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hind; remaining striae obsolete ; marginal stria abbreviated anteriorly, 
with four punctures at the humeri; legs testaceous. Length, 2.25 mm. 
Habitat: New York and westward to the Rocky Mountains. 
T. ventricosus Lee. —Piceous, glossy ; head and thorax somewhat 
rufous; thorax slightly convex, transverse, somewhat narrowed on each 
side behind, hind angles obtuse, slightly prominent; elytra ovate, 
broader than the thorax, bipunctate, sutural stria deep posteriorly, remain¬ 
ing striae obsolete; legs and antennae flavo-testaceous. Length, 2.5 mm. 
Habitat: New York and southward. 
T. laevis Say. —Piceous, body tinted with rufous; head rather 
darker ; antennae paler at base; palpi whitish; thorax transversely sub¬ 
quadrate, hardly narrowed behind, lateral edge not excurved behind, 
angles slightly obtuse, angular, basal edge nearly rectilinear, dorsal line 
obsolete, basal ones wanting; elytra not punctured and without striae, 
except an obsolete sutural one; legs testaceous. Length, 1.5 mm. 
Habitat: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio. 
T. pallidus Chd. —Elongate, head and thorax reddish-testaceous, 
elytra darker, tips paler; legs palpi, and base of antennae pale testace¬ 
ous; thorax broader than long, sides rounded, feebly sinuate before the 
hind angles which are acute, surface slightly convex; elytra slightly 
wider than the thorax, sides feebly arcuate, sutural stria continuous, 
other striae almost obsolete, near the inner basal angle is a small circu¬ 
lar wart-like elevation. ’ Length, 2.3 mm. 
Habitat: New Jersey. 
T. occultator Casey. — Reddish-tetaceous, head nearly black; legs 
pale testaceous ; form robust; thorax with sides strongly rounded, feebly 
sinuate behind; posterior angle rectangular, prominent; median line 
feeble ; elytra distinctly wider than the thorax, sides feebly arcuate, su¬ 
tural stria strongly marked, arcuate without, then a feeble second 
stria, and beyond traces of a third stria ; two minute punctures; mar¬ 
ginal stria interrupted. Length, 2.8 mm. 
Habitat: New Jersey (Cape May). 
T. nanus Gyll. —Deep black, polished, antennae brown, base and 
palpi and legs rufous; thorax nearly as broad as the elytra, somewhat 
narrowed and slightly sinuate behind; angles rectangular, basal edge 
rectilinear; elytra with dorsal stria, outer striae obsolete, impunctured, 
lateral stria wanting; feet piceous. Length, 2.25 mm. 
Habitat: N. E. America. Usually found under bark of decaying 
trees. 
