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*\-2-2 ( UHH 1. r.Ai i;i.st)i)i:s xKiincANS I>cc., IJnsl. .T(Uirn. .\:il. Hist.. VI, 1.S4U. ;tl>. 

 Jil;u-U. sliiiiiiij;, spiirsely iiuhesceiit ; miiIcluuls iialpi ;md le}j;s reddish. 

 Ihvid as long as broad, front punetati'; vortox convex, carina te. Anteinue 

 with fourth joint half as wide and about as long as third; fifth to eighth 

 sulxHiual. as wide as long; ninth longer, rounded; tenth nearly twice as 

 Ihick as ninlli, glol)Ose; eleventh one-half longer, ovate, acute. Thorax 

 with median sulcus very deep, the basal tubercles acute; foveiie on sides of 

 base pubescent. Elytra will: humeri subacute, discal lines reaching middle, 

 licngth 2 mm. 



La Ice ( 'oil Illy ; rare. May 1. 



B. slritilus Lcc, of wliich simnlr.r Lee. is perhaps a synonym, is 

 said to occur from Massaclnisctts to the ]\Iissouri River. 



Tribe III. EUPLECTINI. 



Tn this ti'ihe the form is more depressed and linear than in those 

 prccedititz'. tliiis a]iproaehino' the Staphylinida'. They have the an- 

 tcmia' widely separated at base; alidomeii distiiie1l\- marii-ined, with 

 six \'entrai segments; hi'id coxa- couicaL prominent a.nd eoutijiuous. 

 The folloAvino' ovuera, as iimit(M! by Casey, are prol)al)ly represented 

 in the State. 



KEY TO INIJIANA GENERA OF EUPLECTINI. 



(/. Tarsi with two equal claws; antennre slender, bead-like, last three joints 

 forming a loose club ; lirst visible dorsal nearly as long as second and 

 without pubescent line. Rafonus. 



(1(1. Tarsi with two unequal claws or with but a single claw\ 



h. Antennae elbowed, the basal joint elongate; thorax twice as wide as 

 long, bilobed, and armed at sides with three intlexed spines. 



XV. RiiEXiis. 

 hh. Antennae straight, tirst joint not elongate. 



c. Tarsi with two unequal claws, the second in the form of an ap- 

 pendage nearly one-half the length of the principal claw. 

 (1. Thorax with a hue entire median groove, its sides not spinous; 

 body shorter, head more transverse; elytra each with four 

 basal punctures, prolonged backward by a line. 



XVI. Rhexidius. 

 (1(1. Thorax without a median impressed line: body longer, more 

 ])arallel; head less transverse. Ramecia. 



cc. Tarsi with but a single ela.w. or with the second one very minute. 

 c. Antennal club gradually fnniied. the last joint only moderate in 

 size. 

 f. Prosternum not carinate along the middle; first dorsal not 

 longer than second. 

 !i. 'I'lidi-ax with a eenlral discal imi)ression; elytra each with 

 a discal stria. 



