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(54 (I'd!)). CLIVINA AMERICANA Dej.. Spec., V, 1S30, 503. 



Elongate, slender. Black; legs and very narrow outer margin of 

 thorax and elytra dirk reddish-brown; antennse paler. Elytral stria 1 en- 

 tire, finely puuctulate. Length 5 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April 1-July 23. 



C. fcrrca Lee., 5.2 mm. in length, has been taken in Illinois and 

 perhaps occurs in western Indiana. 

 ;5 (275). CLIVINA BIPUSTULATA Fab.. Syst. El.. I. 1S01. 125. 



Black, usually with two large, obscure red spots at base of elytra 

 and two near the apex; legs and aiitennie reddish-brown. Elytral stria 3 

 deeply punctate. Length (5-7.5 mm. 



Frequent in the southern half of the State ; taken in the north 

 only in Lake County. April 4- July 1. 



C. poxtu-u Lee., a southern species, 5.2 mm. in length and hav- 

 ing the front tibia 1 armed with two teeth, has been taken near Cin- 

 cinnati and probably occurs in the southern third of Indiana. 



XIII. ASPJDOGLOSSA Put/. 1846. (Gr., "a shield + tongue.") 



Represented in the United States by a single, small, black spe- 

 cies having the mentum feebly emaririnate ; thorax subglobose; 

 head without fine grooves; front tarsi dilated in both sexes. 



(!<; (2SO). ASPIDOCI.OSSA .sruANGTiATA Cliaud.. Bull. Muse.. 



IV. 1S43, 73S. 



Black, strongly shining; antenna 1 and legs reddish-brown-; 

 elytra with a reddish spot on apical fourth. Thorax short, 

 subglubosc. apex truncate: disk smooth without median line. 

 Elytra deeply striate, the stria? coarsely punctate; second _ 

 interval with seven or eight, the fourth with five or six. / 

 dorsal punctures. Length 7.5 mm. (Fig. 4<i. ) 



Southern third of State ; frequent. April 8-Sep- 

 tember 19. Occurs beneath the bark of logs in low, Fig. 46. 

 moist woods ; also beneath stones and rubbish near 

 water. Resembles closely Clivina bipustulata and doubtless con- 

 fused with that species in many collections. Readily distinguished 

 by the shorter, more globose thorax and the numerous dorsal punc- 

 tures of second and fourth intervals. A member of the Austrori- 

 parian fauna. 



XIV. SCHIZOGENIUS Putz. 1846. (Gr., "cleft + chin.") 



Small blackish or reddish brown beetles allied to riivina, but 

 having the mentum deeply emarginate; head with numerous fine, 



