THE GROUND BEETLES. 1!)!) 



merged with Anisodactylus, the name piceus is preoccupied by a 

 West Coast species, the No. 1176 of the Henshaw Catalogue. I 

 therefore propose the name sayi in honor of Thomas Say of New 

 Harmony. Indiana, who was preeminently the father of American 

 Entomology. 



*377 (1202). ANISOIJACTYLTJS TEBMINATUM Say, Trans. Arner. Phil. Soc., II, 



1823, 48 ; ibid. II, 473. 



Oblong-oval. Head and thorax dark brown or piceous, the edge of the 

 latter reddish-translucent; elytra with greenish-metallic lustre; antennae 

 and legs pale yellow. Thorax one-third broader than long, sides regularly 

 curved from base to apex, hind angles rectangular. Elytra as in the pre- 

 ceding. Length 7.5-8.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April 15-Uecember 25. In 

 September. 1903, this species was noted as very common on the 

 heads of the fireweed (Kr-lilil<-s hieracifoUa L.) in a deadening 

 near Wyandotte Cave, Crawford County, where it was feeding on 

 the seeds. 



378 (1204). ANISODACTYLUS NITIDIPENNIS Lee., Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., IV, 



1848, 388. 



Oblong-oval, rather narrow. Color of terminatus. Thorax scarcely 

 broader than long, sides very feebly curved, hind angles subrectangular : 

 disk minutely and very sparsely punctured near base. Elytra alutaceous ; 

 intervals almost Hat, sometimes very finely and sparsely punctulate. Length 

 6.5-7 mm. 



Throughout the western half of State ; frequent in the southern 

 counties, rare northward. April 9-December 25. Occurs beneath 

 cover in sandy localities. 



379 (1206). ANISODACTYLL T S CXENUS Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., II. 1823. 



34; ibid. II, 463. 



Oblong-oval. Piceous, moderately shining; elytra bronzed; tibia 1 , tarsi 

 and base of antenna? paler. Thorax as broad at base as elytra, sides feebly 

 curved, margins narrowly depressed from middle to base, hind angles rect- 

 angular. Elytral intervals flat, smooth, more shining in the male. Length 

 8 mm. 



Vigo and Posey counties; rare. April 16-May 11. Easily 

 known by its dark femora and punctured base of thorax. 



*:;so (1208). ANISODACTYLTS LUGVBKIS Dej., Spec. IV, 1829, 118. 



Oblong, rather broad, subdepressed. Black, feebly shining ; antenna' 

 and legs piceous, the basal joint of former and tarsi reddish-brown. Thorax 

 two-thirds broader than long ; sides gradually curved from apex into base, 

 the margins behind the middle flattened; basal impressions broad, shallow, 

 very finely and densely punctate. Elytral striae very fine; intervals flat, 

 alutaceous. Length 11-12 mm. 



