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sides straight from base to middle, thence broadly rounded to apex, their 

 margins very narrowly reflexed, remotely ciliate; disk in great part 

 rather coarsely and closely punctate, the anterior elevated portion and 

 extreme base finely and sparsely so, the transverse groove shallow and ill 

 defined. Scutellum short, convex, triangular, rather coarsely and re- 

 motely punctate, its submarginal impressed lines finely and closely punc- 

 tate. Elytra rather finely, evenly and closely punctate, the middle of 

 apical half of corium more finely and sparsely so; outer apical angles of 

 corium surpassing the abdomen, inner ones meeting behind the acute 

 apex of scutellum. Abdomen minutely and sparsely punctate, each punc- 

 ture bearing a very fine prostrate yellowish hair. Front femora of 

 female with an oblique bifid tooth. Length, 3.2 — 4.2 mm. ; width, 2 mm. 



Lake, Steuben, Kosciusko, Marion, Putnam and Vigo coun- 

 ties, IncL, May 1 — Oct. 21. Not taken in the southern counties 

 and scarce wherever found. Taken by sweeping herbage or 

 sifting debris in low moist grounds. Dunedin, Fla., Jan. 27- 

 March 23 ; the first record for that State. Say's types were 

 from Missouri and its known range extends from New England 

 to Nebraska, and south to Florida and Texas. Uhler ( 1877, 

 371) records one as taken near Baltimore March 18, beneath 

 decaying wood in a loamy valley, and another March 28 frcm 

 Massachusetts, so that it probably hibernates as imago. Hart 

 records it only from central and northern Illinois, March to 

 November; Stoner and Zimmer as very rare in Iowa and Ne- 

 braska, the former sweeping it from blue-grass on sandy knolls. 



48 (68). Amnestus pusillus Uhler, 1876, 278. 



Elongate-oval, subconvex. Pale brownish-yellow, antenna?, legs and 

 beak dull yellow. Head sculptured as in spinifrons; cheeks each with 

 four long teeth. Pronotum subquadrate, one-third broader than long, 

 the transverse groove narrow, deep, not reaching the margins; sides of 

 apical half distinctly rounded, with margins subexplanate; disk coarsely 

 and evenly, not closely punctate, more finely so near base; humeri 

 prominent, smooth. Scutellum coarsely and sparsely punctate. Elytra 

 very evenly, coarsely and closely punctate, the middle of corium more 

 sparsely so, its outer apical angle not passing the abdomen. Abdomen 

 smooth, finely pubescent; hind femora of female with a long slender 

 spine. Length, 2 — 2.5 mm.; width, 1.3 — 1.5 mm. 



Lake, Tippecanoe, Vigo and Orange counties, Ind., May 25 — 

 Dec. 23 ; a single specimen on the latter date hibernating 

 beneath a chunk on a wooded sandy hillside. Raleigh, N. Car., 

 June 28 (Brimley). Agricultural College, Miss. (Weed). This 

 species is less common in Indiana than A. pall id us and occurs in 

 summer on low vegetation along streams, borders of cultivated 

 fields and roadsides, also at electric light. Ranges from New 



