 

 serted under the sides of the front and in repose received in pro- 

 sternal cavities; front coxir transverse, not prominent; hind eoxa3 



