iiii; (Mioi'Mi i{Kici'i,i';s. ()1 



(14 (L'C!)). Cl.lSI.NA AMKUU'.WA 1 >(\i.. SiXM'., V, IS.'iO, .")»):',. 



Kldn.iiatc. slender. lUack ; Ic.us aiKl very iian'ow dulcr inarixiii df 

 tlKirax and olytra dirk ivddisli-bi-own ; anlt'iiiia' paler. I'il.vli-al stria- en- 

 tire, finely punetuiale. lAMi.titii r> mm. 



Throughout the State: fi"0({iieiit. Ai)i'il 1 --Inly 2:^. 



('. frrna Lcm-., 5. '2 iiiiti. in hMi^'tli, lias Ix'cn taken in Illinois and 

 jKM'liaps oeeurs in western Indiana, 

 cr. (27.")). Cmvixa i{irrsrri,ATA Vwh., Syst. 101.. I, ISOl. VIT). 



I'.lack. usually with two lar,i,'e. (ihseui-e I'ed spots at base of elytra 

 and two near the ape.x ; lej;s and antenna- reddish-liruw n. Klytral stria- 

 deejily punctate. T>en,ctli 0-7.5 mm. 



Fre(|uent in tlie southern lialf of the Slate; taken in the north 

 i.ii!\- in Ijake ("ounty. Ai)ril 4-.Tnly I. 



C. posticd \m-., a southei'ii speeies. r).2 mm. in leuo-th and liav- 

 \\\'j: the front til)itT armed with two teeth, has l)een taken near ('in- 

 eiiniati and ])i'()l)al)ly oeenrs in the southern third of Indiana. 



XIII. Asi^iDOGLOSSA Putz. 1846. (Gr., "a shield + tongue.") 



Represented in the United States by a single, small, black spe- 

 eies having the mentnm feebly emarginate; thorax subglobose ; 

 head without tine grooves; front tarsi dilated in both sexes. 



0(1 (280). xVspidogloSkSA surangx'lata Chand.. I'.nll. Mose.. 

 lY, 184.3, 738. 

 Black, strongly shining; untenme and legs reddish-brown : 

 elytra with a reddish spot on apical fourth. Thorax short. 

 suligUibose, apex truncate; disk smooth without median line. 

 Elytra deeply striate, the strite coarsely punctate ; second 

 interval with seven or eight, the fourth with five or six. 

 dorsal punctures. Length 7.5 mm. (Fig. 4(1.) 



Southern third of State; frequent, April 8-Sep- / 

 tember 19. Oeeurs beneath the bark of logs in low, Tig.m. 

 jmoist woods ; also beneath stones and rubbish near 

 water. Resembles closely Clivina hipmtulata and doubtless eon- 

 fused with that species in many colh^ctions. Readily distinguished 

 by the shorter, more globose thorax and the numerous dorsal punc- 

 tures of second and fourth intervals. A member of the Austrori- 

 parian fauna. 



XIV. Sf'inzooEXiis I'ntz. 1S4n. ((!r., '-clert ' chin.") 



Small hhickish nv reddish hrown lieetles allied to Cllrlini, but 

 jiaviim' the inentnni <|('i'i»l\' einafL;inat(^ : head with niniierous Hne, 



