THE GROUND HEim.KS. 107 



ICO ((JCiT). Amaua Puoi'liNSA Tut/... .M*Mii. l/ic^'i-. I. IStMi. ls;5. 



Obluug-uviil. iiHKleratoly (•.•uvcx. I'uri»lish-bl;iek or bronzed, iilutaceiius 

 in both sexes, iimre stroii.uly in females: auteumie and legs piceous ; under 

 surfaee black. Thorax two-thirds wider than long, very distinctly widei- 

 at base than apex; basal impressions very taint, not punctured; liind anodes 

 snbrectangular. Elytra sliirhtly wider than thor.-ix, (inely striate. Ilie stria- 

 smootli. Length 7.5 -S.f) nnn. 



Laporte County; i-ii-c. May 20. .\ s[)ecies of northern rang*- 

 whicli |>rol)al)ly occurs t hroiiiilnait llic northern third of the State. 

 U;i )(;<;.S(. A.maka i-oiha l.ec. Ann. Lyi-. Nal. Hist., IV. 1S4S, 304. 



Oval, moderately convi-x. I'.ronzed or lilackisli-bronzed, shining, often 

 with a bluish tinge; femora black. tibi;e .iiid tarsi reddish-brown. Thin-ax 

 nearly twice as wide as long, narmwed ironi about one-third in front of 

 base, hind angles rectangular ; basal iniiiressions small, deep, not puncture<l. 

 Elyti-a very slightly wider than thorax, the stria- smooth. Length G.2-7 mm. 



Lake and Pulaski counties; scarce. March 26-June 26. Easily 

 recognized by the carinate aiitenntp. ol)li<|ue outer basal depression 

 of thorax and smaller size. 



A. paJlipt s Kirby. 5.5-S mm., atid .4. crassispina Lee, 7.2-9 mm. 

 in length, are members of the boreal fau>ia ranging from ]Massa- 

 chusetts to Lake Superior and AVisconsin. and probably occur in 

 the northern counties of Indiana. 



Gkol'p C. 



This group of eight species comprises the Indiana members of 

 the subgenus Celia and includes our largest and smallest species of 

 Aynara. For the most part they are oval, brown or piceous, rarely 

 bronzed species, having the thorax broadest at base, the hind tibiiv 

 never pubescent on inner side in males, and the ocellate puncture 

 at base of scutellar stria alw-ays lacking. 



KEV TO INDIANA SPECIES OF GROrP C. 



II. Antenme and legs piceous black. 



b. Elytra strongly alutaceous, the intervals more or less uneven. 



162. INTERSTITIALIS. 



hb. Elytra shining; intervals flat, smooth and even. 16o. ebratk a. 



nil. Antennae pale, legs usually so. 



c. Size very large for the genus, 9-12 mm.; iirosternum with a number 



of setae (bristly hairs) at tip. 164. obesa. 



cc. Size medium or small, not over 8 mm. ; prosternum with either t^A-o 

 setfe or none at tip. 

 d. Prosternum of male with an irregular group of small punctures 

 near the middle. 

 c. Sides of thorax distinctly flattened ; prosternum with two set;e 

 at tip; reddish-brown, the males shining. 



1 <■>.">. REMOTKSTRTATA, 



