THE OKOUND BEETLES. 



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140 (Oil). lOvAKTUKi s ,si(iiT,i,A IIS S:i.v. Trniis. Aiiier. I'liil. See.. 11, isi;:;. 

 ' 42: ibid. II. lOS. 

 A^ery cl<iso to sc.riiiipnssiis. 'rimrnx with more umitow iu;ir,i:iii w iiicli 

 is not intloxtnl m wiiltMicd iiciir Ii.-isc. the hnsjil impressions more sli;illo\v. 

 l'\ni:ile dnll black: malt' often more siiining. Tiensth 15-17 nun. 



Southern half of State: soareo. IMay 12-Oetober 20. 



147 (612). EvAHTiiiu-.s AAtEKicANis Dej.. Spec. III. 1827. .392. 



Form ]»roport ionally broader tiian in tlie two i»reeedlns species. Tliorax 



with hind angles less ubtnse and elytra more finely punctured. Thorax 



slightly narrowed in front, the margin fine, not retlexed. Elytra in both 

 sexes subopaque. Length I.VIS mm. 



Crawford. Knox and Perry counties; scarce. May 15-Septem- 

 her 10. 



148 (613). EvABTHRUS ORBATUS Newm., Entom. Mag., V, 1838, 380. 



Thorax not broader than hmg. slightly narrowed be- 

 hind, the margin narrow and scarcely reflexed; hind an- 

 gles less strongly carinate. Elytral stride deeper than in 

 the preceding species, rather finely jmnctate; intervals 

 more convex. Length 1.5-17 nnn. (Fig. 02.) 



Marshall and Posey counties: rare. April 10- 

 (3ctober 17. 



E. colossKs Lee. l*)-22 nnn. in lenoth, has been 

 taken in [\entu('ky and Illinois, aud doubtless oc- 

 curs in southern Indiana. 



149 (020). EvARTHRis SGDAi.is Lec. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist.. IV. 1S4,S. 349. 

 Elongate-oblong. Dull black, the apical halt' of autennai and tarsi 



reddish-brown. Thorax suborbicular, the sides strongly rounded to near 

 base, then suddenly sinuate, the base much narrower than apex. Elytra 

 finely alntaceous. rntlier deeply striate, the strire coarsely punctured: in- 

 tervals subconvex. Length 15-17 mm. 



Southern half of State. fi'e(|uent; not yet taken in the northern 

 counties. April 3-September 16. 



15<> (021). KvAirriTiMs i rirnvi s Lec., .lourn. I'hil. Acad. N;it. Sci., 1S52. 

 233. 

 Differs from soddliN in having the thorax inoi'e bro.-idly and obliquely 

 rounded on the sides, which are but slightly sinuate near the hind angles. 

 Length 15-16.5 mm. 



ThrouRhoni the State. frp(|nent; less so northward. April .S 

 September 27, 



