Till: cKDiMi i;i;i'ri'Li-;s. 153 



crnifly (iii\c<l: disk iirMilv siiiii.ili, ilir uk li.iii iiupresscd line line. I'Mytni 

 uval. sliy-iilly iibluiij,' ; siri.-c sliillww. vi'i\ liui'ly imiictiitt' ; iiilei'vals sliglitl.\ 

 eouvex. alntaceous, tlic liiinl will: twn duisal iM'iirUiics. Loujith S-*,)..". mm. 



Crawford and J)iil)()is counties; scane. April 2!)-Jnly 2. 



271 (!»;>">). I'lNACODEKA iM.Aiuoiiis S.i\. Tiaiis. Amer. riiil. S<;.-.. II. 1S2:'.. 

 H ; il.ld. 1 I. 14.-.. 

 Resembles liiiilinhi Iml sliulill.v i.ii-i,^ei-. I'Ik.im.x willi iuar.i;iii mure iinr 

 row and more str(Ui,-l.N I'clie.xed : disl; nlleii sii.ulilly wrinkled and willi a 

 li'w i.nnctnres near the Innd angles. i:iyira with pale nnirgin very narrow 

 and witliont luimeral s|.nt : intervals neirly lial. Length 9-11 mm. 



Lake and Pulaski eotuilies; si-arcc April 10-Oetober 23. Oc- 

 curs beneath bark and other cover in sandy regions. 



L. Cymindis Latr. 1806. (Gr.. "slender.") 



Slender-bodied beetles of medinni si/e, more or less hairy above, 

 with inner wind's absent and tarsi hairy above. Our species have 

 the thorax narrowly iiiafoined and flic entire upper surface very 

 stroiiiily punctured. The males have the front tarsi with three 

 joints dilated and with two rows of small scales beneath. Two spe- 

 cies have been taken in Indiana. 



*272 (1)44). Cyminiws ameruana I)e.j.. Spec. II. 1S2G. 44G. 



Rather slender. Piceous, feebly shining; antenme. legs, humeral spot 

 and narrow side margin of elytra, pale reddish-brown. Thorax slightly 

 longer than wide, narrowed at base; sides curved in front, sinuate behind; 

 disk coarsely and wpially pmnctured. Elytral stria^ deep, tinely punctured: 

 intervals rather tial. their punctures co.-nser than those of stria'. Length 

 12-15 mm. 



Steuben. INIarion. Vi^o. Putnam and Knox comities; scarc(\ 

 July 14-December 25. Hibernates. 



273 (946). Cymindis pilosa Say. Tr.-nis. .\mer. riiil. Soc. II. 1S2:!, lo; 

 ibid. II, 442. 



Moderately elongate. IMceiius with faint greenish lustre: surface very 

 distinctly hairy; antenme and legs pale reddish-brown. Thorax about as 

 wide as long, much narrower at base, sides curved, slightly sinmite behind : 

 margin narrow, hind angles rectangular; disk coarsely and deejily i»unc- 

 tured. Elytral stri.-e deep, intervals slightly convex, irregularly and coarsely 

 punctured. Length 9.5-10 mm. 



Lake, Steuben. Marshall. ]\rarion and Putnam counties; fre- 

 quent. April 12-November 2. Easily known from americana by 

 the lack of humei-ai pale spot, tlie shorter and wider thorax and the 

 more sparsely pmictatc intervals. Occurs n.sually in dry or sandy 

 localities. 



