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FAMILY' II. CVBABUU:. 



I). Outer .-iijic.-il nugle of frout; tibije prolontied ; fonu robusl ; Iciiirtli 



14 mm. LXII. Nothoits. 



bb. Outer ai)ical augle of tibije not prolonged; form less robust; length 



less than 11 mm. 



c. Mentum toothed; hind angles of thorax sharply rectangular; 



length 8-10 mm. LXTII. Cratacanthus. 



cc. Mentum not todthed ; length less than S.5 mm. 



(1. First .ioiiit of hind tarsi slightly longer than sei-ond ; outer edge 

 of middle tibije rather tlat and with a double row of spinules 

 closely placed : elj'tra with one dorsal puncture. 



LXIV. Agonoderus. 



(Id. First joint of hind tarsi nearly as long as the next three; middle 



tibia? with the spinules sparsely placed, in the male curved 



and serrate on the inner side; three rows (>f dorsal punctures. 



LXV. DlSCODEKl'S. 



LXI. Geopini'S Lcc. 1,S4S. ((Ii-., "cnrlh : dirt.") 



Kepresentctl iu the Ignited Stjitcs l)y one iiu'diuiu-si/A'd robust 

 s|)ecies which burrows deeply in (hnti|). sjiiidy localities. The sur- 

 face is smooth jind li'labrous. thus t'avoi'iuo' its sul)terranean life. It 

 may ofteu Ix' tak'cn by sud(l(Mii\' tuniinL;- oxci- ;ui old log- partly 

 buried iu sand. 



;-;20 (1052). 



•ig. 93. 



Geopinus incrassatts De.i.. Spec. IV. 1S2S, 21. 



Oblong, convex. Brownish-.vellow ; front 

 ;ind middle of thorax and disk of elytra 

 often more or less piceons. Thorax one-half 

 broader than long, gradually narrowed be- 

 hind the middle; base a little narrower tlnin 

 t'l.vtrji. region of the hind angles depressed. 

 lOlytrji sinuate near apex, strije moderately 

 deep, not punctured ; intervals slightly con- 

 vex. Length 13.5-15 mm. (Fig. 03.) 



Tvake, Laporte, Marion and Viyo coun- 

 tics; scai'c(\ April 2:^-.Juue 15. Four 

 wci'c t;ikcn ;it clccti-ic lio'ht in Terre 



hows natural Icngtli. llaulc OM -lunc !). 



LXII. NoTHOPUS Lee. 1S5:5. ((h\. "spurious ; foot.") 



Represented in the United States hy a single rather large, ro- 

 bust black or piceous beetle, having the outer angle of front tibia 

 narrowly pi-olongcd find rather deeply sinuate above the tooth. It 

 occurs from the b'ock'y Aloiuitains easlwai'd to Illinois and rarely to 

 northern Indiana. 



