668 FAMILY XXIX. MONOTOMIDZE. 



f. Thorax distinctly wider behind the middle, its hind angles 

 prominent. 1281. Americana. 



//. Thorax parallel, its hind angles not prominent. 



1282. PAEALLELA. 



hi). Metasternum nearly smooth; thorax sparsely punctate, narrower near 

 base. 1283. longicollis. 



M. product a Lea, black, opaque, sparsely clothed with whitish 

 hairs, antennas and legs paler, length 3 mm., is recorded from near 

 Cincinnati. 



1279 (3856). Monotoma picipes Hbst, Kafer, V, 1801, 24. 



Elongate-oblong, subconvex. Black or brownish, 



opaque ; antennae and legs reddish-brown. Thorax slight- 

 ly longer than wide, sides finely crenate, front angles ob- 

 tusely prominent, hind ones indistinct ; disk coarsely and 

 densely punctured and with a distinct fovea on each side 

 near base. Elytral striae rather coarsely punctured, the 

 hairs yellowish in hue. Length 2-2.3 mm. (Fig. 249.) 



Marion County: frequent. January 17-October 

 15. Taken by Harold Morrison from the windows 

 of a barn and cellar in which wood had been stored. 



1280 (3857). Monotoma fulvtpes Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. ScL, IT, 



1844, 111. 



Moderately elongate, rather slender, subconvex. Black to piceous, sub- 

 opaque ; legs and antennae reddish-brown. Head coarsely and densely punc- 

 tured, not impressed. Thorax longer than wide, narrower in front, sides 

 straight and finely crenate; front angles prominent, obtusely rounded, hind 

 angles broadly rounded; disk coarsely and densely punctured with two 

 faint impressions on basal third. Elytra with rows of fine punctures. Length 

 2-2.5 mm. 



Marion County; frequent. April 11-June 7. Taken with the 

 preceding. ' 



M. quadrifoveolata Aube, reddish-brown, length 2 mm., is known 

 from the District of Columbia. 



1281 (3859). Monotoma ameeicana Aube, Ann. Ent. Soc. Fr., VI, 461. 

 Elongate-oblong. Black, subopaque; antennae and legs reddish-brown. 



Head as in fulvipes. Thorax distinctly wider than long, front angles ob- 

 tuse, hind ones rectangular ; sides subcrenate, straight ; disk convex, coarse- 

 ly and densely punctured, the basal impressions almost obsolete. Elytra 

 rather coarsely, densely and roughly punctured. Last ventral of male with 

 an oval flattened space. Length 2.2 mm. 



Marion and Posey counties; rare. April 17-June 2. Sifted 

 from decaying fleshy fungi; also on flowers of Amorpha fruticosa. 



