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March, 19^ I.] BlATCHLEY : XoTES OX INDIANA HaLTICIXI. 21 



Longitarsus misellus new species. 



Xarrowly oval, strongly convex; apterous. Dark reddish-brown; an- 

 tennae and legs reddish-yellow, the former dusky toward tips. Head minutely 

 alutaceous, impunctate. Antenna with joints 2, 3 and 4 subequal in length, 

 each one-third shorter than Xos. 6-1 1, which are also subequal. Thorax 

 one-half wider than long, its sides strongly declivent. their margins rounded 

 into base ; disk minutely and very sparsely punctate, the punctures just visible 

 under the highest magnification. Elytra at base not wider than thorax, their 

 sides very broadly and evenly curved to apex, beneath which the pygidium 

 is plainly visible : umbones and humeri wanting ; disk with punctures every- 

 where confused, round, shallow, separated by twice their own diameters. Ab- 

 domen very finely and distantly punctate. Length, i— 1.2 mm. 



Parke Co., Ind.. May 13 ; Marion Co.. Sept. 2. Swept from 

 herbage in low moist places. Allied to L. insolens Horn, but much 

 smaller, with the punctures of thorax all but invisible and abdomen 

 almost smooth. 



Longitarsus saltatus new species. 



Elongate-oval, strongly convex ; apterous. Piceous or dark chocolate- 

 brown : antennae and legs dull reddish-yellow, the hind femora reddish-brown. 

 Head finely alutaceous, impunctate. Eyes sn>all, prominent, very coarsely 

 facetted. Antennae with joints 2. 3 and 4 subequal. Thorax one-third wider 

 than long, sides broadly rounded : front angles with a thickened obliquely trun- 

 cate nodule, side margins with a smaller spicule at apical' third and another 

 near hind angles, which are rounded into the base ; disk distinctly alutaceous, 

 finely, very sparsely and shallowly punctate. Elytra oval, widest at middle, 

 not wider at base than thorax, sides broadly cur\ed from base to the sepa- 

 rately rounded apices, which leave the pygidium almost wholly exposed ; um- 

 bones and humeri absent ; disk minutely alutaceous, sparsely, finely and some- 

 what aciculately punctate, the punctures near the suture subseriate. .-Vbdomeii 

 finely and sparsely punctate, the last ventral with a distinct but obtuse length- 

 wise median carina. Length. 1.5 mm. 



Posey Co.. Ind.. Sept. 21. Taken by sweeping roadside herbage. 

 Allied to solidaginis Horn, but larger, less attenuate behind and 

 with punctures of elytra much finer and more shallow. 



Longitarsus turbatus Horn. 



This has proven to be almost as common in Indiana as L. meianu- 

 rus with which it is usually confu.sed. Numbers were taken in 

 Marion County during the past summer by sweeping about a '* wet 

 weather " woodland pond. 



