198 FAMILY II. CABABID.E. 



&6. Intervals flat or nearly so, not punctate ; head without red spot. 

 c. Species more or less oval, Aworc-like, with usually a metallic or 



bronzed lustre. 

 (I. Thorax widest at middle, the apex almost as wide as base; basal 



impressions not punctate; legs wholly pale. 

 e. Margin of thorax more or less flattened in the region of the 



hind angles; larger, 7.5 or more mm. 



f. Uniform piceous above; basal impressions rather narrow 



and shallow. 376. SAYI. 



//. Head and thorax piceous; elytra greenish-metallic; basal 



impressions distinct, very wide. 'M~. TERMINATUS. 



ee. Margin of thorax not flattened; basal impressions indistinct; 



smaller, not over 7 mm. 378. NITIDIPENNIS. 



(Id. Thorax widest at base, thence distinctly narrowed to apex ; 



basal impressions distinct, finely and sparsely punctate; femora 



piceous; length 8 mm. 379. CCENUS. 



cc. Species oblong, black without lustre ; hind tarsi long and slender ; 



length 11-12 mm. 380. LUGUBRIS. 



<ia. Elytra without dorsal puncture; surface finely pubescent, densely punc- 



tulate; first joint of middle tarsus of male pubescent over half its 



surface. 



g. Wholly black above; tibise and tarsi brown. 381. SERTCEUS. 



gg. Head, thorax, antenna? and legs reddish-yellow ; elytra piceous. 



382. INTERSTTTIALIS. 



375 (1198). ANISODACTYLI'S VERTicALTS Lee.. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist.. IV, 



1848. 378. 



Elongate-oblong. Black, shining; base of mandibles and a quadrate 

 spot on vertex red ; antennae and legs diill yellow. Thorax more than one- 

 half wider than long, narrowed behind ; sides broadly rounded, margins 

 distinctly reflexed. hind angles obtuse; basal impressions broad, densely 

 and rather coarsely punctate. Elytra deeply striate; intervals convex, 

 finely and densely punctate. Length 12.5-14 mm. 



Throughout the State; scarce. April 19-August 20. Occurs in 

 sandy locations near water. 



37t (1201). ANISODACTYI.US SAYI sp. nov. 



Eurytriclnis picc-us Lee., Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., IV, 1848, 388. 

 Elongate-oval. Uniform piceous. shining; narrow margin of thorax 

 and region of hind angles, reddish, translucent ; antennae and legs brownish- 

 yellow. Thorax a little broader than long, sides feebly curved; margin 

 depressed behind the middle, hind angles rectangular, basal impressions 

 shallow, ill-defined, smooth. Elytral striae fine; intervals finely alutaceous. 

 flat. Length 10-10.5 mm. 



Lake, Marshall, Viiro and Fulton counties; frequent. May 8- 

 September 28. This species resembles our common forms of Cala- 

 thus and is doubtless often confused with them. As the genus 

 flurytrichus undci 1 which LrToiiti- described this form has been 



