58 FAMILY II. OAEABID/E. 



54 (233). DYSCIIIRU s II/KMOURIIOIDALIS Dej., Spec. V, 1S30, 511. 



Blackish-bronzed, strongly shining; antenna. 1 , legs and tips of elytra 

 pale reddish-brown. Thorax ovate, transverse. Elytral stria? coarsely and 

 deeply punctate, abbreviated at base and obsolete on apical third. Length 

 2.8-3.3 inm. 



Starke, Lawrence and Fayette counties; frequent. May 11- 

 August 23. 



55 (234). DYSCHIRIUS TERMINATUS Lee., Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist, IV, 1848, 



212. 



Elongate, slender. Black, slightly bronzed, strongly shining; antenna?, 

 legs, abdomen and apical third of elytra obscure reddish. Thorax as broad 

 as long, strongly convex, without a longitudinal impressed line. Elytral 

 strife indistinct at base and wholly wanting on apical third, their punctures 

 indistinct ; the dorsal punctures of third interval located one on basal 

 third, one near the middle and one slightly behind the middle. Length 

 3.2 mm. 



Posey County; rare. April 26. Taken from beneath rubbish 

 in cornfield near river bank. 



D. brevispinus Lee., black, shining, 3.4 mm. in length, occurs in 

 Michigan and Ohio and doubtless in Indiana. 



56 (237). DYSCHIRIUS SPH.ERICOLLIS Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., II, 



1823, 23; ibid. II, 452. 



Black-bronzed ; antenna? and legs dark red. Thorax ovate, not broader 

 than long; disk with a median impressed line. Elytra deeply striate, the 

 stria? entire, punctures indistinct on apical half. Length 5.5 mm. 



Fayette and Posey counties ; rare ; also two in Webster collec- 

 tion. July 4-August 23. Our largest species. 



D. truncatus Lee., blackish-bronzed, 5.5 mm. in length, occurs in 

 Illinois and Missouri and probably in western Indiana. 



57 (240). DYSCHIRIUS ERYTH ROOKRUS Lee., Proe. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



1857, 78. 



Elongate. Blackish-bronzed, shining; legs and antenna? reddish-brown. 

 Front of head with a transverse impression between the eyes. Thorax 

 subovate, slightly longer than broad, with a fine, median impressed line. 

 Elytral stria? slightly abbreviated at base and absent on apical third, 

 coarsely punctured ; dorsal punctures of third interval located one in front 

 of middle, the other, very fine, on apical third. Length 4-5 mm. 



Putnam County; rare. July 4. 



58 (254). DYSCHIRIUS HISPIDUS Lee., New Spec. N. Amer. Col., I, 1863. 4. 



Blackish-bronzed, strongly shining; antenna? yellowish; legs reddish- 

 brown. Thorax globose, as broad as long. Clypeus emarginate, two- 

 Elytral stria 1 impressed and coarsely punctate except on apical 



