170 FAMILY 71. CARAB7D/K. 



Southern half of Slate, frequent; much less so northward. 

 April 16-October 17. Resembles (.'hlifitinx uxfinix closely in gen- 

 eral appearance. 



*311 (1036). ANOM COLOSSI'S IH'SILLLS Say. Trans. Ainer. Phil. Sue., II, 



7X23, 03; ibid. II, 485. 



Oblong-oval. Head and thorax bluish-green; elytra dark blue, some- 

 times black ; antemue and legs reddish-brown. Labrum deeply emargiuate. 

 Thorax as wide as long, narrower at base than apex; sides distinctly sin- 

 uate, hind angles acute; disk coarsely, rather sparsely and deeply punctate 

 Elytra 1 intervals moderately convex, coarsely and closely punctured. Length 

 8-8.5 mm. 



Throughout the Shtie; scarce. January 1^1- August 9. Occurs 

 beneath rubbish in damp localities. 



I ..VII. BKAfiiYLOBrs ('hand lsy<;. (Gr., "short + lobe.") 



Known fi'om allied genera by the ineulum b;-ing without lobes. 

 Iransversely 1 rape/oidal. much narrowed and scarcely at all emar- 

 ginate in front, its sides very obliquely truncate; mentum tooth en- 

 tirely absent. One species occurs in Indiana. 



371' (7037). r.iiAciiYLOurs I.ITIIOPIIILUS Say, Trans. Ainer. Phil. Soc.. II. 



7823. 01'; il)id. II. 485. 



Elongate-oval. Green or blackish-green, head aud thorax shining; ely- 

 tra thickly clothed with yellowish hairs: antennae fuscous, paler at base; 

 legs pale; under surface black. Thorax one-third broader than long, nar- 

 rower at apex than base, the latter as broad as elytra ; sides broadly curved, 

 not sinuate; disk densely and coarsely punctured, hind angles obtuse. Ely- 

 tral stria-' finely punctured, intervals tlat. sparsely and finely punctulate. 

 Pro- and mesosterna coarsely punctured. Length 0-0.5 nun. 



Throughout the State: freciuent. April ((-September 5. Oc- 

 curs mostly in damp sandy places about the margins of lakes and 

 streams. 



I. VIII. LACHNOCREPIS Lee. lsr>:>>. i (Jr.. "soft hair + foot. ") 



One rather small black species, the male of which has four joints 

 of the front tarsi rather broadly dilated, represents this genus in 

 the United States. The principal papers treating of it and the 

 next two are by : 



llnni. "(Ml the Species of Oiides and Allied (leliera of 111' 



I'. S.," in Trans. Amer. Knl. Soc.. III. 1S7<. KhVld!). 

 Horn.- "Synoptic Table." in Mull I'.rook. Knl. Soc.. I V. ISS'J. 

 29, 30. 



