riii: siioiM -w i\i;i:i) sc a\i:n(;i;i; 1!i:i:i'i,f.s. 369 



(/(/. ■riiii-d Joint nf ;inl(Mm;i- sc.-irccly ImiiU'er lliaii liiilf the socoiul ; elevcnlli 



longer tliaii iiintli .uid Icutli tdtit'llier ; liciul willi tlirce i)uuctnr»'s 



each sido: leufrtli l'..". mm. 704. ihsio. 



Tii;; (L'0!m;;i i. IIkikuoi iioi-s irscriAS Lee, N. Sp. N. Amer. Col., I, ISC:*., ;'.5. 



Head black, elytra and abdomen reddish-piceoiis ; lliora.v, legs ;ind three 

 l)asai joints of antennie paler. Antenn;e longer than head and thunix. the 

 last joint obliquely truncate at tip. Thorax as wide as long, narrowed in 

 front, sides nearly straight; base broadly curved. Elytra together slightly 

 longer than wide, rather finely, not densely punctate. Abdomen more dense- 

 ly and finely punctate. Length S^.5 mm. 



Wolf Lalce. Lake County, Mivrh Itl. Ixarc. Listed as a variety 

 of fiinnfidlus. l)ut if the two are distinct the name fusculus has 

 |)riority. 

 7(14 (2(»I>T). IlETEROTiioPS pusio Lee., New Sp. N. Amer. Col., L 1863, 35. 



Head black, shining; thorax piceous; elytra, abdomen and autenme 

 (lark reddish-brown, pubescent; legs dull yellow. Antenme not longer than 

 head and thorax, eleventh joint as long as ninth and tenth united. Thorax 

 as wide as long, narrowed in front, base broadly curved. Elytra slightly 

 wider at base than thorax, rather finely and densely punctate; abdomen 

 at l>ase a little narrower than elytra, thence very feebly tapering to apex, 

 very finely and densely punctate. Length 2.3-2.5 mm. 



Throughout the State, common ; especially so beneath the dead 

 leaves surrounding old beech logs in dense lowland woods. April 

 17-November 28. The basal joints of antenna^ and last segment of 

 abdomen are nsually pale. 



XXIX. QiEDius Steph. 1831. (L., "filth h to eat.") 

 Medium-sized black or brown, linear or spindle-shaped species, 

 having the labrum either acutely notched at middle and hence bi- 

 lobed. or entire and broadly curved or truncate in front; head 

 marked each side with at least four punctures, one at base of an- 

 leinia, two above and one t)ehind each eye; thorax usually narrowed 

 ill front, the disk with sides detlexed toward the front angles and in 

 all species, except ferox and reniix, with a ''dorsal row" of three 

 coarse punctures each side of middle of apical half; often also a sec- 

 ond r.)w between these and the margin and other smaller ones along 

 the apical and basal margins. Nineteen species are known from 

 the Lnited States, ten of which have been taken in Indiana. 



KEY TO INmANA SPECIES OF QIEDHS. 



(/. Tarsi .-iliovc liaii-^-; tlim-ax with tliroc discal punctm'cs each side. 

 /). Lahrnm bilobod. 



c. Hind tihi.T with distinct spiiuilcs on the outer side; scntellnm 

 smooth. 



