TllK OKOUND BKirrLKS. 149 



*-2M (itui'i. l.KiiiA uiviriAiA Kiih., lOiil. Syst. Supji., 17!)S, .'>!). 



Oval, rather broad. Thorax reddish-yellow; white stripes ol' elytra 

 narrow, the outer one the shorter: legs black, the tibite pale. Head finely 

 and sparsely punctate. Thorax sli.ulitly bmader than long, sides distinctly 

 curved, apex nnich broader than base. Lcnjith .">.,")-(! nnn. 



Vigo County; scarce. January 5-Deceraber 28. Hibernates 

 t)eneath chnnks in tlie coriici's of rail fences al)ont wliich piles of 

 dead leaves have drifted. A jueniber of the Austroripariau fauna. 



XLI. CoPTODKRA D(>,i. iS25. (Gr., "cut -I- neck.") 



Small bluish beetles having the inentum deeply emarginate, 

 mthout a tooth ; first joint of tarsi as long as the next two, fourth 

 feebly emarginate; tarsal claws ix'ctinate. But one species is 

 known from the Eastern United States. 



2()0 (;J04). COPTODERA .EKATA De.j., Sp. I. 1S25, 277. 



Rather broad, subdepressed. Head, thm-ax and under surface picenus; 

 elytra bluish-green ; anteume and legs dark brown or piceous. Head Hnely 

 wrinkled on side near the eyes. Thortsx twice as wide as long ; sides dis- 

 tinctly curved, rather broadly margined near llie base; hind angles obtuse. 

 Elytral striix? fine. n;it jiunctiu-ed. :Middlc libl.-e of males distinctly notched 

 on inner side near tij'. Lengtli r)..j-C>.r) nun. 



Southern half of the State, freciuent; T^ake County, rare. April 

 15-October 10. Occurs on vegetation and beneath bark. 



XLII. Dromits Ron. 1813. (Gr., "a runner.") 



Small piceous beetles, liaving the palpi and tarsi slender, the 

 fourth joint of latter not bilobed noi' emarginate ; tarsal claws ser- 

 rate ; mentum without a tooth. One of the two species is foiuid in 

 Indiana. 

 201 (DOG). Dromils pkeis Dej., Spec Y, 1829, 3G3. 



Ovate, slender, depressed, riccons. moderately shining ; anteun;e, uioutli 

 parts and hgs. and narrow margins of thorax and elytra, pale bro-\vuish- 

 yellow. Ile.ad with lengthwise wrinldcs above the eyes. Thorax slightly 

 wider than long, narrower ;u ]ni><e: sides (au-ved with a rattier wide re- 

 flexed nnirgin ; disk linely wraiklcd. Ilic median line distinct. Iiind angles 

 obtuse. Elytr.al slri.-e lim . indisliiidiy pimctured; inti-rv.als sliglilly con- 

 vex. Length () 7.."i mm. 



Jennings ('(uinty ; scarce. Xov-nibcr 20. Occiu's beneath l)ark. 



XLIII. Ai'HiSTi's Chand. 1S4ti. ((4r.. "without ; saw. "") 



Small black species lia\iiiL;- llic tarsal claws sinii)le; mentum 

 toothed; ligula small, corditoiai! witii Tour .seta' in frcmt ; Ihora.K 



