.'Ui FAMILY ir. — CARABID.I?:. 



('ouiily. .liiiic liT-Scplciiihcr ."). As its color luii'iiionizes so closely 

 with lliiil of its I'cstiiiii- |)l;ic(', it iiiiisl he iii;ii-k»'(| down ;iii(l Ihou 

 k('|)t ill \\v\\ iiiilil close ciioii.u'h to c;i|)liii'c willi the net. It is said 

 to tiy to electric light. 



Ki ((■>4). Ck ixiiKLA lUKivK.NTKis I )ej., Spec, I, 1S25, 102. 



il);n-k smoky lirowii, ln' .ii/.ed ;ihiivc: ]>lnish-greeu beneatli. ab- 

 (1 iiiKMi red: clyU'al iiiarkiniis cnusistin;:; of apical lunule and 

 Iniiucral, ]>nstIiiiiiH'ral, inari^inal aud two diseal dots; the latter 

 sniuetiines wniitiiiLr, sdinetiines imited to form a short, sinuate 

 middle l)aud. Head liiiely striate, not hairy. Thorax subquad- 

 Fig. 25. ];itc witli sparse hairs each side. Elytra faintly punctate. Length 

 (After Leng.),,^^, ,,,„,_ , j^jg^ 05.) 



This species has so far heen taken in Indiana only on bare spots 

 on the slopes and tops of high hills near Wyandotte Cave, Craw- 

 ford County. Here it is quite common from June 15 to Septem- 

 ber, and can be readily approached and easily taken with a net. It 

 probably occui's in like situations in many localities in the southern 

 third of the State. 



Cicindela marginhjciutix Dej. has been taken by Dury on a sand 

 bar of the Little JMiami River near Hatavia Junction, Ohio. May 

 17. It therefore very pr()I)ably occui-s alono; the streams of the 

 southeastern portion of Indiana. 



Family II. CARABID.E. 



The Ttround Beetles. 



This family has more representatives in Indiana than any other 

 family of Coleoptera. Its members are to be looked for anywhere 

 on or close to the gronnd. where liy day they usnally hide beneatli 

 what<'Ver cover presents itself. At night they roam about in eager 

 search Tor aiiylhing whicli will furnish food. All the species have 

 long legs and run witli great rapidity. While the inner wings are 

 present in most forms, they seldom attempt to escape by flight; 

 tliough some of the smaller ones are seen flying in numbers during 

 the first warm days of sjjring or about electric lights during summer 

 evenings. The inMnci|)al characters of the family may be brieH\- 

 diagnosed as follows: 



Head narrower than tluu-ax, directed forward; mentum deeply 

 emarginate ; maxilhr with the outer lobe destitute of a movable 

 hook at the tip; autenu:e ll-jointed. tiliform. inserted under a 

 frontal ridge h"liind the liase of the mandibles, the joints (except 



