838 FAMILY XI.. — l.AMTYTUDM. 



Lake, Marion, Putnam, Vigo and Crawford counties; scarce. 

 April 20-July 30. Occurs on the flowers and foliage of black haw 

 and other shrubs; also on tall blue grass in open woods. Described 

 from eleven specimens, all having the characters above given, and 

 therefore all males, if that sex only has the thorax lobed. 



XXIII. Trypherits Lee. 1851. (Gr., "weak.") 



Here belongs a single elongate species, having the elytra ab- 

 breviated as in the Staphylinida;, the inner wings much longer and 

 covering the surface of the abdomen in repose. Eyes large and 

 prominent in the male, which has also the middle femora decidedly 

 thicker than in female. 



1600 (4972). Tbypheeijs latipennis Germ., Ins. Sp. Nov., 1824, 72. 



Elongate, slender. Dull yellow beneath ; piceous above, the margins of 

 thorax and tips of elytra dull yellow. Antennae dusky, slender, one-half as 

 long as body ; third joint equal to second, a little shorter than fourth. Tho- 

 rax slightly wider than long, transversely oval, broadly rounded in front, 

 truncate behind. Elytra nearly twice as long as thorax, rugosely punc- 

 tured, tips rounded. Female with last dorsal segment trilobed at tip. 

 Length 6-7 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April 22-June 28. Occurs 

 especially on catnip and flowers of red haw; also on foliage of vari- 

 ous plants. 



XXIV. Malthinus Lat. 1806. (Gr., "soft wax.") 



Head large, narrowed behind the ^'yes into a neck; antenna 

 slender, with second joint equal to those which follow; elytra three- 

 fourths as long as abdomen, marked with rows of punctures. One 

 of the-two known North American species occurs in Indiana. 



1601 (4975). Malthinus occipitalis Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Y, 

 1851, 345. 

 Elongate, slender. Dull yellow ; head, middle of thorax and an irregu- 

 lar space behind the middle of elytra piceous ; tips of elytra lemon-yellow ; 

 apical half of antennas dusky. Thorax as wide as long, sides rounded; disk 

 sparsely and finely punctured and with a deep median impression on basal 

 half. Length 3 nun. 



Tippecmoc, Orange and Floyd counties; scarce. Mny 2S-.Tuue 

 29. Hitherto recorded only from the Southern States. Occurs on 

 grasses in low, moist places. 



XXV. Malthoder Kies. 1852. (Gr., "soft -i- form.") 

 Species of small size and wenk structure, having short elytra 

 winch leave the inner win-s ])art]y exposed and folded along the 



