THE SHORT-WINGED SCAyENGEE BEETLE 



469 



905 (9715). Oxytelus suspectus Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.. VII, 1893, 



395. 



Elongate, slender, parallel. Black, shining; elytra- piceous i legs fus- 

 cous yellow. Head about as wide as thorax, male, distinctly narrower, fe- 

 male, finely and sparsely punctate, the vertex with three slightly impressed 

 grooves. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides rounded into base; disk 

 coarsely, rather closely and roughly punctate, with three grooves, the me- 

 dian one narrow, the others broad and shallow. Elytra slightly wider and 

 one-third longer than thorax, sculptured as in insignitus. Abdomen smooth, 

 polished. Length 1.7-2 mm. 



Kosciusko, Marion and Putnam counties; scarce. March 17- 

 July 10. Sifted from damp vegetable debris. 



906 (2759). Oxyteli s placusixus Lee. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, VI, 1S77. 



237. 



Elongate, slender, depressed. Head and abdomen f usco-piceous ; tho- 

 rax and elytra pale reddish-brown : legs pale yellow. Head narrower than 

 thorax, as long as wide, finely and densely rugosely punctate behind, front 

 nearly smooth. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides nearly straight : 

 apex truncate, hind angles obtuse : disk densely and rugosely punctate, the 

 median groove faint, the others obsolete. Elytra distinctly wider and longer 

 than thorax, punctured as there. Abdomen smooth above, finely and densely 

 punctate beneath. Length 2-2.3 mm. 



Posey County: rare. April 19-April 21. Sifted from ants' 

 nests. 



0. tetracarinatus Block, (depressus Grav/). a European species, 

 is said by LeConte to occur in Indiana, but I have seen no specimens. 



907 (2762). Oxytf.ixs exiguus Erichs.. Gen. Spec. Staph.. 1840,- 798. 

 Elongate, parallel. Black, opaque : elytra fuscous ; legs pale yellow. 



Head slightly narrower than thorax, densely and finely strigose. Thorax 

 one-half wider than long, sides and apex feebly curved : disk with very fine, 

 dense lengthwise strigae, the usual grooves very faint. Elytra flat, one- 

 third longer and a little wider than thorax, more coarsely strigose with fine 

 punctures between the striga?. Abdomen smooth, polished. Length 1.5- 

 1.8 mm. 



Putnam and Lawrence counties ; scarce. April 17— July 29. 



LXXIV. Trogophlceus Mann. 1830. (Gr.. "to gnaw -bark.") 



Elongate slender forms having the front tibiae not spinose: sec- 

 ond joint of tarsi with a long, slender spine or stout seta extending 

 beneath as far as the end of the third or last joint ; tarsal claws 

 large; scutellum invisible: middle coxcP contiguous. The following 

 paper is the only one treating of the genus as a whole : 



