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609 (8942). LIMNOBAKIS CONFUSA Boh., Schon., 1836, 740. 



Oblong-oval, subdepressed. Black, antennas slightly paler; subglab- 

 rous, the hair-like scales very small, fine, white, sparsely disposed above 

 and beneath. Beak finely and densely punctured near base, more sparsely 

 toward apex. Thorax slightly wider than long, its punctures rather dense, 

 not contiguous, the median smooth line distinct. Elytra slightly wider and 

 three-fourths longer than thorax; strise fine, deep; intervals flat, wide, 

 mostly with two rows of coarse, shallow confused punctures. Prosternum 

 of male with a long slender, oblique horn before each coxa; in front of them 

 a large, deep excavation. Length 2.7 3.5 mm. 



Starke and Jackson counties, Ind., rare; June 19 Aug. 25. 

 Hopatcong and Orange Mts., N. J. Ormond, Sanford, Dunedin, 

 Sarasota and Ft. Myers, Fla., frequent in marshy meadows; Feb. 

 27 Oct. 22. Ranges from New England to Colorado, south to 

 North Carolina and southern Florida. 



Specimens from Ormond and Ft. Myers, Fla., agree with those 

 mentioned by LeConte (1876, 317) in having the thorax more 

 coarsely, less densely punctured, fifth ventral as long as third 

 and fourth united, and processes of male very short, acute cusps. 

 They may bo known as var. Itn'rinixpa. (W. 8. B.} 



610 (11,192). LIMXOBABIS PUTEIFER Casey, 1892, 639. 



Oblong-oval, moderately convex. Black, shining and subglabrous 

 throughout. Beak of male stout, cylindrical, feebly curved, finely carinate 

 above, roughly and rather coarsely punctate; of female slightly longer, much 

 more slender, nearly straight, finely and sparsely punctate. Thorax one- 

 fourth wider than long, sides feebly curved from the base and distinctly 

 constricted near apex; disc minutely alutaceous, finely and sparsely punc- 

 tate, with median smooth line distinct on basal half and a 

 small, irregular smooth space midway between it and margin. Scutellum 

 oblong, notched at apex. Elytra oblong, nearly one-third wider and more 

 than twice as long as thorax, sides parallel to apical third; strife fine; 

 intervals wide, flat, each with a single row of very fine, scabrous, scarcely 

 impressed punctures. Length 3 3.2 mm. 



Parke, Dubois and Floyd counties, Ind., scarce ; May 13 - 

 June 23. Described from "Indiana?" Recorded from Ohio by 

 Dury. "Extremely like conf'mis, but the ante-coxa! processes 

 are much more developed, elytra wider and longer, second joint 

 of funicle longer, and prosternum of male with deep excavation." 

 (Casey.) In one of the two males at hand the antecoxnl horns 

 extend to base of beak ; in the other they are two-thirds as long. 

 The fifth ventral in both sexes has a large rounded impression 

 at middle, this distinctly deeper in male. The minute whitish 

 scales are condensed at the base of the first four elvtral inter- 



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vals, where they are more evident than elsewhere. 



