7(i FAMILY II. CAUAHin.K. 



Throughout the State; scarce. February 1-December 25. Hi- 

 bernates as imago beneath logs, etc.. in low. damp places. 



NO ( -). BE.MBIUIUM <;RACILIFOKMK Ilayw., Trans. Amer. Ent. Soe.. XXIV. 

 3807, 07. 



Elongate, rather slender, slightly convex. Head and thorax blackish- 

 bronzed; elytra bronzed picenus. shining, with a subhumeral blotch, a 

 cross-band behind the middle and sometimes the apex, paler, the markings 

 often indistinct: antenn:e piceons. the basal joints and legs dull yellow. 

 Thorax subcordate, one-half wider than long, distinctly narrower at base 

 than apex ; sides curved nearly to base, deeply sinuate in front of hind 

 angles, which are rectangular and earinate. Elytra slightly wider than 

 thorax, the stri;e distinctly punctate to behind middle; intervals convex. 

 Length 5-5.7 mm. 



Lake and Vigo counties ; scarce. April 25-Oetober 1. 

 B. obcrfliiiri Ilayw., 4-4.5 mm. in length, is known from Massa- 

 chusetts, Illinois and Iowa and slnmld occur in northern Indiana. 



00 <:>77). BK.MIJIDU M FRATERMM Lee.. 1'roc. Phil. Ac-ad. Nat. Sci., 3857. <>. 



Slightly robust, moderately convex. Dark greenish-bronzed; elytra 

 with a narrow transverse band one-third from base, another one-third from 

 apex and an apical spot, paler, the three usually connected along the mar- 

 gin, often indistinct; antemue pice ,ns. paler at base; legs reddish-brown. 

 Thorax slightly subcordate, finely alutaeeous. one-half wider than long; 

 basal impressions broad, deep; sides broadly curved, sinuate near base; 

 hind angles rectangular, carinale. the carin;e long. Elytra one-half wider 

 than thorax, the strhe punctate to behind middle; intervals nearly Hat. 

 Length 41.5 mm. 



Steuben. Fountain and Lawrence counties; scarce. July 6- 

 August 16. 



01 CI01 i. BKMianuM VKRSICOLOIJ Lee.. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., IV, 3848, 4GO. 



Slightly elongate, moderately convex. Head and thorax greenish- 

 black, slightly bronzed; elytra usually dull yellow, with three cross-bands, 

 more or less connected along the suture, picenns or nearly black: antenn.-e 

 piceons, 1lie basal joints and legs reddish-brown. Thorax subcordate. one- 

 lialf wider than long: sides strongly curved in front, deeply sinuate near 

 bas<>; hind angles rectangular, earinate. Elytra one-half wider than 

 thorax, the stria' rather deep, distinctly punctate to behind middle, the 

 outer ones obsolete on apical half. Length 2.5-3.2 mm. 



Throiiu-liout the State; frequent. March l-O<-t<>bcr 11. One 

 of our smallest species. 



B. const I'tctu'ni Lee., has a wide distribution over tlu j Eastern 

 United States and should occur in Indiana, 



