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I'' WIII.V II.- -(• Ai;.\l!II).E. 



roiiimoM lluMiiii'liout the Slntc in meadows. 

 ( lilt i\atc(l fields, yardens, etc. It is called the 

 ■'fiery hunter," as it is often seen in daytime on 

 the searcli for cutworms and other juicy larva\ 

 It is also knoAvn to feed upon the young of the 

 ('(ilorado potato l)eetle. The gTubs are called 

 "(utworm lions," as they capture and destroy 

 many of those injurious worms. May 2-July 20. 



Tribe IV. ELAPIIKINI. 



Beetles of small or medium size, blackish or bronze in color, 

 having the eyes moi-e or less prominent, antenna' rarely longer 

 than lu^ad and tlioiax. with three ])asal joints glabrous; labrum 

 truncate ; mandibles stout, concave and with one bristle-bearing 

 jMincfure on the outer side. Body not pedunculate, seutellum dis- 

 tinct. Elyfj'a not or feebly margined at base. Prosternum not 

 ])rolonu<'d liehind the coxiv, the coxal cavities closed. The tri])e is 

 ( omposed of three genera, two of which are represented in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA aENER.\ OF ELi\PHRINI. 



(/. El.vtra nut striate, but witli prominent iinpress!i(Mis (ir pits; e.ves promi- 

 nent : tootli of mentiim large, emarginate. V. Elapiirus. 

 <iii. Elytra striate, with small pits beetween the striie; eyes not prominent: 

 tooth of ineutum short, bifid at tip. VI. Blethisa. 



V. Elapiirus Fal). 1775. (Gr.. "light in moving;" i. e., swift.) 



Bronzed and metallic beetles, similar in form but much smaller 

 than these of the genus Cicindela. They may be found on sunny 

 days luiniing on sand bars and mud flats near streams and lakes, 

 and in cloudy weather hiding under plants and rubbish. Head, in 

 our species, wider than thorax, the latter without marginal bristle- 

 bearing puncture. Elytra with rows of large, shallow, orbicular 

 impressions. Eleven species are known from the United States, 

 five of which have been taken in Indiana. For synoptic tables of 

 both this genus and the next, see : 



Oro/r//.— Trans. Amer. Ent. Roc, V, 1876, 246. 



r';v>/(//.~Bull. Brook. Enfom. Soc, I. 1878. 6-7. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ELAPIIRCS. 



II. TlK.rax sparsely punctate; front iarsi of males with four .joints di- 

 lated. 

 h. I^lvlr.i sniiHitli, not pnurlured. 



