THE OT!OrM) HKKl'LKS. 117 



l)lcs l'l( rdsllchiis IK r/ii II mills, hiil r;isily (list iii<^uisii(Ml hy the lark 

 (if ildi'sal |tiiiicl urcs. 



XXX. Badister Chuvx. 1806. (Gi-.. "a fast walker-.") 



Small pieeoiis. hi-owiiisli or spniicd hccllcs, |)()sscssiii^' the char- 

 acters of the tribe Liciiiiiii. hut haxii'u' only the two hasal joints of 

 aiiteiina* entirely ylahroiis; the elytra with the eig'lith and ninth 

 .^triip well separated and the ti|)s not siiiua.te. They occur beneath 

 stones and logs, usually singly and in (Iaiii|» localities, and are eoni- 

 jiai-atively rare. The following [)a]»ei-s are cited for students in- 

 tei'ested in the North American foi-ms : 



LeConte. — "Short Studies of North American (Joh'optera," in 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, VIII. 1880, 165. 



LeConte. — "Synoptical Table," in Bull. Brook. Entom. Soe., V, 

 1882, 7. 



Eleven species are known from the Tnited States. Of these 

 five have been taken in Indiana. Two others may also occur, while 

 a new form is herewith described. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPIXIKS OK 1!A KlSll- 1!. 



(/. lOlytral stri:e deen, the intervals nnrroNX'. cuiivex ; auteiiii.-e and legs 

 reddisii-yellew ; elytra reddish-lirdw n. dnrkcr heliii'd. 



1.S8. NOTATl s. 



mt. Elytral strue shallow, iiilervals flat er nearly so. 

 h. Elytra spotted. 



e. Thorax, legs aud elytra yellow: elytra with ;i liroad uiiildle hand, 

 interrupted at the sninre. and an api>-,il spot, lilnck, iridescent. 



1S!». PLLCH ELLIS 



ct'. Thorax black, legs and basal third of elytra orange; apical two- 

 thu'ds of elytra black with an orange spat near apex. 



1!)0. MAClL.\Tr,S. 



hh. Elytra not spotted, sonietinies bieolored. 



(1. Thorax and legs dull browinsh-yellnw : el\ii;i piceons, niargini'd 

 at sides, b.ise nnd suture with yellowish-lirown : lengtli .">..") A\ mm. 



OBTUSLS. 

 <lil. I'dack or pieeiins. legs yellow. 



c. Hind angles ol thorax vei'y inucli rounded: length (i nun. 



KLAVIPKS. 



cc. Hind .angles obtuse, not oi' feebly rounded. 



/. Head as broad .as thor;i.\: ni.ii-gins of l;ilter of s;nne color as 



disk. 1!»1. r^vricEi'.s. 



ff. Head narrower than th n'.-ix: nnu-gins of latter paler than disk. 



;/. Larger. ;") C nun.: nnn\gins of thor.i.x narrow, not nmre re- 



tlexed towai-ds the base. 11)2. .muans. 



(i(j. Sinalt'i-. not over 4 nnn. : mai'gins (if thorax wider and more 



retiexed towards the base. 1!>,3. keflexis. 



