FAMILY XT. STAPnYLIXID^i. 



L. linearis Erichs. is a southwestern species which has been re- 

 corded from I Jincinnati. 



032 (2887). Lispixus exiguus Erichs., Gen. Spec, Staph., 1840, S30. 



Linear, parallel. Uniform chestnut brown, shining, not punctate. Head 

 almost as wide as thorax. Thorax subquadrate. narrowed at base; disk 

 deeply impressed each side in front of hind angles, which are rectangular. 

 Elytra together as wide as and one-third longer than thorax, each with a 

 distinct dorsal puncture near middle. Abdomen narrower than elytra, 

 minutely alutaceous. Length 2-2^5 mm, 



Parke County; rare. May 13. 



LXXXVIII. Glyptoma Erichs. 1840. ( Gr.. i: sculpture - joint.") 



Small elongate brownish forms having (in our spe- 

 cies) the thorax and elytra carinate ; abdomen not 

 margined: tarsi three- jointed. (Fig. 172.) 



033 (2893). Glyptoma costale Erichs.. Gen. Spec. Staph.. 

 1840, 909. 



Elongate, slender, parallel. Dark chestnut brown, opaque. 

 Antenna? reaching middle of thorax. Head margined, the 

 vertex with elevated lines. Thorax subquadrate. front an- 

 V—/ gles prominent, disk with six carinse, the outer ones close 



Ho- 172 Glyp- t0 mar = :m - Elytra slightly wider, scarcely longer than tho- 



>.o->m cri-mcome Er- rax. each with four carina?: intervals minutelv punctate, 



ichs. X 10. A South _. * 1 



American species- First five segments nt abdomen with elongate granules on 



(AfterErichson.; the ^ hind margins. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Throughout the State: frequent. March 23-June 16. Taken 

 by sifting decaying wood. 



Tnga picipe nnis Lee. blackisli-piceoiis. antenna? and legs paler, 

 length 3 mm., is known from near Detroit. Michigan and Kansas. 



Eh h'sis paUidus Lee. reddish-brown and shining, length 3.5 mm., 

 lives in ants' nests at various points in the Eastern United States 

 and doubtless occurs in the State. 



Siagmtium americanum Melsh... reddish-yellow, feebly shining, 

 head and thorax very finely punctate, length 4-6.5 mm., and S. 

 piinctatum Lee. 4-6 mm., black or dark chestnut-brown, head and 

 thorax co : . ; punctate, also have a range which includes Indiana. 



Subfamily XL MICROPEPLENAE. 



Small subquadrate species having the antenna? 9-jointed. in- 

 serted under the sides of the front and in repose received in pro- 

 sternal cavities; front coxae transverse, not prominent: hind coxa? 



