424 KVMILY XI. STAl'HYLTNTIU':. 



Laporte County; rare. -Inly 25. Described from New York, 

 Ontario and Illinois. 



*S10 (2522). LATHROIHUM AKMATI M Say. Trans. Ainer. Phil. Soc., IV, 1834. 



453; ibid. II. 5<;s. 



Elongate, rather robust. Black or pieeous, feebly shiniDg ; palpi, an- 

 tenna* and legs reddish-brown. Head as wide as elytra, its sides rounded 

 into base: surface liuely and sparsely punctate. Thorax oblong, nearly 

 equal in width to head and elytra ; surface, as well as that of elytra, 

 coarsely, evenly and sparsely punctate: the median smooth line very nar- 

 row. Abdomen as wide as elytra, parallel, finely and rather closely but 

 not densely punctate. Length 8-10 mm. 



Southern half of State, frequent; less so in the northern coun- 

 ties. February 14 September 22. Occurs especially in low. damp 

 sandy places; taken also at sap of soft maple. 



Nil (2524). LATHROBU-M SIMILE. Lee.. N. Sp. X. Am. Col.. I, 1863. 43. 



Elongate, rather slender. Black, shining; elytra and abdomen pic-eons; 

 antenna- and tip of abdomen reddish-brown; legs paler. Head subquadrate. 

 sparsely and finely punctate. Thorax oblong, as wide or slightly wider than 

 head, scarcely longer than wide, rather coarsely and sparsely punctate. 

 Llytra as long and slightly wider than thorax. Abdomen as wide as elytra, 

 minutely and very densely punctate. Fifth ventral of male narrowly and 

 deeply impressed along the middle; sixth also with a lengthwise groove 

 and a wide, deep notch at apex. Length 7.5-0 mm. 



Vig'o and Marion comities; scarce. February 14-October 4. 



812 ( ). LATHROBITM INSANTS sp. nov. 



Elongate, slender. Dark reddish-brown; elytra tinged with red; legs 

 and antenna- paler. Head subquadrate, narrowed in front, its surface, as 

 well as that of thorax, closely and rather coarsely punctate. Antenna. 1 

 slender, the outer joints obconical, as wide at apex as long. Thorax longer 

 than wide, its sides straight, feebly converging from apex to base. Elytra 

 as long as thorax, finely and much more sparsely punctate than there. 

 Abdomen finely and densely punctate. Notch of last ventral of male dis- 

 tinctly wider and less deep than in simile. Length 8.5 mm. 



Laporte County; rare. July 25. 



L. (rural is Casey was described from Xew Jersey, Ohio and 

 Iowa. /,. (oitctilnr Lee., is said by Casey to occur in "Indiana and 

 westward." 



GROUP C. ( LATIIKOP.IOMA. I 



This uroup is composed of rather small, slender species which 

 resemble those of Croup IJ. in their lar<re head and thick, bead-like 

 antenna', but Hie joints of the hind tarsi are snbequal. Casey has 

 placed in ihe o T( >up 11 species, two of which may occur in the State, 

 Ihoii.uh neither is in tin- collection at hand. Thev are: 



