'I'lir: t; i;oi \ n r. i i; \\.\:>. i " i 



llic w idcsl p.-ll'l nc.-n-|\ Iwicc lllf width nf llir li;isc. ;lpc\ sli^llll.V Ci :lli-;i \c. 

 hind ;in,ul('s ••iruic, di\ i'i--ciil : surl.-icc s|i;ii-scl y .-iiid liiiclv- |miiii-I iiriMJ. I'dyli'.-i 

 hill iilllc widened heiniid, uhMiJctcly rcsl.-ilr. Lcimlii 7..". ".( iiiiu. 



'riiniiiulKuit Ihc State: ri-e(|iieiit . April id Oetolier IT. 



L'sT (!i:i(. r.uAciiYM s ( ^ .\Mi'i:.\.Ms S:iy. .Iniini. I'liil. Acad. Nal.Sei.. Ill, 

 \s-2:\. 1 t:: ; ihid. 1 I, !)1. 

 Ktyd'a lilue-lilael<. 'l'li(M-a\ siiorliM- lliaii usual. (Iisliiieil\- widei- lliau 

 liiii.t,'. troiil au.nios obtusely rouuded. hind nues evident, mil prcMuiuent. i;iy- 

 Ira siiirhlly wider heliind, tlio huineii distinct but stmu.iily niumb-d, the 

 resta' very faint. lAMmtli S ;) nun. 



Fulldli ( 'niUlly ; I'ill'c. •Illlie 20. 



L'SS ( ). r.KAfllYXl .S m I.CIIKLM S Sp. UdV. 



Resembles pcrplcius in fin-ni and size. Elytra distinctly darker. Iilack 

 isb-blue; sides of meso- and luetaslerna and entire alidnnieu fuscuus. An- 

 teiuia' with .l.nnts :'. and 4 almest Idaek. Thorax lon.^^'r Ihan wide, the liase 

 L'radually (•(.usti'icted, its disk more convex and liiiid auLCles acute and more 

 distinct tliau in jicriilcrus;. lOlytra almost smooth, the humeri distinct. 

 Length 7 ii nun. 



Vigo and i\)st\v rouiilics; scaice. Fel)i'uary 14-April IS. 

 |''ri)iii (■i)r(li(()lli'<. our <)iil\- other small species with the third and 

 roiu-th joints oi:' antenna' (hirk. it differs in tlie 1hoi-ax being mneh 

 naiTcnver and less consti'ided. and with h'ss [)i-()ininen1 hind angles. 

 This is one of the tii-st si)eei('s i^o aj>pear in spi'ing and is the ()nl\- 

 one besides lo)-y-><iil(iriiis \\hieli has been lala'ii in the winter months. 

 It occurs in h)\\. sandy localities. 



•_'S!) (OOC)). I'.H.xcnv-Xi s pi:i{ri.i;xrs De.j.. Spec. V. 181'!). 4i:(;. 



Elytra dark bine; antenna> and entire under surface, e.xeept the sides 

 of abdomen, reddish-yellow. Thorax longer than wide, the widest part 

 about twice the width of bas«^; front margin truncate, the angles obtuse; 

 hind angles not at all lu'ominent ; sides very broadly rounded in front of 

 middle. Elytra bnt little wider behind, obsoletely costate. nearly or ipiite 

 covering th(> abdomen; humeri evident Init narrow. Length s ;> nun. 



Posey County; rare. Ai)ril !). 



I'llO (<»;.")). I'.uACHYNi s MiNiTis llarr.. N. Eng. Far.. \il, isiis. 117. 



Smaller and more slender than jdiitliiniixiniis, which it reseml)les 

 closely in form and cidor. 'i'luu'ax more narrow, distinctly longer than 

 wid(>. much less constricted l)ehind. Ihe hind angles scarcely evident. Humeri 

 narrow, less rounded than in the next. Length ").;!(> nun. 



Mai-.shall. Fulton. Whitley and Ixosciusko comities; scarce, 

 •lune o-Augiist 17. This is the ptiiiiilio of JjeConte, which i-i re- 

 aarded as a svnonvm of niiinit i<s\ though the latter is said by liar- 



