1S() FA M I I.V II. (■ A l; \ ill \).V,. 



(va. hind angles ret-tangular : basal impressions distinct, rather broad, thiely 

 and sparsely punctnred. Elytra 1 striip very fine; intervals flat, minutely 

 alutaceous. Length 12-15 mm. 



Franklin. ]\Ionrne and Vi^jo f-ounties; searen. May S-December 

 18.* Eeadily known 1)y tlu' l)lnck leiis and broad head. Occurs in 

 sandy n inland Avuods. 



.".4(> (llOS). Hakpalus viduus Lee., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., ISOu, lOM. 



Oblong-oval. Black or piceous, shining ; antennte and tarsi dark red- 

 dish-brown. Resembles hiticeps, but the head is not quite so broad, the 

 hind angles of thorax are more rounded and the basal impressions more 

 ii;ii-row and deeper. Length 13 nun. 



Known from Indiana l\v two specimens taken in Vig'o and Parke 

 counties. -May 13-]\ray 24. Described from Kock Island, Illinois. 



//. gravis Lee. 9 mm. in length, was described from Texas and 

 lias been recorded by Dury from tUncinnati. 



LXVIII. Selenopiiori'S Dej. 1826. ((rr., "moon or light -f bear- 

 ing.") 



Small oblong or oval, black or piceous beetles, closely resembling 

 the smaller forms of Harpaliis but differing by having three rows 

 of dorsal punctures, situated on the second, fifth and seventh el\i:ral 

 stria\ The males have the front and middle tar.si moderately di- 

 lated, with two rows of scale-like papilhe on the first four joints. 

 They occur, for the most part, in sandy or dry localities. Four 

 species have been taken in Indiana, while one other perhaps occurs. 

 The literature treating of the genus is as follows: 



Horn. — "Critical Notes on the Species of Selenophorus of the 

 United States," in Proc. Amer. Pbil. Soc. XIX, 1880, 178. 



77or».— "Synoptic Table." in Bull. P.rook. Fnt. Soc, V, 1882, 8. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF SELENOrilOKI'S. 



<i. Prosternuui obtuse at tip, not margined. 



h. Upper surface with a l>ronzed lustre; elytra 1 punctures very small, 

 the intervals smooth ; length 5-0.5 mm. 347. pedicularius. 



hb. Upper surface black, more or less iridescent. 

 c. Thorax as wide or wider at base than apex. 



d. Outer interval not pnnctulate; length 7.5 mm. 348. gagatims. 

 lid. Outer interval of elytra finely ]iunclnlate; length 9-10 mm. 



349. OPALINUS. 



cc. Thorax distinctly narrowed at base, hind angles obtuse; marginal 

 interval i)unctulate: length R.5 mm. iripenxis. 



<i(i. I'rosternuni linri/jintal. lip slightly jirolonged and margined; thorax 

 broader at baso llian apex, its sides nearly regularly curved. 



350. ELLIPTICUS. 



The H. iiiontaniis of m> paper, "The Winter Inserts of Viso Counl> , Iiidiaua," Fs.vohe, Feb., 1896 339. 



