354 



l-AMri.Y XI. — SI'AI'llYI.IXTDiE. 



tliii'd wilier tli;in Iniii;-. lincly ;uid densely imiu-tatt'; disk with ;i very fine 

 iiiedi;Mi line wlncli ('\|i;iii(ls iiil:i ;i sh.-illow iiiipression ;i1 l);ise. lOlylrn 

 sc;ircel\ wider (li.ni llini;i\. densely niid liiiely |iniiel.ile. Alxloiueii liue]\ 

 and very sparsely piiiicl iired. I.eii^lli .". iimi. 



St;irk<' .-ind ('lark' (•(luiil ics -, scar. e. May 7 Ma\' ID. 



(■.(■.4 CJOld). AiiiKi'A .K.\iri„\ I'lrirhs.. (ieii. Spec. Slapli., 1S4U, 102. 



El(iii.i,'ate. rather slender. r.lacl<, shinini;-; elyti-a. leyjs and l)ase of an- 

 tennjB more or less dull yellow. Antenu:e slightly longer than head and 

 thorax, third .ioint distinctly longer than second. Thorax scarcely one- 

 third wider than long, minutely and rather sparsely punctate; disk with a 

 rather wide, shallow- impression at middle of base. Elytra one-third wider 

 and one-half longer than thorax, densely and rather coarsely punctate. 

 Length 2.7-3 mm. 



Marion. Putnam and Clark counties; frociuent. IMarch 6-No- 

 vember 28. Taken by sifting. The sides of elytra are more or less 

 fuscous. 



(505 ( ). Atheta caviceps sp. nov. 



Elongate, rather stout, parallel. Head, thorax and abdomen piceous, 

 sparsely clothed with tine, pale prostrate hairs; elytra dark dull reddish- 

 brown; antennie piceous. the basal joints and legs dull reddish-yellow. 

 Front of head with a broad shallow impression. Antenn:e slender, reach- 

 ing middle of elytra, the third joint slightly longer than second. Thorax 

 one-third wider than long, sides broadly rounded into base, surface tinely 

 and sparsely punctate and with a faint median impressetl line. Elytr.-i 

 scarcely wider and one-third longer than thorax, tinely and roughly punc- 

 tate. Abdomen (^Hpial to elytra in \Yidth. Length 2 mm. 



Lake. IMarshall and IMarion counties; rare. ^lay 15-May 20. 



Atheta deintata Brnh., Deutsch. Entom. Ztschr., 190G, o42. 



Elongate, robust. Blackish piceous, shining, 

 sparsely and tinely pubescent; elytra dull clay 

 yellovy, the humeri, margins and apical angles 

 often darker ; legs dusky yellow. Head broad, 

 convex, -almost smooth. Antennae stout, reach- 

 ing beyond base of thorax, second and third 

 joints subecpnil, eleventh almost as long as S-IO 

 combined, 'i'horax slightly broader than long, 

 sides nearly straight, hind angles rounded, sur- 

 face sparsely, tinely and roughly punctate and 

 witii a feeble ini]»ression at middle of base. Ely- 

 I la hut slightly wider and one-third longer than 

 thorax, miimtely and roughly punctate. Lengtii 

 :'. ;?.2 mm. (Fig. 154.) 



Throughout the State; common in the 

 s'oiithern counties; less so northward. 

 March 1 (i-Novemher 2!». Our largest species; taken by sifting, 

 rai-cly Wy healing, and [)i-ohal)ly hihernates. 



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riK. l-')4. X 111. (Oriainal.) 



