58 FAT\rrLY it. — caeabid.^. 



H-l (23:j). Dyscitthus ii.i;m()i;kiii)II)A].i.s 1 >(>.)., Spc-c. V, 1S;{0, 511. 



Blaekish-bronzed. strun^'ly shining; autenme, legs nnd tips of elytra 

 pale reilfUsh-browu. Thorax ovate, transverse. Elytra! striae coarsely and 

 deeply punctate, abbreviated at base and obsolete (.n apical third. Length 

 2.8-3.3 mm. 



Starke. Lawrence and Fayette coutities; fi'e(iiient. May 11- 

 August 23. 



55 (234). Dyschikius terminatus Lee, Ami. Lye. Nat. Hist., IV, LS4S, 

 212. 



Elongate, slender. Black, slightly brduzed, strongly shining; antenn;P, 

 legs, abdomen and apical third of elytra obscure reddish. Thorax as bro.-id 

 as long, strongly cunvex, without a longitudinal impressed line. lOlytral 

 strije indistinct at base and wholly wanting on apical third, their punctures 

 indistinct; the dorsal punctures of third interval located one on basal 

 third, one near the middle and one slightly behind the middle. Length 

 .'5.2 mm. 



Posey County ; rare. April 2C). Taken from beneath rtibbisli 

 in corn field near river bank. 



D. hrevispinus; Lee., blaelc, shining, 3.4 mm. in length, occurs in 

 Michigan and Oiiio and doul)tless in Indiana. 



5(5 (237). DvsciiiKirs si'ri.i:Kicoi.i.TS Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, II, 

 , 1823, 23; ibid. II. 452. 

 Black-bronzed ; antenn;e and legs dark red. Thorax ovate, not broader 

 than long; disk with a median impressed line. Elytra deeply striate, the 

 strine entire, punctures indistinct on apical half. Length 5.5 mm. 



Fayette and Posey counties ; rare ; also two in Webster collec- 

 tion. July 4-August 23. Our largest species. 



D. truncahis Lee, l)lackish-lironzed, 5.5 mm. in length, occurs in 

 Illinois and ^Missouri and probably in western Indiana. 



57 (240). DYScnnnus ekythroceuus Lee. I'l-oc I'liil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



1857, 78. 

 Elongate. Blackish-bronzed, shining; legs and antennt^ reddish-brown. 

 Front of head with a transverse impression between the eyes. Thorax 

 subovate, slightly longer than broad, with a fine, median impressed line. 

 Elytral striae slightly abbreviated at base and absent on apical third, 

 coarsely punctured; dorsal punctures of third interval located one in froni 

 of middle, the other, very fine, on apical third. Length 4-5 nnn. 



Putnam County; rare. July 4. 



58 (254). Dyschirius hispidus Lee, New Spec. N. Amer. Col., I, 18G3. 4. 



Blackish-bronzed, strongly siiining ; antennae yellowish ; legs reddish- 

 brown. Thorax globo.se, as broad as long. Clypeus emargiuate, two- 

 toothed. Elytral striae impressed and coarsely punctate except on apical 



