Tin: siioK'r-\vix(;i:i) sf.wKv<;i:i; i!i:i:ti,ks. :W.) 



siili(Miu;il. 'riiorax Iwii^c ;is wido ;is Idii.u. ns \vi(h' nt Icisc :is <'l\ii',i: sides 

 lii-d.-tdly ciirNciL hind Miigles obtuso ; surfjicc. :is well ;is that of elytra, finely 

 .Mid deiisei.x | niiicl a I e. Elytra one-third ion.^er than lliM|-a.\. Al)dnineii 

 sli;;Iitly narrower and nioro eoarsely punctate than elytra, sides parallel to 

 beyond the middle, the first throe dorsal sejinients rather feebly impressed 

 at base. Length l.S-2 mm. 



Starke Comity: rare. ^Tay 17. Sil'lod rroiii splia^imm moss of 

 a rfanberry bofr. 



"■>'-'l ( ). OxYPOHA oiiLiQiA ('asoy. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L.. XVf. ir)0<I. 



:n(i. 



Ilatlier slender, convex. Chestnut l»ro\vn. teelily shinini,': head and ab- 

 dnnieu piceous; tips of fifth and sixth ahd(aiiiiial seijrments and a I'aiid. nar- 

 ri)\v (tbli(|ue line reachinjr from humerus to ajiex of each elytron, i-eddish- 

 y(Mlo\v; antemi:e fuscous, the basal Joints and legs pale. Thorax thn^'- 

 lifths wider than lonj;. sides broadly and feebly curved from near the base 

 to apex, disk finely and densely punctate and usually with a faint ronndefl 

 impression at middle cf base. Klytra e(pial in width to and about one- 

 fourth longer than thorax, more coarsely and i-onghly punctate than there. 

 Ai)domen at base slightly narrowei- tli.an elytra, thence feebly tapering to 

 a]»ex, the impressions of second and tiiird dorsal segments sliallow but dis- 

 tinct. Length 2.5-2.7 mm. 



Marion. Piitiiani a^ul Lawrenoo comitie.s; scarce. April 17-No- 

 veniber 21. Taken by siftinsr. 



n92 ( ). Oxvi'onA PKKKXiLis Casey. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. !>.. XVI. lOOi'.. 



316. 

 Linear, convex. Brownish-yellow; head iticeous; antenna* and apical 

 half of abdomen fuscous, the base of former and the tip of latter paler; legs 

 pale yellow. Antennjie reaching base of thorax, the second joint one-half 

 longer than third. Thorax one-half wider than head, two-fifths wider than 

 long, sides feebly curved, dislc very finely and densely punctate. Elytra 

 slightly narrower and a little shorter, and more coarsely and roughly punc- 

 tate than thorax. Abdomen evidently narrower than elytra, rather coarsely 

 and roughly punctate. Length 2-2.2 mm. 



^farion, Putnam, Clark, and Posey counties: scarce. ATarch 20- 

 Jiily 4. Taken by sifting moist vegetable debris. 



XXVT. ATJ.:oriT.\RA Qrxh. 1S02. (Gr.. 'Svarmtb i gladness.") 



Rather broad and stout species having the lu'ad small, much nar- 

 rower than thorax; eyes large, ant(Mina' usnally short and stout: 

 thorax broad, the hind angh^s almost always j-onnded : elytra short 

 and broad, their tips not emai'giiuit(> oi- siiniatc near the outer 

 angles: abdomen nsiiall>- coarsely and sparsely punctate ami with 

 the first three or four dorsal segments narrowly atid acutely im- 

 pressed at base. Eight s|)ecies have been taken in the State, 



