iin: cKorxi) ui;iri'Li';s. 51 



KKV TO INDIAiNA IIENKUA OK NICIUU I N I. 



(/. Size sinnll. not over '< iiiui. ; front tibia> very obli(iuely U'uncate, the 



inner simr :il)ove tiie ;i|iex ; vertex suU-Mte. VII. Notiophili s. 



(/(/. Size niedinui. s di- mere nun.; trout til)i;e nol «'l)li(|neiy truncate, si)urs 



terminal ; vertex unl suleate. VIII. Nebkia. 



Vlll. NcrrioPiiiiJs Dmu. 1806. (Civ., " spring- + loving.") 



Small oblong black or bronzed beetles, having the head hori- 

 zontal, triangiihir. striate, and as broad as or liroader than the 

 lliora.x: eyes ])rominent ; elytra with sides almost parallel, bnt 

 little broader than thorax. Tbey oeenr beneath leaves along the 

 margins of open woods and enltivated fields, and in early spring 

 are frequent abont the bases of trees and stumps and the sides of 

 logs. Eleven species are kimwn from the Ignited States, three of 

 \vhi( h have been taken in Indiana. Our species belong to the group 

 liaving the front 5-striate. 



Tlie latest and best paper on the genus is that of: 

 Fail. H. ('. — "A Eeview of of the North American Species of 

 Xotioiihilns" in Psyche. XITT. 1006. 79-92. 



KEY TO INDIANA SrECTES OE XOlTOI'm LI'S. 



(/. Le.L^s and anleuiiH' entirely |iale reildisii lir(i\\ n : head nuicii wider than 

 thnrax. the sides ot tlie latter deeply sinuiiio behind the middle. 



41. .^NEUS. 



'/(/. Lejjjs dark. ( r with the tibi:e alone paler; antenuiie pale at base only. 

 h. Elytra ea<li with one apical annulate i)uncture; second elytral in- 

 terspace (Minal U) two intervals in width: size larger, form stouter. 



42. SEMISTBIATIS. 



hh. Elytra each with two apical annulate punctures; second elytral 

 interspace broader, eipial to three intervals iii width; size smaller, 

 more slender. 43. novemstriatis. 



41 (ITo). NoTioPiiiLus .^NEUS Hbst, Col., X, ISOti. 235. ,, 



Metallic bronze, shininl,^ 'I'iiorax coarsely punctured near M^ I 



bise and apex, disk smooth : hind angles aiute, prominent. Tunc- i^tlf/ 



lures of elytral strue deep at base, becoming indistinct behind 



I he middle: tlie second elvtral intevsiiace as in M-iiiisI riahiM. Tig. 3<i. 



, _ „ , (AftorLcii^'.) 



I.cugtii .. mm. ( !• ig. .'.!>.) 



Lake. X'iLiii and i'osey coiiiil ics ; s^'anc May IS .htiic IS. 

 \- iITTi. NuiKd'iiiMs SKM isiKiAii s Say. Trc-ins. .\inrf. I'hil. So.-.. II. 



|V-_'-!. SI ; il.id. II. i'.lT. 



Rather stout. I'.lackisli (U- iiur]ilisli-bi-,;nze, sti^.ngly shining: tibi:e 

 and four bas.il .ioints of anteni ;e usually pale. Terminal .ioiut of palpi 

 dilated ami truncate. Thorax coarsely lauirl.ate at sides, .aitex and base, 

 the disk smooth; sides strongly sinuate behind the middle. Elytral striae 



