I in: n;i:i)A('L;ois i)i\i.\ii i:i:i:ii.i:s. 



XT, Matis AuI).'. 18:38. 



Here Ijoloiio's one Dicdiuni-sizcil species liavitii:' llie head very 



l>i-i)a(l: lliorax iiiaru'iiiod ; pi-ostenniiii (heply siileate; elavvs of hind 



larsi uiie(|ua]. tlie ouler (i!ie lieiii'j' iiearlx- twiee as long as inner. 



-t;!l ( 1 ion. .Matls KKwuiNWTis Siiv. 'rniiis. .\tii(m-. I'liil. Sec. TI. 1S23, 98; 



ibid. II. 512. 



i:i()n.ua to-oval, sliu'litly ooiivox. Unirorm i)ro\vnish-ro(l. sliinint,'; nii- 

 toiuijo palor. Tliorax rountlod at sides, front auirles aeiite. Klytra witli 

 two or throe rows of faint dors.-il iiunclnres. l.en.^tli s !) jnui. 



Lake. ^NFarshall Wells, .Marion and Vi.u'o eounlies; frequent, 

 llihornates. Miivvh 14-Deeember 20. Weadily known by the elon- 

 gate fei'iu and i)eenliar cnloi-. 



XII. Coi'ToToMis Say. ISiU. (Dr., "euti joint.") 

 Mediuin-si/ed oval sjieeies ha.ving the terniinal joint of the palpi 

 .soniewiiat eoinpressed and notelKMl at lip; ])rostemutn with an ele- 

 \ated earina; last joint of hind tai'si e(jual to fourth; elaws equal. 

 pi'essed loiicther and apparently single. One 

 species oecurs in the State. 



i:V2 (i;!0('>). CoPTOTOMUs iNTEKKOGATus Fab., Syst. 

 Eleut., I, 1801, 20)7. 

 10 lon.ua to-oval, subconvex. Head, thorax and un- 

 der jiarts rwldisb-brown : vortex black; thorax 

 Iilack at base and apex; elytra pitcli-brown, with 

 numerous very small pale markings, a short stripe 

 near the scutellum and an irregular marginal stripe, 

 yellowish. Female with basal ])ortion of elytra 

 less shining than in niaU> Jind m:ii-ked with short, 

 dense indistinct striio. Length 7 mm. (Fig. Ilia.) 



Throughout the State; fre(|nent. ]\larch 

 Ki-October 2S. Probably hil)ernates. Taken 

 at electric light in June. 



Fig. ni.i. (After Sharp.) 



XITT. CoPELATiS Er. \>^M1. (Gr.. "oar or leg -f wide.") 



Rather small beetles having the claws (Mpial in both sexes; pro- 

 sternum with an acnte cariiui in front; hind femora not ciliate at 

 apex. The males have the for" and middle tarsi dilated and fur- 

 nished with small equal disks. One species oecurs in Indiana. 

 4:;:; (1402). CoPEr^\Trs GLYPiiicrs Say, Trans. .\mer. IMiil. Soc. II. 1S23. 

 !>!); ibid. II. r)12. 



Oblong-ovate, ratlier narrow, subdepressed. Dark reddish-brown or 

 piceous; autenn:ie and legs paler. Thorax almost smooth. Elytra each with 

 ten deeply imjiressed stri:c, reaching almost to apex. Length 5-0 nun. 



Throughout the State; scarce. April 4-October 21. 

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