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XI. MATUS Aube. 1838. 



Here belongs one medium-sized species having the head very 



broad; thorax margined; prosternnm deeply sulcate; claws of hind 



tarsi unequal, the outer one being nearly twice as long as inner. 



431 (1404). MATUS BICARINATUS Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., II, 1823, 98; 



ibid. II. 512. 



Elongate-oval, slightly convex. Uniform brownish-red, shining; an- 

 tenna. 1 paler. Thorax rounded at sides, front angles acute. Elytra with 

 two. or three rows of faint dorsal punctures. Length 8-9 mm. 



Lake, Marshall, Wells, Marion and Vigo counties; frequent. 

 Hibernates. March 14-December 20. Readily known by the elon- 

 gate form and peculiar color. 



XII. COPTOTOMI-S Say. 1S:U. (Gr., "cut + joint.") 



Medium-sized oval species having the terminal joint of the palpi 

 somewhat compressed and notched at tip; prosternum with an ele- 

 \ated carina; last joint of hind tarsi equal to fourth; claws equal. 

 pressed together and apparently single. One 

 species occurs in the State. 



4.".2 (l.'UXi). CoPTOTOMijS INTEKROGATUS Fab., Syst. 



Eleut.. I, 1801, 2C.7. 



Elongate-oval, subconvex. Head, thorax and un- 

 der parts reddish-brown ; vertex black: thorax 

 black at base and apex; elytra pitch-brown, with 

 numerous very small pale markings, a short stripe 

 near the scutellum and an irregular marginal stripe, 

 yellowish. Female with basal portion of elytra 

 less shining than in male and marked with short, 

 dense indistinct stria;'. Length 7 mm. (Fig. 11 la.) 



Throughout the State; frequent. March 

 IG-Oetober 28. Probably hibernates. Taken 

 at electric light in June. 



Fig. Ilia. (After Sharp.) 



XIII. CV)PEi,VTT'S Er. 1832. (Gr.. "oar or leg + wide.") 



Rather small beetles having the claws equal in both sexes; pro- 

 sternum with an acute carina in front; hind femora not dilate at 

 apex. The males have the fore and middle tarsi dilated and fur- 

 nished with small equal disks. One species occurs in Indiana. 

 4: 1 >."> (1402). COPELATUS GLYPHICUS Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., II. isi':;. 

 99; ibid. II, 512. 



Oblong-ovate, rather narrow, subdepressed. Dark reddish-brown or 

 piceous ; antenna' and legs paler. Thorax almost smooth. Elytra each with 

 ten deeply impressed stri:e, reaching almost to apex. Length 5-6 mm. 



Throughout the State ; scarce. April 4-October 21. 

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