TIIK IIISTKR HKKTIjKS. I'd' 



base mid a single larger one in front of scutellum. Elytra with an irregular 

 I riangula r space of rather coarse and sparse punctuies mi apical third: 

 humeral stria very line; internal snbhunieral. short, sub-ipical; first dorsal 

 extending four-fifths to apex, serond, third and fourth gradually shorter, 

 the fourth arched to join to sutural. which extends two-thirds to apex and 

 thence continued by punctures. Front tibia- finely denticulate. Length ."..r> 

 4.5 inin. 



Lake. Marshall, Tippecanoe and I'ulna/n cciinties; scarce. May 

 :>7-Sep1ember I:!. 



IIS'.) (- ). SAl'iaXl S SIM II. ATI S Sp. lloV. 



Oblong-oval. lUack, shining; antenna. 1 and legs 

 picecuis. Head minutely and very indistinctly punc- 

 tured. Thorax rather finely and densely punctured at 

 the sides and with a single row of coarse punctures 

 along the base. Elytra rather sparsely and finely punc- 

 tured on apical fourth, with a few scattered ones ex- 

 tending between the sutural and fourth dorsal to mid- 

 dle or beyond : internal siibhuineral short, subapical; 

 dorsal stria 1 deeply impressed, obsoletely punctured, 

 the first extending four-lifths to apex; second, third 



and fourth nearly equal and but little shorter than Kil '- -''*' t: i- lOrixinul.) 

 first, the fourth arching at base and joining the sutnral. which extends 

 three-fourths to apex. I'ropygidium and pygidium rather finely and densely 

 punctured. Front tibia- with live distinct teeth. Length 4-4.5 mm. I Fig. 

 L'30.) 



Vigo and Crawford counties; rare. April 12-May 11. Accord- 

 ing 1 to Horn's key. this runs to rr.svifx Mars., but comparisons with 

 examples of that species at Cambridge show rr.srux to be a smaller 

 and much more shining species, Avith thorax more uniformly and 

 pygidium much more sparsely punctate. 



1190 (3597). SAPKIXTS MINI-ITS Lee.. F.ost. Jouru. Nat. Hist.. V, 1S4.">, T.".. 



pl. V, tig. 9. 



I'roadly ovate, rice.rns-black tinged with bronze; legs reddish-brown. 

 Thorax smooth at middle, finely and sparsely punctulate on sides. Elytra 

 sparsely and coarsely punctate on apical third, the punctures extending 

 along suture beyond the middle: oblique humeral continuous with internal 

 subhumeral which, with first and second dorsals, extends three-fourths to 

 apex; third dorsal reaching slightly beyond middle, fourth extending to 

 middle only and joining the sutural. which is abbreviated at apex. Front 

 tibhe finely denticulate. Length l' mm. 



Vermillion County; rare. August 11. The smallest species of 

 the genus in the State. Horn in his Monograph states that the 

 sutural stria of inhnilii* attains the apex and joins the apical mar- 

 ginal line, but LeConte in his original description says that it is 

 "postice abbreviate,' ' and figures it so. Tt rea lies only three- 



