THE m^OI'Xrt HFKTLES. 



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ln'hiiul, iiiiir.Lciii slroufil.N' it'llcxcd, linsnl iinprossiuiis deep. lOlytra elliptical; 

 >tn;e modenitely deep; intervals eouvex. the alteruate ones with a row of 

 riither larj;e punctures on the sides. I.en.!j;tli i;>-15 mm. (V\ix. 72.) 



Vigo, Putnam, Monroe and Franklin counties; searce. May 8- 

 Oetober 4. Oecnrs beneath stones in deep wooded ravines. 



1!t!) (702). l'LA'i-YNi:s Qi'AnHiiM.vci i^\ n s Horn, 'I'rans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 

 XII. 1NS5. i;!U. 

 Klonjiate-oval slender. Antcnna>. leirs and thorax reddish-yellow; head 

 .•iiul elytra black, the latter with basal third and larj^e rounded snbapical 

 spot reddish-yellow. Thorax somewhat c.irdilorni. a little longer than wide, 

 narn.wed at base, with an extremely narrow retlexed margin. Elytra oval, 



Fig. 72 



(Urigin.il. ) 



broader behind; intervals flat, the third with three very small dorsal punc 

 tures. Length 7-7.5 mm. (Fig. 78.) 



Knox and Posey counties; rare. April 20-April 25. Occurs 

 beneath cover in moist localities.* 



P. angustatus Dej., 13-14 mm. in length, is said to inhabit the 

 Middle and Southern States, and perhaps occurs in the hilly por- 

 tion of southern Indiana. 



Group B. 



Composed of winged species, black or piceous in color, having 

 the thorax strongly margined, basal impressions large and deep, 

 hind angles obtuse or i-ectangnlar. Elytra one-half or more 

 broader than thorax, truncate at base, more or less sinuate toward 

 the extremity, the stri» fine to deep, the second strire or third in- 

 terval with three or four impressed punctures. 



*See Can. Ent. XXXVIII. 1906, p. 267. 



