172 FAMILY II. CAIIAIiin.i:. 



(//. Seventh elytra 1 stria either entirely obliterated <>r replaced by line, dis- 

 tant pnneiures: firs! joint of front tarsi of male spongy only at apex. 

 <L Elytral stria? punctured their entire length; tibia? and tarsi pale yel- 

 low. 318. CUPK.TiUS. 

 ild. Elytral strife not punctured ; tibia- and tarsi black or picenus. 



319. 14-STKIATl S. 



315 (1041). OOPKS AMAROIDES Dej.. Spec. V, 1829. or,4. 



Oblong-oval. Black or piceons. shining; margin and basal angles of 

 thorax often translucent; antenna? reddish-brown, legs piceous. Thorax 

 gradually broader from apex to base, where it is one-half wider than long; 

 sides feebly curved; disk smooth, basal and median impressions obsolete. 

 Elytra with sides subparallel and very obtuse at apex; stri.-e finely punc- 

 tured; intervals flat. Length 7.5-9 mm. 



Take. Kosciusko. Mai-shall and Knox counties; frequent. June 

 17- August 17. 



31G (1042). OODES AMERICANUS Dej., Spec. II. 182C>. 377. 



Broadly oval; black, shining, finely alntaceous; legs and antenna? as in 

 iiiiinroidi'x. Thorax gradually broader from apex to base, slightly narrower 

 at base than immediately in front: median line fine but distinct. Elytra 

 subparallel: stria- m -dera.lely deep, finely and closely punctured; intervals 

 feebly convex. Length 12.5 mm. 



Knox mid Vi ;.'<> counties-, scarce. April 23 September 2. 



317 (1043). OODES i-LrviALis Lee.. N. Sp. N. Amev. Col., I. 1803, 13. 



Resembles the preceding but narrower and more convex. 

 Thorax less rounded in at base, with more distinct median 

 line. Elytral stria? less deep, very finely, distantly and in- 

 distinctly punctured; intervals flat. Length 12.5 mm. (Fig. 

 92.) 



Lake, Marshall, Koscin-fko and Marion counties; 

 scarce. May 15-Angnst 27. 



318 (1045). OODES crpu.icrs Chaud., Bull. Mosc.. IV, 1S43. 

 Fig. 92. < 1. 761. 



Elongate-oval, rather slender. Greenish-bronze; margin 

 of thorax and elytra often bright green, shining; antenna? and femora pic- 

 eous. (he (wo basal joints of former paler. Elytral stria? shallow, the sev- 

 enth wholly absent ; intervals flat. Length 1() mm. 



Throughout the Slate; frequent. August 17-Noveniher 9. 



::I9 (104S). OUI.KS 14-STKiATUS ('baud.. Bull. Mosc.. IV, 1843, 759. 



Elongate-oval, robust. Greenish-black, slightly bron/ed : antenna 1 dark 

 reddish-brown. Thorax gradually broader from apex to base: median line 

 very fain!. Elytra rather deeply striate. the seventh lacking; intervals 

 feebly convex, finely alntaceous. Length 11.5 mm. 



.Varlin. Clark. Floyd and I'osov counties; scarce. April 11 

 September ".11. I'aiiv.vs From Ohio to Louisiana and Texas. 



