'I'llE (IKOT'XD UKETLKS. OO 



(/(/. Mules with ;i iifdlcn^cd sirmir.inu process ;il inner aii.^le (if di- 



liited l);is:il Joiiil ef li-ont l;irsi: eivtrii uiiitnrni picedus or dark 



reddish-yellow. HI. toKiu sd s. 



(/(/. Elytra with the luariiinal stria deep, entire; two small dorsal puiietures 



on third interval; thorax much narrowed at base; elytral stri.e puie- 



^.^^^, \K). KIMHIM'I AH s. 



Ill ( II.-, I. Taciivs i..i:vi s Say. 'Prans. Aiiier. I'liil. Sie., II, IS'J.".. SS ; ihid. 

 II, 50:;. 



Ol.loni,', suhdepressed. Head and elytra pirei.ns; thorax darlv reddisii- 

 hrown: antenna' bead-like (Fig. .")-t, /* I . luscons. two basal Joints and leys 

 pale. Thorax narrowed behind, nearly twice as wide as long; sides strongly 

 i-urved to near the base, which is slightly nai-rower than apex; basal im- 

 pressions snnill. deep; hind angles obtuse, not carinate. Klytra about one- 

 half wider than thorax, with a sutural and one to three abbreviated dorsal 

 stri:e: marginal stria* obsolete. Length 1.2-1.5 mm. 



Throno'hont the State; fre(iueiit. iMareh 18-Juiie 17. Occurs 

 especially beneath leaves along the borders of marshes. Our smal- 

 lest Tarhjis and one of the smallest of our Carabida'. 

 *11U (4:;;'.). Tac hys pkoximis Say. 'I'rans. .Vmer. I'b.il. Soe.. II. ISllo. SS ; 

 ibid. II. r.o:!. 



Klong.ate. snlxlepressed. Ih-ad and thorax piceons ; elytra dull yellow, 

 usually with an ill-detined dnsk.\- ehiud on the middle of disk, their surface 

 shining with a silken luster; antenna* fuscous, the basal joints and legs 

 dull yellow. Thorax sulKpiadrate, one-half wider tb.nn long, as wide at 

 base as apex, sides curved in front, more or less sinuate behind; hind 

 angles subrectangular. Elytra with two or three inner stri» distinct, not 

 punctate, the others obsolete. Length 2.7-:'..l* nun. 



Throughout the State, eonunon in the southern counties; less so 

 northward. February 26-October 31. ITiberuates as imago. 

 li;i (435). Tacuys scrriLi'S Lee, Ann. Lye Nat. Hist., IV, 1S4S, 471. 



Slightly elongate, depressed. Dull reddish-yellow, the head, and rarely 

 the thorax, darker; elytra with a more or less distinct fuscous or piceous 

 cross-band behind the middle; antenna? fuscous, the basal joints and legs 

 dull yellow. Thorax subquadrate, as wide at base as apex, nearly twice 

 as wide as long; sides curved to behind middle, thence oblique to base, hind 

 angles obtuse. Elytra one-half vx'ider than thorax, fijiely striate, the four 

 or five inner stria? usually distinct, not punctate. Length 2.5-3 nun. 



Southern half of State; frequent; much less so northward. 

 April 19-October 17, Occurs on mud flats or beneath rubbish close 

 to water. Tlie females of this species are difficult to separate from 

 the paler ones of pro.ri tints. They have the thorax proportionally 

 wider as compared with the length, the sides very slightly if at all 

 sinmite near base. The color is usually more reddish, with the dark 

 diseal si)ace forming a Iraiisvci-se bainl instead of an ill-dcfim'd 

 l)l()tch. 



