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FAMILY XI. STAPH YLIHIDJE. 



lowish erect hairs ou sides and scattered erect black ones on disk. Elytra 

 less densely and less finely punctured. Seventh segment of abdomen closely 

 punctured above and with an inferior lobe in male. Length 1.2 mm. 



Marion County; rare. May 15. Taken from among termites 

 beneath bark. Described from Tennessee. 



VIII. Bolitochara Mannh. 1830. (Gr. 5 1 ' fungi - to delight in.") 



Rather broad forms having the antennas short, stout, less than 

 half the length of body; abdomen somewhat narrowed toward tip; 

 legs long and slender. 



645 (2009). Bolitochaea trimaculata Er., Gen. Sp. Staph., 1S40, 105. 

 Rather stout and broad, subparallel. Dark brown to piceous, shining, 



sparsely clothed with short, prostrate yellowish hairs; elytra dull yellow, 

 with the apical half, except at suture, and a common rounded basal median 

 spot, dark brown : legs and basal joints of antennae yellow : basal half of ab- 

 domen often tinged with reddish. Thorax subelliptical, more than one-half 

 wider than long, sides rounded into base; disk rather finely and closely 

 punctate and with a rounded impression in front of scutellum. Elytra 

 slightly wider and two-thirds longer than thorax, coarsely, roughly and 

 shallowly punctate. Abdomen a little narrower than elytra, coarsely and 

 rather closely punctate both above and below. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Southern two-thirds cf State; scarce. March 20-November 5. 

 Taken from beneath debris in damp localities. 



646 (9591). Bolitochaea blanchardi Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. ScL, VII, 



1892, 369. 



Rather stout, parallel. Head black ; thorax piceous, slightly paler along 

 the basal margin ; elytra fuscous, the basal third and often the suture, dull 

 yellow ; legs and abdomen reddish-yellow, the last two or three segments 

 of the latter in great part piceous. Thorax three-fourths wider than long, 

 sides broadly rounded into base, disk finely, densely and somewhat roughly 

 punctate and with a distinct impression on middle of base. Elytra slightly 

 wider and one-half longer than thorax, impressed along the suture on basal 

 half, rather finely and closely punctate. Abdomen distinctly narrower than 

 elytra, feebly tapering, finely and densely punctate : fifth dorsal segment of 

 male carinate at middle. Length 2.7-3.2 mm. 



Fulton. Marion and Putnam counties; frequent. April 30-No- 

 vember 28. Taken by sifting damp vegetable debris. 



Tribe YI. MYRMEDON1INI. 



Head not prolonged in a beak in front : inner lobe of the maxillae 

 with its outer side horn-like, its inner side leather-like. Front tarsi 

 with four, middle and Jiind tarsi with live joints. The following 

 genera are known to be represented in the State. 



