188 FAMILY IF. CARABID.3L 



Jugs and rubbish iti dry or sandy places, and sonic of them are very 

 common on the wing during the tirsl warm -lays of March or April. 

 Six species and one varidy have boon taken in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPFXIES OF STENOLOPIH S. 



a. Thorax but little narrower than elytra; body stout; front and middle 



tarsi of male broadly dilated. 



It. Sides of thorax broadly flattened, scarcely reflexed ; black, feebly 

 shining: length 7-7.5 mm. -"..~il. CARMONARH'S. 



1>1>. Sides of thorax narrowly margined, the margins not refiexed. 



c. Basal impressions of thorax broad and shallow; black, shining. 



elytra piceous or brownish-yellow, slightly iridescent ; length 7- 



7.5 mni. '<'<-. FULIGINOSIS. 



cc. Basal impressions of thorax small, rounded, not or very sparingly 



punctured. 



(1. Thorax with disk distinctly black or piceous, the margin reddish- 

 brown ; length 5 or more mm. 

 c. Pale margin of thorax narrow; elytra wholly black. 



353. PLEKEJVS. 



ce. Pale margin of thorax broader: elytra dull reddish-brown, the 

 tips darker. 353a, var. FUSCATUS 



dil. Thorax either uniform reddish-brown or piceous, without distinct 

 blackish discal spot; length not over 4.5 mm. 



354. coNjrxeii s. 

 mi. Thorax distinctly narrower than elytra; body more slender; front tarsi 



of male moderately dilated, fourth joint deeply bilobed. 

 f. Thorax and elytra black or piceous, with narrow paler margin; su- 

 tural stria long, joining the first dorsal. 355. OCHROPEZUS. 



//. Thorax brownish-yellow: elytra iridescent black with brownish-yel- 

 low side margins; sutural stria short, not joining first dorsal. 



DISSIMILTS. 



35t (1135). STENOI.OPIUS CARBONARIUS Dej., Sp. Gen., IV, 1828, 398. 



Elongate-oblong. Black, feebly shining; first joint of antenna?. ti1i;e 

 and tarsi brownish. Thorax as broad at middle as elytra; sides rounded 

 into base; margins flattened, especially near hind angles; basal impressions 

 broad, shallow, sparsely and finely punctate. Elytra alutaceous. the su- 

 lural stria long, the others deep. Length 7-7.5 mm. 



Putnam County; rare. October 17. Sifted from debris near a 

 hillside spring. 



352 (1138). STENOLOPHVS FULIGINOSUS Dej., Spec. IV, 1828, 423. 



Oblong-oval. Color given in key ; tarsi, base of antenna? and narrow 

 margin of thorax brownish-yellow : femora and greater portion of anteniue 

 darker. Thorax subquadrate: as long as broad, hind angles broadly rounded. 

 Elylral stria' rather deep; intervals moderately convex. Length 7-7.5 mm 



Throughout the Stale; 1Ve<|nent. Ilibernalos. .January 1-Oc- 

 tober 21. 



