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C. in/i<ni<l< r Fisch. is a boreal species which has been taken by 

 Wolcott near Chicago and doubtless occurs in the northern third of 

 Indiana. lie finds it in spring, early summer and autumn, by 

 tearing the sod away from the large exposed roots of oak and other 

 trees in sparsely wooded pasture land, the beetle occurring between 

 the sod and the roots. 



2<J (120). ('ARAisus SYLVOSCS Say, Trans. Amor. IMiil. Sue.. II. 1x23, 75; 



ibid. II. 492. 



Elongate-oval, robust. P.laek : margins of thorax and elytra blue. 

 Thorax broader than long, slightly punctured, margins reflexed. Elytra 

 elongate-oval, the stria* very line. Length 27-30 nun. 



Laporte, Knox and Vigo counties ; rare. May 12 October 3. 

 Occurs beneath logs in upland sandy woods. 



27 (121). C'AKAnrs sKRRATt's Say. Trans. Ainer. Phil. Soc., 

 II. 1S2:;. 77: ibid. II. 4!>4. 



Oval, rather slender. Black with violet margins. Thorax 

 broad, disk smooth, margins punctured and slightly retlexed. 

 Elytra elongate, the margin with two >r three slight notches 

 near the base; stria' with distant, deep punctures. Length 

 20-24 mm. (Fig. 31.) 



Lake, Vigo and Posey counties; rare. Taken from 

 beneath logs in damp localities. April 15-May 21. 



Fig. 31. 



28 (122). CARAUUS LIMBATUS Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., II, 1823, 77; 

 ibid. II, 41)3. 



Oval, robust. Black with bluish margins. Thorax one- 

 half wider than long, rather sparsely and shalluwly punctate. Elytra 

 deeply striate. punctures distinct and regular, intervals convex. Length 

 25-28 mm. 



Fulton, Marion, Vermillion, Vigo, Posey, Monroe and Franklin 

 counties; one or two specimens from each. April 10-September 3. 

 Occurs in moist upland woods. 



2!> (123). CAKAIH-S VI.XCTI s Web., Obs. Ent.. ISO], 42. 



Elongate-oval, rather slender. Dull black, bronzed; 

 thorax with a greenish tinge at borders, its surface not 

 punctate, but more or less finely rugose. Broken inter- 

 vals of elytra m.nv prominent than in the preceding 

 species; the stria> linely and irregularly granulate-punc- 

 tate. Length 25-30 mm. (Fig. .",2.) 



Knox, Gibson, Dubois and Spencer counties; 

 scarce. April 23-June 14. Occurs beneath bark 

 and other cover in low, moist woods. 



Fig. 32. 



