THE GEOTTND BEKTLES. 1.85 



Throughout I lie Slate; frequent in 111" southern counties, less 

 so northward. April 10-September i. 



//. .s'/W/Vrf/.s- Dej. is said to occur from Xe\v Jersey westward. 



342 (1078). HAEPALIS AUTUMNALIS Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soe.. II. 1823. 



48 ; ibid. II, 473. 



Oblong-oval. Black or piceous, shining; antenna?, legs and narrow edge 

 of thorax reddish-brown. Thorax nearly square, sides feebly curved to be- 

 hind middle, thence straight and converging to base; hind angles obtuse; 

 basal impressions distinct, small, narrow. Klytral striae fine; intervals tlal. 

 Length 7.5-8 mm. 



Lawrence and Crawford counties; scarce. May 11-May -Mi. 

 Occurs on high dry hills. Resembles In rl>i>"<n/itx but smaller, more 

 shining and with basal impressions of thorax deeper and more 

 narrow. 



//. falla.r Lee. and //. plfuriUcu* Kirby are both recorded as oc- 

 curring; from "New York, New .Jersey and westward." The last- 

 named is a boreal species and if found in Indiana it will probably 

 be in the northern counties. 



:\4'.\ <10!)4). HARPAIA s iiEumvAors Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., II, .ISL':",. 

 29; ibid. II. 457. 



Oblong-oval. Black or piceous : narrow margin of thorax and elytra 

 reddish, translucent; under surface piceous ; antenna? and legs reddish- 

 brown. Thorax one-half wider than long; basal impressions rather shal- 

 low. ill-defined, sparsely and finely punctured; region of hind angles slightly 

 depressed. Elytra alutaceous, the stria- shallow; intervals feebly convex. 

 Length S-10 mm. 



Throughout the State; common. April 1-October 21. 

 //. >]>< ijx'iniis Ilald. is recorded as occurring from Pennsyl- 

 vania to Kansas. 



344 (1098). HABPALUS NiTinrLus ('baud., Bull. Mose.. IV. 1S43, 7ss. 



Elliptical. Piceous, strongly shining both above and beneath; narrow 

 margin of thorax reddish; antenna? and legs reddish-brown. Thorax quad- 

 rate. slightly wider than long, sides feebly curved, hind angles rounded ; 

 basal depressions very small and shallow, not punctured. Elytral stria- 

 rather deep: intervals slightly convex. Length 5.5-7 mm. 



Southern half of State; scarce. April 11-July 2. 



II innocuiis Lee,, and H. rnfhutunis Lee. are both boreal species, 

 described from Lake Superior and since taken in New York and 

 Pennsylvania, which may occur in northern Indiana. 



*345 (1107). HABPALUS LATICEPS Lee., Agass. Lake Sup., 1850, 208. 



oblong-oval, robust. Black, shining; anteniue and tarsi reddish-brown, 

 tibue piceous. Thorax one-third broader than long, as broad at base as ely- 



