THE DEATH-WATCH AND DRUG STORE BEETLKS. SSl 



1G72 (- -). CATORAMA VEXATUM Fall, Trans. Amer. Eut. See., XXXI, 



1905, 245. 



Oblong-elliptical, twice as long as wide; pubescence tine and rather 

 sparse. Brown, nearly uniform. Coarser punctures variable, but usually 

 moderate in size and not prominent. Eighth aiiteniial joint slightly longer 

 than wide, quadrate-triangular. Metasternum punctured from side to side. 

 Length 2.5-3.5 mm. 



Knox, Orange and Crawford counties; scarce. May 28- July 

 26. Resembles (jrave closely, but distinctly more elongate, with 

 sparser, shorter pubescence, less flattened eyes and without im- 

 pressed front. 



1673 (5309). CATORAMA GRAVE Lee., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1S5S, 72. 

 Oblong-elliptical, quite robust, slightly less than three-fifths as wide as 



long. Uniform dark brown ; pubescence rather plentiful but not concealing 

 the punctuation ; coarser punctures distinct throughout, moderate in size. 

 Eighth antennal joint triangular, a little longer than wide. Length 2.5- 

 3.5 mm. 



Posey County; rare. May 11- June 4. Our largest and most 

 robust species of the genus. It and the other species are mostly 

 taken by beating vegetation. 



1674 (10,155). CATORAMA CASTAIWM Hamilton, Can. Ent.. 1X<>3, :!07. 

 Oblong-elliptical, distinctly more than half as wide as long-. Dark red- 

 dish or chestnut brown, highly polished; pubescence <>f elytra very short 

 and sparse. Thorax finely and sparsely punctulate at middle, more coarsely 

 on sides. Elytra with coarser punctures evenly distributed on disk but 

 showing a tendency to be in rows on sides. Eighth antennal joint triangu- 

 lar and as wide as long in female, transverse and subquadrate in male. 

 Length 1.5-2.5 mm. 



Lake, Kosciusko and Tippecanoe counties; scarce. June 11- 

 July 12. Readily known by its color and shining surface. Occurs 

 on huckleberry (Vaccimum} and other low bushes. 



C. boreale Lee., piceous, length 2.3-3 mm., is recorded from 

 Michigan and Ohio, and C. (/rttcilc Fall, reddish-brown, length 1.7 

 mm., was described from near Cincinnati. 



1675 ( -). CATORAMA coNFrsi'M Fall, Trans. Amer. Knt. Soc., XXXI, 



1905, 252. 



Oblong-elliptical, about three-lift lis as wide as 

 long. Dark piceous In-own, pubescence medium in 

 length; coarser punctures numerous and rather 

 large at the sides of the thorax and mi Ihc elytra. 

 Eighth antennal joint, quadrate-triangular, little 

 more than one-fourth longer than wide. Meta- 

 sternum rather strongly punctate at middle, the 

 sides without punctures. Length 2-2.7 mm. (Fig. 

 348.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent. April Fi s- 348 - < 10 '- (Original.) 

 26-July 4. Beaten from low vegetation along roadsides. 



