THE SHORT- WING ED SCAVENGER BEETlES. 



654 (2045). Gnypeta baltifera Lee, N. Sp. N. Amer. Col., I, 1863, 29. 

 Head and apical half of abdomen piceous, shining; thorax, elytra and 



basal half of abdomen dark reddish-brown; legs and antenme somewhat 

 paler. Antennae reaching middle of elytra, second and third joints equal, 

 longer than first, outer joints gradually larger. Thorax slightly wider than 

 head, a little wider than long, sides rounded, disk minutely punctate and 

 with an elongate, triangular median impression on basal half. Elytra two- 

 fifths wider and a little longer than thorax, minutely and sparsely punctate. 

 Length 2.5-2.8 mm. 



Lake and Putnam counties; scarce. April 17-May 28. Taken 

 by sifting. 



XIII. Meronera Shp. 1887. (Gr., "femur.") 



Very small, rather stout species having the neck less than a third 

 the width of head; thorax strongly convex, without basal impres- 

 sion ; abdomen as broad as elytra, not constricted at base. 



655 (2004). Mekojntera venustula Er., Gen. Spec. Staph., 1840, 55. 

 Short, rather stout, subparallel. Head and last three joints of abdomen 



piceous. Thorax, elytra and apical portion of antennae brown; legs, base 

 of antennae and abdomen, dull yellow. Antennae stouter toward apex, reach- 

 ing beyond middle of elytra. Thorax slightly wider than long, scarcely 

 wider than head, sides rounded at apical third, thence feebly converging to 

 base; surface, as well as that of head, coarsely and densely punctate. Ely- 

 tra about one-half wider and but slightly longer than thorax, less coarsely 

 and more sparsely punctate. Length 1.6-1.8 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. March 5-December 7. Hiber- 

 nates as imago. Taken by sifting vegetable debris. The elytra are 

 often in part or almost wholly piceous. 



XIV. Tinotus Sharp. 1883. (Gr.. "stretched or thin.") 



Rather stout species having the antenna? short, head small; tho- 

 rax short, much wider than long, strongly convex and usually im- 

 pressed. 



656 (9523). Tinotus caviceps Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., VII, 1893, 316. 

 Rather broad, subfusiform. flattened above. Black or piceous, feebly 



shining ; rather thickly clothed with short, pale, recumbent hairs ; legs and 

 base of antennae dark reddish-brown. Antennae reaching base of thorax, 

 second and third joints equal. Head of male broadly and deeply concave. 

 Thorax one-half wider than head, nearly twice as wide as long, sides 

 rounded; disk finely and sparsely punctate and with a large, deep median 

 impression (male) or a broad and feebly impressed median line (female). 

 Elytra equal in length and width to thorax, rather coarsely and rugosely 

 punctate. Abdomen much longer than head and thorax, nearly equal in 

 width to elytra, marked with elongate punctures. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



