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FAArn.v Tr. — c \i; mud.t:. 



Kt;Y K) SPKCIES OF GROUP 11. 



o. Form rattier broad ; elytral strive deep. 

 b. Black, shiuiug; elj'tral intervals convex. 



c. Larger, 12-14 mm., more depressed ; elytra more deeply sinuate 

 behind: hind angles of thorax obtuse; side pieces of metathorax 



Udt pllllclurcd. 200. DECKNS. 



(■<: Smaller. 11 mm., less depressed: liiud ;iiigh's of thorax rectangu- 

 lar; side [licccs of lucl.-il lii.i'ax ]iuiictur('d. 201. siNi'ATLS. 

 hi). Subopaque; elytral intervals Hat, the stri;e less deep; hind angles of 

 thorax obtusely rounded. 202. opacii.is. 

 (Id. Form slender; antenme and legs very long; elytral stri;e fine. 



(/. Elytra each with three dorsal punctures; i)iceous brown, the margin 

 of thorax not paler. 

 e. Hind angles of thorax almost rounded; side margins strongly re- 

 flexed only on basal half; elytral intervals alutaceous. 



203. CINCTICOLI.IS. 



cc. Hind angles of thorax obtuse, not rounded; side margins strougly 



retlexed their full length; legs and antenme pale reddish-brown: 



intervals not alutaceous. 204. reflkxis. 



(Id. Elytra each with four or live dorsal jtunctures; dark reddish-brown. 



the margin of thorax translucent. 20."). PARM.vHoiNATrs. 



2(M» (If.;")). I'lArvNis DECEXs Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, II. 182."^, oH : 

 ibid. II, 477. 

 Rather broad, depressed. Black ; legs, antennie and margin of thorax 

 piceous. Thorax subcordate, narrowed behind, basal impressions punc- 

 tured; hind angles obtuse, margin of moderate width, reflexed. Elytral 

 strife deep, not or very obsoletely punctured; intervals convex, finely alu- 

 taceous. Length 12-14 mm. 



Lawrence and Posey counties ; scarce. April lO-Augnst 28. 

 In this and the next tv^^o species the median line and front trans- 

 verse impression of thorax are rather deep, the elytra more than 

 one-half bi'OMdcr tlian thorax and slig-htly sinuate near their tips. 



201 (700). Platynus sinuatus De.]., Spec.. III. 

 108. 



Kcscmi)les dccens but smaller, less depressed .-ind 

 ill ^rc shining. Basal impressions of thorax wider. 

 Klytra less deeply striate, finely ]nmctured; in 

 Icivals less convex. Length 10.5-11 nmi. (Fig. 

 74. 1 



'riii'oui'-lioiil the State; scarce. April 10- 

 August 13. 



202 (7<>7). I'eatvnis opacilis Lee, New Six'c. 

 N. Amer. Col., I, 1863, S. 



Bather slender, depressed. Dull piceous or sub- 

 oi)a(iue. Thorax as wide as long, narrowed in 



Fig. 74. X 3. (Originiil.j 



