THE GROUND BEETLES. Ill 



tr. Elytra with a common sutural reddisn spot behind the middle. 



/. Legs dull yellow; hind angles rounded at tip. 175. VELOX. 



ff. Legs dark ; hind angles not rounded. CELEK. 



*17<> (694). LOXANDRUS RECTUS Say, Trans. Arner. Phil. Soc., II, 182.3, 58; 



ibid. II, 481, 534. 



Elongate-oblong. Piceous black, shining ; antennae, palpi and legs red- 

 dish-brown. Thorax nearly as broad as elytra; sides feebly curved; basal 

 impressions deep, not punctured. Elytral stria- deep, finely punctured on 

 their sides; intervals convex. Length 11.5 mm. 



Vigo County; rare. January 7. A member of the Austrori- 

 parian fauna. 



171 699). LOXANDRUS MINOR Chaud., Bull. Mosc., IV, 1843, 766. 



Black or piceous, iridescent, shining: antenna*, tibia- 

 and tarsi dark reddish-brown. Thorax narrower than 

 elytra, very slightly wider than long; sides feebly curved, 

 hind angles obtuse, with the extreme tip rounded. Ely- 

 tral strife shallow, very finely punctured; intervals sub- 

 convex. Length 9-10 mm. (Fig. 67.) 



Southern hall" of State, frequent; Kosciusko 

 County only in the north. April 20-October 20. 

 Occurs in sandy localities near water. The legs of 

 this species vary in hue, being usually wholly red- 

 dish-brown ; sometimes, however, the femora (and F 

 rarely the tibiie") are piceous. From brevicollis and (Original.) 



and erratic-us the individuals with dark legs can be distinguished 

 by their smaller size and by the minute elongate punctures at the 

 bottom of the striae. 



Ill* (698). LOXANDRUS BREVICOLLIS Lee., Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., IV. 1848, 338. 



Black, iridescent, shining ; antenna?, tibia? and tarsi dark reddish- 

 brown, femora piceerus. Thorax subquadrate, nearly as broad as elytra ; 

 sides curved to behind middle, thence oblique to base; basal impression- 

 wider and more shallow than in rectus. Elytral striae shallow; intervals 

 fiat. Length 11-12 mm. 



Cypress swamp, Knox County, and near mouth of White River, 

 Gibson County ; rare. April 30-July 6. Also a species of south- 

 ern range. 



17;: (700). LOXANDRUS ERRATICUS Dej. Spec.. Ill, 1828, 240. 



Black, shining, iridescent; antenna- dark reddish-brown, the two basal 

 joints paler. Thorax subquadrate, slightly longer than wide, basal impres- 

 sions rather shallow. Elytral stria- not or very obsoletely punctured; in- 

 tervals subconvex. Length 9-10.5 mm. 



Fulton and Knox counties; rare. May 20-August ^1. 

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