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FAMILY XXI. CUCUJIMS. 



1074 (- — — ■). Cathartus longulus sp. nov. 



Elongate, slender, subdepressed. Head and thorax dark reddish-brown, 

 subopaque ; elytra, antenna? and legs paler brown, more shining. Antennae 

 slender, longer than head and thorax, joints 3-8 subequal, ninth two-thirds 

 the width of tenth. Thorax slightly wider than long; sides almost straight, 

 the margins flattened; front angles with an obtuse tooth, hind ones acute ; 

 disk with dense elongate granules. Elytra scarcely wider at base than 

 thorax, with rows of rather fine, close-set punctures. Length 2 mm. 



Starke County ; rare. June 16. Sifted from borders of sphag- 

 num marsh. 



C. rectus Lee, pale chestnut-brown, length 2 mm., is known from 

 Pennsylvania, Illinois and southward. 



III. Nausibius Redt. 1858. (L., "disgust 4- life.") 



Broader and more depressed than in Silvanus, the elytra costate 

 and covering the entire abdomen. One species is known from the 

 State. 



1075 (3308). Nausibius clavicoenis Kug., Schneider's Magaz., I, 1791, 511. 

 Elongate, depressed. Dark chestnut brown, deeply and densely punc- 

 tured. Antennae robust, rather short, placed on the front angles of the 

 head in front of eyes. Thorax quadrate, disk with two indentations be- 

 hind the middle; sides with six obtuse teeth. Elytra each with four 

 slightly elevated lines. Length 3.5-4.5 mm. 



Vigo County ; rare. September 17. Two specimens were taken 

 with a dozen other species at sap beneath the bark of a soft maple 

 tree. LeConte states that it occurs usually in rice, sugar and other 

 articles of commerce throughout the United States. Listed as N. 

 dentatus Marsh. 



Subfamily II. PASSANDRINAE. 



Elongate, slender, depressed or subcylindrical species, having 

 the tarsi 5-jointed in both sexes; elytra covering the entire abdo- 

 men; head quadrate; eyes coarsely granulated. One of the three 

 genera is represented in the State. 



IV. Catogen.us Westw. 1835. (Gr., " inferior + chin. ") 



This genus is represented by a single species of wide distribution 

 which is very variable in size. It has robust, bead-like antenna?, 

 joints one to ten subglobular, first largest, second smallest; the last 

 joint compressed and carinate. 



*1076 (3310). Catogenus eufus Fab., Ent. Syst. Emend., 1798, 123. 



Elongate, depressed. Dark reddish or chestnut brown. Head with a 

 transverse groove behind the eyes. Thorax narrowed behind, distinctly 



