256 



FAMILY \'I. — TTYDItorilll.nXK. 



(/'/. l-"ni-ni iiiiii'c lu'diidly nv;il; I'lytr.il iMincturcs l.-irucr jind iiioro dis- 



tiUCt. 41)5. (iLABER. 



!i(i. rrostenml yn^ove open in Crdiil : elyti-a with disoal yellow stripes. 



49G. STRIOLATUS. 



4!I2 ( ir.SO) . TuoPisTERNUs NiMBATUs Say, Journ. I'liil. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci.. III. 1823, 205; ibid. II, 



lao. 



Elongate-oval, cimvex. Olivaceous black, shining; 

 clypcns. till. rax and elytra margined with pale yellow; 

 under surface black or piceous ; legs yellow, femora 

 black at base. Length S.2-9 mm. (Fig. 127.) 



Throug-hotit tho State; coinmon. .Mar(4i 14- 

 nct:)]'er 9. At <']eetn'e light in Jiiiu'. 

 J'.i". (1590). Tkopisternts mixtus Lee. Proc. Phil. 



Fig. 127. X 4. (Original.) ^^f«*l- ^^'='^- ^^fi- ^'I^, 1855. 3G8. 



Kliiiigate-dval. cunvex. lUack, more or less bronzed, 

 shining; antenna*, base of ]>alpi and apical liilvcs of femora and tibiine 

 brownish-yellow. Elytra with coarser and liner punctures intermingled, 

 these visible only mider a lens. Length S.5 '.) mm. 



1 al'o. 1 <![)oi'lo. Kosciusko. I^ntiiaiii ai'd .Maitin counties; fre- 

 oncnt. M}\\ r)-()ctol'(M" '25. 



494 (1593). Troplstekam s siBi^q^vTS Lee. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sei., VII, 



1S55. 3r.s. 



I\;](.ugate-oval. Black, feebly bronzed; antennae, palpi and legs dull 

 yiMlow. liase of femora ])iceous. Front half of sternal crest Hat, finely but 

 distinctly punctured. Length 9-10 mm. 



Putnam County; rare. July 8. 



495 (1591). Tropisteknis glaber Ilerbst.. Col., VII. 398. 



Resembles mi.vtus Imt usually broader and longer. Punctures of elytra 

 very tine and sube<jual in size. Front part of sternal crest concave and 

 very coarsely punctured. Length 9.5-11 mm. 



Tliroughout the Slate; common. March 16-October 23. Often 

 found beneath rubbish ahjng tlie edges of ponds and lakes. 



49G (1595). Tropisternis striolatus Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



VII, 1855, ms. 



Ehmgate-oval, convex. Olivaceous black; front of bead and sides of 

 thorax yellow; elytra each with sides and six or more narrow stripes on 

 disk yellow; under surface black, iirosternum and legs brownish-yellow. 

 Stcnini crest sulcate throngliout its full length. Length 9-10.5 mm. 



A species of south( rii range, taken only in Vigo and Knox conn- 

 ties; scarce. July 0-October 2S, 



