I 2 FA:\rTLY IT. OAT^ABID.^. 



/'/. 'J'li;ii';i.\ riirdaU". i;(iii\i'X. the icisal f(i\(',i with \\\i> slri;r. 



/. Klytr.i .ur('(>iiisli-li!;Mk. cadi with a well (h'tiiicd liasal and aiiutlier 



subaiiical si»it pale; Ici^s dull reddish-yollow ; thorax disstiuctly 



narrower at base tliau apex. ustllatum. 



a. Elytra either without spots or with a siiii.;le pale snljmargiiial one 



near apex. 



j. Head small, narrower than Ihnrax at apex; elytra with all the 



strife entire, dilated on the disk and mneli finer at sides and 



tip; brownish-bronzed with a larj,'e oblique, submarginal, pale 



spot one-third from apex. postremum. 



././. Head as wade as the thorax at apex; elytra with only the first 



and second stria- entire, the others abbreviated on apical hali. 



80. PiciPKS. 



51 (.'^,17). P>E]\iBiDH'.M AMEUicANi M Dej., Spec, V, 1831, 84. 



Kather l»roa<l. subdepressed. Fnifca-m blackish-bronzed, more or le.-^s 

 shining. Antennii' one-halt the length of body, piceous, the first and seennd 

 Joints and the tibite dark reddish-brown. Thorax more than one-half wider 

 tliau long; ajiex nearly truncate, slightly broader than base: hind angles 

 siibrectangular ; disk finely rugiisc at base, median line distinct, basal im- 

 pressions sliallow. Eiytrji tinely alntaceous. about one-half wider than 

 thorax, linely >^1riate. the st ri:c distiiictl\" ]innrl;ite tn li<'hind Die middle, 

 i.engtli ~t (I mm. 



'J'hi'ouijliout tlio State; fi'o(|nent. -hiiio 7-Sopteniber 17. 



B. (lilaldt lun Loc, liaving the sides of tliorax strongly curved in 

 front and the h'gs dark reddish-l)ro\vn, is known from P(Mnisylvania 

 and Oklahoma aifd should occur in Indiana. 



52 (.".lU). liKMniiiirM iioxESTiM Say, Trans. Amer. IMiil. Soc. II, 182.3, 



S2; ibid. II. 4!tS-.jr)n. 



Katlier elongate, subdejiressed. Ilniuzed. more or less coppery, rarely 

 bluish or greenish, shining; antenna' and legs piceous. Thorax less than 

 one-half wider than long, apex emarginate ; sides slightly curved in front, 

 feebly sinuate behind ; disk rugose at base, median line deep, abbreviated 

 before and behind. Elytra one-half wider tlnin thorax, deeply stiiate- 

 punctate, the punctures almost obsolete at tip. Length S.T-d.T mm. 



Lake, Franklin, Marion and Putnam counties; scarce. April 

 23-December 7. Listed as />. anflquum Dej., l)ut Say's name has 

 priority. 



53 (320). P.EMmnn M (haiaeim I>e.j., Spec., V, 1831, 80. 



More sleiider and more convex than Jioiicsttun. Coppery bronze, rarely 

 greenish or bluish-black: legs rufo-piceous. the femora at base and tibi.c 

 paler. Thorax with sides more strongly curved in front, distinctly more 

 narrowed and deeply sinuate behind than in ]niiicstiiiii, the ajiex trnnc;; te. 

 Elytra obl(>ng-oval, dee])ly striate; intervals convex. Length r).r)-('>.2 mm. 



I'hi'ouylionl tlieSialc; ficijiiciit. .) tine la-September 4; 



