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FAMILY XI.- — STAPHYLINlfjiE. 



IX. ClITTALTA Slip. 1883. 



Rather elongate species having the head large ; antennae long and 

 stout, the last joint much shorter than the two preceding combined; 

 thorax cordate; elytra with prominent, almost square shoulders: ab- 

 domen nearly parallel ; middle coxae widely separated ; legs long and 

 stout, the basal joint of hind tarsi much shorter than the next three 

 combined. 



647 ( 2002). Chitalia bilobata Say. Trans. 



Amer. Phil. Soc, VI, 1S36. 

 156; ibid. II. 5S9. 

 Elongate rather stout convex. Dark brown 

 to piceous. shining ; legs and basal joints of 

 antenna? brownish-yellow. Thorax cordate, 

 slightly wider than head and as long as wide, 

 sides rounded in front, strongly converging 

 behind ;" disk finely and sparsely punctate and 

 with a wide, deep median groove; seutellum 

 finely and densely granulate and often with 

 a median line. Elytra one-half wider than 

 thorax, as wide as long, finely and sparsely 

 granulate-punctate., more densely so on basal 

 half. Abdomen narrower than elytra, rather 

 closely and roughly punctate. Length 3- 

 Fig. 153. X 15. (Original.) 3.3 mm. (Fig. 153.) 



Throughout the State ; scarce. April 16-Octobcr 31. Taken 

 beneath bark and by sifting vegetable debris in moist woods. 



. X. Falagria Mannh. 1830. 



This genus is closely allied to the preceding, differing mainly by 

 having the seutellum distinctly carinate. The meso- and metasterna 

 are on the same plane, whereas in Chitalia the mesosternum is raised 

 above the metasternnni. 



648 (1996). Falagria cixgulata Lee. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. ScL, 1S66. 

 370. 



Elongate, slender, convex. Pale to dark reddish-brown, shining, feebly 

 pubescent ; elytra often paler at base : apical half of abdomen blackish ; legs 

 dull yellow or in part piceous. Antennse reaching apex of elytra, second and 

 third joints subequal. Thorax narrower than head, longer than wide, sides 

 rounded in front, converging and sinuate toward base ; disk minutely and 

 sparsely punctate and with a deep median groove. Seutellum finely and 

 sparsely granulate and with a single median carina. Elytra nearly twice 

 as wide but not much longer than thorax, minutely and indistinctly punc- 

 tate. Abdomen narrower than elytra, slightly widened behind the middle, 

 finely and rather closely punctate. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Putnam. Monroe. Lawrence and Posey counties: scarce. April 

 18-June 9. Taken by sifting. Much more slender, with a nar- 



