THE SHORT- WINGED SO A V E \ ( ! EE BE ETLES. 



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longer and more slender tarsi and less hairy upper surface. One 

 species is known from the Eastern United States. 



659 ( ). Xestueida l^evis Casey, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L., XVI, 1906, 



325. 



Short, rather stout. Dark reddish-brown, strongly shining, sparsely 

 and finely pubescent; head and abdomen piceous ; antennae dusky, their 

 basal joints and legs dark brownish-yellow. Head wider than long, paral- 

 lel ; antennae reaching middle of elytra, the second and third joints elongate, 

 subequal. Thorax wider than head, one-third wider than long; sides 

 parallel, rounded into base ; surface, as well as that of elytra, finely, sparse- 

 ly and roughly punctate. Elytra three-fifths wider but only slightly longer 

 than thorax. Abdomen as wide as elytra, feebly narrowed toward the tip, 

 the sides strongly margined. Length 1.7 mm. 



Clark County ; rare. May 6. Taken from beneath a log on the 

 muddy banks of the Ohio River. Described from near Vicksburg, 

 Mississippi. The Indiana specimen is in the collection of Dr. 

 Fenyes. 



XVIII. Trichiusa Casey. 1893. (Gr., << a little hair.") 



Rather stout, convex species, bristling with long hairs and hav- 

 ing the third joint of maxillary palpi much longer and thicker than 

 second, fourth small, slender, oblique; head and thorax both rather 

 small; elytra wide, abdomen broad ; hind tarsi with four basal joints 

 equal. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF TRICB ITTSA. 



a. Elytra with coarse punctures not bearing hairs, mixed with the smaller, 

 rougher, hair-bearing ones, the intervals polished, not alutaceous ; 

 color in great part reddish-brown. 660. parviceps. 



aa. Elytra with a single set of minute hair-bearing punctures, the intervals 

 less shining and distinctly alutaceous ; color deep black. 661. atea. 



660 ( ). Trichiusa parviceps Casey. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L., XVI 



1906, 328. 



Short, stout, rather convex. Reddish- or chestnut-brown, shining, sparse- 

 ly clothed with pale, erect, conspicuous hairs ; head and indefinite subapical 

 cloud of abdomen black; legs and base and tips of antennae dull yellow. 

 Antennae reaching nearly to middle of elj-tra, the outer joints gradually 

 stout and compact ; the second and third ones nearly equal. Thorax one- 

 half wider than head, two-fifths wider than long, sides broadly rounded, 

 hind angles small but distinct ; disk with fine, rather close punctures, with 

 coarser ones intermixed on basal half. Elytra a third wider and longer 

 than thorax, punctured as mentioned in key. Abdomen slightly narrower 

 than elytra, the sides parallel, distinctly and rather closely punctate. 

 Length 2 mm. 



Putnam and Monroe counties ; scarce. April 17-May 13. Taken 

 by sifting rotten beech wood. 

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