Iil2 I.'AAIILV xxv. IIISTKKID.K. 



<J. Sutural stria entire. 



c. Form siihcylindrieal : all the dorsal stria- entire. PARALLEIA.S. 



ee. Form til-pressed; fifth dorsal abbreviated at base. 1108. .EQUUS. 

 'Id. Sutural stria abbreviated at base; form cylindrical. 

 f. Thorax evenly punctured: mesosternal stria entire. 



1169. COARCTATUS. 



/'/'. Thorax nearly smooth at middle; mesosternal stria broadly inter- 

 rupted. 1170. BASALTS. 



*11:."i <.".">r.M. ULSTER CAROLINES Payk.. Monog. Hist., 1811, 45. 



Broadly ovate, subdepressed. Black or piceous, shining; 

 legs reddish-brown. Thorax with outer marginal stria pres- 

 ent. very line; disk smooth. Elytra with three entire dorsal 

 s1ria>. fourth and tilth apical, reaching the middle, sutural 

 somewhat longer. Front tibia 1 with five rather tine teeth; 

 middle tibia 3 with four, hind tibia 1 with three, short spines. 

 Length 3-3.8 mm. (Fig. 232.) 



Probablv our most common species of Ulster ; 



I' I*;. _o/. X /. 



(Original.) found throughout tin 1 State, especially in low, moist 

 woods beneath bark and logs. -January 11 -November 'Ml Often 

 gregarious in winter. 



:: M1<;i; <:;r.20i. HISTEK LECOXTEI Marsuel. Mono-. Hist.. 1853, 273, pi. 7. 



fig. 17. 



Oblong-oval, strongly depressed. Thorax smooth at middle; sparsely 

 and rather coarsely punctured on sides, the marginal stria entire. Elytra 

 with three entire dorsal stri;e. fourth apical, extending to middle or beyond, 

 fifth short, apical: sutural often wanting, sometimes as long as fifth. 

 Propygidium coarsely but very sparsely punctured. Front tibiae with four 

 teeth : middle tibia- with three, hind tibia' with two. short spines. Length 

 2.5-3 mm. 



Throughout the State; common. February 14-December 29. 

 Occurs beneath the close-fitting bark of logs and stumps, especially 

 that of oak and elm; rarely on fungi or at sap. 



1K.7 (3521). ULSTER AI KKLIAXI s Horn, Proc. Amer. Phil. Sot-., XIII. 187:'.. 



297. 



Resembles Icmntci but more depressed. Thorax almost smooth at 

 sitles. Elytra with three entire dorsals, fourth very short, apical; fifth 

 and sutural wanting. Length 3 mm. 



Lawrence County; rare. May 23. Taken from decaying fungi, 

 ['escribed from Louisiana, but since taken by Dury near Cin 

 cinnati. 



//. iHinillclitx Say. length 2.5 mm., is known from Georgia south- 

 ward, but may occur in southern Indiana. 



116S (3523). HISTER ^EQUUS Lee., N. Sp. N. Amer. Col., I, 1863, 61. 



Oblong, strongly depressed. Black or piceous-brown, shining. Thorax 

 finely and rather densely punctured. Elytra with four entire dorsal stripe, 



