riiK i'Ki:i)A('K()rs dinim; i!i:i; ii,i:s. 21;} 



</. I'iist :iii(l scrund \ciili:il sc^^Miiriils siikmpIIi i>v (il)S(.I(M (>1.v |Hinct:i(t' : 

 «'l.vlr:i liiicly |niii<-l,ilc. luti. aikini.s. 



(hi. First anil second ventral se^uionts coarsply but sparsely punc- 

 tate; elytra t-oarsely punctate. 407. i rscATi s. 



4o;i ( 1270). RiDKS.si s FTAVicoLLis Tah'.. rrnc. riill. Acad. iNat. Sci., l.S."»r.. 

 295. 

 Obloni^-oval. ojiaque. Head, thorax, legs and under surface yellow- 

 elytra fuscous or brownish, each with two paler spots on the 'sides. Thora.x 

 and elytra densely and finely punctate, the basal grooves of the former 

 very short. Hind cox* uot longer than broad. Length 1.2-1.5 mm. 



A single specimen from Hudson Lake, Laporte County, -hily 15, 

 Probably occurs sparingly in the lakos of the northern third of the 

 State. Known from Illinois, Pennsylvania and New England. 



404 (1273). BiuEssLS piucarius Aube, Spec. Gen., VI, 1838, 494. 

 Oblong-oval, opaque. Head, thorax and legs reddish-yellow; elytra 



dark brownish-.vellow, a faint yellow submarginal spot behind the middle 

 and another near the ai)ex : postpectus and abdomen piceous. Elytra close- 

 ly pnnctulate and covered with fine hairs visible only beneath the lens. 

 Length 1.5-1.7 mm. 



Laporte, Kosciusko. Marsliall and ^Marion counties; scarce. May 

 :U -August 15. 



405 (1278). BiuESSUs lachstris Say, Trans. Amer. I'hi!. Soc., TL 182:^ 



103; ibid. II, 51(5. 

 Oblong-oval, shining, lle.-id and thorax dull reddish-yel- 

 low; elytra brownish-yellow chmded with darker; under 

 surface usually black. Elytra very finely and indistinctly 

 imnctate. Length 1.4 l.s nun. (Fig. 108.) 



Throughout the State ; tVt'()tient. April 15-Au- 

 gust 20. 



-liii; (127.''ii. r.iDKssrs AFFiNis Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. 

 Soc, II. 1S23, 104: ibid. II, .">17. 

 Oltlong-oval, feehly sliiniiig. Head, thorax and legs red- , . _^ .,,^, ^^ 

 dish-yellnw; elytra and under side fuscous brown, the for- (OriKiiml.) 



iner often with paler elongate markings. Length 1.5-1.8 mm. 



Througliout the State. fje(|uent ; (\si)ecially so in the northern 

 lakes. April 4-Augiist 20. 



407 (1279). BiDESsrs fiscatis Crotch. Trans. Amer. lOnt. Soc, IV. 1S7;!, 

 .391. 

 Resembles offinis but darker and more shinin,g. Known by the coarser 

 punctures of elytra and hind coxal iilates and the shorter impressed stria 

 at base of elytra. Head and thorax almost smooth. Length 1.7 2 mm, 



Starke County; scarce. Collected by sweeping along the north 

 margin of Bass Lal^e. ~Mnv 10. 



