TIIK IIISTKR BEETLES. 



11.V) (3507). HLSTKK i:i.MA(TLATrs Linn., Syst. Nat., XI, 507. 



oblong-ovate, convex. Elytra black, with the (inter diagonal hall' 

 (.range led. Thorax with one tine marginal stria, abbreviated at tip; disk 

 minutely punctnlate and with a broad shallow impression on each side near 

 the front angles. Elytra with live entire stria\ the sutnral extending in 

 Iront of the middle; the snbhnmeral absent. Front tibia- with three teeth; 

 mesoslermim truncate. Length 4..~> mm. 



( 'onnly ; rare. April ]'.]. 



115(i (.'.J50o). ULSTER SEDECIMSTKIATI s Say. Jonrn. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 

 V. is-_>5. ::r, ; ibid, n, IT,:!. 



Rounded-oval, convex. Thorax with inner marginal stria entire, outer 

 wholly absent. Elvira wilh live entire dorsal stria', the lil'lh arching at 

 base and joining the sutnral. and with two subhumerals, the outer entire, 

 the inner on apical half only. Front tibia 1 with three teeth, the apical one 

 finely bifid. Length 4-5 mm. 



Southern half of State; fiv<|iiei)t. May 2 September 10. A 

 prettily and well marked species, common locally beneath carrion 

 and in excrement. 



*lir,7 (3507). HISTEK AMKIMCANTS 1'a.vk.. Monograph Hist.. 1M1, .",1. 



Rounded-oval, moderately convex. Thorax wilh inner stria entire, the 

 miter varying from a mere arc at front angle to nearly entire. Elytra with 

 live entire stria', the fifth curved at base and often joining the sntural ; snh- 

 hnmeral absent. Upper surface smooth. Front tibia 1 with three teeth, the 

 apical one prominent and finely bitid. Length :t-4 mm. 



Throughout the State; one of the most common of the family. 

 I libel-nates. January 6-()ctober !). Occurs usually beneath log's or 

 hark in low moist woods. Horn says that the fifth dorsal very 

 rarely joins the sutural but in one-third of the 2 a or more specimens 

 at baud the two are united, while in one specimen they unite on one 

 side and not on the other. 



1158 (3508). ULSTER PERPLEX rs Lee.. New Spec. N. Amer. (.'>!.. I. ISC,:!, r,l. 



Closely allied to aincricaiiiix but larger, more oblong and distinctly but 

 sparsely and finely punctured. Elytra! stria 1 more strongly impressed and 

 punctured, the fifth joining the sutural. Length 4- ."> mm. 



Lake, 1 aporte. Kosciusko. Marion. Putnam and Pos"y counties; 

 scarce. April 18-June !'. Occurs in same localities as nri- 

 c<tinix and, as Horn suggests, it will probably prove only a better 

 developed geographical race of that species'. T.i one specimen at 

 hand, with surface distinctly punctured. Ihe elytral stria- are nol 

 l>unctured and the fifth does not join the sntural. In another the 

 outer thoracic stria is very fine and entire. 



