150 FAMILY 11. — carabid.t;. 



rnmcnte at ba.se. Four species are known from the United States, 

 two of which have been taken in Indiana. They occur in damp, 

 sandy localities. 



2(j2 (90S). Apristis cokuk ollis Let-.. Ami. Lye. Nat. Hist., 1\\ 1S48. lUU. 



Black with slight tinge of blue ; auteume pieeous ; legs black. Thorax 

 cordate, slightly wider than long, side margins a little broader and more 

 retlexed near base; median line deep, reaching basal margin; hind angles 

 acute, slightly prominent. Elvtral stri:e deeply impressed; intervals rather 

 strongly convex. Males with three joints of front tarsi dilated and with 

 two rows of small scales beneath. Length 3.5^ mm. 



Marion, V^igo and Morgan counties; rare. April 6-October 15. 

 Larger than the next, the elytra flatter, the intervals more convex. 



2(i3 (900). Apristus subsl i.catls Dej.. Spec. II, ].S2(), 451. 



Pieeous. bronzed ; elytra often brownish. Thorax with sides less curved 

 ill front, less sinuate behind than in cordicullis; hind angles rectangalar 

 nut prominent, the margins not wider behind ; median line fine, usually not 

 reaching the basal margin. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Vigo and Lawrence counties ; rare. May 29-July 20. 



XLIV. Blechrits :\Iotseh. 1848. (NL., "black.") 



Very small black shining species, differing from those of allied 

 genera b.y having the base of thorax slightly lobed; mentum not 

 toothed; ligula small with two setas in front; claws of tarsi serrate. 

 Two of the three species have been taken in Indiana. 



2(14 C.ai). r.LiX'HRis NIGRUM s Maun.. Bull. Mosc, IL 1843, 184. 



Elongate, depressed. Black or pieeous, shining. Thorax one-fourth 

 wid(M- than long, broadest one-third from apex; sides moderately curved in 

 front, slightly sinuate near base, hhul angles rectangular; disk very finely 

 wriiiivled. median line deeply impressed. Elytra oblong, nearly parallel. 

 oiie-tliird longer than head and thorax; faintly striate near the suture, 

 r^ength 3-3.5 mm. 



Vigo County; scarce. April 15. Occurs beneath bark in open 

 w(wds. 



l'(;5 (013). P.LKciiKi s PI sio Lee, New Sp. X. Anier. Col.. I, 1863, 0. 



r>lack-hr(iii/.<'d. very sliiiimg. Thorax not wider than long, widest Just 

 l>ehind the ajicx. more narrowod ix'hiiKl. (he hind angles indistinct. Elytra 

 almost smooth, iini longer I ban licad and thorax, their sides distim-tly 

 curved. Length 2 mm. 



IMarion and (Tark counties: scarce. May 5-October 9. Occurs 

 l)eneath bark on oak logs. One of the smallest of our Carabida\ 



