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FAMILY II. CAKAI'.rD/E. 



59 (258). CLIVINA DEXTIPES Dej., Spec. I, 1825, 415. 



Elongate, slender. Black, shining; legs piceous; antennse and 

 tarsi reddish-brown. Elytra! stria? distinct, finely punctured. 

 Length 7.5-8.5 mm. (Fig. 44.) 



Throughout the State: frequent. April G-Octo- 

 ber 9. 



Fig. 44. 

 (After Len ) 60 (259). CLIVINA IMPRESSIFRONS Lee., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. 



Sci., II, 1844, 50. 



Readily known by its uniform reddish-brown hue and the deep groove 

 of vertex. Elytral strhe distinct, finely punctured. Length <M.. r > mm. 

 (Fig. 45.) 



Frequent throughout the State, beneath stones 

 along the sandy margins of streams and lakes, and in 

 low, damp cultivated fields. April 1-August 30. Said 

 to do much damage to sprouting corn grains. 



61 (203). CLIVINA PUNCTIGERA Lee., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. 



Sci., 1857, 81. 



Elongate, slender, parallel. Dark reddish-brown; elytra /' 

 piceous, the antennse and legs a little paler. Vertical groove ^ 



evident but shallow, with numerous fine punctures near its front 

 end and coarser ones on sides. Thorax finely and sparsely punctured. Elytral 

 strise deep, the punctures fine; the third stria with four dorsal punctures. 

 Length 5-5.5 mm. 



Dubois County; rare. May 11. Resembles imprcssifrons but 

 smaller, with shorter and more shallow vertical groove and with 

 the outer front angles of the clypeus less advanced. A southern 

 form described from South Carolina. 



C.2 *(2(i4). CLIVINA RUBICUNDA Lee., Proc. I'liil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1S.~>7, Si. 

 Elongate, slender. Head, thorax, antenna- and legs reddish-brown; 

 elytra darker. Head smooth, vertex t'oveate. Thorax with one or two 

 dull teeth on each basal angle. Length 4.S-. r >.2 mm. 



Vigo and Posey counties; scarce. February 10-May 7. Oc- 

 curs beneath logs and chunks some distance from water. Hiber- 

 nates as imago. A handsome little species, also of southern range. 



03 (2>0). CLIVINA RITA Lee.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 1S.77, si. 



Uniform light brownish-red. Elytral stria' entire, finely punctate. 

 Length f> mm. 



Floyd County; scarce. September 29-October 9. 



('. coUttrix llerbst, an introduced European species, 5.2 mm. in 

 length, has been taken near Cincinnati and probably occurs in 

 southern Indiana. 



